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Hong Kong operator SmarTone has launched ST Protect, an anti-cyberattack software with on-device AI and a Machine Learning behavioral engine designed to protect smartphones from known and even unknown threats. Cyberattacks have rocketed in recent years. In…
Australian operator Telstra has formed a partnership with – and made an investment in – data center and cloud security company vArmour. Under the agreement, investment arm Telstra Ventures has participated in vArmour’s recent $41 million Series D funding…
Malaysia-based Axiata Group has reported a 37% slump in net profit for the first quarter ending in March, due in part to higher capex, financing and depreciation costs. Net profit fell to 368 million ringgit ($90.1 million) despite a 5.4% year-on-year…
The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has become the first operator in the nation to pilot using TV white space frequency for mobile broadband. The operator is collaborating with the ICT office of the Department of Science and Technology to trial use of the spectrum…
Australia’s largest operator Telstra has committed A$50 million ($38.3 million) towards improving its network resiliency following a spate of outages, but coverage of its announcement was tainted by another minor outage. At an investor presentation in…
One of Australia’s most senior telecommunications executives, Kevin Russell, will join Telstra this month as Group Executive Telstra Retail. In this new role, he will lead the company’s consumer, business, stores and product functions. Russell replaces…
Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Ministry is reported to have been preparing a regulation on foreign over the top (OTT) content provider companies operating in Indonesia. The regulation is expected to be issued at the end of March 2016. One of the…
PT XL Axiata, the most indebted of Indonesia’s listed wireless carriers, is considering raising as much as US$500mil next year, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company, a unit of Malaysia’s Axiata Group Bhd., is weighing several fundraising…
Malaysia’s Axiata says profits rose sharply in the second quarter, thanks to contributions from various overseas interests, and claims to have seen improvements in the markets of Malaysia and Indonesia, where it has been struggling amid fierce competition.…
