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Airtel looks to strengthen digital business, eyes talent from Silicon Valley
Airtel is hiring people from Silicon Valley, engineering colleges and even NASA to bolster its digital services business to take on rivals. Read more…
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China’s central bank calls for wider acceptance of cash payments
China’s central bank has called for wider acceptance of cash in economic activities and vowed to punish those who refuse to accept cash. Read more…
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Leveraging digital technology to support farmers in Myanmar
Farmers in Myanmar will gain climate-resilient farming experience throughout the season while benefitting a package of virtual services. Read more…
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Indonesia claims USA not investigating its VAT on digital services
Indonesia’s 10% value-added tax (VAT) on digital services offered by technology giants is not the subject of a trade investigation USA. Read more…
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Ericsson reports first quarter results 2020 – holding steady
Ericsson’s underlying business fundamentals remain strong and it sees strong underlying customer momentum in the Digital Services segment. Read more…
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2020 might be known as the year of the Great Transformation
A great transformation takes a great deal of energy. A crisis generates that energy and now a new normal has to be created. Read more…
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Digital platforms and services – opportunity for ASEAN
A new report outlines the tremendous opportunities for digital platforms and services to stimulate economic growth and development in ASEAN. Read more…
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Britain proposes 2% digital platform tax in 2020
(Reuters) – Britain said it would tax the revenue that online platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon make in the country to update a system that had not kept pace with changing digital business Read more…
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The digital experience is pretty lousy for most consumers: index
Across all industries, at least 84% of consumers say their experiences with using digital tools and services fall short of expectations, according to the Gartner Digital Consumer Experience Index. To gauge the current state of Read more…
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The telcos strike back – by not being telcos!
There were two articles recently that indicate telcos are turning themselves around and starting to make money from digital content services. First up was the presentation from Turkcell CEO, Kaan Terzioglu, at Huawei’s OTF event Read more…