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DHL and UN Development Programme Hold Airport Disaster Workshops

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are once again conducting their joint preventative training, known as Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD), from September…

Singtel extends free WiFi offer to fiber subscribers

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Singtel has revealed plans to extend its free unlimited out-of-home WiFi offer to new and existing fiber broadband customers. The operator has been providing Singtel WiFi services for free for…

Japan strongest market for Furla Asia

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Italian luxury leathergoods brand Furla has reported a 38 per cent increase in travel-retail sales for its first half, with Japan being its strongest market. Furla has 223 travel-retail points…

JCB to offer Apple Pay in Japan

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

JCB, the only international payments brand based in Japan, today announced that it brings its customers Apple Pay when it launches in October, an easy, fast and secure way to…

Thai cellcos must register SIMs or lose licenses

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Thailand’s telecoms regulator NBTC has warned operators that they will have their operating licenses immediately revoked if they fail to register prepaid SIMs sold from now on. The regulator has…

Dsquared2 Vietnam makes debut

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Canadian fashion brand Dsquared2 has opened its first Vietnam boutique at the newly-revamped Saigon Center. Dsquared2 Vietnam is located at unit 11-12 on level 1 with the front spreading out…

Convenience stores tapping into overseas market with PB products

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Amid a stagnant domestic economy, Korea’s convenience store chains are tapping into markets abroad to sell private brand products, industry sources said Tuesday. Major convenience store chain CU is exporting…

Singapore’s ViewQwest expands to Malaysia

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Singapore ISP ViewQwest has expanded into the Malaysian market, entering a high-speed fiber broadband joint venture with Malaysian telecoms engineering services company Televenture. ViewQwest has launched fiber and managed services…

New contenders for McDonald’s China and Hong Kong

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Private equity firms Carlyle Group and TPG Capital have teamed up with two different Chinese state companies to bid for the McDonald’s China and Hong Kong franchise licences. The deal…

LeoSat pre-signs first customer for LEO network

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Low-earth-orbit satellite network operator startup LeoSat Enterprises has signed up its first customer – a globally operating financial trading company. LeoSat is building a constellation of up to 108 low-earth-orbit…

SEA e-commerce revenue to pass $25b by 2020

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Southeast Asian e-commerce revenues are likely to exceed $25 billion by 2020, Frost & Sullivan has predicted. This is more than double the $11 billion revenue in 2015, which the…

Axiata may lift stake in Singapore’s M1

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Malaysia’s Axiata Group is considering increasing its stake in Singapore’s M1 as a strategic investment. Axiata CEO Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim told that the company would “seriously consider” lifting its stake…

Nokia launches 5G Acceleration Services

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

Nokia has launched a new service designed to help operators develop a plan for their 5G transformation. The new Nokia 5G Acceleration Services will help operators carry out the required…

Delsey Philippines flagship opens

Mei Ling Tan September 8, 2016

French luggage brand Delsey has opened its first flagship in the Philippines. The Delsey Philippines store’s opening coincides with the brand’s 70th anniversary and marks another Asian market in a…

Uniqlo overseas push pays off for Fast Retailing

Mei Ling Tan September 7, 2016

Fast Retailing raised its full-year earnings forecasts after sales at its Uniqlo casual-wear stores in China and South Korea grew more strongly than expected during the first half of the…

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