Local fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is investing USD 100 million (around PHP 5 billion) in the joint development of a cable landing system in the southern Philippines with Singapore’s Keppel Midgard Holdings Pte. Ltd. (KMH). KMH is a part...
Tech giant Microsoft Corporation has announced USD 1 billion investment in Malaysia under a new partnership program with the government agencies and local companies to implement digital transformation plans in the country over the next five years, including...
Global technology services company NTT, in partnership with Japan Network Access Point (JPNAP) and Bangkok Neutral Internet eXchange (BKNIX), has unveiled its new Bangkok 2 Data Center. Having a total floor area of 3,800 m², NTT’s Bangkok 2 Data Center is the...
Headquartered in Singapore, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is set to complete the construction of its eighth data center facility, STT Defu 3, at its flagship Defu campus by the third quarter of 2022. STT GDC is one of the fastest-growing data center...
Chinese cloud service provider Tencent Cloud has opened a new data center in Indonesia to tap the growing demand for cloud computing services in South East Asia’s biggest economy. Located in Jakarta’s central business district, the new data center is the...
In 2020 Vietnam recorded the highest rate of new digital service consumers among South East Asia countries. According to a report published by Google, and Temasek and Bain & Company, Vietnam’s digital economy reached a total value of USD 14 billion in 2020,...
Fiber internet provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. allocated PHP 20 billion (USD 413 million) in capital expenditures this year for its nationwide expansion, up from PHP 16 billion (USD 330 million) in 2020. 30% of the capex would fund Converge ICT’s backbone...
The Trung Nam Group, a professional organization investing in energy, infrastructure, and real estate, has begun work on five factories worth USD 65.2 million at the Da Nang Information Technology and Communication (ICT) Park to host companies relocating to Vietnam....
In accordance with Malaysia’s National Digital Economy Blueprint (MyDIGITAL), which was released in February 2021, the Malaysian government has appointed Google Cloud as the official cloud service provider (CSP) for public sector agencies. Google Cloud and local...
Microsoft has announced that it will launch its first datacenter region in Indonesia as part of its Berdayakan Ekonomi Digital Indonesia initiative. The datacenter will deliver trusted cloud services locally, with world-class data security, privacy and the ability to...
State-owned National Telecommunications Public Company Limited (NT) and the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a special economic zone of three provinces in eastern Thailand, have officially joined forces to launch the country’s first 5G pilot in Ban Chang, Rayong. A 5G...
US technology company Vantiq has announced a partnership agreement with Singapore-based Primus Tech for the development and deployment of real-time applications that further the digital transformation of hospitals and commercial buildings. VANTIQ provides a platform...
