Topic: regional connectivity
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Qatar's First Commercial Internet Exchange Launches in Doha
Qatar has launched its first commercial Internet Exchange, Doha IX, in partnership with Ooredoo and DE-CIX, aiming to establish the country as a regional connectivity hub. Doha IX provides a secure, neutral, and high-performance interconnection environment for various networks, reducing latency a...
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Telecom Egypt Boosts Regional Reach with Aqaba Hub & Coral Bridge Cable
Telecom Egypt has expanded its regional role by establishing a new Point of Presence at the Aqaba Digital Hub in Jordan, enhancing its capacity as a digital gateway for high-bandwidth solutions. This expansion is supported by the activation of the Coral Bridge subsea cable, which provides a direc...
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Telecom Egypt Boosts Global Reach with New Aqaba Digital Hub PoP
Telecom Egypt has expanded its regional influence by establishing a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Jordan's Aqaba Digital Hub, enhancing connectivity across the Middle East. The PoP serves as a key interconnection point to support high-bandwidth needs for cloud providers and enterprises, improvin...
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2Connect to Build Hungary's Largest Telecom and ICT Infrastructure
2Connect is a major Hungarian wholesale telecommunications infrastructure provider formed by merging assets from Invitech, Antenna Hungária, DIGI, and One Magyarország within the 4iG Group. It operates an extensive network including 42,000 km of optical cable, 15,000 microwave endpoints, and 12 d...
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Telstra's Aura Network to Boost Australia's GDP by $29B with New Route
Telstra has launched the Sydney-Melbourne coastal section of its $1.6 billion Aura Network, a major digital infrastructure project designed to support Australia's future digital needs amid growing data traffic. The network is projected to contribute an additional $29 billion to Australia's GDP by...
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Presight & Shorooq Launch $100M AI Fund for 30 Startups
The Presight-Shorooq Fund I is a new $100 million investment vehicle actively seeking to back 25 to 30 promising AI and deep tech startups, with forty percent of its capital reserved for later funding rounds to support scaling companies. Beyond financial investment, the fund provides strategic su...
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Satellite Data's Weaponization Risks
A fabricated satellite image of a destroyed U.S. radar site, debunked by open-source investigators, exemplifies how satellite data is increasingly manipulated or controlled, turning a transparency tool into a weapon for strategic disinformation. State-controlled networks in the Middle East and Ir...
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Nvidia-backed Firmus to build 360MW AI data centre in Indonesia
Firmus Technologies, an Australian AI infrastructure company, will build a 360-megawatt Nvidia DSX AI Factory data centre campus in Batam, Indonesia, through an eight-year partnership with Nvidia and Singapore-based DayOne. The facility aims to meet growing Southeast Asian demand for AI computing...
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