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This trial showcased a fully native 5G voice experience with uninterrupted connectivity. Expanding on its innovative work in 5G technology, Dialog had previously conducted a lab-based VoNR proof of concept (PoC) in 2023 using a PoC Core setup. This recent…
Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and Volvo have been slashing their prices by hundreds of millions of dong (VND100 million = US$4,200) in October. Audi is offering discounts on its A4, A6, A8L, Q2, Q3, Q5, Q5 Sportback, Q7, A7 Sportback, and Q8 models of up to VND300…
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the country has now deployed more than 1.85 million 5G base stations nationwide as it pushes for its target of a total of 3.64 million by the end of 2025. According to the government website,…
Wealthy people are splurging millions of dollars to buy ultra-luxury apartments mostly as second homes. Hoa, owner of a house and a villa in HCMC’s Thu Duc City, said she recently bought a VND30-billion (US$1.3 million) apartment. Located on the 27th floor of…
Some 83 Triumph Trident 660 sportbikes were recalled in Vietnam since their kickstands may be prone to bending. The units were made in Thailand between Feb. 7 and May 15 last year, according to Vietnam Register. A representative of Triumph Vietnam said the…
South Korea’s top two retailers — Shinsegae Group and Lotte Group — are going beyond retail to jump into the whisky and wine markets, which have been seeing rapid growth since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. announced in a…
Taiwan’s Foxconn said a subsidiary has invested T$995.2 million ($36 million) in Gigasolar Materials Corp to develop electric vehicle (EV) battery materials. Foxconn, Apple’s main iPhone maker, said the investment via a private placement through a…
The share issuance value of listed companies as of mid-April this year was more than 1.6 times that of 2020 as businesses seek to expand operations. As of April 13, 54 listed companies have announced plans to issue more shares this year to raise nearly…
DB Schenker in Asia Pacific has been awarded the prestigious Supply Chain Innovation of the Year, as well as Global 3PL of the Year, at the Supply Chain Asia Awards 2019 held in Singapore. The 14th edition of this annual Awards celebrates the achievements and…
Grocery stores around the country – and all independent brick-and-mortar retailers, for that matter – uttered a collective gulp the day Amazon announced it had acquired Whole Foods for a whopping $13.7 billion dollars. Amazon, the Goliath of online shopping…
Inflight Sales Group (ISG) founder and CEO Jean-Marcel Rouff has confirmed that the retailer has been awarded a five-year contract to operate the Philippine Airlines (PAL) duty free contract. This follows the narrowing down of the list of bidders to a final…
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