News and BusinessA consortium of telecommunication companies led by Singapore operator Singtel, has signed agreements to invest about US$300 million for a submarine cable system in South East Asia that aims to boost data capacity in the region and upgrade local capacities. The group also includes China Telecom Global Limited of China, Globe Telecom, Inc., DITO Telecommunity […]
News and BusinessAARNet, Google, Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel, SubPartners and Telstra have announced that the INDIGO subsea cable system is now ready to be deployed by consortium members. This follows the on-schedule completion of the INDIGO West (4,600 km Singapore to Perth) and INDIGO Central (4,600 km Perth to Sydney cables. Featuring new spectrum-sharing technology, each consortium member […]
Applications and ResearchSingaporean communications operator Singtel and telecoms systems giant Ericsson have together achieved what they are calling “an Asia-Pacific first in wireless technology” by delivering a peak speed of 1.1 Gbps in a joint trial of a new configuration of the Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology. Conducted in a Singtel laboratory, the trial delivered speeds that […]