Thailand tech snapshot – November
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Critical technologies in the news
- Thailand: Japan’s Toshiba and Naturenix partner for SCiB lithium-ion battery brand in Thailand, manufacturing units for subscription packages to 2-wheeled e-bike users / full item
- Thailand: Police and electricity authorities raided buildings across 2 provinces, arresting suspects and seizing cryptocurrency mining rigs / full item
“[Thailand’s] Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre’s efforts have led to the suspension of 365,404 bank accounts linked to fraudulent activities, averaging 1,128 accounts suspended daily…” / full item
- Millennium Hotels & Resorts boosts Aiello partnership for in-room, AI-powered voice assistant tech across six MHR properties in Singapore and Thailand / full item
- South Korea’s Perigee Aerospace space launch firm and Thailand’s Geo-Informatics & Space Tech Development Agency ink MOU to develop Thai space infrastructure and capabilities / full item
“A transnational scam ring comprising Thai, Myanmar, and Cambodian nationals has been arrested for defrauding a Thai woman of over 21 million baht ($620K)…” / full item
- Singapore’s Nium payments platform and JP Morgan’s Kinexys boost collaboration on data supply to validate bank accounts in int’l payments to Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong / full item
- Download: ‘FinTech in ASEAN 2024, A Decade of Innovation’ – UOB, PwC, SFA “Singapore and Thailand accounted for 3/4 of total FinTech funding in the region for 9M 2024.” / full item
Asia’s Tech News, Weekly thru November
- November 30th: LinkedIn and Substack
- November 23th: LinkedIn and Substack
- November 16th: LinkedIn and Substack
- November 9th: LinkedIn and Substack
- November 2nd: LinkedIn and Substack
Critical technologies: November
- Australia: Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator awards over $60M in R&D contracts to 21 projects spanning quantum, defence tech, universities and the CSIRO…
- India: Dept of Science & Tech has selected 8 firms for support under Nat’l Quantum Mission and N’l Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems…
- China’s Huawei reportedly plans mass-production of its most advanced AI chip in Q1 2025, partly in bid to reach commercially-viable 70% functionality of chips produced…
Full report: Critical technologies, November 2024 >