Gemalto has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei to integrate its LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) solution with Huawei’s OceanConnect IoT platform to enable seamless connectivity through secure remote subscription provisioning. The agreement enables Huawei’s customers Read more…
Comptel has launched its new “Fastermind” suite that leverages artificial intelligence applications to recommend, predict and automate real-time decisions for best next actions enabling customer engagement automation. Within the suite, Comptel says, Fastermind Real-Time Decisioning Read more…
Huawei has announced the official establishment of its Computing Innovation Openlab, which it says is dedicated to “enabling computing innovation and digital transformation in the cloud computing and Big Data era.” The Computing Innovation Openlab Read more…
ITEM: Australia’s Communications Minister plans to repeal laws governing anti-competitive conduct in the telecoms industry. Telstra is delighted. Hardly anyone else is. According to ZDNet, Comms Minister Mitch Fifield announced the changes last Thursday, under Read more…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to build the world’s fastest-known supercomputer in a bid to arm the country’s manufacturers with a platform for research that could help them develop and improve driverless cars, robotics and Read more…
South Korean incumbent telco KT has signed a contract with network equipment partners Samsung Electronics, Ericsson-LG and Nokia to deploy what it aims to be the world’s first nationwide narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network Read more…
CrowdOptic and Futton have announced the implementation of CrowdOptic’s live-streaming solution on smart glasses, complete with license plate recognition, for the Ministry of Traffic in China. Futton has also initiated testing of CrowdOptic’s solution for Read more…
The Asia-Pacific FinTech landscape is witnessing unprecedented growth – much of it driven by digital payments – with FinTech solutions and services expected to gross more than $70 billion in revenue by 2020 (a CAGR Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Sharp drops in smartphone sales for China’s Xiaomi will not have a major impact on the company as profit growth will be driven by sales from smart home devices as well as Read more…
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Banks involved in the blockchain consortium R3 CEV have expressed interest in investing $59 million in the company’s first funding round, less than half its overall target, a person close to Read more…
Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cambodia’s Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MoEYS) that will see the deployment of an all-inclusive “education transformation framework” that aims to transform learning experiences for Read more…
If smartphones were the darling that revolutionized the last decade, virtual reality (VR) could probably be the next great disruptor – not only for the tech-savvy but also for businesses and consumers. Experts predict that Read more…
Weekly Wrap 3 features John Tanner and Tony Poulos discussing the news highlights from the week that was. For the week ending November 26: It was the week where we learned that Singapore is the Read more…
Marcus Weldon said an interesting thing at the recent Great Telco Debate. Actually he said several interesting things. As President of Bell Labs, you would expect nothing less, and he didn’t disappoint. This particular interesting Read more…
Strong encryption will be key in supporting Internet-mediated markets in Asia-Pacific worth $800 billion, according to a new study by Analysys Mason. In Asia-Pacific and globally, a safe and secure Internet is critical in driving Read more…
Airtel Payments Bank, a fully digital bank and a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, has rolled out a pilot banking service in Rajasthan, with the goal of testing systems and processes ahead of a full scale Read more…
The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has unveiled what it claims is the first ever virtual museum (that is to say, a museum built in virtual reality) that showcases Indian Cinema. Created by Digital Read more…
Singtel has reshuffled its upper management with a new group CTO and new CEO for its international business as the operator continues its multi-year transformation to respond to the challenges of digital disruption. “Given our Read more…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are set to give conditional clearance to Microsoft’s $26 billion takeover of professional social network LinkedIn, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. As part of the Read more…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese travel giant Ctrip.com International Ltd has extended its global reach after it agreed to buy travel search website Skyscanner Holdings in a deal valuing the UK-based company at around 1.4 billion Read more…
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