Malaysia

At the Smart City Expo Kuala Lumpur 2025 (SCEKL25), Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo witnessed the exchange of three landmark Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and one Letter of Collaboration.

Vietnam-based information technology (IT) services provider FPT, through its subsidiary in Malaysia, has made a strategic investment in Daythree Digital Berhad (Daythree), a Malaysia’s business process services (BPS) and managed services provider.

Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) and Ericsson have announced the launch of the “DNB-Ericsson Educate 21st Century Technologies program”, a large-scale upskilling initiative aimed at equipping 40,000 Malaysian municipal and government employees with practical knowledge in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), and automation.

Grab-backed digital bank GX Bank Berhad has recently launched its business banking facility and flagship Jaguh Niaga Program, reaffirming its commitment to supporting Malaysia’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Telekom Malaysia (TM), via its enterprise and government solutions arm TM One, and NCT Group of Companies (NCT Group), through its wholly owned subsidiary NCT AI Sdn Bhd, have signed a memorandum of collaboration (MoC) to extend smart industrial park solutions across Malaysia.

While global semiconductor sales are projected to continue growing, TA Securities has maintained a cautious outlook on Malaysia's semiconductor sector given the lingering uncertainties surrounding US trade policy.

Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among Malaysian manufacturers remains at an early stage, with just 26 percent of companies implementing AI solutions while the majority are still in the awareness or exploratory phase, a survey from the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturing (FMM) showed Wednesday.

JLand Group, the real estate and infrastructure arm of Malaysia-based Johor Corporation (JCorp) and Japan-based integrated trading and investment group Sumitomo Corporation, have teamed up to advance sustainable innovation in Johor’s Ibrahim Technopolis (IBTEC).

While Malaysia is positioning itself as ASEAN’s leading data center hub, Hong Leong Investment Bank Research said it must balance attracting investors with enforcing credible sustainability standards.

Malaysian government has partnered with Zetrix AI Berhad, a developer of Shariah-aligned large language model (LLM) NurAI, to collaborate on establishing the global framework for Shariah compliance, certification and governance in artificial intelligence (AI).