Vodafone Idea raises $222M
Vodafone Idea completed its latest fundraising, generating INR19.1 billion through a preferential allotment of shares to entities belonging to Vodafone Group, as it gears up for a 5G launch in the coming months.
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Sharp renews patent deal with Samsung
Japan-based Sharp renewed a patent licence agreement with Samsung Electronics covering wireless communication technologies including standard essential 5G rights.
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SKT partners to expand AI data centre footprint
SK Telecom widened a partnership with SK Hynix and Penguin Solutions, agreeing to conduct joint R&D and explore deploying AI data centres in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets as they look to expand globally.
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Google, Microsoft each donate $1M to Trump fund
Count Google and Microsoft among the recent spate of Big Tech companies that have reportedly donated to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund after each kicked in $1 million.
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Smartphone adoption by older Koreans surges
Smartphone penetration for users aged 60-years old and above in South Korea spiked in 2024 while the rate for all age groups rose 0.5 percentage points year-on-year to 95.3 per cent, Korea Communications Commission (KCC) data showed.
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US business leaders bid to buy TikTok
A consortium of US business leaders submitted a bid to ByteDance to buy TikTok's US assets ahead of a review by the Supreme Court of the proposed ban of the popular social media site.
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