State-owned Thai telco National Telecom (NT) has reportedly submitted a proposal to the Finance Ministry to build four new international subsea cables connecting Thailand to Singapore, Japan and Europe at a cost of THB16.1 billion (US$480 million).
There has been a lot of interest in recent months on the topic of post-Quantum cryptography (PQC) and DNSSEC. It appears likely that the day will come when our current suite of cryptographic algorithms could not resist efforts to break them using appropriately powerful quantum computers. Some folk say this day is decades away, while others are predicting we have just a small number of years. We have suitably strong quantum-resistant algorithms that we can use. The only problem is that these post-quantum digital signatures are up to 40 times as large as the signatures we use today. And this has some serious implications for the operation of DDNSSEC.
Puerto Rico Opens Mayaguez Cable Landing Tender Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority (AFI)November 3, 2026 Puerto Rico's Infrastructure Financing Authority has opened a tender for a new submarine communications cable landing station in Mayaguez. Published on November 3, the notice identifies the procurement as AFI-BP-26-041 and calls for the design, development and construction of the [...]
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Bharti Airtel reported a 16.7% year-on-year increase in consolidated revenue to INR608.78 billion (US$6.8 billion) for the second quarter of its 2026-27 financial year, driven by growth in India and Africa.
Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel said on Wednesday its board of directors has endorsed two internal proposals to allocate BRL1.7 billion (almost US$309 million) of leftover funds from its 5G auction in 2021 to two new projects: a sovereign AI data centre and TV 3.0 converter subsidies.
Pan-African telco Paratus Group officially launched its Lesotho unit on Thursday, offering Starlink enterprise connectivity services alongside Paratus network solutions to businesses and organisations in the country.
Cambodian telco Smart Axiata launched a new carrier-neutral fibre infrastructure subsidiary called Smart Infrastructure Co., Ltd (SmartInfra) on Tuesday to support Cambodia’s growing demand for reliable, high-capacity digital connectivity.
ZTE Corporation, a provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, has partnered with operator Ethio Telecom to deploy what is said to be Ethiopia's first pre-commercial AIR RAN solution.
Backbase, builder of the AI-native Banking OS, has announced that it has been selected by Wahda Bank, one of Libya's largest banks to build a new digital banking platform for its business and retail customers.
Google has announced plans to invest US$15 billion in Malaysia across the next two years.