APAC
Discover expert analysis on the APAC region with news, features and insights from the team at IT Pro.
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India scraps privacy bill following big tech outcry
News However, the government is developing a new bill which it hopes to bring into law early next year
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Telstra backs down over spectrum hoarding and impeding Optus’ 5G rollout
News Australia’s biggest telco was interfering with the 5G rollout of one of its rivals by registering various 900 MHz around the country at the start of the year
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Reliance Jio splashes out $11 billion in India’s 5G auction
News Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Adani also took part in the $19 billion spectrum auction
By Zach Marzouk Published
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US and Japan double down on joint semiconductor research
News Representatives from the two nations met last week to outline how they would cooperate on technology-related issues
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Australia’s biggest bank launches second software engineer training hub
News The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is aiming to create new opportunities for the state of Victoria’s digital economy
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Google adds two universities to Australian quantum computing initiative
News This is part of the $1 billion it invested in Australia last November, and the tech giant hopes to explore fundamental questions about the nature of quantum computing
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Western Digital and Kioxia to get £562 million funding in Japan
News The Japanese government is aiming to reinforce its chip supply chain following the semiconductor shortage over the past few years
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Alibaba plans to list on Hong Kong stock exchange
News The Chinese tech giant is the biggest cloud company in China and second biggest in the APAC region overall
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Microsoft wins five-year digital transformation deal with Australia’s largest telco
News Telstra is aiming to have around 90% of its applications on public cloud infrastructure by 2025, with Microsoft Azure as a preferred cloud partner
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Intel to produce chips for Taiwanese manufacturer MediaTek
News The agreement comes after the US chip company managed to secure deals with Amazon and Qualcomm last year
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Singapore relaxes its grip on data centre industry with sustainability pilot
News Data centre companies can now apply for new data centre capacity, as long as the installations allow for sustainable growth
By Zach Marzouk Published
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Chinese authorities to fine Didi $1 billion following cyber security review
News The ride-hailing company will also reportedly be allowed to list its app on domestic app stores once again
By Zach Marzouk Published
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