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Globe Expands Network with New Cell Sites in Central Luzon

Mei Ling Tan September 18, 2024

Globe Telecom has constructed six new towers in Bulacan, including two in Marilao and one each in Angat, Doña Remedios Trinidad, Hagonoy, and San Jose Del Monte, while expanding a…

India Becomes World’s Second-Largest 5G Handset Market in H1 2024

Mei Ling Tan September 18, 2024

Senior Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research, Prachir Singh, remarked on the overall market dynamics, noting that 5G handset shipments have been consistently increasing. He highlighted that the rise in availability…

SoftBank Corp., Intelsat Forge Partnership to Enhance Connectivity

Mei Ling Tan September 18, 2024

SoftBank Corp. and Intelsat have announced a pioneering partnership to develop a unified ubiquitous network designed to provide constant connectivity for users regardless of their location. The collaboration will see…

Levi’s to fuel growth ambitions with Suria KLCC Malaysia store reopening

Mei Ling Tan September 18, 2024

Levi’s has reopened its expanded store at Suria KLCC, Malaysia. Spanning 393sqm, this is the brand’s largest flagship in Southeast Asia and part of its direct-to-consumer expansion strategy in the region.…

Singapore private home sales plummet to 16-year low in August

Mei Ling Tan September 18, 2024

Singapore’s private home sales dropped to a 16-year low in August, reflecting weak buyer sentiment, although new launches and anticipated interest rate cuts are expected to drive demand in the…

Vietravel Airlines appoints new CEO

Mei Ling Tan September 18, 2024

Vietravel Airlines has appointed Dao Duc Vu, who has 35 years of experience in the aviation industry, as its new CEO. Vu took office on Sept. 4 after his predecessor…

McDonald’s to shut down 10-year-old HCMC store

Mei Ling Tan September 17, 2024

American fast food chain McDonald’s is set to close one of its oldest stores in Ho Chi Minh City. The Ben Thanh location in District 1, which opened in 2014,…

Google Drive update adds new option to restrict access to folders

Mei Ling Tan September 17, 2024

Google announced this week that its Drive app is getting an important update that adds the ability to restrict access to folders. Normally, Google reveals new changes to its apps when these…

Inditex books higher sales across all brands during first half

Mei Ling Tan September 16, 2024

Zara’s parent, Inditex, booked higher net income and sales across all of its brands during the fiscal first half year. The fashion group’s net income surged 10.1 percent to €5.0 billion (US$5.54 billion) as net…

Uniqlo to open 20 flagship stores in Europe, North America and Asia

Mei Ling Tan September 16, 2024

Uniqlo is aggressively expanding its reach by opening more than 20 flagship stores in Asia, Europe, and North America from this month, taking its worldwide store count to more than…

Amazon and Flipkart found to have breached India’s antitrust laws

Mei Ling Tan September 16, 2024

An Indian antitrust investigation has found US e-commerce giant Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers on their shopping websites, according to reports…

Meta receives permission to train AI on your Facebook and Instagram posts

Mei Ling Tan September 16, 2024

Meta has received permission from authorities to begin training its AI models on public Facebook and Instagram posts in the U.K. This follows the company’s initial suspension of AI across…

Thai rice prices dip to one-year low

Mei Ling Tan September 16, 2024

Thai rice prices fell to their lowest in over a year as bidders were forced to reduce their prices in a recent auction held by Indonesia. Thai 5% broken rice…

2G network shutdown postponed to October

Mei Ling Tan September 16, 2024

The Ministry of Information and Communications has deferred the shutdown of 2G networks to Oct. 15, saying over three million users have yet to upgrade their devices. The shutdown had…

Lufthansa Cargo publishes winter flight schedule 2024/2025

Mei Ling Tan September 13, 2024

With the newly published timetable, Lufthansa Cargo offers its customers 89 weekly B777F freighter connections worldwide, seven more than in the summer timetable. A significant development in the winter timetable…

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