J.P. Morgan invests in LAZADA
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, a leading asset management company is confirmed that invested in LAZADA, the leading online departmental store in Southeast Asia. LAZADA’s regional CEO Maximillian Bittner delighted the investment from J.P. Morgan which can further support their growth in Southeast Asia as they strive to offer all of their customers faster, convenient and secure online shopping experiences. With the support of Rocket...
Make payment at BPI branches for online booking of Cebu Pacific
Cebu Pacific, the largest national flag carrier in the Philippine announced Bank of the Philippines Islands (BPI) now is included in its payment center options, to make more convenient for non-credit cad travellers to buy flight tickets online. With this new payment center option, after the passengers book online at www.cebupacificair.com, they will receive a 14-digit reference number if they choose to pay via Payment Centers and then...
Beware spam emails masquerading as PayPal
The security firm Webroot has issued a warning on innumerable bogus e-mails that are targeting people’s mailboxes as they pretend to be from PayPal, the leading payment service provider worldwide. The emails inform the recipients that a payment of US$208 received without specifying any details on the payment, but with an attachment. The recipients will curious about the unexpected payment and then check the attachment which contains...
P1 appointed as GTI Steering Committee for the growth of mobile broadband in SEA
Global TD-LTE Initiative (“GTI”) which was co-founded by 5 leading international mobile network operators has appointed Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (“P1”) as its Steering Committee. China Mobile, Clearwire of U.S., Bharti Airtel of India, Vodafone of U.K. and Softbank of Japan are the founding members of GTI, a virtual open platform to advocate cooperation among global operators to promote TD-LTE (time division long-term...
Filipinos actives in searching information via Internet but relatively low in online purchase
The recent Nielsen research report on the influence of digital media on shopping habits reveals Filipinos are among the most active in the Asia-Pacific region in using Internet for product research, reading consumer reviews, and searching for online deals. However, the result of the research shows the online purchase still low in Philippines, only 34 per cent have made purchases online in the past month compared to 62 per cent in the...
Vietnam e-commerce is expected to grow at an average 75 per cent per annum
According to PwC Vietnam research, Vietnam’s e-commerce market value was approximately of US$300 million in 2011 and is expected to reach US$2.8 billion by 2015. The expansion of broadband service, the growth of internet users and the growth average disposable income will contribute to the growth of e-commerce in Vietnam. The internet users are projected to grow from 30 million users in 2011 to 37 million users in 2015. Cimigo’s...
Statistic shows 60 million attempts to pornography sites every month
‘Pornography, erotic materials’ tops the undesirable content in Kaspersky Lab’s Parental Control component, followed by ‘Social networks’ and ‘illegal software’, according to the worldwide statistic analyzed by Kaspersky Lab for the last six months. The Internet plays an increasingly prominent role in children’s lives while the dangers of the Internet are increasing by the day. According to Konstantin Ignatev, Manager of the Web...
This month is Malaysia’s National ICT month
The National ICT Month 2012 (NIM 2012) which is co-organized by the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) has kicked off. During NIM 2012, a bunch of programmes such as Leadership Summit 2012, PC Fair, World Cyber Games (WCG) and Digital Lifestyle Expo have been organised to promote local ICT products and services. According to the Pikom...
Singapore M1 launches first nationwide 4G service in Southeast Asia
M1 Limited (M1) has become the first to offer nationwide 4G service in Southeast Asia. M1’s 4G service is operating on its advanced dual band network in the 1800MHz and 2600MHz spectrum which will encompass both street level and in-building coverage. Customers on M1’s 4G network will be able to enjoy faster data access with theoretical download speeds of up to 75Mbps on their mobile internet devices and they also able to enjoy 4G...
Vietcombank teams up with 5 insurance companies to promote e-payment
Vietcombank, a State-owned commercial bank is running a promotional campaign with life insurance companies such as Prudential Viet Nam, AIA Viet Nam, Dai-Chi Viet Nam, ACE and South Korean Life Insurance to encourage insurance customers to pay their insurance via internet banking and ATM system. The campaign will be run from September 1 to November 29. During the campaign, the first 20 customers to pay their insurance fees every day...
