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Hong Kong reveals new plans to boost its fintech hub status
Hong Kong proposes allowing retail investors to trade in cryptocurrencies and crypto exchange-traded funds in hopes of rebuilding its fintech hub status. Read more…
Month: October 2022
Features
Is vRAN a viable alternative to pure open RAN?
Most open RAN launches planned for 2022 are still in progress but lots of vRAN deployments have gone live. Is vRAN a viable alternative to open RAN? Read more…
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Globe prepares SIM registration of 87.4 million customers
Philippine’s mobile operator, Globe, has begun preparations to ensure a credible and customer-friendly rollout of the SIM Registration Act with 87.4m customers. Read more…
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Musk gets Twitter – but now comes the hard part
Overspending on Twitter for $44 billion was the easy part, now Elon Musk must prove why he believes that Twitter is worth 10 times that amount. Read more…
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India expects Twitter to comply with rules after takeover
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter will not change India’s expectation that it will comply with the country’s rules for such companies, adding that India’s new IT rules would be out in days. Read more…
Features
Time for carriers to unlock more value from transformation
Here’s how carriers can accelerate digital transformation by unlocking new energy for data-driven growth and exploring new engines for digital intelligence. Read more…
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E-commerce firms in SEA shift focus to customer engagement
Customer acquisition is no longer the primary focus for e-commerce firms in Southeast Asia as markets mature. Now it’s about customer retention and loyalty. Read more…
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Meta investors are losing patience with Zuck’s metaverse bet
Meta Platforms forecast a weak holiday quarter and significantly more costs next year, as investors voiced skepticism about the company’s pricey metaverse bets. Read more…
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Ford and VW go back to the autonomous-car drawing board
The road map to fully self-driving vehicles is being rewritten once again, this time by Ford and Volkswagen as their joint startup Argo AI shuts down. Read more…
Views
Advertising revenue models are back – and riskier than ever
Is advertising becoming a viable business model again? Netflix and Uber think so. The question is whether consumers will feel the same way. Read more…
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COAI wants OTT players to be regulated like telcos
India’s COAI has asked the government to regulate OTT players like WhatsApp and Netflix the same as telcos under a “same service same rules” regime. Read more…
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Medibank reveals full scope of data breach – it’s bad
Medibank says a cyber attack compromised data of all of its of its nearly 4 million customers, as it warned of a major hit to its first-half earnings. Read more…
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Telenor Q3 results saved by SIM tax reversal in Pakistan
Telenor says its Q3 core earnings came in higher than expected due to a one-off gain in Pakistan following a court-directed reversal of the SIM tax provision. Read more…
Views
BNPL will be huge by 2027 for not-so-good reasons
Deteriorating macro-economic factors may spell rough times ahead for ordinary people, but it will be great for BNPL firms – provided regulators do their job. Read more…
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Vietnam leads digital consumer growth in Southeast Asia
Eight in ten Vietnamese are digital consumers, making Vietnam one of the top markets for adopting new technologies from e-commerce to mobile payments: report. Read more…
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Paying off hackers is more common than you might think
Corporate insurers routinely pay hackers ransom to return stolen customer data, says Macquarie Telecom Group, as Medibank reveals the scale of a recent breach. Read more…
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Why is Microsoft stockpiling Chinese video games?
Microsoft is stocking up on Chinese video game content, solidifying China’s transition from a land only of players to a hub of blockbuster developers. Read more…
Views
Chipset firms already feeling impact of new US export rules
Some chipset capital equipment firms are dropping business with China. If this goes on it will damage China’s chip industry even more than anyone anticipated Read more…
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Airtel says its Open RAN 5G strategy is on schedule
Bharti Airtel says that it is on track to deploy Open RAN tech in its live 5G network by the end of fiscal-year 2023 – and it has the contracts to prove it. Read more…
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Toyota is planning a dramatic reboot of its EV strategy
Toyota is considering a reboot of its EV strategy after a false start in the market, and has halted some work on existing EV projects, sources say. Read more…