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Food-delivery service Deliveroo has launched a subscription model in Hong Kong, dubbed Deliveroo Plus. For HK$98 a month, customers can get unlimited free delivery on meals ordered throughout the day. The service is being launched with a two-week free trial.…
Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud services market will grow 17.5% in 2019 to reach a total of $214.3 billion, up from $182.4 billion in 2018. Cloud system infrastructure services, or infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is forecast to grow 27.5% in 2019…
SP Telecom, a joint venture between ST Engineering and Singapore Power group, has become the first network service provider in Singapore to announce support for Google Cloud Partner Interconnect. With the agreement SP Telecom, a fiber network provider which…
Telenor Pakistan, the country’s leading telecom and digital services provider has partnered with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, to become the authorized distributor of Alibaba Cloud products and services in Pakistan. The signing took…
Members of the International Telecoms Week (ITW) Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), including PCCW Global and Telstra, have completed a proof of concept trial demonstrating how blockchain technology can transform inter-carrier settlement by streamlining complex…
Japan’s SoftBank has revealed plans to stop providing personal handphone services (PHS) for general users from mid-2020. SoftBank stopped accepting new contracts for individual PHS services in March and will phase out existing services for general users from…
The rental service market in South Korea is rapidly expanding into every corner of South Koreans’ life with items ranging from fashion accessories to digital cameras and furniture, as a growing number of consumers are willing to borrow products at affordable…
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has cleared operator Ncell to launch 4G services over its existing 900-MHz and 1800-MHz spectrum holdings, paving the way for the operator to compete with Nepal Telecom. The telecoms regulator has informed Ncell it…
GRAB on March 13 launched GrabShare in Indonesia, making it the fourth Asean country to offer the service after Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It was launched in the three countries in December 2016. GrabShare will pair two different passenger…
Previously, casinos were only open to foreign passport holders and gambling was illegal in Vietnam. The prime minister recently signed Decree 6 that allows eligible firms to sell tickets and provide betting services on horse and dog racing and betting on…
There’s a good chance you work in the service sector. Services account for 17 million jobs in Thailand, or approximately 40 percent of the Thai labor force. Service encompasses diverse industries such as tourism, retail, health, communications, and…
Leading Myanmar retail bank rolling out cardless cash withdrawal and P2P payment services with advanced technology from Diebold Nixdorf. Co-Operative Bank Limited (CB Bank) in Myanmar has awarded Diebold Nixdorf an extensive contract for systems, software and…
Singtel has launched over-the-top (OTT) movie and TV service Hooq to its customers in Singapore, 22 months after the company announced the joint venture with Sony and Warner Bros. Hooq has been available for some time as a rival to Netflix via Singtel…
eHi Car Services Limited rentals and car services provider in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. Third Quarter 2016 Highlights Net revenues increased by 47.8% year-over-year to RMB582.1…
The total transaction value of mobile financial services in emerging markets will reach $500 billion in 2021, up from $198 billion in 2016, Juniper Research estimates. The estimates include revenue from domestic money transfers, deposits on loans, insurance…
Vietnam’s VinaPhone has become the market’s first operator to launch 4G services, commencing with a deployment providing full coverage of Phu Quoc Island. The VNPT mobile subsidiary has deployed 100 4G base stations to provide total coverage of the island.…
