Southeast Asia’s smartphone market declined 23% year-on-year in 2Q26, with shipments falling to 19.3 million units, the lowest quarterly level since 2014, according to the latest research from Omdia. Despite the sharp decline in shipments, market value proved more resilient, reaching $6.6 billion as average selling prices (ASPs) rose 31% year-on-year (YoY) to $342. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260826318424/en/South...
VANEA Defence today unveiled ATOMZA, the world’s first drone defence system designed for civilian deployment that can be operated by private organisations without sovereign enforcement powers. The system opens up a previously inaccessible market for active counter-UAS solutions, which until now have largely been restricted to public security authorities legally authorised to intervene against drones. ATOMZA will make its public debut at Drone Days in Bremen, Germany, on 27th and 28th August. ...
Global TV shipments grew 3.6% year-on-year (YoY) to 48.8 million units in 2Q26, supported by demand around the FIFA World Cup and Amazon Prime day timing, despite increasingly challenging market conditions, according to the latest research from Omdia. Persistent consumer inflation and tightening memory supply are increasing cost pressures across the industry, although these factors had a limited impact on TV shipment growth during the quarter. This press release features multimedia. View the f...
Samsung Display will showcase the gaming performance advantages of QD-OLED through collaborations with global game companies at gamescom 2026, the world’s largest gaming exhibition. The company also announced plans to begin mass production of 24.5-inch QD-OLED panels optimized for eSports and FPS games by the end of this year, underscoring its technology leadership in the gaming monitor market. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/new...
R2 today announced its expansion into Brazil, marking the company's entry into Latin America's largest economy. With the support of Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation and FinAI solutions provider, R2 will partner with digital platforms across Brazil to embed working capital solutions directly into the products their merchants and gig workers already use. For digital platforms, marketplaces, payment providers, ecommerce companies, and others serving SMBs and gig ...
Ant International’s Ant Bank, a digital bank based in Hong Kong, and Bettr, its inclusive embedded financial solutions provider, have been selected to participate in Hong Kong regulators’ GenA.I. Sandbox++, focusing on the liquidity risk management track. Ant Bank will leverage Ant International's Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) AI Model 2.0 to enhance its FX and liquidity management capabilities. The partnership will deploy granular, statistically-grounded daily forecasts, to support mo...