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Friday 16 July 2021
Online banking services grow popular in Vietnam
Banks in Vietnam are pushing to digitalize their services with releases of smartphone apps amid the lingering coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by Vietnamnet.
Thursday 15 July 2021
Thailand smartphone market sees strong growth in 1Q21, says IDC
Thailand's smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2021 grew 70.9% on year and 34.2% on quarter to 6.35 million units, according to IDC.
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Tata plans 10 new EVs as car sales shine
India's Tata Motors have said it will have 10 new electric vehicles (EV) models by 2025, as business of passenger cars improves, according to a local report.
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Vietnam keen to help Foxconn plants resume full production in wake of COVID
Authority in Vietnam's Bac Giang province is stepping up efforts to help Foxconn (Hon Hai) fully resume production at its three plants there in the wake of COVID sugres, according...
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Vietnam, India to partner for ICT development
Vietnam is looking to cooperate with India to promote ICT development, with both sides having held an online meeting recently over the matter, according to a report by VnEconomy.
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Reliance, Google reportedly to develop ultra-low-priced smartphones in India
India-based Reliance Industries reportedly is in talks with Google to jointly develop an ultra-low-priced smartphone, likely to be dubbed JioPhone Next, according to a local media...
Monday 12 July 2021
India roundup: Twitter loses immunity over user's content; TikTok ban benefits local startups
Social media sites in India are seeing shifts in use behaviors. A high court in India has ruled that Twitter has to take legal responsibility of its users' speeches, while the South...
Friday 9 July 2021
ASC 100: Astra International
Since the sudden death of former president Michael D Ruslim in 2010, PT Astra International Tbk, Indonesia's largest conglomerate, has been led by Prijono Sugiarto, formerly sales...
Tuesday 6 July 2021
NXP and Jio Platforms collaborate for 5G in India
NXP Semiconductors and Jio Platforms (JPL), a subsidiary of Reliance, have announced a collaboration to implement a 5G NR O-RAN small cell solution that incorporates NXP's Layerscape...
Friday 2 July 2021
Taiwan-based makers' production in ASEAN and South Asia to extend beyond notebooks, handsets to EV
According to DIGITIMES' study on the data of publicly listed companies in the automotive and electronics industries, 95 out of the 100 largest firms are based in Japan, China, Taiwan...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
India's ending tariff exemptions raises production cost concerns
The India government has canceled exemption of tariffs on imported PCBs, base station controllers, modules and cable harness used in production of telecom and communication/networking...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
South Korea's handset industry is leading indicator of supply chain shift
In an effort to reduce costs and meet emerging markets' demand, Samsung has chosen to place two thirds of its global production capacity at 360 million phones near Hanoi, Vietnam...
Monday 28 June 2021
Online learning startup Byju's becomes largest unicorn in India
Education technology startup Byju's has become the largest unicorn in India, surpassing Paytm, according to media reports.
Monday 28 June 2021
Apple sees increasing shipments in India
Apple became the fifth largest PC brand in India in the first quarter of 2021, with shipments of desktops, notebooks, tablets and workstations combined to reach 208,000 units, according...
Friday 25 June 2021
India pushing to attract investments from tech firms
India is looking to attract more ICT manufacturers to invest in India, hoping to fill the gap at the local ICT supply chain, and has been accepting letter of intent for investment...