Sparkle and Mobily sign MoU for Southeast Asia-Europe route

17 October 2024

Sparkle and Mobily have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a new route to connect Europe to Southeast Asia and thus meet the growing demand for secured and diversified connectivity between the two continents.

Under the MoU, the parties agreed to leverage on Sparkle’s and Mobily’s terrestrial networks and the AAE1 cable in Jeddah to create a diversified and low latency route that will connect Italy to Saudi Arabia reaching Singapore.

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AI: reshaping the telecommunications landscape

09 October 2024

This year’s hot topic is seeing AI integrated into telecommunications left, right and centre to advance operative effectiveness, improve customer experience and cut costs. Samit Banerjee, division president, Amdocs cloud operations and customer services, advises operators to consider how, when and why, to ensure seamless and successful AI integration…

AI is profoundly reshaping telecommunications by leveraging technologies like machine learning (ML), automation, natural language processing, and predictive analytics. These advancements enable real-time data analysis for network optimisation, predictive maintenance, and proactive issue resolution, leading to improved efficiency, reliability, and reduced costs.

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OMS Group allocates $300 million for ASEAN cables

07 October 2024

OMS Group has allocated US$300 million for strategic investments in its global cable systems and terrestrial infrastructure in the ASEAN region.

The investment will focus on expanding its subsea cable systems and terrestrial infrastructure to meet growing regional demand for digital services driven by the growth of data centres and cloud services in the region.

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IGC deploys next-gen optical transport to DWDM network

07 October 2024

International Gateway Company (IGC) has deployed Nokia’s next-gen optical transport solution to modernize its existing DWDM network in Thailand.

The upgrade boosts capacity on the DWDM network – which connects the east region to Cambodia and the south region to Malaysia – to 400G per wavelength.

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