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Data has become the new currency for telecom operators – the big data-driven telecom analytics market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 49% between 2015 and 2020, accounting for $7.6 billion in annual revenue by the end of the period. Zooming into Asia Pacific, the region will be a key market driving this growth as it accounts for almost two-thirds of new…

Google's submarine cable splurge seems to gain momentum every year, and as time goes on they are steadily taking a more direct hand. Today they unveiled their latest project, the Dunant transatlantic cable system, named after the Swiss Nobel Laureate and founder of the Red Cross, Henry Dunant.

Dunant will span some 6,400km with four fiber pairs. It will hook up the hot new landing spot…

Innovative satellite communications company Goonhilly has appointed a space and satellite industry veteran to lead its business expansion in Australia and Asia-Pacific.

UK-based Goonhilly provides access to all global satellite connections, interconnected with bundles of subsea cables providing global terrestrial reach and local fiber broadband for regional satellite operators,…

Half of the companies covered in Fitch's APAC Telecommunications – Peer Comparison report now have limited rating headroom based on our downgrade guidelines, after investments to roll out 4G networks and, in most cases, higher dividend commitments caused net leverage to rise in recent years.

The ratings agency noted that only PT Telkom achieved high rating headroom, while PLDT, Telekom…

Australian operator Telstra, Ericsson and Intel announced they have jointly completed the first end-to-end 3GPP non-standalone 5G data call on a commercial network in a multi-vendor setup.

The trial at Telstra's 5G Innovation Centre on the Gold Coast used licensed 3.5-GHz spectrum, and Ericsson 5G new radio, baseband and packet core solution, a Telstra SIM and the Intel 5G Mobile Trial…