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Nokia and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison will jointly modernize Indosat's nationwide mobile network in Indonesia through the deployment of advanced 5G Radio Access Network technologies, with NVIDIA developing AI-integrated network capabilities.

Singapore has been ranked the world's most crypto-friendly city in Multipolitan's Crypto Friendly Cities Index 2026, with six Asia Pacific cities making the global top 10, underscoring the region's growing dominance in attracting digital asset capital, founders, and infrastructure.

Japan's NTT DATA and Google Cloud will collaborate help enterprises move from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment of agentic AI solutions, combining Google Cloud's AI platform capabilities with NTT DATA's global delivery scale and industry expertise.

Singapore-based insurtech company Igloo has launched Igi, an AI travel insurance assistant in Indonesia that guides customers through the full purchase journey within a single conversational interface.

As many as 18 percent of five Singapore organizations have policies against unauthorized AI tools but lack any mechanism to detect violations, according to JFrog's 2026 Software Supply Chain Security State of the Union report released in early June.

MBSB Research said Monday that completely knocked down (CKD) readiness will mitigate recent policy impact across most electric vehicle (EV) marques in Malaysia.

Malaysia-based Zetrix AI Berhad, formerly known as MY E.G. Services Berhad, announced Monday that its joint venture in the Philippines namely MYEG Philippines, Inc. (MYEG PH) has signed several agreements for the provision of digital payment services with multiple government entities.

Singapore employers report lower hiring sentiment for the third quarter of 2026, while continuing to indicate a willingness to pay a premium for skills including artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, as well as critical thinking and problem-solving, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey revealed on Tuesday.

Singapore on Monday launched ASPIRE 2B, a new national supercomputer designed to support advanced artificial intelligence (AI) research and high-performance computing, as the city-state seeks to deepen its position as a regional AI hub and accelerate breakthroughs in areas ranging from climate science to healthcare.

The paper problem in Southeast Asia is not a technology gap. It is an execution gap. The tools exist. The ROI is clear. The question is which companies will move first, and which will still be filing paper in 2030.