NTT Announces Plans to Develop Largest Data Center in Indonesia

Jul 1, 2019

NTT Com, the communications subsidiary of the Japanese ICT giant, NTT Group, will build a  four-story, 194,000 square feet data center campus near Jakarta. Dubbed the “Indonesia Jakarta 3 Data Center” (JKT3) the campus will have a 45 MW IT load and a 18,000 sqm IT...

NEC Joins Race to Lead Malaysia’s National Digital ID Project

Jul 1, 2019

Japanese ICT giant, NEC, has submitted a proposal to the Malaysian Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) to provide biometric technology for a large-scale government program, which will see the introduction of biometric identities for all of Malaysia’s 32...

Singapore Extending Digital Bank Licenses to Non-Bank Players

Jul 1, 2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on 28 June that it will issue up to five new digital bank licenses. This is in addition to any digital banks that the Singapore banking groups may also establish under the existing internet banking framework...