Yes, I know you are sick of hearing about GDPR and, like me, you have been inundated with hundreds of emails pointing your attention to updated privacy policies, terms and conditions and subscription maintenance. These Read more…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – For Lalit Bisht, buying Roadster jeans and T-shirts off Myntra, Flipkart’s fashion operation, is a no brainer. It may take a week to deliver clothes to Bisht’s small hometown in Uttarakhand, but Read more…
Virgin Mobile Australia has begun winding down operations as its owner and host operator Optus starts helping Virgin customers transition off the service (and ideally to Optus). Optus – which announced its decision to close Read more…
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is a new dumping ground for scrap electronics from around the world, say police and environmentalists, the latest country to feel the impact of China’s crackdown on imports of high-tech trash. Read more…
Fiber and cable networks are dominating the global broadband market, accounting for 77% of fixed subscriptions, new figures from Point Topic have revealed. According to Point Topic’s latest Global Broadband Statistics report, which take into Read more…
Globe Telecom has again called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to minimize fiber-cut incidents that disrupt telecoms services after two recent separate incidents in Northern Luzon and Mindanao last week. On Read more…
(Reuters) – Shares of NXP Semiconductors fell 5% on Wednesday after China’s latest warning against US trade threats dulled hopes of an early approval by Beijing for Qualcomm’s $44 billion acquisition of the chipmaker. The Read more…
We thought the ‘IoT’ would disappear eventually but the blanket term for simply connected things does seem to be disappearing, and fast. The number of articles talking generally about the IoT is being replaced by Read more…
PCCW Global has announced the public launch of Console Connect, a software-defined interconnect platform that enables customers to instantly provision direct private connections to remote data centers, partners, and cloud services on demand. According to Read more…
SK Telecom, AT&T and OpenStack Foundation are collaborating to launch a new open infrastructure project called Airship. SK Telecom says it has been working with AT&T to find a way to easily deploy and manage Read more…
NEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is standing firm on a directive to compel global payment firms to store customer data in India, resisting calls from US companies to dilute Read more…
New Myanmar mobile operator Ananda has launched its 4G+ data-only service in Yangon, offering users unlimited data for 35,000 kyats ($25) per month. The launch offer includes a free mi-fi hotspot and a 4G+ SIM. Read more…
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ms Li has a day job in the marketing department of one of China’s biggest tech firms. At night, she has a second career, livestreaming herself eating noodles or telling jokes in Read more…
Intent-based networking start-up Apstra announced that cloud services and products provider Awnix has deployed the first AOS supported deployment of OpenSwitch (OPX) on Dell Z9100-ON switches in a Tier 1 service provider production network. AOS Read more…
ITEM: Australia’s NBN Co has backed off from its promise to provide fixed-wireless customers with maximum connection speeds of 100 Mbps because it’s just too expensive. According to ABC, NBN Co told Parliament in January Read more…
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s military-run telecommunication company Viettel Group and its partners will launch a 4G mobile network in Myanmar next month to cash in on the Southeast Asian country’s fast-growing economy, the Vietnamese government Read more…
With an urgent need for safe, secure storage of cryptocurrencies, there is a growing variety of custody options available. Here are the five most popular ones. It’s no secret that cryptocurrency continues to be plagued Read more…
GENEVA (Reuters) – China told the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body on Monday that US accusations that Beijing forced companies to hand over technology as a cost of doing business in China were groundless. Read more…
Ride-hailing firm Grab launched a beta service of GrabFood in Singapore, as part of a broader plan to make the Grab app an “everyday app” for essential daily services: transport, food, delivery, and payments. The Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – A publicity stunt featuring a Mao Zedong lookalike at a conference on blockchain in China on Monday sparked an uproar on social media, with some users saying the “shameful” disrespect to the Read more…
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