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As an Android user since 2009, my journey started when I bought the Motorola DROID. This marked my introduction to Google’s beta program, which offers early access to updates for Google’s main suite of apps. Over the years, this decision has proved beneficial…
The revenue for Taiwan’s fixed communication services market is predicted to increase from USD 3.3 billion in 2025 to USD 3.4 billion in 2030, showing a slow compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.4%. This sluggish expansion is primarily due to a continuous…
Japan’s satellite communications landscape is on the brink of transformation as Rakuten Group and Amazon gear up to launch their own services, challenging the long-standing dominance of SpaceX’s Starlink. With operations expected to begin as early as next…
Indonesia’s fixed communication services market is poised for steady growth over the next five years, with projections indicating a rise to USD 3.7 billion by 2029, up from USD 3 billion in 2024, according to recent analysis by GlobalData. This anticipated…
Effective September 1, China Broadband Communications rebrands as CBC Tech to reflect the company’s vision to become a next-generation network-as-a-service (NaaS) provider. CBC Tech will focus on providing elevated customer experiences and technological…
If you’re concerned about the privacy of your voice communications, Google has a new way to guarantee that no one can snoop in on your calls anymore. Of course, there’s only so much the search giant can control, so the newly announced end-to-end encryption…
Announced on Monday, a settlement between video conferencing app Zoom and the FTC revealed that since 2016, Zoom had been lying about providing ‘end-to-end, 256-bit encryption’ to protect the security of users’ communication. The truth was that Zoom was…
AirAsia Australia PR and communications manager Kris Taute has moved to the airline’s Kuala Lumpur headquarters for a new global communications role. Taute had joined Air Asia last year, moving from the New South Wales state government, having worked for both…
China’s Huawei Technologies launched on Monday what it said was the world’s first 5G communications hardware for the automotive industry, in a sign of its growing ambitions to become a key supplier to the sector for self-driving technology. Huawei said in a…
China Telecom Global has entered a collaboration with India-based Tata Communications to launch a global internet of things service for the Chinese market. Under the collaboration, the two companies will develop IoT-based services targeting multiple…
Huawei Technologies says it has a good chance to be a supplier of 5G equipment to Vietnamese service providers. Fine Fan, CEO of Huawei Vietnam, said that the Chinese company is in talks with Vietnamese partners on conducting 5G trials later this year. “We…
Axiata Group Bhd’s 63%-owned subsidiary edotco Investments (Labuan) Ltd (edotco Labuan) is acquiring an 80% stake in Laos’s Mekong Tower Company Ltd (MTCL) for LAK12.8 billion (RM6.08 million) cash. Axiata said in a filing with the stock exchange that edotco…
Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corp and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) said they will not raise their offer price to gain majority control of mobile operator M1 Ltd, a move that could put pressure on Axiata Group, M1’s single largest shareholder. Keppel and…
Miroglio Fashion is the women’s clothing arm of Miroglio Group – a 71-year-old Italian conglomerate operating in 22 countries. The group joined Workplace in 2016. Since then, says CEO Hans Hoegstedt, it has “revolutionized our way of working.” “Over the last…
Nestlé has adopted Workplace by Facebook as its global internal communication tool, to connect its workforce and better serve consumers. The announcement comes as the latest and largest wave of staff join the platform, part of a process that began only nine…
LG U+ CEO and Vice Chairman Ha Hyun-hwoi has made it clear that the carrier does not think there are any security threats related to its use of Huawei equipment in its 5G infrastructure. Ha made the statement during a year-end press briefing on Wednesday in…
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