ASEAN

ASEAN Economy & Enterprise Digital Transformation Projects amidst COVID-19

To curb the COVID-19 outbreak, countries in ASEAN have implemented measures such as shutting down their borders, public places and enacting social distancing and quarantine procedures. Many enterprises have turned...

Indonesia

Microsoft Teams Up with Telkomsel to Develop IoT and AI in Indonesia (Kompas)

Microsoft and Telkomsel agreed to do a new partnership. In this partnership, the two companies strive to bring a number of the latest technology to remote areas in Indonesia. The two...

Indonesia

Microsoft wants to invest in Indonesia data centers, says Indonesian president (REUTERS)

Microsoft Corp is keen to invest in data centers in Indonesia which will soon make regulatory changes to facilitate the move, the country’s president said after meeting with the software...

ASEAN

Relooking at 5G from an Enterprise ROI Perspective

The push for 5G is not a new phenomenon – however the allure of 5G’s enhanced capabilities is accompanied by the enormous capital outlays and operational requirements. A 2017 report...

Indonesia

Deepening its Reach in Indonesia, Alibaba Cloud Announces Its New Cooperation (Warta Ekonomi)

In order to encourage the development of digital transformation in Indonesia, Alibaba Cloud as the backbone of Alibaba Group's data intelligence announced the latest projects with Adira Finance, JNE Express, and MNC...

ASEAN

AMTD, Xiaomi gun for digibank licence with SP Group, Funding Societies (The Business Times)

Hong Kong financial services group AMTD Group has linked up with some prominent Singapore names as well as a familiar partner - Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Corp - to vie...

Southeast Asia

Bringing digital financial services to S-E Asia (The Business Times)

With a population of 570 million and a booming GDP expected to reach US$4.7 trillion by 2025, the six largest markets in South-east Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore,...

ASEAN

How Smart Energy Management Systems Can Drive Transformation in ASEAN Countries

The Building Energy Management System (BEMS) market is growing rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region, and companies like NTELS are focusing on capturing this growth in ASEAN. Enterprise end-users such as TCC Assets (a developer in...

Indonesia

Here's Indra Utoyo's Tactics to Turn BRI Digital Bank into Trillions of Assets (Republika)

Bank Rakyat Indonesia has Indra Utoyo in the position of Director of Digital and Information Technology (IT), the captain who is expected to be able to bring BRI into the country's digital bank. The oldest...

ASEAN

'China + 1' hedge will keep Asean in spotlight (The Business Times)

In a report sent in late November, Maybank Kim Eng senior economist Chua Hak Bin said that a US-China partial trade deal will not halt the supply chain from shifting...

Indonesia

Indonesia among top e-money drivers in Southeast Asia: S&P report (The Jakarta Post)

Indonesia is among the top drivers of e-money growth in Southeast Asia alongside neighboring Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand, according to an inaugural report commissioned by Standard and Poor’s...

ASEAN

Growth in ASEAN: Opportunities for Enterprises and Technology Solution Providers

An increasing number of enterprises have implemented IoT solutions for their businesses – a more than 60% increase of respondents compared to 2017. However, on this enlarged base, a lower...

Indonesia

Indonesia completes fiber-optic network to bring internet to remote east (REUTERS)

Indonesia has completed the last leg of a 13,000-km (8,080 mile) fiber-optic network that will bring high-speed internet to some of its poorest regions in the country’s east, including the...

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia's mobile payments face shakeout as market booms (Today Online)

Southeast Asia has at least 150 e-wallet license holders, and firms including Grab, Go-Jek, Tencent Holdings, Ant Financial, Singapore Telecom, AirAsia and dozens of fintech firms are fighting for dominance. In...

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...