Future economic growth for many countries will increasingly depend on domestic tech innovation. That’s why the annual ITU Telecom World event is increasingly focused on including the tech start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are Read more…
Ericsson, Telstra and Ciena say they have successfully trialed continuous data encryption while maintaining speed and reliability over 21,940 km across multiple cable systems. The engineering teams demonstrated the ability to encrypt data securely while Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a rare public feud between large technology companies, Amazon.com said on Tuesday its Echo Show devices could no longer play videos from YouTube because the site’s parent, Google, stopped supporting Read more…
While the debate about whether AI will lead us to destruction or not continues, one recent insight is worth reporting. A lecture on the progress in finding a cure for Parkinson’s Disease in Edinburgh is not the place Read more…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Orange, yellow and other brightly coloured bikes have been popping up in cities across Asia, surprising residents and frequent visitors with their sudden ubiquity outside train stations and condo gates over the Read more…
Alibaba Cloud and Fusionex, which specializes in big data analytics, IoT and artificial intelligence, have announced a partnership to provide end-to-end cloud solutions in the ASEAN region. Under the partnership, Fusionex will deploy its big Read more…
Sigfox announced that four new Sigfox operators in four different continents have joined its global low-power wide area (LPWA) network, which now spans 36 countries. The new Sigfox operators include: Cognix: based in Costa Rica Read more…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A Chinese-led group has withdrawn its offer to buy a stake in German carmaker-backed mapping company HERE after it failed to win approval from a US national security oversight board. Chinese mapping Read more…
Developers, startups and tech titans are all racing to create a new set of voice-powered and video-centric applications aimed at meeting the needs of the world’s “next billion” mobile Internet users, many of whom hail Read more…
LONDON/TORONTO (Reuters) – Global accounting firm Deloitte said on Monday it was the victim of a cyber attack that affected the data of a small number of clients, providing few details on the breach. Deloitte Read more…
Singaporean cellco M1 has launched a network-based mobile malware detection solution that checks devices accessing the network for signs that they may be infected. The solution, M1 Mobile Guard, is powered by Nokia’s NetGuard Endpoint Security solution. If Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s cyber watchdog has handed down maximum penalties to several of the country’s top tech firms, including Tencent, Baidu and Weibo, for failing to properly censor online content. The rebuke comes as Read more…
ETSI and the OpenFog Consortium have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate to develop fog-enabled mobile edge applications and technologies. The two organizations say the MoU will benefit organizations working to develop 5G, Read more…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai staged a test flight on Monday for what it said would soon be the world’s first drone taxi service under an ambitious plan by the United Arab Emirates city to lead Read more…
Nokia says it has provided its data center interconnect (DCI) solution for Internet Thailand (INET), marking one of the first long-haul DCI solutions to be deployed in the country. Nokia’s DWDM technology will connect INET’s Read more…
Telstra has entered into an agreement with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to become the exclusive connectivity partner for the ASX’s international trading services. The three-year deal will provide ASX 24 Trading Platform customers access to Telstra’s EPLX Read more…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Online retailer Lazada Group said it will sell select items from Alibaba Group’s Taobao marketplace in three more countries in Southeast Asia, expanding the partnership between the two e-commerce firms. Taobao Collection Read more…
CTOs meet ahead of ITU Telecom World, highlighting the role of AI in 5G and the need for ITU-T standards that support intelligent virtual networks. Twenty industry executives met Sunday with senior ITU management for Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO/SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) – Apple’s launch of the iPhone 8 kicked off with less fanfare on Friday than new models in previous years in the United States, Asia, Australia and Britain, as fans held out Read more…
A broad recalibration in the Asia Pacific pay-TV industry has begun, triggered by the growth of broadband that is changing the way content is packaged and delivered, according to a new report published by Media Read more…
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