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Maxis announced that it has expanded its 5G international roaming services to 29 countries, enabling more of its traveling customers to enjoy high-speed connectivity abroad.

Axiata, Telenor and Digi announced the completion of the merger of the telco operations of Celcom Axiata Berhad (“Celcom”) and Digi (together: “Celcom Digi”). With this, Axiata and Telenor will both hold equal ownership in Celcom Digi at 33.1% each.

Singtel has entered into a strategic partnership with Indonesia's largest telco, Telkom, and Indonesian energy company, Medco Power, for its first data center project in Indonesia. This is the third market for Singtel as it advances its regional data center strategy to address digital infrastructure demand critical to ASEAN's growth. The signing of the agreement was witnessed by Indonesia’s Vice Minister II of State-Owned Enterprises, Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, Singtel Group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon and Telkom CEO Ririek Adriansyah, and comes on the back of a memorandum of understanding between Singtel and long-standing partner Telkom in April to collaborate in the area of data centers.

StarHub has announced a partnership with Workato to create frictionless integration-led automation experiences for customers. According to Workato’s Automation Index 2022, the global use of automation has doubled year on year since 2020, and the growing demand for workplace automation in Singapore is one of the key drivers of this partnership between StarHub and Workato.

Unity Digital Infrastructure Inc. (Unity) has announced it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement and a Master Agreement with PLDT Inc. (PLDT), through its subsidiaries Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Digitel Mobile Philippines (Digitel), for the acquisition of 650 telecommunications towers and related passive telecommunications infrastructure for PHP 9.2 billion through a sale and leaseback transaction.

Nokia has announced that it has teamed up with Indonesia’s Balitower to provide mobile transport solutions and services.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) has embarked on an internal reorganization that involves the transfer of its business in Malaysia to a single operating entity named TM Technology Services Sdn Bhd (TM Tech). The internal reorganization is anticipated to be completed by December 31, 2023.

NTT Docomo has agreed with SK Telecom (SKT) to collaborate on the enhancement of their respective smart-life businesses and communications-infrastructure technologies worldwide.

Globe launched 26 new LTE-capable cell sites in Oriental Mindoro and Marinduque from January to June this year through stronger partnerships with local cooperatives, resulting in better connectivity.

CTM, a subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited, officially launched its 5G service plans after it recently secured the 5G license, bringing to fruition the highly anticipated 5G era in Macau.