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Retail Asia05/08/2022

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced that it is providing $70 million to fund a shared mobile infrastructure project in the Philippines. In a press release, the organization said it is collaborating with Renewable Energy Infrastructure (CREI) Phils Inc. to help address the digital gap in the country through tower-sharing. The $70 million financing package […]

Retail Asia08/11/2021

Telegram is one of the services that gained a lot of customers due to the Facebook/WhatsApp outage, but it remains to be seen how many will become loyal users or will return to their “first love.” The messaging service has been adding many new features in the last few weeks and we’re certain more will be […]

Retail Asia21/04/2021

Despite the growing embrace of cryptocurrencies among institutions and retail investors, HSBC is sticking to its policy of avoiding virtual currencies and stocks correlated to them. Europe’s largest bank in Europe, with total assets of $2.715 trillion, is likely to avoid Coinbase’s newly listed COIN stock because of lingering worries about crypto’s role in money laundering […]

Retail Asia20/05/2020

Fashion e-tailer Zalora has partnered with global pre-owned fashion platform Vestiaire Collective. Zalora’s Hong Kong customers can now access more than 5000 authenticated Vestiaire items across womens’ and mens’ categories via the firm’s website and app. Plans are currently in place to extend the offering to other Zalora markets. The partnership is an effort to […]

Retail Asia15/01/2020

Heineken Vietnam Brewery has paid VND917.2 billion ($39.7 million) in back taxes and fines for a 2018 transaction. Singapore-based Heineken Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. had, at the end of 2018, struck a deal valued at over VND4.8 trillion ($207.7 million) with the Heineken Vietnam Brewery. Under the deal, the Singaporean firm transferred its entire stake […]

Retail Asia08/08/2019

Jaguar has confirmed that the J-Pace SUV is in the works and a select few got a chance to see what the car is like. The J-Pace will be positioned above the F-Pace and it is likely to be underpinned by the MLA platform which will also spawn the next-generation Land Rover and its hardware […]

Retail Asia22/05/2019

Samsung has signed an agreement with KT to help expand the telco’s public safety LTE (PS-LTE) network in South Korea, the vendor announced. The expansion deal will see Samsung provide KT with LTE network solutions based on 3GPP Release 13 in 10 major metropolitan regions in South Korea including Seoul by 2020. The expanded deal will […]

Retail Asia14/05/2019

Remember when there was all that concern about the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC overheating? The fear was so real that Samsung decided to power the Galaxy S6 line with its own Exynos 7420 chipset, even in the U.S. where it usually equips its phones with a Snapdragon chip. Some manufacturers started using small (.6mm) heat pipes […]

Retail Asia14/04/2016

The Indonesian flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, and the Government of Switzerland will strengthen cooperation in the field of aircraft maintenance through a subsidiary of Garuda Maintenance Facilities (GMF). Director of Engineering and Information Technology of Garuda Indonesia, Iwan Joeniarto, said here on Friday (April 1) that the cooperation has been established in the form of […]

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IFC Provides $70 Million for Shared Mobile Infrastructure Project in Philippines

Telegram will soon launch subscription service to disable ads

HSBC Adds Coinbase to Crypto Ban List

Vestiaire Collective kicking off on Zalora

Heineken Vietnam pays $39.7 mln in back taxes and fines

Jaguar Confirms J-Pace SUV In The Works

KT taps Samsung to expand PS-LTE coverage in South Korea

Nubia’s new Gaming handset has Fresh Features

Garuda Indonesia, Switzerland strengthen cooperation on airplane maintenance