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Gigs Enters Asia-Pacific with Landmark ShopBack Partnership, Powering Embedded Travel Connectivity to Asia-Pacific's Leading Rewards Platform
Gigs, the operating system for mobile services and the global leader in embedded connectivity, today announced its expansion into Asia-Pacific through a landmark partnership with ShopBack, the region's leading rewards platform. The agreement makes ShopBack Gigs' first major APAC customer and enables the launch of a fully integrated travel eSIM embedded natively within the ShopBack app.
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