The Philippines’ largest fully integrated telco PLDT will continue to expand its international cable network as the initial phase of cable construction of the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) begins in Batangas, just months after the successful launch of the Jupiter cable...
Nokia and Moratelindo have deployed their optical transport solution to boost the network capacity to 3 terabytes (tb) in Jakarta and, 2 tb in Java Island, scaling the network beyond 24 tb, covering over 52,000km of fiber. The deployment will foster Moratelindo an...
Irish-American financial services and software as a service (SaaS) company Stripe announced that it is now available in Thailand, where its financial infrastructure platform will help solve the complex payments issues facing Thai businesses. “Thailand’s digital...
Singaporean communications services provider MyRepublic recently announced the launch of Ignite, a new suite of enterprise ICT solutions catered to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore. This marks MyRepublic’s expansion into the Singapore enterprise...
The Thai government is currently expanding the country’s infrastructure connection with neighboring countries, which in turn is leading to higher cross-border trade. The Thai Department of Foreign Trade reports that the cross-border trade value between Thailand and...
According to a report by global cybersecurity company Fortinet, whose key findings have recently been highlighted by the Bangkok Post, around 88% of Thai organizations associated with operational technology (OT) have experienced cyber-intrusions in the past year. The...
Malaysia is looking at possible collaborations in the field of emerging technologies during the September 2022 ITU PP22 (Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union) in Romania. The Malaysian Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Tan...
The Philippines and Singapore have recently agreed to exchange knowledge, technical expertise, and best practices for digital cooperation. The two countries agreed to collaborate in areas of Digital Connectivity, Scam Calls and Short Message Services (SMS), Personal...
The Vietnamese automotive industry is rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) applications. In a prominent example, Vin AI Artificial Intelligence Application and Research JSC (part of Vingroup) recently debuted its two AI-related products: Driver Monitoring...
A digital banking service was launched by an Indonesian e-commerce company called Bukalapak after tying up with Standard Chartered in Indonesia. Its target audience is the country’s underbanked segment and Bukalapak’s users. According to a statement made on September...
Seeking to further expand data-related offerings and repay debts, Globe Telecommunications, one of the Philippines’ major telecommunications providers, will be selling 5,709 cellular towers for PhP 71 billion (USD 1.28 billion). Among the buyers reported are Frontier...
Japanese Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions (ESS) Corporation, through its Indonesian subsidiary, Toshiba Asia Pacific Indonesia, announced a deal with PT Geo Dipa Energi. The agreement is for an IoT service to boost the utilization rate of its Patuha geothermal...
