Nepal suffered an internet outage lasting five hours on Thursday after Indian telco Bharti Airtel reportedly cut off upstream links into the country because Nepal’s private ISPs are behind on their payments.
NEC announced on Thursday it has finished building the Asia Direct Cable (ADC), an intra-Asia subsea cable connecting China, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Axiata’s telecoms infrastructure company Edotco announced on Tuesday it has signed a strategic agreement with Malaysian infrastructure firm Kejuruteraan Rasshin (KRSB) to expand digital infrastructure in Sarawak.
Bharti Airtel was given the greenlight to increase its shares in Indus Towers by up to 5%, strengthening its control in India’s largest tower infrastructure provider.