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• Malaysian mobile service revenue growth flatlines, but data grows

  ​Malaysian mobile telco carriers and resellers could be in for a lacklustre few years amid expectations of negligible mobile service revenue growth in the country until at least 2025.

• Axiata and Telenor seal major Malaysian telco merger deal

  Celcom and Digi will combine to become Celcom Digi Berhad, a Malaysian telco powerhouse claiming equity value of close to RM50 billion.

• Anomali picks Singapore’s ViewQwest for distribution in key ASEAN markets

  ​Cyber security vendor Anomali has signed regional telco and managed security service provider ViewQwest as a distributor for Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia.

• Malaysia’s Allo nudges Nokia for gigabit fibre rollout

  ​Malaysia's Allo Technology has partnered with Nokia for the deployment of its planned gigabit fibre network across Malaysia.

• Maxis strengthens back-up MSP play with Commvault and Microsoft

  Maxis has unveiled plans to enhance back-up-as-a-service capabilities in Malaysia through a strengthened cloud partnership with Commvault and Microsoft.

• Axa's Asian operation impacted by ransomware attack

  A ransomware attack has hit the Thai operations of a subsidiary of French insurance giant Axa Group, Inter Partners Assistance, with some data accessed.

• Microsoft to establish first Malaysian data centre region

  ​Microsoft is set to establish its first data centre region in Malaysia as part of its ‘Bersama Malaysia’ (Together with Malaysia) initiative.

• MMC expands Ramco port partnership for digital overhaul

  MMC Corporation has embarked on a transformation across five of its port facilities in partnership with software solutions provider Ramco Systems.

• VST ECS teams up with SAS in Malaysia

  ​VST ECS has partnered up with SAS, bringing the vendor’s cloud-native SAS Viya AI, analytic and data management platform to partners across Malaysia.

• Digital transformation projects in Malaysia set to surge in 2021

  ​Partners in Malaysia specialising in digital transformation could see a surge of projects this year, with more than a third of firms in the country indicating an appetite to start on a digital transformation journey in 2021.

• IBM to shut down Cyberjaya Global Delivery Centre by May

  ​IBM is preparing to close its Global Delivery Centre in Malaysia’s Cyberjaya at the end of May as part of an ongoing efficiency review.

• Malaysia Airlines hit by ‘data security incident’ via third-party IT service provider

  Malaysia Airlines has informed Enrich frequent flyer members of a “data security incident” via a third-party IT service provider.

• Malaysia green-lights hyperscale data centre builds as cloud giants take aim

  AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Telekom Malaysia have been granted conditional approval to build and manage hyperscale data centres in Malaysia.

• NTT unveils fifth data centre in Malaysia

  NTT has officially launched a new data centre in Malaysia, more than ​14 months since first revealing intentions​ to build a fifth facility locally.

• 2022 launch touted as Bridge builds third data centre in Malaysia

  Singapore-based Bridge Data Centres has committed to building a third data centre in Malaysia, set to open in the second quarter of 2022.