Thailand

Highlights of the MoU Signing between Asia IoT Business Platform and Digital Economy Promotion Agency

Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), under the Digital Economy and Society Ministry (DE), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Asia IoT Business Platform (AIBP) to promote enterprise digitisation...

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...

Thailand

Digital development for Thai SMEs (The Nation)

The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), United Overseas Bank (UOB), and The FinLab have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a Smart Business Transformation programme aimed at helping...

Thailand

Thailand on a fast track in digital transformation?

It has been forecasted that Thailand would be expecting 400 million connected devices by 2020 and that IoT spending could hit BT 325 billion by the same period. This is...

Thailand

Kerry Logistics Joins Hands with Bangkok Mass Transit System To Further Expand Express Business in Thailand (Asia One)

William Ma, Group Managing Director of Kerry Logistics , said, "This joint venture navigates new growth opportunities and connectivity with an ever-evolving e-Commerce ecosystem. As Asia's premier logistics service provider, our...

Thailand

Allianz names winners of its Thai insurtech incubation program (Insurance Business Asia)

“In the rapidly evolving Thai market, our customers need simple products and services that can be accessed conveniently - and digital innovation is the key enabler to allow us to...

Thailand

PTTPM using AI for letters of credit (Bangkok Post)

PTTPM is also embracing blockchain technology in Thailand's first blockchain-based letters of guarantee project to improve efficiency through secured electronic documentation, which can cut costs by half. The project, under the...

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...

Thailand

ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre to be launched in Thailand in June 2018 (Open Gov)

Thailand is getting the people, process, and location ready to take immediate action upon approval of the budget. This includes action plan, course curriculum, and other logistics. We expect to...

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 & Thailand

Alibaba, Thai gov enter strategic partnership in support of Thailand 4.0 (eGov Innovation)

The Government of Thailand and Alibaba entered into a strategic partnership to drive the development of Thailand's digital economy and the Eastern Economic Corridor under the Thailand 4.0 policy.  This...

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 - 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...

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...

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

Summary of Discussions from Asia IoT Business Platform 2018, Singapore

Asia IoT Business Platform's 2018 calendar of events kicked off on 26th February 2018 in Singapore with a gathering of government agencies and enterprises from Southeast Asia.