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Gleneagles BGS Hospital, Kengeri has announced the launch of South India's 5G-enabled ambulance service in partnership with Indian GPS-based technology platform Medulance.

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel), Deutsche Telekom, e&, SK Telecom, SoftBank Corp., the founding parties of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA), have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement focused on co-developing and launching a multilingual Telco Large Language Models (LLM).

HOMA Sdn Bhd (HOMA2u), a Malaysian marketplace for overstocked and new renovation and interior design materials, announced Friday that it has secured an additional $625,000 from Asia Fund X in its pre-series A funding round.

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The entry comes at a time when Malaysians are seeing a rising number of local and international coffee chain brands and outlets in the country. Both local and international coffee brands are competing for a larger market share as US brand Starbucks faces ongoing boycott amid the Israel-Gaza war. In China, Luckin Coffee's home market, the entry also comes…

Charge+, a Singapore-based electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider, has partnered German automobile manufacturer Porsche to launch a 1,700 kilometers (km) EV Charging Network in Vietnam that connects Vietnam’s two largest cities Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Singapore-based online used car marketplace Carro has signed a SGD 75 million ($55.52 million) multi-currency loan with HSBC to fund its fintech arm, Genie Financial Services.

Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries, has decided to invest $30 million to Vietnam-based Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) in form of a convertible loan.

Ayudante, a Japan-based digital marketing and digital measurement consulting agency, has announced its acquisition of Sparkline, a Singapore-based digital marketing company.

Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB), the master developer of Iskandar Puteri of Johor in Malaysia, via River Retreat Sdn Bhd, has entered into a strategic partnership with TM-Nxera, a joint venture of Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Singtel, to empower the digital economy and build a sustainable future for the region.