Total revenues generated from quantum computing services will exceed $15 billion by 2028, forecasts ABI research. The demand for quantum computing services will be driven by some process-hungry research and development projects, as well as Read more…
Anup Changaroth of Ciena’s CTO Office in APAC highlights a few insights from Ciena’s recent six-country roadshow he participated in across the Asia-Pacific region. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been on the road Read more…
Digital Domain CEO Daniel Seah joked onstage that digital avatar technology could make fake news really fake. But somehow that joke isn’t funny anymore. We need to talk about why. At the RISE conference in Read more…
(Reuters) – Qualcomm, the world’s biggest maker of chips for mobile phones, said on Wednesday it would drop its bid to buy Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors after failing to secure regulatory approval from China against Read more…
With about 1 billion people lacking legal identification worldwide, countries are increasingly turning to digital identification systems. In this interview [via ITU News], Yasmina McCarty, head of mobile for development at GSMA, explains how mobile Read more…
(Reuters) – The Chinese government has withdrawn its approval for Facebook’s plan to open a venture in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the Read more…
NTT DoCoMo and AGC say they have achieved 8 Gbps 5G communications with a fast-moving vehicle equipped with “vehicle glass mounted antennas” (a.k.a. on-glass antennas) in a field trial conducted in conjunction with Ericsson Japan. Read more…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Telecom network equipment maker Nokia is expected to post another plunge in quarterly profits on Thursday ahead of an anticipated boost later this year from next-generation 5G networks. The industry has struggled Read more…
Accenture and Google Cloud have launched the Accenture Google Cloud Business Group (AGBG), which aims to help companies use Google Cloud technology to help deliver better customer experiences and accelerate their digital transformation journeys. Accenture Read more…
It seems bizarre but a debate that we thought had fizzled out over 25 years ago just sputtered back to life. The waste of money alone is eye watering. It is about the health and Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Facebook has set up a subsidiary in China with registered capital of $30 million, according to an official business registration, hinting that the US firm may be ramping up its presence in Read more…
The exaggerated expectations created by IoT hype is playing a major role in how vendors approach the Internet of Things in 2018 – for better or worse, according to a study from Technology Business Research Read more…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has disconnected computers from the internet at public healthcare centers to prevent cyber attacks of the kind that caused its worst breach of personal data, a government official said on Tuesday. Read more…
The Asia Pacific pay-TV industry remains under siege from OTT services and rampant piracy, which is expected to impact growth and revenues, according to executives attending the 2018 Asia-Pacific Pay-TV Innovation Forum, hosted by Nagra Read more…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – US payment firms have successfully pushed India to consider diluting rules on data storage, but their lobbying campaign has sparked a bitter industry spat pitting them against local rival Paytm, according Read more…
Actility announced that Thailand’s CAT Telecom has selected the ThingPark Wireless LPWA connectivity platform to power a national IoT communication network rollout across the country, beginning with a smart city solution for Phuket that also Read more…
A recent RISE panel addressed smartphone addiction. There’s no easy solution, but some users are already voluntarily unplugging – and loving it. Earlier this month we published a column by Mr Tony Poulos about the Read more…
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – European finance leaders called for progress on global rules to tax the digital economy at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Argentina on Sunday, putting them at Read more…
Singtel and Ericsson have announced plans to launch what they reckon will be Singapore’s first 5G pilot network at ‘one-north’, the country’s science, business and IT hub, by the fourth quarter of this year. Ericsson Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – A revamped Bank of England payments system should be able to hook up with FinTech firms using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the central bank said on Monday in a boost to the Read more…
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