Airtel Payments Bank, Frontier Markets and the Mastercard Centre for Inclusive Growth have announced the launch of She Leads Bharat:Udyam, an initiative to elevate 100,000 Indian women-owned small businesses with resources, tools and opportunities to grow and diversify their incomes.
Cloudera, a data company with a focus on enterprise AI, has announced a collaboration with a leading Indian fintech platform, PhonePe.
In the final instalment of our recent series focusing on e-waste in emerging markets, we reached out to a major Asian operator to learn more about how they plan to achieve a major sustainability pledge - Thailand’s True Corp, which has announced that it aims to achieve zero e-waste to landfill by 2030.
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly sent a reference to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to ask for a reserve price for a number of bands to be sold in the next 5G spectrum auction – but they don’t seem to include 6GHz.
Two Vodafone Idea (Vi) partnerships have made very different headlines in the past week: one because it has just been signed. The other, however, is not to continue beyond its initial two-year term.
CelcomDigi revealed in the first half of the year it saw a gain of 391,000 subscribers taking its total to 20.48 million since its mega-merger six months ago, as it reported its H1 results.
Viettel Group, Vietnam’s largest telecommunications group, which boasts a growing international footprint, has selected the MX960 Universal Routing Platform from Juniper Networks, a provider of secure, AI-driven networks, for its network refresh.
Telenor reshuffled its executive suite, appointing Petter-Borre Furberg (pictured, left) as the new head of Telenor Asia, replacing Jorgen Rostrup (pictured, right) who will head up Telenor Nordics.
Petronas Digital, the digital arm of Petronas, a Malaysian global energy group with a presence in over 100 countries, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Microsoft and Cegal, a global tech company specializing in energy and security, to accelerate digital innovation for the upstream value chain.
5G is on its way to 69 underground metro stations in India’s capital territory. In fact, according to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), 29 underground stations have been successfully upgraded to 5G and infrastructure work is in progress at the remaining 40 underground stations, including associated tunnels.
Ericsson announced it will open an AI laboratory in Vietnam in a move to enhance education on emerging technologies such as AI and 5G.
Now Telecom parent company Now Corporation teamed up with US equipment vendor Celona to deliver private 5G networks to the enterprise sector in the Philippines.
A number of policy initiatives have been announced by India’s Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw this week, focusing on improving the reach of IT and the issues of SIM card security and bulk connections.
Huawei's latest security products and solutions garnered much attention at the recent Huawei Network Summit (HNS) 2023 in Jakarta as the vendor expands its capabilities in this key sector.
Global smartphone shipments are predicted to dip 6% to 1.15 billion units by the end of 2023, the lowest in a decade as economies continue to see macroeconomic headwinds cut consumer spending.
Despite recent good news regarding a loan of 20 billion rupees (about US$240 million) to meet payment obligations, Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has reported widened net losses during the first three months of its financial year to the end of June 2023.
Thai state-owned operator National Telecom (NT) gained approval from its board to invest THB800 million (£17.7 million) to build its network to tap into spectrum in the 26GHz band, to provide FWA services and connect enterprises to private 5G networks.
Globe Telecom stated in its Q2 results its full-year revenue projection will be lower than expected due to continuing macroeconomic pressures, extended high inflation, and low consumer spending power.
Malaysian operator Maxis has finally launched 5G services today (August 15) after state-owned 5G wholesaler Digital Nasional Berhad signed access agreements with the nation’s operators.
Vietnam is preparing to auction 700MHz spectrum for mobile use.
Instant messaging app Beep Pakistan has arrived. But will it challenge the popularity in Pakistan of WhatsApp?
Provided the country’s President, Droupadi Murmu, adds his signature, India’s personal data protection bill, passed by Parliament’s upper house on Wednesday evening, will become law very soon.
Asian data centre provider Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has entered into a renewable energy contract with independent power producer Cikarang Listrindo (CL) to procure power generated from biomass sources for its 30 MW data centre campus in Cibitung, a district in West Java Province, Greater Jakarta.
Satellite-direct-to-standard-mobile-phone system Lynk and operator Vodafone Cook Islands have announced the start of an initial satellite direct-to-mobile-phone service to Vodafone Cook Islands subscribers using what Lynk calls its "cell-towers-in-space".
Bharti Airtel, one of India’s three leading private operators, has stolen a march on rivals Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio by becoming the first Indian operator to launch a 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) service.
Asian satellite and space tech company Thaicom has announced the signing of a partnership agreement between Space Tech Innovation Limited (STI), a subsidiary of Thaicom, and Eutelsat Asia, a subsidiary of satellite operator Eutelsat.
Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has been busy lately, with announcements in the past few days of major deals in South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines.
India is to impose a licensing requirement for imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers with immediate effect. What does that mean for companies like Apple and Samsung? Will it boost local manufacturing? And how will it affect prices?
The Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) announced over 113 million SIM cards have been registered as of the end of July, following a five-day extension and thus ending the SIM registration programme.
Shutting down 2G and 3G is ramping up across the globe as operators make way for more capacity for 4G and 5G networks. It is the inevitable cycle of progress, out with the old, and in with the new as the old saying goes.
India’s Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) has signed a consortium agreement with industry partners for the collaborative development of a disaggregated 5G radio access network (5G RAN) solution.
In an interesting illustration of contrasting fortunes in the Indian telecoms market, operator Bharti Airtel has prepaid a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) debt while rival Vodafone Idea (Vi) is gearing up for admittedly smaller payments, but payments that are part of a much larger overall debt burden.
As part of its ongoing modernisation programme, CelcomDigi announced the consolidation of two clusters of networks in east Malaysia.
Globe Telecom reportedly saw a surge of over three million sign-ups on deadline day for SIM card registrations in the Philippines.
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