By Murali Krishnan According to Frost & Sullivan, in the GCC region, UAE, Bahrain and Qatar have mobile subscriber penetration rates of 80% or more, placing them among the highest penetrated markets globally. We estimate that GCC region would have 83% mobile subscribers by 2030 up from 77% in 2018. Further, by 2030, 5G will account for 16% of total connections in these markets. By 2025, 75% […]
European Medicines Agency to Conduct First-Ever Parallel Assessment of a Medicinal Product, Takeda’s Dengue Vaccine Candidate (TAK-003), for use in the EU; Countries Outside of the EU through the EU-M4all (Previously Article 58) Procedure Takeda Intends to Submit Regulatory Filings in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand During 2021 TAK-003 is Being Studied for the Prevention of Dengue Due to any Dengue […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 23 March 2021 – GP Industries Limited (“GP Industries”) is pleased to announce that its major wholly-owned subsidiary, GP Batteries International Limited (“GP Batteries”) has earned Gold Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL) Validation from UL for its manufacturing facility located in Tebrau, Malaysia, making it the first plant in the country to earn gold level validation. The plant has achieved […]
What’s Your Story? Contest winners create special powers to tackle cybersecurity issues HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – March 22, 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the global leader in cybersecurity, and Save the Children Hong Kong, a leading international NGO helping the most deprived and marginalised children, today announced winners of the 2020 ‘What’s Your Story?’ video contest. The annual contest […]
Threat actors weaponizing cloud storage, advanced cloud-based tools to create record ransomware attack effectiveness, volume CORRECTION by SonicWall: The title of Debasish Mukherjee (5th paragraph) has been updated to Vice President, Regional Sales APAC The corrected release reads: Ransomware soars with 62% increase since 2019 Office files preferred by cybercriminals, surpass PDFs, roughly 1 in 4 malicious Never-before-seen’ malware variants up 74% year-over-year Cryptojacking shows three-year […]
CLIFTON, NJ – News Direct – 20 March 2021 – As a business continuity solution distributor, Microdium has seen numerous cases where cyber-threats have ransacked companies in Southeast Asia. The increasing complexity of the cyber-threat landscape has led the company to explore a comprehensive, highly-effective cybersecurity solution. “We chose to partner with Comodo because of the ease of use of the Dragon platform and the auto containment […]
DP World announced revenue growth of 11.0% to $8,533 million and adjusted EBITDA grew 0.4% to $3,319 million with adjusted EBITDA margin of 38.9% for the calendar year 2020. The revenue growth was supported by acquisitions and full year contribution from Topaz Energy & Marine and P&O Ferries while Maritime and Logistics revenue was up 33.2%. But like-for-like revenue decreased by 7.0% and down 3.2% excluding one-off […]
Trend Micro is one of the first security SaaS providers to offer flexible platform of cloud security services under single listing in AWS Marketplace, enabling self-service protection HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 March 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the leader in cloud security, today announced the AWS Marketplace debut of its answer to the needs of organizations building in […]
Threat actors weaponizing cloud storage, advanced cloud-based tools to create record ransomware attack effectiveness, volume Ransomware soars with 62% increase since 2019 Office files preferred by cybercriminals, surpass PDFs, roughly 1 in 4 malicious Never-before-seen’ malware variants up 74% year-over-year Cryptojacking shows three-year high with 28% year-over-year increase IoT malware rises 66% as criminals continue to leverage COVID-19 pandemic Retail, healthcare and government face mounting ransomware […]
James M. Dorsey The clashes sparked by a crackdown on cross border fuel smuggling to neighbouring Pakistan achieved what past US and Saudi machinations failed to accomplish: ethnic unrest in a strategic, impoverished and long restive majority Sunni province in predominantly Shiite Iran.Recent clashes in the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan highlight Iran’s vulnerabilities as well as its inability to overcome trauma and control its demons. The […]
CDP invited the most significant lenders in the forest risk commodities (FRC) sectors to participate in the Financial Services Climate Change and Forests Pilot, resulting in a sample of 10 banks disclosing (7 Southeast Asian and 3 global) Participating banks have the sway to drive real change in the economy; holding loans of more than US$2.5 trillion and accounting for over 19% of all lending to FRC […]
TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 5 March 2021 – NHK WORLD-JAPAN, the English-language international service of Japan’s sole public broadcaster, NHK, today announced it will present a collection of premiere and encore programming to mark the 10-year anniversary the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, which spurred a tsunami, a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and mass destruction along Japan’s east […]
Trend Micro intercepted a surge in malware, phishing and credential theft HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 4 March 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the leader in cloud security, today revealed that it blocked 16.7 million high-risk email threats that slipped past webmail providers’ native filters. This amounts to an increase of nearly a third on 2019 figures. The new statistics […]
Piqray (alpelisib) is the only treatment approved specifically to address PIK3CA mutation The approval was based on SOLAR-1 Phase III trial showing Piqray plus fulvestrant nearly doubled median PFS (11.0 vs. 5.7 months) in HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer patients with PIK3CA mutation, compared to fulvestrant alone. Approximately 30-40% of those with HR+/HER2- subtype have a PIK3CA mutation, which is associated with a poor prognosis. In Singapore, the […]
DHL has transported nearly 26,000 Covid -19 testing vials for Longhorn, who is donating one million vials to the International Organization for Migration Vials were transported via three initial flights from Indianapolis to Kenya, Nepal and the Philippines, supporting emerging markets in the process Life-saving transports will help COVID-19 testing of refugees and displaced persons SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 25 February 2021 – DHL Global Forwarding, […]
Delivery will take place on a weekly basis further to the first successful delivery on February 15 Marks expansion of DHL’s global presence in vaccine logistics SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – 24 February 2021 – To support the Australian government’s inoculation program, DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, will deliver additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines on a weekly basis into the country. DHL […]
Trend Micro’s annual roundup report can guide strategic security planning for the new year HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 February 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced it detected 119,000 cyber threats per minute in 2020 as home workers and infrastructure came under new pressure from attacks. This insight and many others come from […]
Rigorous planning and testing were undertaken by DHL to ensure supply chains support the vaccine’s stringent temperature requirements KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 21 February 2021 – DHL Express, the world’s leading express service provider has successfully delivered the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Malaysia today. From door-to-door in just three days, DHL Express worked with Malaysia Aviation Group’s cargo subsidiary MABkargo Sdn. Bhd. (MASkargo) to fly the […]
Rigorous planning and testing to ensure supply chain supports vaccine’s stringent temperature requirements TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 16 February 2021 – DHL, the leading global brand in the logistics industry today announced the successful delivery of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines on a cargo flight from Belgium to Japan. The first of numerous shipments that will be delivered throughout the year, the vaccines were packed with sophisticated GPS and […]
China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia among leaders in global logistics ranking SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 10 February 2021 – Asia-Pacific nations lead all emerging market regions with China, India and Indonesia being the world’s top emerging markets in the 12th annual Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, a broad gauge of competitiveness based on logistics strength and business fundamentals. The Index ranks 50 countries by factors that make them attractive […]
New threat defense platform provides centralized risk visibility and prioritizes alerts for faster detection and response HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 10 February 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity, combats security alert overload and resource constraints with an extensible platform that provides visibility and response from a single console. The new platform, Trend Micro Vision OneTM, has extended detection […]
