Tag: iot

Retail Asia25/10/2018
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China Mobile Hong Kong has announced the four finalists who will represent Hong Kong in the semi-finals of the China Mobile OneNET Start-ups Marathon Competition later this month. Bravolinear Tech, IOTANET, Peacify and Stoneroad IOT will compete with IoT experts from across mainland China during the semi-final competition in Chongqing. Bravolinear Tech has developed a narrowband […]

Retail Asia19/10/2018
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Bosch and Huawei have struck a partnership to accelerate the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) in China. The collaboration will see the pair makes Bosch’s IoT Suite software services available in China on Huawei Cloud. The software platform of Bosch connects web-enabled objects to facilitate data sharing across a multitude of digital services and business […]

Retail Asia17/10/2018
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SK Telecom has developed a new IoT-based solution which allows farmers to monitor the health of their cattle in real-time using Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology). Dubbed “LiveCare”, the product is a LoRa-equipped biocapsule which is implanted into a cow’s gastrointestinal tract to monitor a variety of health indicators. The new service […]

Retail Asia12/10/2018
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Global IoT cellular connections are expected to hit the 5 billion mark by 2025 and China will continue to lead by contributing nearly two-thirds of such connections, says Counterpoint Research. According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s IoT (Internet of Things) service, global IoT cellular connection grew 72% in the first half of 2018, which the research […]

Retail Asia11/10/2018
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In the first half of 2018, IoT devices were attacked with more than 120,000 modifications of malware, according to the Kaspersky Lab IoT report. That’s more than triple the amount of IoT malware seen in the whole of 2017. Kaspersky Lab warns that the snowballing growth of malware families for smart devices is a continuation […]

Retail Asia09/10/2018
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The Philippines’ PLDT has contracted Amdocs to transform its IT infrastructure under an expanded six-year service agreement. The new contract builds on a seven year master transformation agreement that will see Amdocs modernize PLDT’s IT applications and help introduce new digital technologies. Under the new deal, Amdocs will consolidate, modernize and manage the IT infrastructure […]

Retail Asia09/10/2018
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SoftBank said it has been using NIDD (non-IP data delivery) technology to allow its IoT services to bypass the internet. The Japanese operator announced recently that it has succeeded in completing what it claims is the world’s first connection test in a commercial environment for NIDD, which has been newly defined in the 3GPP for NB-IoT. Softbank said NIDD enables […]

Retail Asia29/05/2018
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Samsung C&T, the construction arm under the electronics giant, plans to make homes that are so smart they can recognize residents’ needs even before they call out for help. When this guests stepped into the 54-pyeong (1,921 square-feet) model house of Samsung C&T’s Raemian apartment brand in Munjeong-dong, southern Seoul, on Monday, the house welcomed […]

Retail Asia15/05/2018
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Security researchers from BitDefender have discovered a new form of the ‘Hide and Seek’ IoT malware, which targets several generic devices. The most worrying aspect of this new strain is its ability to persist despite a reboot. With previous versions, equipment owners could always remove IoT malware from their smart devices, modems, and routers by […]

Retail Asia11/05/2018
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China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) and property developer Sino Group have signed an agreement to deploy a narrowband IoT network across Sino Group’s residential and commercial properties. The partnership aims to develop pre-5G infrastructure initially focused on the provision of smart home, smart shopping mall and smart property management solutions. The deployment will support Hong Kong’s transformation into a smart […]

Retail Asia09/05/2018
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Nokia has acquired US-based software supplier SpaceTime Insight in its latest push to expand its Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio and IoT analytics capabilities beyond the telecoms sector. The company did not reveal the financial terms of the deal. Based in San Mateo, California, SpaceTime Insight provides machine learning-powered analytics and IoT applications for asset-intensive industries like transportation, energy and […]

Retail Asia16/04/2018
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Singapore is in the top five destinations globally for IoT attacks, the latest installment of F5 Networks’ The Hunt for IoT series shows. The report, The Growth and Evolution of Thingbots Ensures Chaos, suggests the island nation has a sizable and vulnerable IoT deployment. The other destinations in the top five are United States, Spain, Italy, and […]

Retail Asia23/01/2018
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Companies across Asia-Pacific are already seeing the benefits of IoT, according to a new report conducted by Forbes Insights. Sponsored by Hitachi Vantara, the report found that 76% of APAC companies are operating IoT programs that generate revenue while 60% agree that IoT programs are generating data that is very useful to their business. As a result, […]

Retail Asia26/12/2017
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Operators must adopt an open standards approach if they are to make the most of the revenue opportunities presented by IoT applications that use low power wide area (LPWA) networks. A common IoT service layer will result in increased cost-effectiveness, improved scalability and greater confidence that today’s IoT deployments will be future-proof. This is the […]

Retail Asia21/12/2017
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Singtel has entered an agreement with global smart metering vendor EDMI Limited to develop a smart electric metering infrastructure for Singapore. The partners have been testing the use of smart electric meters over Singtel’s nationwide LTE Cat-M1 cellular IoT network to enable the wireless transmission of real-time meter readings to the power grid. The companies […]

Retail Asia28/11/2017
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The potential for blockchain technology to bring about widespread change has been predicted since 2011 and the emergence of Bitcoin. But in 2017 when the concept really started to capture people’s attention. Blockchain-focused financial services startups raised $240 million in venture funding during the first half of the year. However, its potential was beginning to be recognized […]


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