The Philippine economy is gradually on the rise, largely driven by its business process outsourcing, industry and construction sectors. The average pace of growth in the Philippines in the first half of the decade was 6.3%, compared to 6% in Indonesia, 5.8% in Malaysia and Vietnam, and 3.6% in Thailand.
New spectrum allocations and a fourth mobile licence offering are expected to provide a fillip for Turkey's telecoms sector, which has benefitted in recent years from rising mobile and internet penetration, driven by its young, tech-savvy population.
In his 2015 budget speech, Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to invest RM2.7bn ($821.34m) over three years to build 1000 new telecoms towers nationwide and lay undersea cables between Peninsular Malaysia and the eastern states. This funding represents the second phase of the High-Speed Broadband project (HSSB), which was first announced a...
What steps are being taken to expand the state’s mobile telecoms network to all rural areas within the timeframe allocated by Malaysia’s Vision 2020?
The development of high-tech industries is a key part of the Malaysian government’s long-term development strategy, the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). This aims to create a knowledge-based, high-income economy and drives the country’s development programmes at both the federal and state levels, with Sarawak being no exception....
The development of high-tech industries is a key part of the Malaysian government’s long-term development strategy, the Economic Transformation Programme. Numerous programmes have been launched in Sarawak to develop ICT, with participation between public and private sector players recognised as a key component of success. While Sarawak’s ICT sector is clearly moving towards the goals set for...
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