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  • E-commerce expansion primed for Indonesian market

    INDONESIA, 2016/02/14 As smartphones become additional commonplace in Indonesia, apps are enjoying a surge in popularity, suggesting that e-commerce – for both goods and services – is filling market voids and strengthening its economic foothold. Online trading and transport apps in particular are generating interest, offering a solid foundation for other start-ups, and attracting international players and financiers to the country.

  • ICT tops priorities in Malaysia’s new budget

    MALAYSIA, 2015/12/27 The new national budget signals an acceleration of Malaysia’s digital drive, with both ICT research and improvment(R&D) and broadband provision awarded significant funding increases. While higher investment in the digital economy spells good news for the sector, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular, some stakeholders would like to see additional done to boost industry sales. Bigger, better broadband Presented to Parliament on October 23, the 2016 budget sets out a series of spending programmes aimed at supporting ICT services and bolstering R&D.

  • Vietnam's prime minister posted a letter online on Thursday urging the public to use the Internet responsibly

    VIETNAM, 2015/11/26 Vietnam's prime minister posted a letter online on Thursday urging the public to use the Internet responsibly and build a civilized web environment, in rare comments promoting cyberspace in a country renowned for crushing dissent. In a letter additional than 1,100 words long posted on the government's website and its new Facebook page, Nguyen Tan Dung said the Internet was key to transparency and "contributes to the assurance of freedom, human rights and civil rights". While Internet usage and smartphone sales have soared in Vietnam, its communist government has dealt harshly with its online critics, with rights groups angered by the arrests, intimidation and jailing of dozens of bloggers and activists.

  • Govt to remove e-commerce firms from negative list

    INDONESIA, 2015/11/15 The government will revise its negative investment inventory, particularly by allowing foreign-established e-commerce companies to do business in the country, in a bid to draw funding for local e-commerce players. The revision plan emerged following a conference between Communications and Data Minister Rudiantara, Trade Minister Thomas Lembong and Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) chairman Franky Sibarani. They agreed to propose the removal of established e-commerce companies from the country’s negative investment inventory. Rudiantara said on Friday he had talked with Thomas and Franky about how to make funding additional accessible for local Internet-based companies.

  • Thailand gears up to go digital

    THAILAND, 2015/04/02 As the government sharpens it focus on ICT, a digital drive is taking shape in Thailand, underpinned by plans that include incentives for investors and improved communications infrastructure.

  • Changes in Brunei Darussalam's telecoms market

    BRUNEI , 2015/04/01 Consumers are set to benefit from significant changes in Brunei Darussalam’s telecoms market due to moves by the sector regulator to eliminate mobile termination and incoming call charges, amongst other measures. On March 3rd, the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI) announced plans to rationalise tariffs to ensure a level playing field between mobile operators. The changes, which become effective at the end of March, include directives requiring local mobile providers to adopt the so-called Sender-Keeps-All (SKA) interconnection regime, which eliminates mobile termination charges, allowing existing players and new entrants to compete on an equal footing. “The different pricing arrangement has become a barrier to inter-operator communications. Subscribers of the major player would be reluctant to call subscribers of a smaller player due to the higher rates imposed,” said the body.

  • China Mobile to buy into True

    CHINA, 2014/06/10 True Corporation's almost decade-old quest for a strategic partner is over as it forged an alliance with world telecom giant China Mobile International Ltd (CMI) to support its ambitious regional increase. Under the agreement, CMI, a all owned subsidiary of China Mobile Communication Co, will pay 28.6 billion baht for an 18% stake in Thailand's leading telecommunications conglomerate, backed by billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont. A partnership arrangement was signed yesterday in Bangkok. authentic will issue 10.077 billion new shares to existing shareholders and CMI at a price of 6.45 baht per share. Assuming full placement, the share issue will raise 65 billion baht in capital for the company.

  • Microsoft and Lufthansa Systems take mobile services airborne

    GERMANY, 2014/02/11 Tuesday at the Singapore Airshow 2014, Microsoft Corp and Lufthansa Systems are showcasing the new BoardConnect app for Windows 8. The app allows airlines to create a incomparable experience for their in-flight passenger entertainment systems. The interactive solution will allow users to watch the new movies, order food, shop, find data about their destinations and much additional. The entertainment platform can be quickly customized for new airline customers and allows them to configure devices to offer a uniquely branded product to their passengers. "We are making BoardConnect available on Windows 8 to give passengers even additional choices to use the platform," said Norbert Muller, senior vice president of BoardConnect at Lufthansa Systems. "This makes it easy for airlines to give their passengers a superior in-flight entertainment experience that allows them to watch a wide range of movies, look at flight data and shop, all from their seat."

  • Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery

    MALAYSIA, 2013/10/13 Malaysia has to produce a lot of data scientists to drive its effort to become a data management centre so as to pioneer new economic opportunities on a world scale, Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said today. He said it was the desire of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to see Malaysia not only as a consumer in the data technology sector but as well as a major player in IT development. "Education must as well be geared towards that direction. Hitherto, we have sent our children to become engineers, chemists and aeronautical engineers.

  • Brunei Darussalam takes steps to lessen rural digital divide

    BRUNEI , 2013/08/13 Rural areas of Brunei Darussalam, which have long faced problems with data and communications technology (ICT) services, are set to benefit from a move to align the Sultanate’s bandwidth with that of its regional neighbours. The decision to replace mobile frequency bands comes as the Sultanate prepares to hand out 4G long-term evolution (LTE) licences. However, despite the wave of activity taking place across the telecoms sector, there are concerns that the joint roaming agreement could fail to produce results for the country, unless tariffs are revised downwards to levels nearer those of its regional peers.
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