Telecommunications

Indonesian tech firm PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo) and telecommunication company Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison have announced the latest advancement in Indonesia's open-source large language model (LLM) ecosystem with the launch of Sahabat-AI's 70-billion parameter model and multilingual chat service.

Truely, the Singapore-based travel tech company behind Switchless™ eSIM global connectivity, announced Tuesday new funding from strategic investors US-based Goodwater Capital, Japan-based DG Daiwa Ventures and UAE-based Disrupt.com.

Airbus, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), and the Office for Space Technology and Industry (OSTIn) – Singapore’s national space office – have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly advance the development of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technologies in Singapore.

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U Mobile, Malaysia’s Next Gen 5G network provider, has announced the appointment of Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), the enabler of a Digital Malaysia, as its key fiber backhaul partner to accelerate the deployment of its 5G network in the country.

U Mobile, Malaysia’s next generation 5G network provider, has signed a term sheet agreement to appoint Celcom Timur Sabah (CT Sabah), a provider of high-speed fiber optic infrastructure in Sabah and WP Labuan, to deploy 5G leased circuits in the state and federal territory.

Malaysia’s Next Gen 5G network provider U Mobile has entered into a strategic agreement to transfer its merchant acquiring business, GoBiz, to NTT DATA Cardpay, a subsidiary under NTT DATA Payment Services Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as GHL Systems Berhad).

Malaysian telecommunications firm CelcomDigi Berhad and Ericsson (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing autonomous network operations in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s next gen 5G network provider U Mobile has appointed independent telecommunications infrastructure company EdgePoint Infrastructure Sdn Bhd as one of its preferred 5G in-building (IBC) infrastructure partners, to accelerate its upcoming rollout of 5G IBC infrastructure across Malaysia.

Singaporean telecommunications company StarHub has successfully trialed Southeast Asia’s first 5G Cloud Radio Access Network (RAN) in collaboration with Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia and American technology group Dell Technologies.