Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer to invest $4bn in AI, 5G and IoT projects The world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn has announced that it plans to invest the $4.3bn it raised from a…
SK Telecom and Alibaba to enter discussions over development of ICT blueprint South Korean telecommunications incumbent SK Telecom and China’s global e-commerce Alibaba have entered into discussions in an effort to develop…
SoftBank confirms plan to offer IPO on its Japanese telecoms business Japanese telecommunications multinational corporation SoftBank has formally announced plans to offer an IPO on part of its telecoms business in…
Hong Kong professor examines the future evolution of smart cities Hong-Kong professor Dr. Winnie Tang has launched her highly-acclaimed Smart City 3.0 e-book which attempts to examine and establish the…
Australia gets NB-IoT network roll-out Australia’s largest telecom provider Telstra announced a major step forward in the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) in…
Chinese government sets ambitious IoT connectivity targets for 2020 The Chinese government has set ambitious connectivity targets for 2020 as the demand for cellular Internet of Things (IoT) continues…
Spark builds long-range network to enable IoT in New Zealand Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecom provider is building a long-range (LoRa) network to enable Internet of Things (IoT) in New…
Swiss firm to deploy its IoT blockchain technology in selected ‘smart cities’ in China WISeKey, a digital information security, authentication and identity management company based in Switzerland has announced that its Internet of Things…
Technology developer deploys its IoT ‘smart parking’ solution in Australian city Parking management technology developer ‘Smart Parking’ has officially deployed its Internet of Things-based parking solution in the Australian city of…
TerraPay announces partnership with mobile app firm for money transfer services in India TerraPay, the world’s first mobile payments switch, announced that it has partnered with bux, a mobile app money transfer service,…
IoT to generate $1.8 trillion in revenue for mobile operators Internet of Things (IoT) will generate estimated US$1.8 trillion revenue for mobile network operators by 2026, driven by the early…
Are you prepared to pay more for 5G? 5G won’t come cheap. In the United States alone, fiber infrastructure to prepare for the next-generation technology could cost up…