Vietnam Launches ICT Reference Framework for Smart Cities

Jun 1, 2019

The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications launched version 1.0 of an ICT reference framework for the development of smart cities in June 2019. The reference framework is meant to aid provinces and cities to build pilot smart city projects as it...
Amazon Web Services Opening New Region in Indonesia

Amazon Web Services Opening New Region in Indonesia

May 1, 2019

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has decided to open a new Infrastructure region in Indonesia by the end of 2021 or early 2022. The opening of an AWS Infrastructure region in Jakarta, which will be the ninth in Asia Pacific, will complement AWS existing regions in Beijing,...
Maxis Launches First Commercial Narrowband-IoT Service in Malaysia

Maxis Launches First Commercial Narrowband-IoT Service in Malaysia

May 1, 2019

Maxis has launched Malaysia’s first commercial Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) service. Starting from April 2019, the company activated its NB-IoT network within key IoT market centers in selected areas, including Cyberjaya, Kuching, Penang, Johor, Putrajaya...

DICT Taps Singaporean Company for Fiber Network Rollout

May 1, 2019

HyalRoute Group, through its subsidiary Philippine Fiber Optic Cable Network, will invest up to USD 2 billion for laying out shared fiber optic cables throughout the country, to be built in the next 10 years. This forms part of the Department of Information and...