Asia Pacific

Southeast Asia 'smart cities' redesign roads and grids with Japan (Nikkei Asian Review)

Japan will help build "smart cities" across Southeast Asia, using artificial intelligence and networked devices to tackle problems like road congestion and energy conservation. This article originally appeared on Nikkei Asian...

Southeast Asia

The Key to TRUE Global Connectivity?

In Thailand, around 58% of the population have internet access. Most of the population that do not have internet access live in rural areas. New satellite technology may be the solution...

Myanmar

A country full of potential, from 2G to 4G in less than 3 years - 27th Asia IoT Business Platform in Myanmar

U Soe Thein, Director General of the Post and Telecommunications Department under the Ministry of Transport and Communications said in his Government Keynote Address today that “IoT, blockchains, AI, big...

Myanmar

Five sectors driving Myanmar’s economic growth in 2018-19 (The Myanmar Times)

The banking sector is expected to expand, led by improvements in digital banking infrastructure enabling card payments, e-banking and more recently, mobile wallets. As a result, the number of bank...

Myanmar

OBG Business Barometer: Myanmar CEO Survey (Oxford Business Group)

OBG Business Barometer is based on data from companies with revenue within the following parameters, among others:  • 94% of companies surveyed were private • 31% of companies surveyed were...

Myanmar

Telecommunications sector a bright spot for economy in 2018-19 (Myanmar Times)

In the 2018-19 National Planning Bill signed by President U Win Myint on September 21, telecommunications was projected to grow by 15 percent between October 1, 2018 and September 30,...

Myanmar

New digital tax collection system to launch next year (Myanmar Times)

The government will make existing tax laws clearer and start using technology to enable taxpayers to pay their taxes more conveniently.  This article originally appeared on the Myanmar Times on...

Myanmar

KDDI Brings Japanese Telecoms Technology & Know-how to Myanmar (Asia One)

As smartphones come into widespread use in Myanmar, demand for social networking services (SNS), video sharing services and content use is increasing. MPT has been offering LTE+ high-speed data transmission...

Myanmar

Myanmar to open insurance sector to foreign participation in 2018/19 (Oxford Business Group)

On August 28 representatives of the Insurance Business Regulatory Board (IBRB) announced that overseas insurance companies would be allowed to formally enter the market at some point during FY 2018/19, which begins...

Myanmar

Realising Digital Myanmar

Myanmar has now over 50 million mobile subscribers - that's 98% SIM penetration according to GSMA. Myanmar’s government has a unique opportunity to learn from international digital government experiences to develop a...

Myanmar

Technology to Solve Urban Challenges in Myanmar

While many nations are utilizing technologies to develop smart cities, Myanmar is pushing for urbanization development. Urban development projects had been mapped out in Yangon and the government is inviting investment in...

Myanmar, China

Strong ties between Myanmar and China could bolster opportunities for Chinese firms in Myanmar's Digital Economy

Myanmar’s digital economy is on the rise and would strive for enabling digital economy and multi-sectorial digital transformation including digital government, digital community and digital society.

Myanmar

Can Myanmar Afford China’s Belt and Road? (The Diplomat)

Ranging from trade to technology, China and Myanmar’s Pauk Phaw (fraternal) relationship is advancing. A MoU is expected to be signed in the upcoming weeks. The initial proposal incorporates over 20 projects as...

Myanmar

Operators unfazed as Myanmar slows (The Nation)

The government enforced a new company law, allowing foreign investors to invest in wholesale and retail trade. Adul Chotinisakorn, director general of Thailand’s Department of Foreign Trade, said Myanmar has a...

Myanmar

Many are ready to move on from cash (The Myanmar Times)

Sixty-four percent of people surveyed in Myanmar are eager to open a bank account and utilise latest payment systems. The majority of people in Myanmar wish to have access to banking...

Southeast Asia

PM calls for a digital ecosystem for region (The Nation)

Thailand and Vietnam together boast about 47 million online shoppers. Each shopper spent $109 (Bt3,620) last year via e-commerce channels, a 10-14 per cent increase from 2016. Online purchases reached...

Myanmar

Government to build integrated data centre with S. Korean aid (Myanmar Times)

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is set to construct an e-government Integrated Data Centre in cooperation with the Economic Development Cooperation Fund from the Republic of Korea to boost...

Myanmar

Myanmar set for transition to digital economy with corporates’ support (The Nation)

FIVE YEARS after Myanmar’s liberalisation of the telecommunications sector, the nation has now over 50 million mobile subscribers, a figure that almost encompasses its total population, and is set for...

Myanmar

What have moved in Myanmar in the past 12 months since the formation of the Digital Economy Development Committee (DEDC)

Over US$60 billion of investment is needed over the next 2 decades but the government only has the budget to cover one third of the cost. While the Ministry is working on cost...

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...