Among recent data centre headlines from Malaysia has been news that digital infrastructure company Vertiv is increasing manufacturing capacity, while a deal involving hyperscale data centre specialist Airtrunk aims to secure renewable energy supply for the company’s data centre platform.
Latvia’s SJSC Latvijas dzelzceļš, a group of transport, logistics and technology companies mainly focused on the provision of a competitive railway infrastructure, will be the first railway company in the Baltics to use a private 5G network technology provided by Latvian operator LMT Group.
India has increased its policing of online technology platforms as it has reportedly demanded messaging services Telegram and Signal explain their safeguards around users keeping their phone numbers hidden, after WhatsApp saw its usernames rollout paused.
Papua New Guinea saw movement on the 5G front on Friday after Digicel PNG announced its mobile network is now officially 5G-ready, while the country’s regulator released two draft plans for 5G spectrum bands.
Paratus Zimbabwe and Powertel Communications, the ICT arm of Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), announced on Friday that the first phase of their national fibre backbone project is now live and carrying traffic.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced on Friday that international connectivity services on the SEA-ME-WE 5 subsea cable system have been fully restored following a fault on the cable a day earlier.
Chile telecoms regulator Subtel has this week announced plans to expand competition in satellite services in Chile and to incorporate new bands to improve connectivity.
The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Affairs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Genew Technologies for a major fibre optic initiative covering the Congo River.
Meta’s introduction of usernames for WhatsApp has hit a snag in India, as the government seeks to crack down on anonymous messaging as part of a wider campaign against fraud on global technology platforms.
Indonesian telecoms infrastructure and network provider MoraRepublic and Chinese subsea cable firm HMN Tech announced on Thursday that they have completed factory acceptance testing of wet plant gear for the Moratelindo International Cable System-3 (MIC-3).
Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison announced on Thursday it has successfully spun off its fibre business, which has relaunched as Infra Fiber Teknologi (IFT), an independent fibre infrastructure platform backed by Indosat and Arsari Group.
Google Cloud launched several new initiatives to boost AI development in Africa on Wednesday, including new infrastructure, a new AI lab, digital skillsets development and startup funding.
A new partnership has been announced that will build sovereign AI data centre infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
Yet another India-Southeast Asia undersea cable is in the news after an announcement that a consortium plans to build a new undersea cable linking India with Malaysia and Singapore.
Less than a year after its commercial launch, the BoGuan multimodal large language model (LLM) designed for cultural tourism in China has entered broad application in Xi’an, and is generating real revenues and value for the tourism industry.
Elea Data Centres says it is partnering with renewable energy company AXIA Energia to launch what they say is the first neutral AI data centre in the Amazon region in the second quarter of 2027.
Malaysian 5G wholesaler Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) announced on Wednesday it’s doubling the mid-band capacity of its network, whilst also confirming that second 5G telco U Mobile has offboarded all of its 5G subscribers from DNB’s network to its own.
The GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) has elected a new President, Patrik Cerwall, who will take the helm from 1st January 2027.
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between French aerospace and defence corporations Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has announced the signing of a contract with Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, to develop a new-generation software-defined satellite.
Communications technology giant Tata Communications has announced strategic investments in subsea cable infrastructure to strengthen its connectivity solutions between the emerging AI hubs of Mumbai and Chennai in India and Singapore.
"One of the most transformative deals in the space industry." That’s the claim of Rocket Lab Corporation, a major name in launch and space systems, and satellite services provider Iridium Communications after the announcement of a definitive agreement under which Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium.
Globe Telecom announced on Monday it has officially launched Starlink’s direct-to-device (D2D) satellite service across the Philippines after receiving regulatory approval National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
Cambodian engineering and infrastructure firm Comin Asia said on Monday that it’s partnering with Nokia to to design and deploy AI-ready data centre infrastructure across Southeast Asia, starting with Cambodia and Laos.
The approval, early last week, of the installation of Google’s underwater cable linking Chile to Asia-Pacific means the Humboldt Cable, as it is known, is on track to be installed in the last quarter of 2026 and become operational in 2028.
Given that Digital Transformation World tends to focus more on the software side, it will be of minimal surprise that AI dominated the majority of the presentations and discussions at the show.
Cambodian telco Cellcard (a.k.a. CamGSM) announced a strategic partnership on Saturday with auto manufacturer ZDG to launch a new connected electric vehicle from Chinese auto maker Lynk & Co.
Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Friday it has signed an MoU with the country’s Ministry of Economy to establish a sovereign AI-ready data centre in Ukraine.
Tencent Cloud announced on Friday that Indonesian telco XLSmart has completed a large-scale migration of its operations to Tencent’s public cloud platform as part of its long-term digital modernization strategy.
China Mobile, the GSMA, Huawei and other partners have officially launched “OpenAN”, an open-source project that aims to enable collaboration and interoperability between O&M agents in autonomous networks, allowing them to evolve to Level 4 autonomy.
Starlink will provide one month of free satellite internet service to users in Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes that struck the country this week, helping restore communications in affected areas.
Satellite operators Amazon, Iridium, Telesat and Globalstar have announced the formation of a new trade association representing the non-geostationary (NGSO) satellite economy: the SpaceConnect Association.
Vodacom South Africa announced on Thursday it is expanding its partnership with Amazon South Africa to offer the latter's Amazon Prime membership service to its customers.
Globe Telecom CEO and president Carl Cruz says the key to telcos cashing in on AI is to embrace it, internalise it and make it foundational to their business operations before offering it to customers. It also helps if the population is highly digital, like the Philippines.
A hot topic at MWC Shanghai 2026 is AI tokens that enable telcos to monetise AI services. Chinese telcos are already doing it – but that market's unique environment raises questions over how telcos outside of China can follow their lead.
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