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Vietnam’s Viettel targets first pre-commercial 6G call by early 2029 as Qualcomm’s first early access partner

Viettel High Tech, under Vietnam's top telco Viettel, has signed a 6G Platform Early Access Program agreement with US semiconductor company Qualcomm Technologies.

KWAP seeks recovery of $40M eFishery investment

Malaysia's public pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) [KWAP] said it is pursuing all available avenues to recover its MYR 163.4 million ($39.97 million) investment in Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery after the company became embroiled in a financial fraud scandal that led to the imprisonment of its former chief executive.

Taiwan’s semiconductor firm Powertech Technology to invest $400M in Singapore chip packaging joint venture with Broadcom

Taiwan's semiconductor firm Powertech Technology plans to invest $400 million to establish a chip packaging joint venture in Singapore, in a cooperation with US semiconductor giant Broadcom.

Maybank foresees visible growth ahead for Singapore’s JustCo

Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen visible growth ahead for Singapore's co-working space player JustCo, underpinned by a visible expansion pipeline and improving operational efficiency.

Singapore strengthens privacy tools for AI adoption

Singapore has on Monday launched a new guide on federated learning to help businesses adopt privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) for artificial intelligence (AI) development, as organizations seek ways to unlock the value of data while strengthening protection of personal information.

Vietnam emerges as SEA’s next data center contender amid regional capacity shift – BMI

Vietnam is emerging as a credible secondary data center hub in Southeast Asia over the next five years, benefiting from rapid cloud adoption and a spillover of investment from more constrained markets such as Singapore and Malaysia, BMI Country Risk & Industry Research said on Monday.

Singapore launches new Transparency Guidelines to help consumers use GenAI Chatbots safely and responsibly

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has on Monday published new voluntary guidelines to help consumers navigate the use of Generative AI (GenAI) Chatbots.

IMDA launches Singapore’s first Digital Twin Playbook for Enterprises

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said Monday it has developed Singapore’s first Digital Twin for Enterprises Playbook to help business leaders and digital transformation teams in non-information and communications technology (ICT) enterprises adopt Digital Twin technology with confidence.

Malaysia poised to become regional data center hub – S&P

Malaysia can overcome execution challenges to become one of Southeast Asia's largest data center hubs, nearly tripling capacity by 2030, S&P Global Ratings said Monday.

Skills built faster than work redesigned to use them: Singapore Polytechnic

Singapore organizations are building skills faster than they are redesigning work to deploy them, creating a "capability debt" or the cost of work evolving faster than the systems organizing it, according to a report released at Singapore Polytechnic's HR Learning Fest 2026.