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Myanmar's Directorate of Telecommunications has instructed the nation's mobile operators to complete the registration of all SIMs by next March.

The telecom regulator has revealed that any unregistered SIMs still operating by that time will be temporarily suspended, Eleven Myanmar reported.

SIMs will need to be registered based on users' national registration cards, student…

The Philippines' Court of Appeals has approved an application from the nation's two major operators to consolidate their legal challenge against the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) over their acquisition of the telecoms assets of conglomerate San Miguel Corporation.

Both Globe and PLDT have petitioned the court to compel the PCC declare the San Miguel transaction as “deemed…

Indonesia's Indosat Ooredoo has launched a new mobile payment service for retailers, in collaboration with GoSwift International and banking chain BNI.

The new D-Pay service will allow merchants to use their exsting mobile devices as multifunctional payment platforms, accepting payments based on Visa, MasterCard or JCB credit and debit cards, as well as eWallet services.

D-Pay…

Kate McKenzie to retire from Telstra

Telstra announced that chief operations officer, Kate McKenzie, would retire from Telstra after working with the incumbent for 12 years.

McKenzie will leave Telstra in the coming weeks. Group executive global enterprise and services, Brendon Riley, will be interim chief operations officer with immediate effect while a permanent replacement…

ZTE’s US arm has kicked off Project CSX, a new initiative that aims to crowdsource the next big idea for a mobile device the company will release in 2017.

ZTE said Project CSX is a new method for developing products that engages directly with consumers at every step of the development process, from conception to what is finally delivered to consumers. The project will be broken into…