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Indonesian charter operator orders 30 Bell Jetranger X

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

Indonesia’s helicopter register and Bell Helicopters’ order book have both gained a significant boost, with news that operator PT Whitesky Aviation has ordered 30 new single-engine 505 Jetranger Xs. The…

Weaker Economic Environment in Asia Continues to Impact Commercial Markets

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

According to CBRE’s Q1 2016 MarketView, total commercial property investment turnover in Asia Pacific in the first quarter of 2016 declined by 36% quarter-on-quarter as investors generally turned more risk-averse,…

M1 trials HD VoWiFi over HetNet technology

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

Singapore’s M1 has launched the nation’s first public native HD voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) trial using HetNet technology. The trial service supports calls to and from fixed numbers without having…

AWS still dominates cloud infrastructure market

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to dominate the cloud infrastructure services market with a 31% worldwide market share, dwarfing the chasing pack, according to new Q1 data from Synergy Research…

Huawei may acquire stake in Bakrie Telecom

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

Huawei is reportedly set to acquire a 9% stake in struggling Indonesian CDMA operator Bakrie Telecom as part of a debt repayment procedure. Bakrie Telecom secured shareholder approval to issue…

Telstra commits $38m to address mobile outages

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

Australia’s largest operator Telstra has committed A$50 million ($38.3 million) towards improving its network resiliency following a spate of outages, but coverage of its announcement was tainted by another minor…

Apple sales fall 26% in Greater China, optimistic on China and India

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

Apple’s double-digit growth in Greater China, which has helped fuel the huge success of the iPhone over the past few years, came to a grinding halt last quarter, with revenue…

DBS taps digital platform to grow retail banking operations

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

DBS launched a “mobile-only bank” and said it aims to garner 5 million customers and a deposit base of Rs50,000 crore over the next five years On Tuesday, DBS launched…

iCube, Clustrix Partner to Handle Asia’s Most Demanding Website Workloads

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

Clustrix, provider of the first scale-out database designed for the elastic scaling requirements of high-transaction, high-value workloads of today’s web applications, announced a partnership with iCube (www.icubeonline.com), an Indonesia-based e-commerce…

Profit of CIMB’s Indonesian ops grows by over three times

Mei Ling Tan May 3, 2016

CIMB Niaga said in a statement, posted by its parent on Bursa Malaysia’s website, that the improved net profit came on the back of a 1.4% yoy increase in net…

Rakuten drones to deliver from May 9

Mei Ling Tan May 2, 2016

Japanese eCommerce giant Rakuten will launch the Sora Raku drone delivery service for general consumers on May 9. The Rakuten drones will make their debut on a golf course, where…

Siam Retail building two more malls

Mei Ling Tan May 2, 2016

Thai property developer Siam Retail is building two more Terminal 21 shopping malls – in Pattaya and Nakhon Ratchasima province. President Prasert Sriuranpong says the company is investing 6 billion…

Under Armour’s big first quarter

Mei Ling Tan May 2, 2016

Apparel and footwear chain, Under Armour, has reported net revenue growth of 30 per cent for the first quarter of 2016. The increase saw the sports brand reach net revenue…

Old Navy Indonesia makes debut

Mei Ling Tan May 2, 2016

American apparel and accessories brand Old Navy Indonesia has opened its first retail outlet at the Central Park Mall in west Jakarta. Offering American-style basic clothing items, Old Navy is part…

Sevenfold growth forecast for Indian eCommerce

Mei Ling Tan May 2, 2016

The Indian eCommerce industry is expected to burgeon in the next four years, according to a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India. While…

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