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Australia was serviced by Telecom Australia (now Telstra) as a monopoly until full deregulation took place in 1997, which now boasts over 300 licensed carriers.  Major players in the carrier space include Telstra, Optus, TPG, Vocus, Superloop and Megaport.  Over the last 10 years, data center and cloud growth in Australia has accelerated significantly with both Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud locally hosted in Australia.  Australia's international connectivity is mainly serviced by the Southern Cross Cables (diverse path from Sydney to US via New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii), PPC-1 (Sydney to Guam), Australian Japan Cable (Sydney to Japan via Guam) and SMW-3 (Perth to Singapore via Jakarta).  Sydney is Australia's major interconnection hub as it is the landing point for all major east coast submarine cables, the host of the Australian Stock Exchange and a major commerce hub for the country.

Australia

With a population of over 125.50 million, Japan is the #8 globally-ranked country on Cloudscene based on data center density. The country has a GDP of US $4.87 trillion, and its top service providers include Colt Technology Services, NTT Communications and Telstra. Japan has 92 internet users per 100 citizens, while its connectivity ecosystem is made up of 196 colocation data centers, 195 cloud service providers and 7 network fabrics.

Japan

With a population of over 1.32 billion, India is the #9 globally-ranked country on Cloudscene based on data center density. India has a GDP of US $2.6 trillion, and the country’s top service providers include Sify, Tata Communications, and Airtel. The nation has 29 internet users per 100 citizens, while its connectivity ecosystem is made up of 122 colocation data centers, 348 cloud service providers, and 8 network fabrics.

India

Hong Kong is, without question, one of the fastest growing regions in the world in terms of data growth. Recognized as the "gateway to China'', Hong Kong has over 15 submarine cables, including several newly constructed ones such as the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) and the massive 120 Tbps Google/Facebook cable, Pacific Light Wave. The original telecom hub around Chai Wan is now spilling over into the new tech hub of Tsueng Kwan O (TKO), which boasts over 10 fairly new colocation data centers including Global Switch, NTT, China Unicom, China Mobile, Digital Realty/Savvis, HK Colo, Town Gas Telecom, HSBC and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HK Telecom is the incumbent provider, with Superloop, Hutchison, Wharf T&T, and HK Broadband acting as other major players in the market.
 
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Hong Kong

For global tech companies and startups, the attraction of alpha+ world city, Singapore, can be linked to its prime location, large content distribution networks, pro-business government and political stability.
 
The city-state’s corporate tax rate of 17% (the lowest in the APAC region) and generous economic incentives have also aided Singapore’s bid to attract entrepreneurs and foreign investment.
 
Singapore is one of the fastest-growing data hubs in Asia. With its own Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN), Singapore is interconnected with over 15 international undersea cables. Singtel is the local incumbent since deregulation, with other major telecommunications providers being Superloop, Starhub and M1. Singapore is considered the #2 shipping port in the world and #1 for international competitiveness.

Singapore

The fourth largest mobile market in the world,  Indonesia has experienced exceptional growth over the last few years. The market has gone through significant change with the entrance of newer operators, with foreign partners, resulting in an increase in competition.