Author: Joseph Waring

New Zealand's spectrum regulator reopened the 3.4GHz band for regional broadband networks for first-in, first-served licencing next month, allowing eligible parties to submit licences for any remaining spectrum in the band.

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Japan's government reportedly earmarked JPY590 billion ($3.9 billion) to support start-up Rapidus Corp's aims to mass produce 2nm logic chips.

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China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao urged a visiting minister from the Netherlands to jointly support the stability of global semiconductor supply chains and strengthen cooperation in the sector, in a bid for freer trade of chipmaking equipment.

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China Mobile aims to deploy an additional 410,000 5G base stations in 2024 to take its total to 2.4 million, despite plans to cut capex.

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China’s smartphone market plunged in February with shipments slipping more than 30 per cent year-on-year after returning to growth in January, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology showed.

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Singtel laid out an update environmental strategy at its first sustainability forum, detailing plans to speed up its transition to renewable energy, to electrify its Singapore vehicle fleet and reduce packaging and materials.

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China Telecom's financial performance in 2023 mirrored that of rivals China Mobile and China Unicom, with a double-digit profit gain and steady revenue growth, while trimming capex for the current year.  

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The US Commerce Department continued an investigation of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation for allegedly producing a high-end processor for Huawei, as the government assesses possible trade sanction violations.

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US-based Lam Research, a maker of wafer-fabrication equipment, held discussions with Vietnam's prime minster about investing in local production to diversity its supply chain, the government’s news portal reported.

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China Mobile revealed plans to trim capex this year by CNY7.3 billion, or 4 per cent, after cutting the outlay by 2.6 per cent in 2023, as the company booked steady annual profit and revenue growth.

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