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Vietnamese telecom operators want OTT communications service providers to pay for using their networks, which they use to deliver their services but end up competing with them. Paying for the use would ensure a more fair and sustainable business model for…
M1 Limited (M1) has announced an exclusive partnership with market-leading cloud gaming specialist Blacknut, to bring an all-you-can-play 5G-powered cloud gaming service to Singapore. Boasting the world’s largest catalog for cloud gaming, Blacknut has a…
Increased smartphone penetration and a rise in demand for over-the-top (OTT) content have driven the growth of the global direct carrier billing (DCB) market. Valued at US$29.8 billion in 2019, the global DCB market is estimated to reach US$70 billion by…
Google is bringing Android 11 to Android TV devices, the search giant revealed today. Several performance enhancements and privacy improvements will be part of the new Android update, as well as a plethora of new features specifically designed for the TV.…
Singapore’s third-largest real estate company, with more than 4,300 agents, OrangeTee & Tie Pte Ltd (“OTT”), has entered into a strategic partnership with Juwai IQI, Southeast Asia’s largest proptech group and operator of real estate super-brands, Juwai and…
SK Telecom has revealed plans to offer the world’s first live TV sports broadcast using a 5G network for the SK Telecom Open 2019 golf tournament. The tournament, which will be held as part of the KPGA Korean Tour, will be live broadcast on JTBC’s dedicated…
For years telco revenues as measured in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) have been on a decline. As consumers and business acquire a taste for broadband and mobile broadband connectivity, operators are pressured to offer bigger and faster pipes and to do so…
Mobile technology company Fortumo is providing its Trident Bundling Platform for India’s BSNL to help the state-owned operator distribute Amazon consumer services in the market. With the integration, BSNL is offering subscribers one years’ subscription to the…
A new study from Juniper Research found that 3.5 trillion business A2P (Application-to-Person) messages will be delivered by 2023, up from an estimated 2.5 trillion in 2019, a 40% growth. The new Juniper Research paper, A2P Messaging: SMS, RCS & OTT Business…
More than four in five (81%) operators in Asia-Pacific plan to deliver 5G services to major live sports and esports event organizers, according to research conducted by Ovum for Amdocs. The research found that operators in the region view sports events such…
Industry insiders say local Over-The-Top service providers should act together instead of against each other. Vietnam is seeing a trend of people switching from traditional TV to over-the-top (OTT) media services which allow them to watch movies and other…
Singtel has expanded its OTT video portal app CAST to incorporate the video on demand streaming service HOOQ. HOOQ, a joint venture between Singtel, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Bros, has a library of over 20,000 movies and TV series. It has…
PCCW Media said its Viu OTT video service has reached over 6 million active users in one and half year after launch and is driving 3G/4G acquisition and mobile data consumption for its telco partners in the region. Speaking at Broadband Forum Asia in Hong…
Operator voice and text revenues will continue to be eroded by competition from OTT messaging services and social media, with the consumer migration to these services costing network operators nearly $104 billion this year, according to Juniper Research. The…
TiVo and Netflix have signed licensing agreements that allow both companies to deliver a better entertainment experience to consumers. A product agreement calls for TiVo to continue integrating Netflix into TiVo set-top boxes available to consumers through a…
PCCW has announced that its Viu OTT video service has reached 4 million unique users one year after launch. Viu is now available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, offering a range of premium Asian video content. Viu’s…
