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Sri Lanka Telecom has secured a contract to build a fiber network connecting government offices in the nation. The operator has been selected to build the LGN2.0 (Lanka government network 2.0). As well as connecting government agencies and public…
Thailand’s top mobile operator AIS is gearing up to launch what it says will be the country’s fastest fiber broadband services. The operator aims to attract 300,000 users to its fiber service this year, increasing to 2 million by 2019. The operator first…
Huawei Marine Networks has announced it has achieved another distance record over unrepeatered systems, achieving a transmission distance of 648.5km during a laboratory trial. During the trial in Beijing, Huawei used its self-developed enhanced raman…
The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has committed to connect 2 million Filipino homes with high-speed internet access with a speed of at least 10Mbps and above by 2020. The operator plans to deploy fiber in 20,000 villages across the country to achieve this goal.…
New Zealand fixed line operator Chorus has revealed plans to extend 1Gbps wholesale fiber services across its entire share of the Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) network from next month. The operator will make wholesale residential and SME broadband services…
Singtel has revealed plans to extend its free unlimited out-of-home WiFi offer to new and existing fiber broadband customers. The operator has been providing Singtel WiFi services for free for the operator’s mobile customers, and has decided to expand access…
Myanmar wholesale telecoms infrastructure provider Golden 11 will deploy a hybrid power system from Flexenclosure to support the deployment of fiber transmission nodes in remote areas. Golden 11 constructs fiber networks, towers and data exchange facilities…
Pakistan’s largest operator PTCL has secured a fiber leasing agreement with China Mobile’s Pakistani mobile unit Zong. Under the agreement, PTCL will deploy 789 kilometers of fiber for Zong’s mobile network. The fiber leasing agreement will also allow Zong to…
Globe Telecom has entered a collaboration with the city government of Manila to roll out fiber broadband technology in Binondo. This initiative will provide internet connectivity with speeds of up to 1Gbps to the world’s oldest Chinatown. Early this year,…
Nepal Telecom has revealed it has completed a project to lay fiber at the Nepal-China border, paving the way for an interconnection with China Telecom. The company has deployed fiber from Kathmandu to the Rasuwagadhi border point via two other Nepalese…
President Joko Widodo on Sunday inaugurated the Rp three.6 trillion ($275 million) Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua Cable System (SMPCS), a fiber-optic community meant to enhance Japanese Indonesia’s telecommunications connectivity. The cable system is part of the…
