Hundreds of thousands of workers are employed in Vietnam by Apple´s suppliers, such as Foxconn and Wistron. These players have been investing heavily in Vietnam since the start of the trade war between the United States and China, and are continuing to expand their...
The central banks of Malaysia and Thailand have collaborated to launch a cross-border Quick Response (QR) payment linkage which enables consumers and merchants in both countries to make and receive instant cross-border QR code payments. This collaboration signifies a...
Digital Edge Singapore Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Digital Edge (Hong Kong) Ltd., has acquired a controlling interest in one of the leading digital infrastructure service providers in Indonesia, PT Indointernet Tbk (Indonet). Digital Edge, which is backed...
In July 2021, Thai telecommunication company DTAC announced the launch of its proof-of-concept 5G Private Network solution. The solution is envisaged to help enterprises operate more efficiently and securely, while also unlocking the full power of the Cloud through...
The Philippines is entering the spotlight as one of the emerging Data Center (DC) markets in Southeast Asia with high growth alongside Malaysia and Thailand. Various firms have recently announced plans to build data centers in the Philippines. One of them is Alibaba...
Singapore’s Punggol Digital District is positioning itself as the location of choice for technology companies. Four international companies have confirmed their plans to set up a base in Punggol Digital District, a move that will create about 2,000 tech jobs...
Thailand just announced that its Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) will become the first special economic region in South East Asia to offer 5G telecommunications services. The EEC, a 13,000-square kilometer hub, is already the base of some of the largest global...
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of Alibaba Group, announced in early June 2021 that it is planning to build its first data center in the Philippines by the end of 2021. This data center will be able to better support the Philippines enterprises in...
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has agreed to increase funding for the Aus4Innovation (A4I) in Vietnam by USD 2.7 million, raising the total to USD 10.4 million for the period of 2017-2022. A4I is a collaboration between Australia’s...
Malaysia’s leading property developer I-Bhd is planning to expand its data center park, i-City Golden Triangle (i-City), in Shah Alam, Selangor state. i-City is one of Malaysia’s largest data center space providers in a single location and currently houses a...
Indonesia’s state-owned and largest telecom company, Telkomsel, launched its commercial 5G mobile services in May 2021. At the beginning, 5G services will be rolled out to six residential locations in Greater Jakarta: Kelapa Gading, Pondok Indah, Pantai Indah Kapuk,...
Social media giant Facebook and the Singapore government are joining forces to fund a USD 17 million project to address the need to boost the number of sustainable data centers built in tropical climates. A state-of-the-art testbed facility will be set up in the...
