W.Media: Southeast Asia

Browse my news stories about tech in Southeast Asia here:

Singapore

Two Singaporean cloud migration companies acquired by US private equity firm

Singapore Government looks to attract foreign tech talent

Tencent chooses co-working space for first Singapore office

Amazon buys office space in Singapore as tech competition heats up

NetShop ISP adds new data centers in Singapore and Hong Kong

Singapore unveils 2020 Cybersecurity Masterplan

Singapore to hire 1,000 professionals to support 5G rollout

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Time dotCom cashes in on cloud computing, buys 60% stake in local firm

Malaysia’s K-One Technology bags $7.3m AWS cloud services contract

Malaysia 2021 Budget: $242m allocated for digital economy

Malaysia to spend $434m on national cybersecurity strategy

Malaysia’s MDEC launches Digital Skills Training Directory to upskill job seekers

G3 Global plans to build largest hyperscale data center in Malaysia

Malaysia to shut down 3G by 2021, but national 5G plan may be delayed until 2022

Indonesia

DCI Indonesia goes public, data center shares soar 25% on first day

SpaceDC launches new data center in Indonesia

Huawei and BPPT to develop cloud, 5G and AI in Indonesia

Microsoft joins hands with teachers in Indonesia for digital upskilling

Thailand

Huawei to invest $23 million in new Thailand data center

Thailand state-owned telecoms to be merged by January 2021

Thailand and the UK launch the Smart City Handbook for digital transformation

Thailand’s CMKL University to accelerate AI research with NVIDIA

Thailand Government suing Facebook and Twitter for not taking down banned material

Mitsubishi to build 1,400 MW power plant in Thailand

Vietnam

Cyberattacks cost Vietnam $1 billion in 2020

LG to build second R&D center in Vietnam

Construction begins on second Software Park in Da Nang, Vietnam

Delta completes first Uptime certified green data center in Vietnam

Philippines

Philippine Air Force to build cybersecurity center in new deal with local tycoon

Facebook takes down over 100 fake accounts linked to the Philippines and China

The Philippines’ first telecom company partners with Cisco for digital upgrade

Nokia partners with Smart for IoT development in the Philippines

PLDT’s Smart Communications becomes first to roll out 5G nationwide in the Philippines

PLDT to increase broadband links to 100,000 a month in the Philippines

Cybersecurity: Bank of Philippines Islands takes down 10 phishing sites a day during COVID-19 pandemic