On the sidelines of CASBAA Philippines In View, which wrapped up on Wednesday, Jacky Lai, assistant vice president of business development at PCCW OTT-Viu, updates Disruptive.Asia on Viu’s progress in the Philippines and explains why Read more…
REUTERS – Amazon.com and Microsoft have joined forces to let their voice-controlled virtual assistants talk to each other, offering users the ability to seamlessly tap into work, their homes and shop online. The partnership is Read more…
ITEM: Singapore has become the latest battleground for unlimited data plans, with cellcos M1 and StarHub launching competing plans offering customers unlimited 4G data – although the two operators have slightly different ideas of what Read more…
HANOI (Reuters) – “This isn’t like China,” says Vietnamese activist “Anh Chi” at a noisy bar off one of the narrow streets of Hanoi’s Old Quarter. “They can’t shut Facebook down here.” His 40,000 Facebook Read more…
Google-Wifi has landed in Hong Kong and Singapore via separate exclusive deals with telcos HKT and StarHub, who are offering the mesh Wi-Fi device as part of revamped broadband bundles. HKT Smart Living is offering Read more…
SK Telecom announced that it launched an IoT-based air quality monitoring and management service for schools. Billed as Smart Air for School, the service measures and analyzes air quality – e.g. fine dust (PM2.5, PM10) Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO/GEORGETOWN, Del. (Reuters) – Uber Technologies’ new chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi told employees on Wednesday the ride-services company would change its culture and may go public in 18 to 36 months. Khosrowshahi, who led Read more…
TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp’s trading arm became the latest participant in ride-hailing firm Grab’s current financing round that is expected to raise $2.5 billion, led by Chinese peer Didi Chuxing and Japan’s SoftBank Read more…
Axiata Group subsidiary edotco has landed a deal to acquire approximately 13,000 towers in Pakistan from Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (PMCL) for $940 million in partnership with local investment conglomerate Dawood Hercules Corp (DH Corp). Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google on Wednesday unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown with Apple’s iPhone over next-generation smartphone features. Phone-based Read more…
In many industries – such as airlines, retail, and media – disruption has been linked to new low-cost, almost commodity-type services. Southwest Airlines and Ryanair paved the way for low-cost flights, online news has become Read more…
If China Unicom’s so-called “2I2C” strategy of combining close commercial partnerships with minority investments by internet companies and industry vertical specialists is successful, it could not only serve as a model for 5G development in Read more…
(Reuters) – Kik Interactive, the Ontario, Canada-based creator of the global chat platform Kik, valued at $1 billion, said on Tuesday it will launch in two weeks the sale of its own cryptocurrency which is Read more…
Kyocera announced that its subsidiary, Kyocera Communication Systems (KCCS) has started joint research with the University of Tsukuba to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of detecting melanoma and other skin diseases by analyzing Read more…
Indonesian mobile operator Telkomsel has expanded its TCash digital payments offering by conducting trials of its TCash Pass payment service for the Semarang Rapid Transit Bus (RTB). Telkomsel developed TCash Pass to address the need Read more…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies will give free insurance to its 450,000 driver partners in India that will cover death, disability or hospitalization due to accidents, the company said on Tuesday. Read more…
REUTERS – Technology company Apple and professional services company Accenture said Tuesday they will team up to help businesses build better applications for iOS, the operating system that powers Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Accenture helps Read more…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Symantec, a digital security company, says it has identified a sustained cyber spying campaign, likely state-sponsored, against Indian and Pakistani entities involved in regional security issues. In a threat intelligence report that Read more…
For the past five years, the primary impact of shifting IT platforms was to drive greater data center concentration and the creation of a core IT portfolio. It included the consolidation of smaller corporate data Read more…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of ATMs and electronic card payment machines in Indonesia went offline over the weekend, and it might take two more weeks before full service is restored, after an outage from a Read more…
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