Thailand

Thailand government teams up with Huawei to set up 5G network in the country (Asia One)

China-based information and communications technology giant Huawei, in collaboration with Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Ministry, other government offices, private agencies and leading universities, is now ready to turn the...

Thailand

Microsoft advises AI regulation under Personal Data Protection Act (Bangkok Post)

Microsoft Thailand, the local operating unit of the US-based technology firm, suggests the Thai government endorse artificial intelligence (AI) regulation under its new Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to build more...

Indonesia

Digitalisation Development and Key Opportunities in Indonesia

Indonesia will be the 7th largest economy in the world” alongside productivity improvements within sectors and urbanisation. The Indonesian government has recognised this and has pushed for digitalisation mainly under...

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...

Thailand

DEPA aims to create innovation hub (The Nation)

DEPA senior executive vice presฌident Passakorn Prathombuts said the agency aims to build up Thailand as a hub of new innovation and technologies for artificial reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), robotics...

Indonesia

Digital Economy Brings Indonesia Up to Class (Industry.co.id)

Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto revealed, the implementation of the digital economy would bring Indonesia to the top of the class with the target of being an upper middle income country...

Malaysia

Revised National Automotive Policy to be unveiled in Q2, says deputy minister (Malay Mail)

The government is expected to unveil the revised National Automotive Policy (NAP) in the second quarter of 2019, which will include various measures to enhance the competitiveness of the industry through future technological...

Thailand

Thailand’s depa signs deal with 6 Singaporean IoT innovators (FutureIoT)

Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) has signed agreements with six regional Internet of Things (IoT) innovators for the exchange of know-how and technology. The agreements are expected to boost the agency’s Digital...

Malaysia

Malaysia Set To Be Amongst The First In Asia To Showcase 5G (Digital News Asia)

Twenty years after the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998 came into force, Malaysia is set to showcase the fifth generation mobile technology (5G) that is expected to exponentially change...

Thailand

Thailand's investment agency nods to Bt2.28 tn investment (Eleven Myanmar)

The Board of Investment (BOI) has approved investment proposals by both Thai and foreign firms of about Bt2.28 trillion for four years, with 54 per cent of them targeting the...

Thailand

Documents take on new meaning in digital era (The Nation)

A long-established leader in copying and document solutions, Fuji Xerox has turned to the “smart work innovation” concept to help implement the government’s policy for Thailand 4.0 and Asean Industrial...

Indonesia

Go-Jek adds thousands of four-wheelers with Astra tie-up (Nikkei Asian Review)

Indonesian group Astra International, the country's leading automobile distributor, will form a joint venture with Go-Jek that provides cars to the ride-hailing operator's drivers. The venture adds "several thousand cars" to Go-Jek's...

Indonesia

Maybank to go digital to boost income (The Jakarta Post)

Amid increasing competition from financial technology (fintech) companies, Malaysian publicly listed lender Maybank Indonesia plans to go digital this year to boost its fee-based income. The bank has aside 65 percent...

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...