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...
The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA), a state-owned enterprise mandated to develop former military assets (particularly land assets) into industrial centers, has released a bidding invitation for the design and construction of the first phase of the...
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) will implement facial recognition technology in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). This initiative will replace the use of a boarding pass by providing one single-token biometric identification authentication. The first...
Singapore is ranked fifth globally in terms of data center market competitiveness, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s 2021 Global Data Center Market Comparison report. The South East Asian island nation’s data center market is expected to grow by 4%...
Singapore’s tech company Sea Limited, which owns e-commerce platform Shopee and game developer Garena, has acquired Indonesia’s Bank Kesejahteraan Ekonomi (Bank BKE) by purchasing stakes from existing shareholders, Danadipa Artha Indonesia and Koin Investama...
SCB 10X, the venture arm of Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank, has announced the launch of a new fund worth USD 50 million. The fund will invest in early- and growth-stage startups worldwide, focusing on blockchain, digital asset, and decentralized finance (DeFi)....
MoneyGram International, Inc., a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, and Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, have launched a real-time peer-to-peer (P2P) payment solution to Vietnam. P2P Payment enables customers to transfer...
In mid-December 2020, Singtel announced its partnership with networking and communications company Ericsson to deploy high-end 5G technology. This energy efficient 5G network, enabled by 5G New Radio (NR) Standalone and dual-mode 5G core network products and...
