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The rising demand for high-speed Internet services to support work from home commitments has pushed the Indian government to expand “fibre optic infrastructure across the country”, and will further drive a market growth at a compound annual growth rate of 7.1% from 2020-2025, according to GlobalData. Along with this initiative, it also plans to establish internet connectivity to 600, 000 Indian villages by 2023.

Expenditure on security hardware, services and software in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, is forecast to reach US$23.1 billion (A$29.8 billion) this year, the technology research firm IDC says, adding that this would represent a rise of 12.6% year-on-year.

The United States is going ahead with a plan to impose tariffs of about US$880 million (A$1.2 billion) annually on goods from six countries that have levied taxes on digital companies.