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Retail Asia08/07/2022

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Odine, an award-winning global telecoms partner empowering network transformation with resilient, software-defined networks of the future, and HORISEN, a multi-award-winning SMS Platform provider specializing in feature-rich, vendor-neutral, cutting-edge messaging technology, have finalized a strategic “best-of-breed” alliance for operators worldwide. These two globally trusted organizations will be joining to provide their customers with a synergy of […]

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Retail Asia30/06/2022

Toku has become the first telco-service provider in Singapore, and Southeast Asia, to join the global AB Handshake Community. Asia Pacific’s cloud communications and Singapore-licenced telecom service provider, Toku is currently the leading provider of virtual numbers in Singapore, providing 60% coverage of all virtual numbers in the country. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) […]

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Retail Asia03/11/2020

Google has started rolling out an update for the Google Messages app that might make it faster to find certain messages. The update adds a new feature that places SMS messages into one of five different categories: personal, transactions, OTP (one-time passwords), offers, and more. The feature can be enabled or disabled through the use of a toggle switch found […]

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Retail Asia04/09/2019

The SMS Organizer app is one of the many projects that took shape under Microsoft Garage’s umbrella, but it’s only been available in India since release. Starting this week, Microsoft has expanded the availability of SMS Organizer to more countries, including the US, UK, and Australia. As the name suggests, SMS Organizer will sort all […]

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Retail Asia25/06/2019

Global Message Services (GMS) has been chosen as an international application-to-person (A2P) messaging hub and managed services partner with the UAE’s du. The partnership will see the global messaging provider, which since 2006 has expanded globally with a current reach of 900 mobile operators, secure du’s network and manage its inbound international A2P SMS traffic. […]

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Retail Asia27/05/2019

The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has reported a 44% year-on-year increase in net profit for the first three months of 2019 to 6.7 billion pesos ($129.1 million), partly as a result of strong data revenue growth. The company reported revenue for the quarter of 36 billion pesos, up 13% year-on-year. Growth was mainly fueled by increasing […]

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Retail Asia24/04/2019

SM Group has employed its first in-mall customer service robot, at SM Megamall. Named Sam, the AI humanoid robot is designed to help customers with directions and information about the latest mall deals, promotions and events. “Innovation is what SM strives for in providing better customer service to all and we are proud to introduce […]

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Retail Asia16/04/2019

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Juniper Research is forecasting that total operator revenues from A2P (Application-to-Person) messaging services will reach $62 billion by 2023, up from $43 billion in 2019. This represents a growth of 42% over the next 4 years. The research firm also claimed that revenue growth will be driven by operator efforts in mitigating messaging fraud over […]

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Retail Asia18/05/2018

SMS is not dead – not yet anyway. Ovum’s Mobile Messaging Traffic and Revenue Forecast: 2017-22 forecasts global revenues from application-to-person (A2P) SMS will finally exceed revenues from person-to-person (P2P) SMS by 2022, totalling $43 billion, even though A2P SMS traffic will be less than half of P2P SMS traffic by that time. P2P SMS revenues will generate […]

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Retail Asia23/05/2017

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance will start selling insurance products that compensate farmers hit by drought in Indonesia as early as this autumn. Earlier this month, Sompo Japan signed a memorandum to partner with BMKG, Indonesia’s meteorological bureau, to gather weather data. The Japanese insurer will provide weather index products that pay a certain amount to […]

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Retail Asia16/02/2017

Despite the great strides being made to bring mobility services to the global population, recent research indicates that nearly half of mobile users worldwide still only use their devices to make calls and send SMS. The consumer research from GSMA Intelligence, covering 56 markets collectively representing 80% of the world’s population, found that 47% of […]

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Retail Asia30/11/2016

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Cambodia’s Smart Axiata announced it has deployed an SMS spam filtering and A2P SMS monetization platform from 365squared for its more than 8 million customers. The operator is using the 365secure service to continuously monitor and filer SMS traffic from any source on a round-the-clock basis. The service is designed to detect and block fraudulent […]

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Retail Asia21/10/2016

Telkom Indonesia has adopted HAUD’s A2P SMS monetization and SS7 security managed services to create new sources of revenue and improve subscriber experience for the operator. The managed service agreement with HAUD will help Telkom Indonesia mitigate any lost A2P revenue, and its subscribers are protected from spam and fraudulent SMS traffic. Through its Revenue-as-a-Service […]

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Retail Asia04/10/2016

E-commerce is a fast-moving game and major forces are changing the rules. Forward-thinking retailers are investing to maximize the potential of both physical and digital channels. Global players that once stood on the sidelines are now poised to compete in South East Asia. Just recently, Indonesian department store chain MatahariMal raised $500 million to develop […]

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Retail Asia08/03/2016

The verdict delivered by the Supreme Court (MA) that punishes six cellular phone operators is a new hope for consumer protection efforts. For years, the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has been trying to bring shady businessmen to justice but it was always to no avail. The win is not only for KPPU, but also […]

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Retail Asia02/02/2016

Scammers create SMS competitions or trivia scams to trick you into paying extremely high call or text rates when replying to an unsolicited text message on your mobile or smart phone. Over the last few months mobile operators in Thailand managed to close some sms gateways from frauduleus foreign content providers like Mexcomm. A Malaysian company, […]

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