Chunghwa Telecom announced it will join forces with SK Broadband, SoftBank, and Verizon to construct a new 12,500-kilometer submarine fiber optic cable system called “E2A” connecting Asia and North America. The initiative responds to surging demand for high-capacity, low-latency infrastructure driven by AI, cloud computing, and next-generation mobile networks.

Japan’s Meiko is set to become the third supplier in the low-Earth orbit satellite market by 2025, challenging the dominance of Taiwanese manufacturers Compeq and Unitech as geopolitical tensions drive supply chain diversification.

Intel’s foundry business appears headed for a potential spinoff under newly appointed CEO Lip-Bu Tan, according to comments from semiconductor industry analyst Eric Chen, who is now serving as a partner of Cornucopia Capital. The struggling chipmaker, which reported a US$13.4 billion loss in its foundry division last year, is likely to separate its manufacturing operations from its product business as Tan pursues a strategy markedly different from his predecessors.