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South Korea bill could make content firms pay network fees
South Korea’s parliament sees heated debate over proposed legislation to make global content providers such as Netflix and Google pay local network fees. Read more…
Month: October 2022
Features
Deepfakes – what are they, and how to recognise them
Deepfakes can have a variety of purposes, ranging from de-aging actors in Hollywood blockbusters to waging dangerous propaganda wars against political rivals. Read more…
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Telco to techco in APAC – how operators are transitioning
Telecoms operators globally are attempting to transition their business model towards a techco or “technology company” centric approach. Read more…
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Australia to increase penalties for company data breaches
Australia will introduce laws to parliament to increase penalties for companies subject to major data breaches after recent high-profile cyberattacks. Read more…
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India fines Google $162mn for anti-competitive practices
India’s competition regulator ordered Google to change its approach to its Android platform and fined the company $161.95mn for anti-competitive practices. Read more…
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Asian IP transit is pricey but increasingly competitive
Asia’s IP transit market has grown a lot over the last decade – intra-Asian bandwidth is now three times greater than bandwidth from Asia to the US and Canada. Read more…
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Singapore has offered to help in Optus, Dialog hack probes
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has offered help in investigating recent data breaches at two SingTel-owned companies in Australia: Optus and Dialog. Read more…
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Patent wars bite into profit margins at Nokia and Ericsson
Telecom equipment vendors Nokia and Ericsson both saw profit margins clobbered by ongoing patent battles which offset strong demand for 5G equipment. Read more…
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Regulators still not sure Tesla cars can drive themselves
Tesla’s advanced driver assistant software won’t gain regulatory approval in 2022, as regulators aren’t convinced its cars don’t need someone behind the wheel. Read more…
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What history tells us about the future of the metaverse
Metaverse platforms are here, but few are signing up and fewer come back. What’s going on? Those who remember the history of 3G may have an idea. Read more…
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Vivo is sticking with its India plans despite investigation
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo says it “remains committed” to the Indian market despite government accusations alleged tax evasion and money laundering. Read more…
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Adobe reveals new tools to make stuff for the metaverse
Adobe releases a set of new software tools designed to make it easier to create 3D digital objects for marketing campaigns, video games and the metaverse. Read more…
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Netflix subscriber slump turns out to be temporary
Netflix reversed customer losses that hammered its stock this year and projected more growth ahead as it prepares to offer a new streaming option with ads. Read more…
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Blibli aims to be Indonesia’s next unicorn with $530m IPO
Blibli owner PT Global Digital Niaga plans to raise up to $530 million in what would be Indonesia’s second-largest IPO this year. Read more…
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Thailand’s NBTC looks for ways to hobble True-DTAC merger
Three of the five board members of Thai telecoms regulator NBTC are looking to apply tough remedies to the controversial merger deal between True and DTAC. Read more…
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Temasek’s Vertex to raise $500m for new China tech fund
VC firm Vertex Ventures is set to raise nearly $500 million for a new fund that will invest in efforts to step up China’s domestic tech development. Read more…
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AWS plans to build new Asia-Pacific Region in Thailand
Amazon Web Services (AWS) says it plans to invest $5 billion in Thailand over the next 15 years to strengthen its cloud infrastructure in the country. Read more…
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‘Matter’ will have a limited impact on the smart-home sector
The new Matter standard for smart homes could potentially end the fragmentation and incompatibility plaguing the sector. Here’s why that probably won’t happen. Read more…
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Flipkart invites its e-commerce users into the Flipverse
Flipkart teams with eDAO to launch its metaverse offering, Flipverse, as it banks on metaverse and Web3 to drive the future growth of online retail. Read more…
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Xi doubles down on self-reliance in tech development
President Xi Jinping’s call for China to “win the battle” in core technologies could signal an overhaul in Beijing’s approach to advancing its tech industry. Read more…