Chunghwa Telecom eyes Myanmar’s 3G market
Taiwan’s largest telecom company, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), together with leading smartphone maker HTC will cooperate with overseas firms to invest in the largest telecom company in Myanmar, according to...
View ArticleIndonesia’s investment heydays are yet to return
The “Indonesian Trade and Investment Update 2013” held at the Indonesian embassy in Doha on September 26 is a good occasion to give an update on the investment environment in the world’s most populous...
View ArticleTelenor predicts fivefold mobile phone surge in Myanmar
Telenor, the Norwegian company that was granted one mobile phone license in Myanmar, said that mobile phone subscriptions in the country are likely surge more than fivefold to about half of the...
View ArticleOoredoo, Telenor in network-sharing talks for Myanmar
Qatar’s telecom company Ooredoo is in talks with Norway’s Telenor to share transmitter towers in Myanmar, seeking cost savings as they build networks in one of the world’s least developed telecom...
View ArticleTravel feature: Stuck in Doha
Late September 2001, and the world was still on-edge during the weeks after the infamous Twin Tower attacks. What better time to open a new hotel in the Middle East! I was working in Montego Bay,...
View ArticleAn overlooked opportunity: Laos
After the World Bank recently released its bi-annual East Asia and Pacific Update on economies in the region, there was much talk about the diverse growth rates and the different economic standings of...
View ArticleQatar wants to recruit 30,000 Thai workers
Thailand’s labour ministry is set to sign an agreement in October on conditions for the employment of Thai workers in Qatar, labour permanent secretary Jirasak Sukonthachart said on October 16. The...
View Article30,000 Thai workers for Qatar?
As reported on October 16, an agreement is set to be signed this month between Thailand’s labour ministry and officials from Qatar to send no less than 30,000 Thai workers to Qatar to fill labour...
View ArticleSingapore will be Asia’s new LNG trading hub
The small city-state of Singapore is on the verge to become Asia’s new trading hub for liquefied natural gas, and this will be crucial for Qatar’s LNG trade in the immediate future. As part of the...
View ArticleMalaysia’s total trade up 2.4% in first 9 months of 2013
Malaysia’s total trade for the January-September 2013 period increased 2.4 per cent to RM1 trillion ($317.5 billion) in the same period of 2012, said Malaysia External Development Corporation...
View ArticleQatar brings innovation to ASEAN
Good news emerged recently with regards to Qatar’s business involvement in Southeast Asia. Not only that the country’s telecom group Ooredoo announced that it will jump straight into 3G mobile phone...
View ArticlePush for Islamic Finance needed in Brunei
Brunei, although it has a small banking market, is still somehow underestimating the potential of Islamic finance as incentives to set up Shariah banking facilities are probably still too inadequate....
View ArticleOoredoo, Digicel sign deal in Myanmar
Qatar’s Ooredoo and Digicel Asian Holdings, a consortium of Jamaica-based Digicel Group, Yoma Strategic and First Myanmar Investment Co Ltd (FMI), said in a release on December 3 that they have signed...
View ArticleQatar’s trade finance in focus
Outlook remains very positive, finds Barwa Bank CEO Steve Troop The post Qatar’s trade finance in focus appeared first on Investvine.
View ArticleThailand’s Centara group in Mideast expansion
Thailand’s largest hotel operator, Centara Hotels & Resorts, has said that it is eager to expand with new facilities in the Middle East as it sees huge growth opportunities in the region. The...
View ArticleTelenor launches Myanmar mobile phone service
Norway’s Telenor said it would launch telecommunications services in Myanmar on Sept. 27, becoming the second foreign telecoms company to start operating in one of the world’s least connected nations....
View ArticleIndonesia to impose ‘maids ban’ earlier than expected
Indonesia will prevent its female citizens from working as housemaids and domestic helpers in foreign countries earlier than widely expected, it emerged after a meeting of the country’s National...
View ArticleQatar buys Singapore tower in largest-ever deal in Asia-Pacific
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority agreed to buy Asia Square Tower 1 in Singapore for $2.5 billion from US investment firm BlackRock Inc. in the biggest single-tower property deal...
View ArticleBrunei royals back foundation of new Wall Street bank
Members of the Royal Family of Brunei are among the financial backers of a plan by former Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan to launch a new merchant bank in the US with seed capital of no less than $3...
View ArticlePhilippines stops sending workers to Qatar, fearing food riots
The Philippines on June 6 blocked the deployment of new overseas workers to Qatar as the gas-rich Gulf state started grappling with a diplomatic crisis after its neighbours cut ties with Doha. Labour...
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