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3 Hong Kong offers free 5GB data SIM cards

Mei Ling Tan March 26, 2016

3 Hong Kong will offer free “myTV Super” 5GB data SIM cards at 3Shops and other designated outlets starting mid-March. The card enables mobile users to watch Television Broadcasts (TVB)…

M1 launches 10Gbps residential fiber service

Mei Ling Tan March 26, 2016

Singapore’s M1 has joined rival SingTel in offering 10Gbps residential fiber broadband services. The operator has extended its 10Gbps XGPON service, launched for the corporate segment last August, to the…

MasterCard and IBM make Big Data available to small retailers

Mei Ling Tan March 26, 2016

IBM and MasterCard have partnered to offer smaller retailers real-time, analytics-based market insights on revenue, market share, customer demographics and competitors. The solution integrates IBM Watson Analytics with insights based…

Smiggle plans Hong Kong, Malaysia roll-out

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

Trendy stationery retailer Smiggle says it will open two more stores in Hong Kong in the next six months. Smiggle, owned by Australian-listed multi-brand retail group Premier Investments, also plans…

Philippines’ mobile wallet providers announce interoperability

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

Mobile money interoperability in the Philippines took a step forward with the successful integration of the digital payments mobile app of PLDT and Smart Communications’ Paymaya Philippines with Globe Telecom’s…

1987: Year of market crashes and MRT rollout

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

WHAT do household terms Black Monday and the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) have in common? They both originated in 1987, a remarkable year that saw the worst – and best…

REITs set to outperform equities as investors go in search of yields

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

The Stock Exchange of Thailand continues to stay in positive territory, gaining around 7 per cent year to date, despite the sluggishness over the last two weeks. Nevertheless, the SET…

StanChart targets China

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

The regional head of retail banking for Greater China and North Asia at Standard Chartered (2888), Mary Huen Wai-yi, said Hong Kong will be used as a hub to attract…

China’s Consumers Spend Up On Spas, Travel and Entertainment

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

China’s consumers are ignoring the bears. Consultancy McKinsey & Co. is tipping that China’s shoppers will increase their spending by 10 percent per year through the end of the decade as…

Online shopping will never defeat brick-and-mortar shops in Singapore: report

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

Store-based retailing will continue to rule. The rise of e-commerce will be insufficient to dethrone brick-and-mortar shops in Singapore, according to a report by RHB Research. RHB noted that even…

China Resources’s Beer Profit Gains as Retail Units Deepen Loss

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

China Resources Beer Holdings Co., the maker of the world’s best-selling beer, reported earnings that missed analyst estimates as sales slowed amid a competitive market and a slowing economy. Underlying…

Mobile ads help Facebook double Q4 profit

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

Facebook last week revealed another quarter of soaring revenue and profit for the last quarter of 2015, thanks to the popularity of mobile ads on its social networking platform. The…

Thai online marketing firm COL to expand via M&A’s

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

Thailand’s online marketing company COL Pcl has set aside 500 million baht ($14.12 million) to pursue acquisitions as it seeks to expand its customer base across Southeast Asia. COL is the operator…

Online store sells out million-yuan Maseratis

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

Italian car-maker Maserati launched its flagship store on Tmall, Alibaba’s online shopping site and the first 100 Maserati SUV Levantes, priced at 999,800 yuan (€137,600), sold out 18 seconds after…

Digi to spend $217.6m on capex in 2016

Mei Ling Tan March 25, 2016

Malaysia’s Digi Telecommunications has allocated 904 million ringgit ($217.6 million) in capex for 2016, to pursue expansion projects including the rollout of VoLTE and VoWiFi. The operator has roughly maintained…

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3 Hong Kong offers free 5GB data SIM cards

M1 launches 10Gbps residential fiber service

MasterCard and IBM make Big Data available to small retailers

Smiggle plans Hong Kong, Malaysia roll-out

Philippines’ mobile wallet providers announce interoperability

1987: Year of market crashes and MRT rollout

REITs set to outperform equities as investors go in search of yields

StanChart targets China

China’s Consumers Spend Up On Spas, Travel and Entertainment

Online shopping will never defeat brick-and-mortar shops in Singapore: report

China Resources’s Beer Profit Gains as Retail Units Deepen Loss

Mobile ads help Facebook double Q4 profit

Thai online marketing firm COL to expand via M&A’s

Online store sells out million-yuan Maseratis

Digi to spend $217.6m on capex in 2016

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