Malaysia Revokes Order Awarding 5G Internet Contracts
Malaysian officials on Wednesday revoked an order awarding contracts for 5G telecommunications spectrum to five companies, including two linked to Chinese tech…
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Lessons on Cloudification from Malaysian telco giant Celcom
Malaysian telecommunications network Celcom is a part of the regional heavyweight Axiata Group, who have controlling mobile interests throughout Asia. The…
3 Tech Trends Influencing Asia’s Fintech Future
The fintech sector can be broadly viewed as the harnessing of emerging technologies to deliver digitized financial services and applications for both…
Google Cloud aims at Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam expansion plans
Google Cloud is stepping up efforts to grow its public cloud computing footprint in Southeast Asia, and has earmarked Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam as the…
SoftBank launches US$100 million fund investing in ‘people of color’
TOKYO: SoftBank Group Corp is launching a US$100 million fund to invest in “companies led by founders and entrepreneurs of color”, in the latest corporate…
Malaysian university moots robot graduation ceremonies to cut virus risk
A Malaysian university is considering using robots dressed in gowns and mortarboards to act as stand-ins at graduation ceremonies to prevent coronavirus…
Gojek names Facebook, PayPal as new investors in latest funding
Indonesian ride-hailing giant gojek today named Facebook and PayPal as new investors in its latest funding round. Existing investors Google and Tencent, who…
Microsoft Teams Secure Collaboration for Digital Learning in Pakistan
Today, as more and more people across the globe, including Pakistan, are required to stay home due to government lockdown interventions, we are seeing a…
Malaysia minister sidelines regulator with shock 5G directive
Malaysia’s new communications minister has thrown the country’s 5G licensing into disarray with the allocation of spectrum to five individual operators.…
MDEC embarks on efforts to help SMEs adopt digital technology
KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has embarked on various efforts to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) adopt digital tools…