Philippines

IoT Strategies and Implementations to Speed Up Digital Transformation in the Philippines – Day 1 of Asia IoT Business Platform Philippines 2019

The 30th Edition of Asia IoT Business Platform, co-organised by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), started off with DICT Undersecretary Eliseo Mijares Rio who delivered the Government...

Vietnam

Vietnam, Indonesia lead ASEAN in internet economy growth (Vietnam Plus)

Vietnam's digital economy has topped 12 billion USD this year and is expected to surge to 43 billion USD by 2025, with e-commerce, online tourism, online communications and media, and...

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia’s internet economy booming (The ASEAN Post)

Southeast Asia’s internet economy has reached US$100 billion for the first time and is expected to triple by 2025. Southeast Asia currently has 360 million internet users, an increase of 100...

Southeast Asia

SE Asia’s digital economy may treble to US$300b by 2025, S’pore ‘punching above weight’: Report (Today Online)

With the rise of e-commerce, ride hailing and online gaming in South-east Asia, the region’s Internet economy could swell to US$300 billion (about S$415 billion) by 2025, three times its...

Asia Pacific

Challenges loom for Asia’s digital landscape (Inquirer)

Last week, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its first ever annual Digital Economy Report (2019). “Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines have the scale, with populations over...

Vietnam

Making a breakthrough transformation to drive Vietnam towards a Digital Vietnam

This year, the Ministry of Information and Communication is drafting the Prime Minister’s Decision on National Digital Transformation Project to make a breakthrough transformation to drive Vietnam towards a Digital...

Vietnam

Digital economy for an inclusive ASEAN Community (Việt Nam News)

Ride-hailing firm Grab unveiled an ambitious plan to invest US$500 million in Việt Nam over the next five years, just a month after it announced an investment of $2 billion...

Indonesia

Kimia Farma and Pertamina Win the Enterprise Innovation Award (Bisnis)

Kimia Farma and Pertamina ranks among the more than 30 candidates and won the annual Enterprise Innovation Award held by the Asia IoT Business Platform. Launched in 2017, the Enterprise Innovation...

Indonesia

Asia IoT Business Platform 2019 focuses on the Indonesian 4.0 initiative (Kontan)

Asia IoT Business Platform highlighted the challenges faced by local companies and public service agencies in adopting and implementing IoT, as well as in completing digital transformation projects. This article...

Indonesia

Digitalisation Projects in Indonesia - Key Discussion Points from Day 1 Asia IoT Business Platform Indonesia 2019

Day 1 of the 32nd edition of Asia IoT Business Platform in Jakarta, Indonesia demonstrated opportunities for local digitalisation within the enterprise space, with conversations across various aspects of digital transformation from...

Indonesia

Moved, These are 5 Advantages of East Kalimantan as the New Capital (KOMPAS)

Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR) Sofyan Djalil said the location of the new capital of Indonesia was in the Province of East Kalimantan (East Kalimantan). There are 5...

Indonesia

AI, IoT, to VR Increase National Industry Productivity (Warta Ekonomi)

The Minister of Industry explained, Indonesia already has a road map in readiness to enter the industrial era 4.0. This is stated in Making Indonesia 4.0, which was launched by President Jokowi...

Indonesia

Indonesia ready for greater cooperation with Singapore across industries: President Joko Widodo (CNA)

Indonesia currently has plans to build its longest sea bridge, connecting the islands of Batam and Bintan which are located near Singapore. The bridge will span seven kilometres with construction expected to...

Indonesia

Govt allocates Rp1,162 trillion for human resource development (Antara News)

The Indonesian Government has allocated Rp1,162.83 trillion for four major projects to create high-quality human resources under the National Mid-term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020-2024. The fourth project — digitalization and integration...

Indonesia

Telkom arm aims to be Indonesia’s SoftBank (The Jakarta Post)

With the support of its parent company Telkom Group, Metra Digital Innovation (MDI) Ventures capital investment companies aims to become the Softbank of Indonesia. The company’s total gains from one undisclosed...

Indonesia

Indonesia’s new capital to be developed as smart, forest city: Minister (The Jakarta Post)

"The development of the new capital will attract the world’s attention as we will build the new capital city in Kalimantan. But we can assure that we will build a...

Indonesia

Indonesia's Digital Economy Attracts Global Investors: Minister (Tempo)

The Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Minister Rudiantara thinks the USD 2 billion (Rp28 trillion) investment from SoftBank to Grab Indonesia shows that global investors see Indonesia as a potential digital market. This article originally...

Indonesia

Jasa Marga develops IoT laboratory as part of digital transformation push (The Jakarta Post)

State-owned toll operator PT Jasa Marga Tbk has begun the development of an internet of things (IoT) laboratory in the company’s former Jakarta-Tangerang branch office in Jakarta as part of...

Indonesia

Visa invests in Indonesia’s Go-jek, eyes digital payments across Southeast Asia (South China Morning Post)

Visa has invested in Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-jek, as the two companies look to collaborate on digital payments across Southeast Asia. Both Go-jek and Visa will work together to provide greater...

Indonesia

Unprotected Digital Industry (The Jakarta Post)

With smartphone penetration estimated to near 48 percent of the population, Indonesia has become one of the most fertile grounds for e-commerce businesses in the world. Unsurprisingly, the number of...