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Google reportedly looking to buy around 5% stake in India’s Vodafone Idea
Google is reportedly looking to buy a 5% stake in Indian telecom operator, Vodafone Idea, which has been struggling to pay AGR-related dues. Read more…
Month: May 2020
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Internet firms oppose rules requiring visitors to disclose social media info
Internet firms challenge rules requiring nearly all US visitors to disclose social media user information from the prior five years. Read more…
Features
Will two astronauts in space mean the start of an ugly struggle?
With the launch (we hope) of two astronauts into space for the first time for several years, our focus shifts to the heavens. Read more…
Features
Millennial workers want virtual office opportunities and flexible working
There are more Millennials than Baby Boomers. It’s no wonder employers are eager to understand what motivates Millennials in the workplace. Read more…
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Jio Platforms looks like pulling in another $3bn, including Microsoft
Microsoft and Mubadala Investment Co have separately started negotiations with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to buy stakes in Jio Platforms. Read more…
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Alibaba emerges a big winner from China’s coronavirus crisis
Alibaba is emerging as one of China’s biggest corporate winners of the coronavirus crisis, gaining the opportunity to expand its businesses. Read more…
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Tencent raises this year’s largest Asian corporate debt deal – $6 billion
Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd has raised $6 billion in a bond sale – the largest Asian debt deal in 2020. Read more…
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Trump to order review of law protecting social media from user posts
Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that protects social media firms being responsible for material posted by their users. Read more…
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5G will benefit from COVID-19 but by how much, and when?
That telecoms and 5G will benefit from the current pandemic is beyond doubt. What we did not reckon with was the huge, extra usage. Read more…
Features
Your definitive guide to Social Media Transformation
Social Media Transformation – the integration of social media processes and technology into sales, marketing, HR and corporate communications Read more…
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India making public source code of its contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu
India said it was making public the source code of its coronavirus contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu for Google’s Android smartphones. Read more…
Views
Data privacy law updates eyed by Singapore regulators
Singapore’s data privacy regulators are proposing that the country’s data privacy law could use two new updates. Read more…
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Instant messaging users reach 4.3bn in 2020 driven by payment services
The number of instant messaging users will reach 4.3 billion in 2020, largely driven by increased r remote communication in COVID-19 crisis. Read more…
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Trump threatens to shut down social media while using social media!
Donald Trump has threatened to regulate or shut down social media companies after Twitter suggested people check the president’s claims. Read more…
Off the Wire
Teleinfo Media Thailand moves outsourced call center service to the cloud
Teleinfo Media (TMC) Thailand, today announced that it has expanded its usage of the Cloud-based Tikal Call Center. Read more…
Videos
Korean media firm d’strict creates digital waves, and new business models
A giant wave is the latest installation by d;strict on the LED facade of South Korea’s largest digital billboard, the SMTown Coex Artium. Read more…
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SmarTone arrives fashionably late to Hong Kong’s 5G party
SmarTone launched 5G in HK Thursday, almost two months after its rivals, but says the delay gave it time to get the customer experience right Read more…
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Chinese expand use of health tracking QR codes, privacy concerns grow
China’s health tracking QR codes, a key part in the country’s successful containment of coronavirus, now look set to play a much broader role Read more…
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Airtel’s promoter Bharti Telecom sells 2.75% stake to raise $1.15bn
Bharti Airtel’s promoter company Bharti Telecom sold a 2.75% stake in the telecom operator to raise over $1.15bn from institutional investors Read more…
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Volunteer Kawal army in Indonesia helps fight coronavirus with data, web
The Kawal COVID-19 group’s 800 volunteers have emerged as an increasingly important source of information and guidance fighting coronavirus. Read more…