Indonesia

E-Government in Indonesia and the Importance of Cyber Security

The implementation of e-government in Indonesia is spearheaded by 2 ministries: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform.

Indonesia

The Rise of Digital Bank and e-Commerce in Indonesia

In 2016 alone, online transactions (e-commerce) in Indonesia reached almost US$5 billion with 2.47 million internet users shopping online. The government of Indonesia has realised the importance of this paradigm shift...

Indonesia

Salim Group, LOTTE Group join forces to launch online mall iLOTTE in Indonesia (e27)

Salim Group and LOTTE Group invested US$100 million to kickstart the e-commerce platform iLOTTE. Other Indonesian conglomerate groups that have been dabbling with e-commerce is Lippo Group. Its e-commerce platform...

Indonesia, China

China giants tackle tough Indonesian e-commerce (The Business Times)

Chinese tech firms, including Lazada's top investor, Alibaba Group Holding, have poured at least US$6 billion into nearly every aspect of Indonesian e-commerce. The payoff could be huge. It is a...

Indonesia

Gov't Wants More Local SMEs in E-Commerce to Reduce Inequality (Jakarta Globe)

Indonesia's e-commerce market size — which only include sales of physical goods from business to customers — is estimated at $8.6 billion this year, according to global statistics portal Statista....

Indonesia

Indonesian Bank Deploys NICE Voice Recognition in Call Centers (FindBiometrics)

Indonesia’s Permata Bank has become the country’s first domestic bank to implement voice-based authentication for its customers. The bank is using NICE Real-Time Authentication, a system designed to identify customers...

Indonesia

Telkomtelstra expands cloud service business (The Jakarta Post)

Managed services provider PT Teltranet Aplikasi Solusi (Telkomtelstra) plans to open several more data centers in a bid to expand its cloud services across the country. Agus said Telkomtelstra was eyeing...

Indonesia

Logistics 4.0: The State of Digitalization in the Logistics Sector in Indonesia

Aligned with the government, industry players in Indonesia have started to take initiatives to adopt ICT solutions as part of their digital transformation strategy to optimise their daily operations and...

Indonesia, Malaysia

Axiata returns to profit on strong Celcom, XL revenues (The Malaysian Reserve)

Jamaludin said the group’s digital businesses portfolio currently has 29 brands under its belt. “We’ve invested about US$150 million (RM587.09 million) so far in these digital companies. We will invest...

Thailand

BCPG seeks out partners for green drive (Bangkok Post)

"BCPG is very keen on solar rooftops using blockchain technology, a part of the Internet of Things (IoT)," Mr Bundit said. BCPG has set aside 10 billion baht to expand the...

Thailand

UNSTOPPABLE e-commerce (The Nation)

Pichet Durongkaveroj, Thailand's minister of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) said that the country's economic policymakers fully support business exploring opportunities via digital technology. Business circumstances in the global market...

Indonesia

Indonesia expands smart city network to ASEAN (ANTARA News)

Indonesia itself has set a target to achieve 100 smart cities in 2018. Last year, a total of 25 cities/districts succeeded in developing smart city program. Thus, the Ministry of...

Indonesia, China

China Focus: Dovetailing China-Indonesia development to inject vitality into bilateral ties (Xinhua Net)

China has been Indonesia's largest trading partner for seven years in a row. Two-way trade between the two countries reached 63.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2017, an 18.3-percent year-on-year growth. ...

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

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...