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Singaporean company ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has invested US$3.2 billion ($4.8 billion) to expand its data centre capacity in India by 550MW, tripling the IT load capacity to meet the demands of India’s economy over the next five to six years.

Australia yesterday launched a new $18 million cable connectivity and resilience centre to help undersea cable networks in the Indo-Pacific area.

Digital infrastructure company Equinix announced its expansion into Chennai with its first International Business Exchange data centre CN1 to support India’s goal of becoming a US$1 trillion digital economy by 2027-2028.

There has been an increase in AI-driven phishing attacks in Australia with research revealing that Australia is within the top 10 countries alongside US, UK, India and Germany targeted by phishing scams.

Members of Australia's parliament have been advised to carry burner phones when they visit India, Seven's The Nightly website reports.

Tech Data, a global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem, is launching Tech Data Capital in Australia, Singapore and India, offering “flexible financing solutions” powered by selected financial institutions exclusively to its partners and end-customers.

Just a week after announcing a 15% jump in first-quarter revenue year-on-year, Google has informed staff that it will be sacking at least 200 from its core teams and moving some jobs to India and Mexico.

India's smartphone market, the second biggest in the world after China, has reached 35.3 million units, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this was because vendors entered the year with "an improved inventory situation, which allowed channels to embrace multiple new offerings launched during the quarter".

Intel Corporation has announced the appointment of new Sales, Marketing and Communications Group (SMG) leaders for both the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region as well as the India region.

Omnichannel supply-side platform OpenX Technologies has promoted Mitchell Greenway to Managing Director, APAC.

A total of 1,843 deals involving mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture financing deals were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during January-February 2024 according to the latest report on deals by data and analytics company GlobalData.

GUEST RESEARCH: Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management leader, released the findings of its annual survey of global data leaders – CDO Insights 2024: Charting a Course to AI Readiness.

Australian startup Quasar has launched its world first Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities, a fully digital multibeam satellite ground stations.

Software firm SolarWinds has announced the appointment of Abhijit Banerjee as the new managing director of its India operations, including the region of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) which comprises countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Almost one in five of all global mobile subscriptions will be 5G subscriptions by the end of 2023, predicts Swedish telecommunications vendor Ericsson. The vendor estimates in its Ericsson Mobility Report there will be 610 million new 5G subscriptions for 2023—a 63% increase in 2022—bringing the total to 1.6 billion, more than 100 million than previously predicted.

Global smartphone shipments will drop to 1.2 billion units in 2023, the lowest level in almost a decade despite a 3% year-on-year increase to 312 million units in the final three months of the year, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research predicts.

Software firm SolarWinds has appointed Bharat Bedi as the new managing director of its Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) operations.

Finnish telco vendor Nokia has struck a deal with Tata Play Fibre to launch the first Wi-Fi 6 ready broadband network in India.

Swedish telco vendor Ericsson has launched its India 6G program in its Chennai R&D Centre.

The value of QR code payments in the transportation market will skyrocket by 176% over the next five years, with China, India, and Malaysia named as market leaders, according to research firm Juniper Research.