Asia Pacific

70% of businesses push past pandemic, maintain digital transformation spend (CIO Dive)

Despite the economic contraction, 70% of businesses plan to sustain or increase their 2020 investments in digital transformation, according to a survey of 3,000 global executives published by software company IFS....

ASEAN

Customer Experience as the Centre of a Business’s Endeavour

Today businesses have realized that digital transformation strategies must begin with the customer experience. According to Asia IoT Business Platform's ASEAN Digital Enterprise Report, 41% of businesses identified improving customer experience or...

Malaysia

MDEC welcomes foreign digital investments into Malaysia post-Covid-19 (Malay Mail)

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) welcomes foreign digital investments into the local market with the gradual reopening of economic sectors following the government’s success in containing Covid-19. This article originally...

ASEAN

5G not just hype, but offers real investable opportunities (The Business Times)

Each previous new generation of network has produced a big jump in speed. And we will certainly see this with 5G, which is estimated to be between 10 and 100...

Vietnam

Grappling with digital evolution (Vietnam Investment Review)

The writer is the Head of Enterprise Engagement, ASEAN of Industry Platform, Lam Nguyen. Improvements in telecommunication infrastructure like 4G and 5G increased internet access and smartphone penetration, and growing income levels...

Vietnam

Programme on national digital transformation approved (Nhân Dân)

The Prime Minister on June 3 issued Decision No.749/QD-TTg approving the National Digital Transformation Programme by 2025, with orientations toward 2030. The programme aims to realise the orientations and policies of...

ASEAN

Cohesiveness will be vital for Asean’s post-pandemic economic recovery (The Business Times)

We will see increased digitisation and automation of everything. We will see significant shifts in supply chains as businesses look to diversify the sources of essential components away from single locations. We...

ASEAN

Post-Covid activity recovering in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia (The Business Times)

Economic activity has begun to recover in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand as Covid-19 lockdowns are lifted, said Maybank Kim Eng economists in a May 27 report. They believe that some...

Singapore

Singapore 5G rollout: Unforeseen hurdles need to be overcome (The Business Times)

Despite the economic challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic, Singapore remains on track to roll out its nationwide fifth generation mobile telephony (5G) network by 2025, the government has...

ASEAN

Stepping Up Cybersecurity During The Pandemic (The ASEAN Post)

While ASEAN is increasingly coordinating its efforts to reinforce regional cybersecurity, more needs to be done to address the constantly evolving threats. According to a recent World Economic Forum (WEF)...

ASEAN

Can Data Collaboration Help the Real Estate and Retail Industry Discover More Resilient Business Models?

With an ideal framework of how data collaboration could look like and how outperforming firms allocate investment spend, we dived into case studies from last year’s AIBP Enterprise Innovation Award...

ASEAN

Reviewing Returns of Digital Investments in ASEAN - Key Takeaways from AIBP Focus, 14 May 2020

In compliance with the lockdown and social distancing measures implemented across Southeast Asia, we had to put our regional travel and face to face meetings on hold. Amidst this downtime,...

Singapore

Coronavirus: Businesses speed up move into digital space (Straits Times)

Mr Yeo Hiang Meng, president of the Federation of Merchants' Association, Singapore (FMAS), at the webinar, said: "Many bricks-and-mortar businesses... have been disrupted during this period, but we also see...

Malaysia

Pandemic a catalyst to push digital banking (The Malaysian Reserve)

The Movement Control Order (MCO) combined with urgent financial requirements due to the Covid-19 outbreak, is leading man. KPMG Malaysia conducted an online survey to understand customer appetite and concerns when it...

Malaysia

5G Deployments Marginally Affected By Lockdowns: GSMA (Digital News Asia)

The GSM Association (GSMA) does not believe the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic will adversely affect worldwide 5G rollouts but concedes that near- to mid-term deployment schedules may be delayed, and...

ASEAN

Driving adoption of real-time payments in Asean (The Business Times)

Recognising the opportunity presented by the propensity of the population to adopt digital payments, and their evident role in driving financial inclusion, governments in ASEAN have been fast transforming their payments...

ASEAN

#TECH: Covid-19 drives digital transformation for Asean enterprises (New Straits Times)

Its senior analyst Alfie Amir said a large majority of Asean enterprises still rely on traditional information communication technology (ICT) such as captive data centre and traditional network services, making...

Thailand

Covid-19 trends likely to stick (Bangkok Post)

The business world won't be the same after the Covid-19 pandemic is over, with technology in the limelight. Outbreak-driven digital transformation is likely to be adopted by businesses and workers, said...

Vietnam

Vietnam launches telemedicine as useful alternative during coronavirus pandemic (SGGP)

The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Health yesterday jointly launched a medical examination and treatment platform at a distance and Bluezone application during coronavirus pandemic. This...

Indonesia

In challenging times, digital economy and e-commerce can chart a path toward recovery (The Jakarta Post)

While an economic slowdown seems unavoidable, this is a window to leverage the power of the internet and accelerate the pace of digitalization to help mitigate risks. Indonesia's digital economy,...