Thailand telecommunications company, AIS, and Singapore telco Singtel are joining forces to create a regional start-up community. The goal of this community is to support start-ups in the region and help them to compete in the global market.

News of the start-up community launched by Thailand’s AIS and Singapore’s Singtel was first heard at a recent AIS-hosted Regional Seed Network Workshop in Bangkok, where representatives from many SingTel associate companies came together to focus on this new community. According to news reports and an AIS press release, members from corporate venturing units attended the event, including SingTel Innov8 program, Kickstart Ventures from the Philippine’s Globe, Teman Dev from Indonesia’s Telkomsel, Optus Innov8 Seed from Australia’s Optus, Malaysia’s Maxis,…