NEC Corp will join hands with Samsung Electronics Co to develop and sell base stations for fifth-generation, or 5G, mobile communications services, it was learned Sunday.

Bumrungrad International Hospital is partnering with Biotia, a US health-tech company to pilot artificial intelligence (AI), sequencing-based technology to revolutionise pathogen and drug-resistance detection, the company’s chief executive officer and medical director Assoc Professor Dr Somsak Chaovisitsaree said.