Huawei officially released its Virtual Reality OpenLab industry cooperation plan to promote development of cloud-based VR, facilitate technological innovations, incubate business scenarios, and construct a comprehensive cloud VR industry ecosystem. VR development in games, videos, Read more…
The fourth industrial revolution is transforming business in Southeast Asia faster and more dramatically than in almost any other region. Across Southeast Asia, from emerging powerhouse economies such as Indonesia and Vietnam, to Singapore, already Read more…
ITEM: A news report claims Reliance Communications (RCom) is reportedly planning to scrap the majority of its wireless business by the end of next month. In this case, the “majority” appears to mean mainly its 2G Read more…
It will come as no, or little, surprise that digital transformation programs among communications service providers (CSPs) are not going as well, or as fast as we would like. The reason, as usual, is not Read more…
Australia’s nbn co has announced that it will add G.fast to its access tech portfolio next year to enable gigabit broadband connections over existing copper lines. Nbn co plans to deploy G.fast to homes where Read more…
Telstra says it has released a major platform update expanding the capability of its Telstra Programmable Network, and has partnered with VeloCloud to deliver an SD-WAN as a virtual solution to extend office branches for customers Read more…
(Reuters) – Amazon.com has plans to drop off packages directly into shoppers’ homes. The world’s largest online retailer on Wednesday announced Amazon Key, a lock and camera system that users control remotely to let delivery associates Read more…
Openet has announced the launch of Openet Forge, a “cloud native digital enablement platform” designed to provide a real alternative to legacy monolithic BSS systems and enable service providers to have a more agile and faster Read more…
Investors in India’s cash-strapped telecoms market are finding reasons to be happy again as telcos strike consolidation deals. Even Reliance Jio’s decision last week to raise tariffs was cause for rejoicing, according to Reuters. Just Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin is booming, digital currency hedge funds are sprouting at the rate of two a week and the value of all cryptocurrencies has surged tenfold this year to more than $170 billion. Read more…
So there I was, discussing subscriber fraud last week in the steamy heat of Miami Beach with WeDo Technologies’ North America VP, Thomas Steagall. Outside, it was still hot enough for Factor 35 and we Read more…
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Cyber attacks using malware called “BadRabbit” hit Russia and other nations on Tuesday, affecting Russian Interfax news agency and causing flight delays at Ukraine’s Odessa airport. While no major outages were reported, Read more…
It is tempting to believe that installing all those home devices, such as security, lighting and monitoring will be an easy task. Surely in this digital age, an app or some remote bot can open Read more…
Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with St Luke’s Eldercare (SLEC) in Singapore to co-develop and conceptualize innovative solutions for the elderly – to include a trial of what Nokia is billing as Read more…
(Reuters) – Delphi Automotive said on Tuesday it will buy self-driving car software startup nuTonomy for $450 million, helping to put automated vehicles using its technology into commercial use in 2019, a year earlier than Read more…
Singtel has launched a new NFV-based solution that empowers enterprises to manage multiple and virtualized network functions at their existing sites or when they expand into new branch offices around the world. The solution – Read more…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has made a final decision on the question of mobile domestic roaming in rural areas. And the answer is still “no”. For those of you tuning in late, the Read more…
SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) – When diaper maker DSG International (Thailand) wants to know what its customers are thinking, it often turns to Lazada, an e-commerce firm majority-owned by Alibaba Group. “From [their] data, we know mothers Read more…
Google DeepMind has reported substantial progress on one of the big three challenges of AI, which is exactly what Facebook desperately needs but is unlikely to achieve anytime soon. DeepMind has been able to build Read more…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Apple sees its mobile devices as a major platform for artificial intelligence (AI) in the future, chief operating officer Jeff Williams said on Monday. Later this week, Apple is set to begin Read more…
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