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Axiata CEO Nik Rizal Kamil appointed to GSMA global mobile-industry board

Nik Rizal Kamil, CEO of Malaysian telecoms group Axiata, has been appointed to the board of the GSMA, the global mobile-industry association, for a two-year term starting in January.

Indonesia-based MDI Ventures refocuses on enterprise AI, digital-asset infrastructure

MDI Ventures, the corporate venture-capital arm of Indonesia's state-owned telecom group Telkom, has revamped its Southeast Asia investment strategy to focus on enterprise AI and digital-asset infrastructure.

Malaysia’s Agmo reaches Select tier in Anthropic’s Claude partner network

Agmo Studio, a Malaysian software firm, has reached the "Select" tier in the partner network run by Anthropic, the creator of Claude AI models.

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Why Singapore must prepare for the zero-minute era

Neville Vincent of Trellix argues that agentic AI is compressing cyber response windows and forcing enterprises to strengthen identity, visibility and threat intelligence.

Singapore-based DayOne Data Centers files for IPO on Nasdaq

DayOne Data Centers, a Singapore-headquartered digital infrastructure company, has filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO).

[HK Special Report] Alibaba HK Entrepreneurs Fund sees ‘significant’ opportunities at the intersection of tech, industry & international markets

In a recent interview with TNGlobal, AEF Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Cindy Chow discussed how the fund's investment strategy has evolved over the past decade, what it looks for in founders and why it believes Hong Kong’s role could extend beyond being a gateway to becoming a launchpad for Asian companies going global.

Vietnam to require public EV charging stations to support compatible vehicles from July 2027

Vietnam has issued a technical regulation requiring public electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations to serve any compatible EVs and to disclose their prices.

Thinking Machines’ Niek van Veen on measuring enterprise AI beyond the pilot [Q&A]

Thinking Machines Data Science VP Niek van Veen discusses enterprise AI evaluation, legal oversight, workflow redesign, employee adoption and boundaries for autonomous agents.

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FOMO Pay taps Sumsub for compliance and fraud defence

Singapore-headquartered FOMO Pay has partnered with Sumsub to add verification, transaction monitoring and fraud-prevention capabilities across its expanding operations.

PLDT says AI agents save tens of thousands of work hours annually

PLDT says its internally developed AI agents are reducing manual work across enterprise sales, knowledge retrieval and risk management.