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  "id": 16011061,
  "title": "New US-backed Southeast Asia data cable to pick NEC or Alcatel as supplier, developer says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/new-us-backed-southeast-asia-data-cable-to-pick-nec-or-alcatel-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T06:19:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2026/10/1561290/new-us-backed-southeast-asia-data-cable-pick-nec-or-alcatel"
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  "summary": "HANOI: Developers of a new US-backed undersea data cable linking Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand will this month select a cable supplier between Japan’s NEC and France’s Alcatel Submarine Networks, a project executive told Reuters.",
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        "published": "2026-10-22T00:42:51.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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