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• Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison handed coverage commitment as merger closes

  Indonesia’s Minister of Communication and Information has detailed a number of expectations and conditions under which the merger was allowed to proceed.

• Viettel kicks off Da Nang 5G trials with Samsung

  Vietnamese telco provider Viettel has kicked off 5G commercial trials in Da Nang, the largest city in the Central Vietnam region, in partnership with Samsung Electronics.

• DTAC and True prepare for Thai telco mega-merger

  The respective owners of Thai telco operators True and DTAC are in the process of striking a deal that could see the two companies merge.

• StarHub steps into next phase of transformation

  The next phase of the company’s ongoing transformation efforts are set to see it expand beyond its legacy telco template.

• Vietnam's VNPT tackles national tech targets with Thales

  Vietnamese telco VNPT is gearing up to explore new industrial and technical collaborations in key digital areas with French multinational Thales.

• Cisco and Indosat Ooredo deepen ties as 5G ramps up in Indonesia

  Indosat Ooredoo has deepened its partnership with networking vendor Cisco in a bid to help strengthen the telco’s mobile and fibre network to support more commercial launches of 5G in Indonesia.

• TCS tackles Celcom business support systems overhaul

  TCS is deepening its partnership with Celcom Axiata Berhad with a project to transform the Malaysian telco's core business support systems.

• Telenor stands by Myanmar withdrawal, laments ‘deteriorating’ situation

  Calls for Telenor to maintain its local presence have clearly not been enough to convince it to stay, with the company indicating that its continued operation in Myanmar is not tenable.

• Singapore’s Epsilon Telecommunications sold to Korea’s KT Corp

  South Korean telco company KT Corp has acquired Singapore headquartered connectivity provider Epsilon Telecommunications in a move that works to broaden its Asia Pacific reach.

• Cambodia’s SINET deepens Juniper ties for major network upgrade

  Cambodian internet and telecommunications service provider SINET has tapped Juniper Networks to underpin an ongoing upgrade of its network infrastructure.

• 2020 was a good year for Asian telco providers, mostly

  A clear majority of the top 20 telecommunications operators across the Asia Pacific region enjoyed revenue growth last year, despite the headwinds caused by the ongoing pandemic.

• Malaysia’s Celcom taps Informatica to tackle data governance

  Malaysian telco Celcom is hoping to dramatically slash the time it spends on regulatory compliance activities after taking on Informatica tech to help it deal with data governance.

• NTT arms MyRepublic with Cisco gear to combat demand surge

  NTT has rolled out Cisco equipment for the Indonesian arm of MyRepublic to help it handle a Covid-prompted demand surge in the country.

• Singapore’s Epsilon partners with Aruba for unified SD-WAN offering

  ​Singapore headquartered global connectivity service provider Epsilon has partnered up with Aruba to expand its data services portfolio.

• Telenor sells Myanmar telco business to M1 as political turmoil continues

  ​Just days after moving to quell rumours it was planning to sell off its Myanmar mobile telco business, Norway’s Telenor has revealed it has sold its Telenor Myanmar subsidiary to M1 Group for US$105 million.