Indonesia

Garuda in talks with Gojek to provide logistics support (The Business Times)

Indonesia's national carrier Garuda and Gojek are in talks for a partnership that will make it easier for the ride-hailing and e-commerce app to move goods to customers within the...

Indonesia

Support Industry 4.0, Indonesia Will Have the First 3D Printer Factory (SINDOnews)

The government is boosting new industrial flows called industry 4.0. In various statements, the Minister of Industry, Airlangga Hartarto explained that there are five main technologies that sustain this industry, namely...

Thailand

Central Group invests US$200 million in Grab Thailand (The Nation)

Central Group Executive Chairman and CEO, Tos Chirathivat commented, “We are pleased to announce our strategic partnership with Grab Holdings Inc, by investing US$200 million in Grab and acquiring a...

Philippines

8th common tower provider joins pool (The Philippine Star)

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MGS Construction Inc., bringing the number of interested common tower providers in the country...

Malaysia

Malaysia in right direction for Digital ID — MCMC (The Edge Markets)

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has assured that Malaysia is dealing in the right direction on Digital ID project, said its Head of Division, Digital Services and Data...

ASEAN

Summary of Discussions from Asia IoT Business Platform 2019, Singapore

Asia IoT Business Platform hosted 2019 launchpad regional event in Singapore on 15 January 2019, gathering government representatives and key enterprises from Southeast Asia. The gathering was kick-started by the keynote...

Malaysia

Malaysia, first Asian country to initiate Alibaba Netpreneur training programme (The Star)

Malaysia will be the first Asian country, outside China, to initiate the Alibaba Netpreneur Training Programme from March 23, 2019 to April 3, 2019, which will complement the ongoing Electronic...

ASEAN

DIS to be critical for national digital economic transformation (Telecom Asia)

New services such as mobile payments and eCommerce have the potential to transform the payments and retail industry, reducing (eventually removing) cash and re-purposing the traditional retail space. This article...

Indonesia

Riding the wave of Asia's technological disruption (The Jakarta Post)

Less than half of the population in the region has access to the internet, Information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure is required to jumpstart the digital revolution.  This article originally...

Thailand

Smart buses a priority for Democrats (Bangkok Post)

The Democrat Party rolled out its policy platform Sunday, aimed at upgrading Bangkok residents' quality of life, including a smart bus project to push for 5,000 electric buses in seven...

Malaysia

Grab launches regional centre — targets to create 400 jobs (The Malaysian Reserve)

Grab has launched its new Regional Centre of Excellence where it will house its core business strategies and operational functions, with an aim to create 400 jobs within the year. The new...

Malaysia

Realizing Industry4wrd in Malaysia

Malaysia has taken steps to digitally transform its economic drivers with a vision of being a global digital economy leader and regional tech startup hub. The 4IR is especially crucial...

Malaysia

MITI to collaborate with Grab, Google to propel SMEs (The Malaysian Reserve)

E-HAILING provider Grab Holdings Inc and Google LLC are expected to collaborate with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in an initiative that is aimed at enhancing small...

Malaysia

2 more firms offer help to build crucial cell sites (Inquirer)

Officials of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) led by acting secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. and RT Telecom signed a memorandum of understanding that would pave the way...

Malaysia

SMEs still not using digitalisation enablers (The Edge Markets)

Although Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are receptive to using digital technologies to enhance their businesses in general, they are still not availing themselves of digitalisation enablers such as...

Malaysia

Industry 4.0 Blueprint on readiness assessment finalised, says Miti (The Star)

The Industry 4.0 Blueprint or Industry4WRD assessment guidelines to assess manufacturing companies’ readiness for Industry 4.0 has been finalised. A sum of RM210mil has been allocated from 2019 to 2021 to...

Southeast Asia

Powering Smart City Developments in South East Asia

Southeast Asia is expected to become the world’s 4th largest economy by 2030 with projected growth rates of 5.2% between 2018 and 2022. As urbanisation and industrialisation in ASEAN increases,...

Vietnam

Digital economy: new driving force for VN’s development (Viet Nam News)

“The internet economy of Việt Nam is booming,” Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said. “It is forecast that the internet economy of Việt Nam will reach a value of $33 billion...

Indonesia

BRI: Advancing People's Economy with Innovation & Technology (CNBC Indonesia)

Data from the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) say there are 59 million MSMEs in Indonesia, equivalent to one-fifth of Indonesia's total population of...

Malaysia

UEM Edgenta and Proton in new energy initiative (New Straits Times)

UEM Edgenta Bhd has been roped in by Proton Holdings Bhd to manage and implement the national carmaker’s energy efficiency initiatives over seven years. Under the Energy Performance Contract (EPC), UEM...