Smart City

Retail Asia21/10/2019

The South Korean Telecommunications operator announced the signing of the Memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority and some others who are planning to build smart infrastructure with 5G and self-driving elements. The deals are meant to strengthen the country’s position in smart city development with regards to 5G network […]

Retail Asia11/04/2018

Smart city projects in China are expected to generate $320 billion for the nation’s economy by 2025, according to Frost & Sullivan. China is expected to account for 50% of the smart cities in Asia, the research firm said in a new report. The global smart city market is expected to grow to over $2 trillion by 2025. […]

Retail Asia10/08/2017

Hong Kong has been recognized in IDC’s third annual Smart City Asia Pacific Awards, scoring awards in two of the 14 categories. Hong Kong won in the transportation category for its Next Generation Intelligent Transport System, and in the smart building category for its Zero Carbon Building project. China meanwhile won in the smart meter category […]

Retail Asia12/06/2017

PanaHome, a housing company under the Panasonic group, has teamed up with trading company Sojitz Corp. to build a sustainable “smart town” in the city of Deltamas outside Jakarta. The two companies’ Indonesian subsidiaries will establish a joint venture, PT PanaHome Deltamas Indonesia, in October to construct residential and commercial complexes as part of the […]

Retail Asia18/05/2017

There are more than 250 smart city projects underway across 178 cities around the world, according to a new report from market research firm Navigant Research. The report, Smart City Tracker 1Q17, finds that of the 252 smart city projects tracked, the majority of projects are smart government-led (40%), with smart energy coming a relatively […]

Retail Asia20/01/2017

NEC Laboratories Europe has teamed up with four other ETSI members to initiate a new ETSI Industry Specification Group on Context Information Management (ISG CIM), together with the Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) organization. The ISG CIM will specify open standards for the context information management layer, running “on top” of IoT platforms, enabling […]

Retail Asia17/11/2016

Malaysia’s Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC), smart city enabler Cyberview and Mastercard have signed an agreement to support the Malaysian government’s push towards a cashless society. During the recent signing of the memorandum of agreement at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Cyberview’s managing director Dato’ Faris Yahaya said that a […]

Retail Asia12/07/2016

The Singapore Economic Development Board has entered an agreement with MasterCard to help Singaporean companies build innovative solutions in urban mobility, tourism and trade. The announcement was made at the World Cities Summit 2016 being held this week at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The two parties said they […]

Tag: Smart City

SK Telecom signs series of MoUs for greater smart city solutions

China hosts 50% of smart cities in Asia

IDC names Smart City APAC Award winners

PanaHome, Sojitz to develop ‘smart town’ in Indonesia

Smart city development now a global phenomenon

NEC pushes interoperability of smart city tech

Cashless society push will speed smart city development in Malaysia

Singapore’s EDB, MasterCard enter smart city alliance