KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is cancelling a project to build a high-speed rail link between its capital, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore, and will talk with its southern neighbor about any compensation Malaysia has to pay, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ... ( read original story ...)
Ascend Money Selects Red Hat Solutions to Accelerate Electronic Payment Systems Across Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE, May 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Ascend Money, one of ASEAN's leading fintech companies, has selected Red Hat technologies to help enable and ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent-backed Kwai App ranked Most Popular social short video app
SINGAPORE, May 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Kwai, a social video app based in Beijing ranked first as the most downloaded video social sharing app in South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Russia, Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey. The app allows users to capture ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project hits the buffers: FT
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is dropping a plan for a high-speed rail link between its capital, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore, and will talk with its southern neighbor about the agreement to build it, Malaysia’s prime minister said in an interview ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, India Exchanges Are Said to Abandon Trade Link Talks
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore Exchange Ltd. and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. have abandoned talks on a cross-border trading link, according to people familiar with the matter, amid a bitter court battle that’s soured an 18-year partnership. ( read original story ...)
Singapore, India Exchanges Abandon Trade Link Talks
Singapore Exchange Ltd. and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. have abandoned talks on a cross-border trading link, according to people familiar with the matter, amid a bitter court battle that’s soured an 18-year partnership. The companies couldn’t ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC introduces fully digital, enhanced credit card application process using MyInfo
HSBC Bank (Singapore) announced the successful integration of MyInfo, a government-backed digital vault of personal data of Singapore's residents, to its fully digital credit card application process. The integration of MyInfo to HSBC's self-service web ... ( read original story ...)
No free ride for Singapore’s Grab after Uber exits Southeast Asia
the Singapore-based ride-hailing firm is now facing a new regional competitor and potential roadblocks from antitrust regulators. Grab’s US$1.6 billion acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asia business in late March had seemed to set the stage for an easy ... ( read original story ...)
Boustead Singapore Limited’s Full-Year Earnings: What Investors Should Know
Boustead Singapore Limited (SGX: F9D), which was established in 1828, is a global service provider of infrastructure-related engineering services and geo-spatial technology. It has three business divisions: energy-related engineering; real estate solutions ... ( read original story ...)
Sequans LTE for IoT connectivity solution now ready for Verizon’s network.
Monarch SiP (system-in-package) integrates Sequans' Monarch LTE baseband platform with an RF front-end module ... United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Visit Sequans online at www.sequans.com; www.facebook ... ( read original story ...)
Reloaded Nokia 8110 feature phone with 4G inches closer to global commercial debut
But there’s no reason to fret, as a global expansion is reportedly around the corner. In Singapore, the LTE-enabled device will cost 109 local dollars, roughly equating to US$80. That sounds perfectly in line with the most reasonable American ... ( read original story ...)
BIGO launches Cube TV to give gamers a step up in eSport arena
It aims to give users a go at turning PRO. SINGAPORE, May 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The new service will focus on mobile gaming livestreaming, eSports arena and a game shopping mall to meet the needs and demands of gamers. Singapore-based BIGO who owns ... ( read original story ...)
Verizon Certifies Sequans LTE-M/NB-IoT Monarch SiP
Today, Sequans offers two LTE product lines: StreamrichLTE™, optimized for broadband ... United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Visit Sequans online at www.sequans.com; www.facebook.com/sequans ... ( read original story ...)
Qoo10 All out to Crackdown Counterfeit Products
SINGAPORE, May 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Qoo10 reinforces its long time business principle to ensure that all products that are being sold within the largest e-commerce marketplace are genuine. Qoo10 affirms that its goal is to be a responsible e-commerce ... ( read original story ...)
Nokia’s 8110 banana phone set to go on sale first in Asia
but will now come packing 4G LTE and apps like Google Maps, Facebook and Twitter. The banana phone is set to go on sale first in Singapore and Vietnam at the end of May for a mere S$109 (or about $80, £60 and AU$107 converted), and will also debut soon in ... ( read original ...
Soracom Expands Coverage Footprint for Global IOT Connectivity
LTE also ensures long-term network support over the next decade ... Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, Singapore, New Zealand and South Africa. In addition to support for all available cellular services, SORACOM also supports connectivity using Low-Power Wide ... ( read original story ...)