Philippines starts first phase of national fibre plan
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26 April 2024
The Philippine government has launched the first phase of its National Fibre Backbone (NFB) project, which it says will boost the country’s economy as well as its digital ambitions.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) reports that NFB Phase 1 comprises a 1,245km cable network from Laoag, Ilocos Norte to Roces, Quezon City.
Find out more Moving forward with mission critical services certification
25 April 2024
Ensuring that mission critical services over broadband networks are actually mission critical is a complex process.
First responders and other users of critical communications services need to have full trust in their voice, video, and data applications in what could be life-threatening situations.
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Telikom PNG and Santos partner for network expansion
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09 April 2024
Energy company Santos is to partner with Telikom PNG in developing ‘an evolving telecommunications landscape’ through a ten-year partnership.
A co-location agreement was signed between Telikom PNG CEO, Amos Tepi, and Santos Country Chair PNG, Leon Buskens last week in Port Moresby. This will enable Telikom to expand its network into Santos’s upstream field sites by leveraging Santos’s existing telecommunications fibre and tower infrastructure.
Find out more Accelerating the digital transformation of APAC through satellite connectivity
08 April 2024
Satellite technology is not strictly a new communications tool. Major Asian nations have long used satellite solutions to deliver traditional telecoms and broadcasting services, albeit on a narrow scale. However, recent leaps in innovation have enabled new use cases that could bring the benefits of satellites to a wider population.
Increased reliance on satellite technology can improve the state of connectivity in the region. The latest data from the International Telecommunications Union shows that a third of the Asia Pacific population remains offline, highlighting how substantial this effect could be. The divide is even greater between urban and rural areas, with only half of the latter’s population currently able to access the internet. The rollout of new-generation satellite systems is expected to help address this, given their adaptability and cost-effectiveness. As an Asian Development Bank study points out, the boom of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations has tremendous potential to positively impact developing countries in the region as high-speed and high-quality internet connectivity becomes a reality.
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