Malaysia

MARii opens first satellite in Sabah (Borneo Post)

MARii’s first centre outside of the Klang Valley opened in Kota Kinabalu yesterday, its first ever under the MARii Satellite network, to allow for more extensive reach for technology adoption...

Malaysia

Malaysia to roll out Tesla-like battery for electric vehicles by 2020 (Pulse)

Malaysia will become the first country in Asean to produce lithium ion battery in the next 18 months. The country`s battery production plan would instill foreign automotive industry investors` confidence,...

Thailand

IoT Development in Thailand - AIBP Singapore 2018 Throwback

Thailand 4.0 aims to hasten the pace of economic transformation in Thailand, shifting forward her economy to a value-based and innovation-driven economy. Under this initiative, the Thai government has identified...

Southeast Asia

The Key to TRUE Global Connectivity?

In Thailand, around 58% of the population have internet access. Most of the population that do not have internet access live in rural areas. New satellite technology may be the solution...

Thailand

Is Thailand 4.0 coming to fruition? (The ASEAN Post)

Thailand has also identified 10 S-curve industries that will propel the country to developed nation status. The S-curve industries are divided into two categories – S-curve and New S-curve. S-curve...

ASEAN

Government Key Initiatives and Enterprise Digitisation Projects in ASEAN in 2018

Ranked third in terms of population, sixth in GDP and fourth in trade value, ASEAN remains to be a key player in the global economy, however, ASEAN's digital economy still...

Vietnam, US

Giant US Companies Seeking Digital Transformation Partners from Vietnam (Business Wire)

Top leaders from 20 billion-dollar enterprises from various industries including AES Corporation, Walmart, GE Global, AT&T, IBM, PepsiCo, AIG, FedEx, etc. joined a Business Breakfast with Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen...

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...

Indonesia

Indonesian Government Accelerating IoT Adoption and Digitalisation - Day 1 at Asia IoT Business Platform Indonesia

The IoT industry in Indonesia has reached an important milestone after the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) launched the IoT Roadmap Draft at the 25th edition of Asia...

Indonesia

"Making Indonesia 4.0" - will Indonesia finally realise the benefits of the 4IR?

Five key technologies that support Making Indonesia 4.0 program are namely: Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Human Machine Interface, Robotics and sensor technology,  3D Printing technology.

Indonesia

Summary of Discussions from Media Briefing in Indonesia 2018 - Asia IoT Business Platform

Based on our enterprise survey, the developments in Indonesia have been encouraging with more than 83% of Indonesian businesses are currently exploring and/or implementing IoT solutions. The percentage of enterprises...

Thailand

Thai industry embraces internet of things as key partners cooperate to create right technology ‘ecosystem’ (The Nation)

The Internet of Thing (IoT) industry in Thailand is expected to be worth US$1 billion (Bt33 billion) by 2020. And Thai enterprises rank as the highest among Asean countries in exploring...

Thailand

Will there be 100 smart cities in Thailand by 2038?

Thailand set the target to develop 100 smart cities within two decades. The government has established the National Smart City Committee and invited various agencies and experts to join including...

China

23rd Asia IoT Business Platform was held successfully in Shanghai at Marriot Shanghai City Centre on May 9-10!

“China Telecom plans to increase 40 million NB-IoT connectivity in 2018”, Mr. Zhu Ming said. Meanwhile, Ms. Huang Xuan also disclosed that China Unicom has made the NB-IoT national deployment plan and...

China

Vechain (VEN) Captures China Auto Industry With EGrid Partnership (Ethereum World News)

VeChain has announced it agreed a longtime partnership with Shanghai eGrid Consulting Co., LTD to deploy VeChain’s outstanding automobile solution into its current automobile ERP, SCM, and CRM solutions. This article originally...

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

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...

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...

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...

ASEAN

2017 in Review: What's Next in Maximising the Full Potential of IoT?

Anthony Bourne, VP Global Industry Solutions at IFS, said that the three pillars to a successful digital transformation is technology, investment and people. For us, we will like to add...