Axiata to buy Saudi Telecom’s Indonesia unit
September 27, 2013
Malaysia’s telecom giant Axiata Group Bhd will buy Saudi Telecom’s Indonesian unit in a bid to boost its presence in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The sale of a majority stake…
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Apple’s first authorised reseller in Myanmar, ‘mDrive’, will open an Apple store in a shopping center in Yangon, local media reported Until now, Apple products have entered the country through…
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Local Myanmar telecom firm to raise $1b
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Singapore’s Newkia wants to be the new Nokia
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Telenor will invest just $2b in Myanmar
Norway’s mobile phone giant Telenor, which was one of the firms being granted a license to build up a mobile phone network in Myanmar, has said it will invest not…
Mobile services for the ‘unbanked’
A chat with Miguel Perez, CEO of Filipino start-up Ayannah
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