Singapore

Going global: Many Singapore businesses do get it, says IE (The Business Times)

(Photo: The Business Times) International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the government agency that partners local firms to venture overseas, says it helped to secure more than 450 deals around the world...

Southeast Asia

Discuss: What’s exciting about the Asian tech scene in 2018? (Tech In Asia)

(Photo: Xresch, Tech In Asia) I think that US is still the hotbed for innovation. However, China is not far behind. Southeast Asia is also expanding rapidly, getting more mature...

ASEAN

Let our powers combine: The Marriage of IoT and Blockchain

The amalgamation of blockchain and IoT can address the missing link arising from privacy and reliability concerns on the IoT. It will provide a perfect way to keep an immutable...

Singapore

Singapore to focus on themes of resilience, innovation as ASEAN chairman (Channel NewsAsia)

(Photo: Gaya Chandramohan, Channel NewsAsia) Singapore will focus on strengthening the collective resilience of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as well as promoting innovation among member economies, Prime...

Indonesia

The State of Smart Cities in Southeast Asia - Where do Indonesian cities stand?

IoT has the ability to enable every consumer product and every piece of infrastructure to sense their surroundings, be connected to each other and to the data storage facility where...

China

What We Can Learn From China About IoT (Forbes)

Chinese government has promulgated IoT since 2010 when it set an ambitious market target of 163 billion U.S. dollars by 2020. However, with 20% annual growth the past few years, the China Economic...

China

Belt and Road, customer experience, IoT: Why China’s 8% tech market growth in 2018 isn’t just about tech companies (TechNode)

66% of business decision-makers in China are planning to improve their use of data and analytics; 62% will increase their use of cloud services; 59% will use IoT to develop...

China

One Belt One Road - Snapshot of Chinese IoT projects in Southeast Asia

Alibaba Cloud has collaborated with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), the city council in the capital, to launch the Malaysia City Brain initiative...

China

One Belt One Road - Business opportunities for Chinese companies in Southeast Asia

Mr. Semuel Pangerapan, Director General of ICT Application from Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia will attend the 23rd Asia IoT Business Platform and give a...

China

Snapshot of Chinese companies in China and how they are innovating with IoT

From the specific planning point of view, China Telecom has identified the IoT business development in three stages: 1. Quickly enter into the market 2. Enhance business value and build...

Thailand

Thailand 4.0: Opportunities in the S-Curve 10 Targeted Industries

In 2014, Thailand’s IoT spending was US$ 57.5M. By 2020, its IoT market is forecasted to increase to US$1 billion, posting enormous opportunities to the potential investors. Thailand is undergoing economic...

Asean

How the World Bank is utilizing the Internet of Things to improve social outcomes

The report also offers a rough toolkit to government agencies looking to incorporate IoT, with suggestions such as, using “sandboxes” to test policy and technical issues and identifying coordination agencies...

Philippines

Dutertenomics to Revive Philippines

At our 15th Asia IoT Business Platform in Manila last year, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) undersecretary Monchito Ibrahim admitted that Philippines suffers from the slowest and most...

Singapore

Enterprise Digital Innovation - Opportunities & Challenges in Southeast Asia

Based on our conversations, one of the challenges commonly highlighted by enterprises is the incompatibility of old and news systems. Be it a manufacturing plant or fleet/logistics management, companies always...

Market Trends & Outlook

Internet of things : the new government to business platform - a review of opportunities, practices, and challenges (World Bank)

The Internet of things(IoT), or its sibling, Internet of everything (IoE), has gone from being a buzzword to almost an imperceptible part of our lives You can view the original...

Malaysia

Malaysia to create digital transformation framework for Kuala Lumpur International Airport (OpenGov)

Malaysia is using intelligent automation and advanced analytics to help transform the passenger experience at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). This article originally appeared on the OpenGov on 1st...

Singapore

Singtel and Ericsson roll out Singapore's first commercial NB-IoT network (ZDNet)

Rolled out in partnership with Ericsson, Singtel's IoT network supports CAT-M1 and NB-IoT devices and is touted by the companies as benefiting businesses by providing deeper wireless coverage and multiple...

Philippines

Beating market leaders, one cloud at a time (INQUIRER.net)

Digital transformation is not just about changing the way you engage customers (marketing) and empowering your employees (IT) but also optimizing your operations and transforming your entire business model to...

Malaysia

MDEC believes digital technology would drive economy (New Straits Times)

“The digital economy is expected to contribute 18.2 per cent to Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017. It is also expected to exceed the projected target of 20 per...

Philippines

DICT relaxes rules for third telco player (The Manila Times)

Committed services and not financial resources will be the basis for choosing the country’s third major telecommunications player, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said as it announced...

Singapore

Summary of Discussions from Asia IoT Business Platform 2018, Singapore

Asia IoT Business Platform's 2018 calendar of events kicked off on 26th February 2018 in Singapore with a gathering of government agencies and enterprises from Southeast Asia.

Philippines

PH’s GDP can increase by $8 billion in 4 years through digital transformation — study (INQUIRER.net)

In the next four years, digital transformation is estimated to contribute $8 billion (P416.9 billion) to the Philippines’ GDP, with an increase in growth rate by 0.4 percent annually, according...

Philippines

Globe readies network for emerging IoT services with 700 MHz band (INQUIRER.net)

Globe Telecom is enabling its network to support emerging Internet of Things (IoT) services, making full use of all the 700-megahertz spectrum and other existing LTE spectrum assets the company...

Malaysia

‘Malaysia still attractive to Taiwanese investors’ (The Edge Markets)

According to Representative James Chang Chi-ping of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia, 1,700 Taiwanese companies are doing business in Malaysia and he expects more to come in...

Malaysia

SK plans new head office in Southeast Asia (Korea Joongang Daily)

Chey has been focusing on business cooperation with Southeast Asian countries especially Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, which have been showing steep economic growth rates of more than 5 percent, according...

China

China’s Plan to Become a Robotic Powerhouse (Machine Design)

China is currently the biggest shareholder of the robotic global market at a net worth of $30 billion. It is currently ranked No. 1 in sales for industrial robots. This...

China

China builds the great wall of IoT along 1,400km canal (Silicon Republic)

(Photo:Hanyu Qiu/Shutterstock, Silicon Republic) China is not shy when it comes to massive infrastructure projects, and one of its latest aims is to utilise IoT on a scale seen almost...

China

China accelerates cellular IoT (Smart Cities World)

(Photo: Smart Cities World) The global number of cellular Internet of Things (IoT) subscribers increased by 56 per cent during 2017 to reach 647.5 million, driven by soaring demand for...

China

LPWA IoT gains traction (Telecom Asia)

China is set to be one of the leading LPWA markets, accounting for 486 million of the estimated 3.1 billion connections globally by 2025. This article originally appeared on the...

Singapore

Local firms urged to venture abroad, embrace automation (The Straits Times)

(Photo: Lim YaoHui, The Straits Times) Expanding abroad as well as embracing automation and other types of new technology were cited as essential steps for firms here at the annual...

Singapore

Small business, big disruptions (The Straits Times)

(Graphic: BT, The Straits Times) As the economy strengthens in 2018 and cash flows improve, SMEs have to continue adopting digital technology, experts said. Jing Tan, Asia Region Chief Financial...