Malaysia

Unlocking the potential of digital economy (The Star)

According to Speedtest Global Index (January 2021), Malaysia’s mobile download speed ranked 94th (out of 140) in the world and 8th among Asean nations. The 4G mobile network coverage under...

ASEAN

The Tech Edge for ESG: Key Takeaways

An economic powerhouse with immense potential for growth, ASEAN’s awareness of ESG is still at the stage of infancy. However, as ESG becomes part of a firm’s priorities, projects will...

Indonesia

New state capital infrastructure to use advanced technology: Kominfo (ANTARA News)

The capital city would use fiber optics and satellites to become a technologically advanced capital, said Budiarto. "We expect all systems in the new capital to use the most advanced...

ASEAN

Takeaways from AIBP Insights Smart Cities: Safeguarding the Future of Cities - Liveability and Sustainability

With our panelists from Cyberview and Digital Penang of Malaysia, Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) of Thailand, Jakarta Smart City of Indonesia, PLANET Technology, PLDT, Inc., Qualcomm and Total Access...

APAC

Huawei Vouches for Asia Pacific Digital Transformation, Looks to Define 5.5G (Jakarta Globe)

Chinese tech behemoth Huawei seeks to expedite digital transformation in the Asia Pacific, a key region with huge growth potential, as the company moves to define the next 5.5G standard that would expand the...

Singapore

IBM unveils Singapore testbed for 5G and emerging tech (Channel Asia)

IBM has partnered up with Samsung Electronics and digital network operator M1 to launch what is being referred to as an ‘Industry 4.0 Studio’. The Singapore studio is designed to...

ASEAN

Takeaways from AIBP Insights Logistics and Supply Chain: Intelligent and Customer-centric Supply Chains - Visibility and Communication

Today’s discussion for logistics and supply chains was focused on customer-centricity and demands, and technology adoption for logistics and supply chain players. Panelists from Advantech, EverFocus, GoFresh Gojek, IBM, LOCAD and SYSTEC came together...

ASEAN

Enterprise Technology in ASEAN: 73% Expect Investments in Digital Technologies to increase in 2021

We released the full results of our 2020 AIBP ASEAN Enterprise Digital Transformation Survey on 26th December 2020, where 664 enterprise stakeholders from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam gave...

Singapore

Budget 2021: Local companies can access co-funding schemes to transform, digitalise (The Straits Times)

The Digital Leaders Programme will support companies in hiring a core digital team and developing and implementing a digital transformation road map. The Government will also extend its enhanced support of up...

Thailand

National Telecom urged to focus on infrastructure (Bangkok Post)

NT, which is a merged unit of state telecom enterprises TOT and CAT Telecom, was launched on Jan 7. Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta said NT aims...

Singapore

Tech-enabled firms in Singapore among the fastest growing companies (The Straits Times)

The study conducted last year compiled a league table of 75 local companies that achieved high revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. Now in its third year, the study was...

Philippines

UnionBank lauded for bringing smart banking in PH (FutureIoT)

UnionBank, the first local bank to launch a smart branch in the Philippines using 5G for seamless connectivity with internet of things (IoT)-enabled services, ended 2020 with a bang by...

Indonesia

Kominfo: Realization of 5G Network in Indonesia to Begin in 2021 (CNN Indonesia)

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) stated that the realization of 5G will only begin in 2021. Director General of Information and Public Communication of Kominfo, Widodo Muktiyo said...

Thailand

TOT-IEAT pact to support infrastructure (Bangkok Post)

Recently, TOT also inked a three-year MoU for a collaboration with the Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand (EECO) for a telecom infrastructure offering under the concept of infrastructure-sharing as...

Indonesia

5G to add $8b to telco revenue in Indonesia by 2030: Ericsson (The Jakarta Post)

5G would enable smart operations and these could be applied through the entire supply chain. In manufacturing, 5G technology enabled fast and cost-efficient connectivity, which could increase production ability. “Many operators...

Malaysia

Malaysia to chair first ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting (The Edge Markets)

The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) in a statement today said the emphasis would be on the importance of centralisation and unity, in efforts to develop the ASEAN Community...

Vietnam

Vietnam leads Asia-Pacific in pace of digital progress (The Business Times)

Digital transformation efforts in Vietnam have yielded the biggest improvement among regional economies, according to an industry study of 11 Asia-Pacific markets. Vietnam saw the highest increase in scores between...

Thailand

Supply Chain Optimisation: Overcoming Supply Chain Disruption - Takeaways from AIBP Insights Thailand

In AIBP Insights Thailand’s penultimate session on supply chain optimisation, our discussion broached the topic of overcoming supply chain disruption with speakers from C.I.T Corporation, CP Foods (CPF), Indorama Ventures,...

Philippines

AIBP Insights Philippines: A Regional Telco Discussion on Enterprise 5G Applications

It does seem that the telcos in the region are fairly optimistic with the rollout of 5G infrastructure, but the point raised by Mr. Tan, General Director of Viettel is...

Indonesia

Ministry, e-commerce team up to hold online classes for SMEs (The Jakarta Post)

The government is joining hands with e-commerce players and tech firms to provide training for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to boost digital inclusion among small businesses and to improve...