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Vietnam’s government is reportedly assessing a proposal from SpaceX to invest up to USD 1.5 billion in the establishment of Starlink’s satellite service in the country.

Following the conclusion of a rigorous selection process, the GSMA Board has announced Mats Granryd’s successor. Effective from April 1, 2025, Vivek Badrinath will become the new Director General and Member of the GSMA Board.

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) has received a significant increase in its research and development (R&D) budget for 2025, emphasizing its commitment to pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation initiatives.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat), in partnership with Accenture, is working on accelerating the development of an AI cloud platform in Indonesia. This collaboration aims to drive digital transformation by providing cutting-edge AI solutions tailored for different industries while ensuring data governance.

CloserStill Media, a global company that organizes top events, has announced the theme and distinguished guests for Tech Week Singapore 2024. The event will take place at Marina Bay Sands from 9–10 October 2024.

Submarine Networks World, the bespoke annual event for subsea communications professionals, will return to Singapore on September 25 and 26 for its 27th edition.

Singtel announced that it is the first company in the world to implement a new 5G capability called Ericsson’s Automated Radio Resource Partitioning (ARRP). This software solution intelligently allocates network resources to meet the varying needs of enterprises and consumer applications, avoiding issues of over- or under-provisioning and ensuring network performance is not compromised.

Union Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia, has announced that India’s indigenous 4G technology stack is scheduled to launch by mid-2025.

The GSMA has unveiled the first-ever industry-wide Responsible AI (RAI) Maturity Roadmap, aimed at equipping telecom operators with the tools and guidance needed to evaluate their ethical use of AI technology.

In an effort to strengthen Indonesia's digital ecosystem, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) has teamed up with the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence by Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat) and Mastercard Indonesia to introduce an online academy with the goal of equipping one million Indonesians to be cyber aware.