Networks, connectivity and the telecom players powering Asian retail and commerce.
Apple is expected to say this week that it has sold more iPhones in China than on its home turf in the US for the first time last year, highlighting the shifting power balance of the smartphone market. Analysts estimate that the US tech group reached the…
A large majority of Taiwanese who make purchases on mobile devices spend more than NT$1,000 (USD31.9) a month, according to a survey conducted by the government-sponsored Institute for Information Industry. The Market Intelligence Center (MIC) under the III,…
The barrier to opening an online retail store just fell a lot lower… Trend monitoring website Springwise.com reports on a new platform established by a startup called Sharetribe which allows “anyone” to set up an online marketplace in 48 seconds. All without…
Chinese mobile commerce company 99 Wuxian is bringing NFC technology to China. 99 Wuxian and Australian Near Field Communication (NFC) technology startup Tapit Media have joined to “revolutionise” Chinese m-commerce and offline media by integrating NFC…
Alibaba said on Tuesday that it has made an unspecified investment in Israeli startup Visualead as the e-commerce giant seeks to leverage the latest QR code technology. Visualead will use the capital from Alibaba to develop the next stage of…
Looking to drive the massive adoption of online and mobile payment solutions in emerging markets, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) Internet platform Rocket Internet AG are establishing a global Joint Venture for payment services. Under…
Smartphone users now account for over half of Japan’s mobile telephone subscribers, a survey of 2,000 adults said on Saturday. The Dec. 5 to 8 survey, which drew valid responses from 63.7 percent of the pollees, found the ratio had risen to 52.7 percent from…
China Mobile, China’s largest telecommunication service provider, has forecast that it will have 250 million 4G customers in 2015. The company has experienced robust 4G business growth in 2014 and had more 50 million 4G users as of the end of October, China…
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