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Circle Partners With Hong Kong Telecoms to Explore Customer Loyalty Solution in HK
29.10.2024
Global financial technology platform Circle has announced its partnership with Hong Kong telecommunications(HKT) to explore a potential collaboration…
Japanese Telecoms Companies Go Crypto: NTT Subsidiary to Launch Crypto Wallet
22.3.2024
Japanese telecoms companies are moving into the web3 space, with a subsidiary of the communications giant NTT set to launch a crypto wallet.
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Solana Price Prediction as Tech Giant Telefónica Launches Solana-Based Helium Mobile Hotspots – Can SOL Reach $10,000?
25.1.2024
The Solana price has risen by 1.5% in the past 24 hours, moving to $88.90 after telecoms giant Telefónica launched mobile hotspots powered by the Solana-based Helium Network yesterday. SOL remains down by 10% in a week and by 22.5% in the last 30 days, yet it is still up by an impressive 280%...
SK Telecom’s metaverse expansion in SE Asia for ifland publishing
27.11.2023
SK Telecom Company, situated in South Korea, has inked a deal with three separate IT businesses in Southeast Asia to further its metaverse market plans in the territory. The company formed strategic collaborations with CelcomDigi Berhad of Malaysia, Agate of Indonesia, and Philippines-based Cosmic...
Russian telecoms giant MTS announces ads service targeting Telegram users
17.10.2023
Telegram denies that it has entered any advertising-related agreements with Russian companies
Japan's Largest Crypto Exchange Operator Monex Seals Deal with Telecoms Giant NTT Docomo
6.10.2023
Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo said Wednesday that it formed a capital partnership with crypto exchange Monex to build new asset formation services for customers.
The capital and business alliance agreement would let both parties establish an intermediate holding company on January 4, 2024....
Chinese Telecoms Firms Growing Increasingly Keen on Digital Yuan
21.7.2023
Chinese telecom operators are growing increasingly keen on digital yuan adoption, a report has claimed, as the CBDC finds new adoption strongholds.
Per EY (via Sohu), the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is keen to bring the nation’s biggest operators (the likes of China Telecom and China...
Bahrain Telecom Operator Starts Accepting Crypto Payments
18.12.2022
Stc Bahrain, a subsidiary of the Bahrain telecoms operator Stc Group, recently said its partnership arrangement with payment service provider Eazy Financial Services has created an opening that allows clients to pay bills using crypto. According to a statement, the telecom operator’s move...
South Korean Telecoms Giant LGU+ Moves Deeper into NFT Space
29.8.2022
LGU+, one of South Korea’s biggest telecoms firms, will issue a new batch of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) next month – as it looks to move further into the crypto and blockchain sectors....
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China Jails Kidnappers That Demanded ‘Hundreds of Bitcoins’ as Ransom Payment
1.4.2022
Chinese authorities have jailed four individuals that were accused of kidnapping one person and demanding “hundreds of bitcoins” as a ransom payment. While the alleged kidnapping is reported to have occurred in the Philippines, the cooperation between the two countries eventually...
This Is Why Telecoms Giant SK Aims to Launch a Cryptoasset ‘in 2022’
24.3.2022
SK Square, an offshoot of one of South Korea’s biggest chaebol conglomerates has announced plans to launch a cryptoasset before the year is out – and intends to link it to a whole host of the conglomerate’s business platforms....
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Local Stablecoin ‘Crackdown’ Builds a Case For Decentralized Money
11.10.2021
vernment in the North Jeolla Province city had announced a “crackdown to eradicate the illegal distribution of” the Iksan Dairom token. The blockchain-powered coin makes use of technology provided by the telecoms giant KT and its smartphone-based Good Pay ecosystem.Similar KT-led projects are
Abkhazia Extends Internet Restrictions for Cryptocurrency Miners
9.10.2021
The government in Abkhazia has extended an order prohibiting access to internet sites used by cryptocurrency miners. The measure is part of a wider ban on activities related to the extraction of digital coins that also limits the use of electricity and imports of mining equipment in the breakaway...
Russian Mobile Operators Eye Payments Services, Wallets for Digital Ruble
16.2.2021
Some telcos are looking at developing a digital wallet that would link the digital currency to users' mobile phone numbers
South Korean Telecoms Giant KT Posts ‘Sevenfold’ Blockchain Profits
10.2.2021
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed down trade in a huge swathe of industries, but some, such as the telecommunications sector – appear to be thriving, with blockchain sales rising for KT, one of South Korea’s biggest mobile carriers.
Per Newsian, KT’s operating profits rose by 2% in the past...
Japanese telecoms giant Softbank Corp joins crypto regulatory group JSTA
6.1.2021
Softbank’s telecoms arm is set to become the latest member of the Japanese Security Token Association
Telecoms protocol from 1975 exploited to target 20 crypto executives
20.10.2020
At least 20 crypto executives and customers of an Israeli telecommunications company were targeted in a sophisticated SS7 attack last month
Beijing Telecoms Provider Latest Company to Join Digital Yuan Pilot
2.9.2020
Another private sector firm has stated that it is working with the Chinese central bank on its fast-expanding digital yuan pilots.
Per Shanghai Securities News, a Beijing-based telecom provider named Shenzhen Techo Telecom admitted that it was working on the project, known in China as the Digital...
Leading Middle East Telecoms Firm Zain Joins Hedera Governing Council
15.6.2020
Major telecoms provider Zain has joined the governing council for distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph
Chinese, International Telcos Explore ‘Blockchain + 5G’ Paradigm
8.5.2020
Telecoms companies are increasingly looking to combine 5G and blockchain operations – particularly those based in China, per a new report that suggests blockchain development is as now as important to telecoms firms as next-generation mobile networks.
Media outlet Communication Information News...