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Laos COVID Taskforce Unveils New Contact Tracing QR Code
The Lao National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has announced that people living in Laos will be required to install the LaoKYC app on their smartphone and check in with a QR Code as part of new contact tracing regulations. The use of the QR ...
Latsamy Phonevilay
Telcos Discount Voice Calls and Data Rates During Lockdown Period
Telecommunications companies in Laos are to provide users with a 15 percent discount on voice calls and discounts on some data packages during the lockdown period.According to a notice issued by the Lao Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, the telecommunications companies will discount voice calls and some internet ...
Phayboune Thanabouasy
Star Fintech to make u-money cash transfers under poverty reduction project
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry signed a contract in February on the use of u-money to make grant payments to the beneficiaries of the Reducing Rural Poverty and Malnutrition Project. This project is one of several projects funded by loans from the World Bank.The ...
Times Reporters
UNDP in Partnership with Go Teddy Tackle Single-use Plastic Pollutions Through Eco-friendly Packaging for Food Delivery
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) joins hands with Go Teddy, a local food delivery start-up, to launch a new campaign promoting eco-friendly packaging in food delivery services.This event introduces a new service of Go Teddy mobile application called “Eco Tab” which allows users to choose plastic-free ...
KPL
EDL, Sysmatik IT partner in call centre, mobile app upgrade
Electricite du Laos (EDL) and Sysmatik IT Solution Company Limited have upgraded EDL’s call centre with the phone number 1199 and an EDL mobile application, which enable the public to provide emergency notification about electrical faults, EDL service operations, and other issues.Keep reading . ...
Times Reporters
Star Fintech partners Prudential Laos launching mobile payment services
Star Fintech and Prudential Life Assurance (Lao) (“Prudential Laos”) has agreed to launch payment services via the U-money platform to enhance the service quality and convenience for customers of both companies.Keep reading ...
KPL
Lao Telecom Launches Country’s First electronic SIM card Service
Lao Telecom has launched the country’s first eSIM activation service by teaming up with 10T Tech, an eSIM Solutions Company based in Hong Kong.The new service allows Lao smartphone owners with the latest Apple iPhones and iPads and Google Pixel 3a and 4 devices to ...
Taejun Kang
Unitel Wins Speedtest Award for Fastest Mobile Network in Laos
Unitel has won the Speedtest Awards for mobile network speed during the second and third quarter of 2019.Ookla, the owner of the speedtest.net website, compared user-initiated tests taken on the Speedtest iOS and Android mobile apps from all the major mobile carriers in Laos during the award ...
Latsamy Phonevilay
Unitel tests 5G at the highest speed
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Star Telecom Company (Unitel) has officially conducted a 5G test with a maximum speed of 1.7 Gbps, and is capable of reaching the highest speed of 2.5Gbps when combined with 4G (using the dual connection feature to help transmit data simultaneously ...
News Desk
Lao Telecom tests 5G technology
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao Telecommunications Public Company (Lao Telecom) has begun tests of the new 5G technology, the much-touted high-speed fifth generation communication network.A test took place yesterday at the company’s headquarters in Vientiane and was attended by Lao Telecom’s board of directors and ...
News Desk
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