Mobility

SPOT News rolls out mobile forum feature
SPOT News said it has launched its latest in-app service, Spot Discuss, for its Malaysian subscribers.
Shazalli steps down as Celcom CEO to take on bigger role in Axiata
Celcom has announced that Shazalli Ramly will step down as CEO to take on a bigger role within the Axiata Group, as part of a major senior management reshuffle.
In APAC, the Internet is almost completely mobile: GfK study
In Asia Pacific, the mobile device has become consumers’ primary gateway to the Internet, said market research firm GfK.
BYOD still in ‘emergent’ phase, get with it, you guys
The BYOD trend is still in its emergent phase and not really as widespread as all the buzz would have you believe, according to Christian Reilly of Citrix.  
Prepaid disappointment, postpaid boost for Digi in Q2 2016
Digi.Com Bhd had a mixed second quarter ended June 30 2016, reporting lower pretax profit but higher profit after tax; lower prepaid revenue but higher earnings from postpaid.
Ericsson and Malaysian foundation in pact to tech-enable wetlands preservation
Ericsson and the Yayasan DiRaja Sultan Mizan foundation have entered into a partnership agreement to use information and communication technology (ICT) to preserve the wetland ecosystem and cultural heritage in Setiu, a district in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia.
Asia Pacific to add 600mil new mobile subscribers by 2020: GSMA study
The number of mobile subscribers in the Asia Pacific region reached 2.5 billion at the end of last year and will grow to 3.1 billion by 2020, according to a new GSMA study unveiled at GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai.
Urge to connect is putting international travellers at risk: Kaspersky Lab
The urge to go online the moment they reach foreign soil sees a high proportion of people connecting to unsecured WiFi networks, thus putting their personal data at risk, according to a study by Kaspersky Lab.
Consumers in Asia the faraway leaders in in-app purchases: AppsFlyer study
Asian users spend 40% more on in-app purchases than the rest of the world, although North Americans spend the single highest amount – in shopping apps, according to a new study by San Francisco-headquartered AppsFlyer.
YES is back in the race, first to launch VoLTE
YTL Comms launched its new all-IP YES 4G LTE network today, becoming the first telco in Malaysia to offer a Voice-over-LTE service too.
Download Digerati50 2020-2021 PDF

Digerati50 2020-2021

Get and download a digital copy of Digerati50 2020-2021