Vietnam’s Mobifone is launching carrier billing on Google Play with Fortumo.

Fitch Ratings has pegged Thailand’s number two operator dtac as the most likely to have its proposal accepted for state operator TOT’s 4G public-private partnership contract.

Singaporean ride-sharing platform Grab is acquiring Indonesian online payments provider Kudo.

The Philippines’ Smart – the wireless unit of PLDT - is speeding up the deployment of its 4G network upgrade with the goal of providing coverage in 785 municipalities by the end of this year.

China saw a surge in mobile payments across 2016, with transactions up by 86% over the year to 25.7 billion.

Thailand may adopt a unified licensing regime for its telecoms and broadcasting sectors.

Chinese vendors are pouring increasing amounts of investment into Thailand’s smartphone market as they look to supplant South Korean vendor Samsung as the market’s leading device manufacturer.

The government of the Philippines has approved a project to create a national broadband network.

The Samoa Submarine Cable Company (SSCC) has commissioned two eCentre data centre solutions from Flexenclosure.

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology have been selected by Globe Telecom to support its digital transformation initiative and lay the foundation for next-generation infrastructure, including virtualisation.

Myanmar’s market leader MPT has acquired Gemalto's Device Management and Advanced Over-The-Air (AOTA) in a bid to strengthen its relationship with its subscribers and expand its service portfolios.

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) has deployed Coriant’s best-in-class coherent optical transport and universal switching technology as part of a nationwide upgrade to its fibre-based backbone network.

Axiata Group has partnered with Fortumo for direct carrier billing, with Indonesia (XL Axiata) and Malaysia (Celcom) the first markets to launch the service.

Fixed-line operator Hutchison Global Communications and PT Centrin Online Prima are launching a new cloud service in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Malaysian mobile operator U Mobile has partnered with Docomo Digital to give customers the option of purchasing Google Play Store content using direct carrier billing.

O3b Networks has announced a series of new deals with telecom operators of island nations in the Asia Pacific Region.

Ericsson and China Mobile have signed a strategic agreement to cooperate on development of the Internet of Things.

Vietnamobile has partnered with Fortumo to offer carrier billing on the Google Play app store in Vietnam.

Cambodia’s leading microfinance institution Prasac has signed an agreement for a USD 20 million green lending facility with a responsAbility-managed fund focusing on climate financing.

Digicel Pacific has tapped O3b Networks to increase satellite capacity and bring state-of-the-art mobile connectivity to the remote Micronesian Island of Nauru.

Changes to the regulation governing China’s spectrum policy will allow 5G airwaves to be sold at auction rather than simply allocated by the relevant authorities, as has previously occurred.

Cambodian market leader Smart Axiata has tapped 365squared to reduce spam and monetise its secure application-to-person (A2P) SMS traffic.

Thai operator dtac has selected Nokia's IP/Optical portfolio to bolster its backbone network.

Ooredoo Group and Ericsson have agreed a five-year contract to implement a new revenue management system across the Group’s footprint in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.