Malaysia's high speed broadband (HSBB) fiber network is well ahead of Asia-Pacific's other state-led NBN projects in terms of reach and subscriber base, research shows.
 
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Dylan Bushell-Embling
Thailand’s fixed line ISP True Online has launched the kingdom’s first 200 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 broadband services at an eye-raising $323 (9,999 Baht) a month.
 
Early adopters paying for the privilege will have a premium TrueVisions pay-TV package thrown in for the first twelve months as well as unlimited Wi-Fi hotspot use.
 
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Don Sambandaraksa

ZTE announced it shipped 1.8 million passive optical network optical line terminals (PON OLTs) globally in 2011 and earning the top ranking worldwide.

Staff writer
For those of us who spend our lives in the bubble of the international telecoms industry it was not exactly a massive surprise to see the news that Chinese vendor Huawei would be blocked from bidding for work on the country’s A$38 billion ($40 billion) National Broadband Network (NBN).
 
Rumours had swirled for months that Huawei would be blocked from the NBN

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Australian incumbent Telstra is the 100th firm on optical networking firm Infinera’s books, having picked the firm’s 40G DTN product for a 9,000 km subsea cable.
 
The carrier’s Telstra International division is using Infinera’s product on its subsea network in Asia, which connects Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

Michael Carroll
Chinese vendor Huawei has reportedly been excluded from tendering for projects rolling out Australia's national broadband network (NBN), in a move that could spark an international trade dispute.
 
The Australian Financial Review on Saturday broke the news t

Dylan Bushell-Embling
India's Tata Communications has launched two new subsea cables, revealing it now has what it says is the first ever round-the-world fiber cable network ring.
 
The operator announced it has switched on its Tata global network – Eurasia (TGN-EA) cable.

Dylan Bushell-Embling
Cisco claims to be in better shape to deliver high-speed networks, after closing its acquisition of optical interconnection technology specialist Lightwire.
 
The firm paid $271 million in cash and retention-based incentives for Lightwire, an acquisition Cisco states enables it to deliver cost-effective networks to

Michael Carroll

People often dismiss the Thai way of doing business as typical Asian family business norms with a healthy dose of nepotism, but even for someone used to a handful of elite companies winning every government contract, the scale and the amount of dirt swept under the carpet can be surprising.

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Don Sambandaraksa
Emerald Atlantis announced the selection of TE SubCom and the signing of a system supply contract for the construction of the Emerald Express Trans-Atlantic Cable System.
 
The first phase will provide both low-latency and ultra-high bandwidth capacity between New York and London, with additional fiber connectivity to Iceland and Dublin.

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