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Welcome to the mikAdvance OneWeekInAPACict 5G/IoT edition blog - targeted for ICT professionals as a summary of the week’s industry and technology news to help them remember the essentials of the APAC ICT for the next week activities!
5G testing. More APAC in 5GAA. 5G trials turning permanent. Smart hotel. 100,000,000,000 (sic) IoT connections. Autonomous cars. Let’s get it started!
FactFlash: 5G/IOT For Not So Dummies™️
>> In this and two future blogs I’m referring to a panel discussion about three challenges for 5G testing at the recent 5G Innovation Summit, where Joy Laskar, CTO of Maja Systems; Ifti Rahman, DMTS, Verizon device testing; and Abhishek Singh, senior antenna engineer at Ethertronics. The consolidation was published by RCR Wireless News.
>> Capturing the radio environment. Rahman said that the ability to capture information on and understand the millimeter wave radio frequency environment is one of the primary challenges for 5G testing. The telecom industry and academic researchers are still in relatively early phases of understanding the millimeter wave channel environment. Rahman said that good models are still needed for the various environments that will need to be covered, such as urban, suburban and multi-family dwelling units. Researching how well millimeter wave transmissions penetrate different types of construction materials is part of Verizon’s 5G testing and trials for fixed wireless services, which are being conducted in 11 markets.
APAC General
>> Sun rises from APAC in 5GAA - NTT DoCoMo and Samsung among new 5GAA board members: The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) announced that AT&T, Jaguar Land Rover, NTT DoCoMo and Samsung Electronics has joined its board following its General Assembly on May 11. - News Centre for disruptive.asia
>> Asia attacks IoT, unfortunately - 60% of IoT attacks originated from Asia in 2016: The number of DoS or DDoS cyberattacks doubled from 3% to 6% in 2016, due to the lack of sufficient security controls of IoT devices, according to Dimension Data and NTT Security. - Networks Asia staff for telecomasia.net
>> Joondalup in Western Australia to go Smart - Telstra inks smart city agreement in Australia: Australian telecommunications firm Telstra and the City of Joondalup (near Perth, https://goo.gl/maps/sFSdzbLcpjA2) in Western Australia have reached an agreement to carry out a trial of smart city applications using Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. - Juan Pedro Tomás for Enterprise IoT Insights
China
>> 5G test field initiated near Beijing - China completes plan for ‘5G’ test field in Beijing: 5G vendors including Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson, Nokia, Datang and Samsung are part of the initiative. - Juan Pedro Tomás for RCR Wireless News
>> 30 years JV for IoT to China - New joint venture to address industrial IoT technologies: Canadian IoT firm ITT will hold a 51% stake in the new entity. - Juan Pedro Tomás for Enterprise IoT Insights
>> Huawei, the new Nokia? - Huawei's 5G carrier expertise will trickle into smartphones: Knowledge gained through its carrier business, in addition to R&D work on 5G, will put Huawei in a better position to implement new network technologies into its handsets sooner, the company has said. - Corinne Reichert for ZDNet
>> ZTE, the new Huawei? - ZTE ups its game in 5G battle: China’s ZTE claims to be playing a much larger role in the development of 5G specifications than any previous mobile technology, as it attempts to take on larger rivals Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia and become a tier one player in the 5G network vendor space. - Joseph Waring for Mobile World Live
>> Not only cities get Smart - Huawei, Henan Unicom develop smart hotel solution: Huawei has teamed up with China Unicom's Henan branch Henan Unicom to develop a smart hotel connectivity solution based on all-optical access. - Dylan Bushell-Embling for telecomasia.net
>> Lesser Panda to cash in on 5G handsets in 2 years - ZTE projects 5G revenues will start in 2019: The vendor said that it expects 5G compatible handsets to be commercially available in two years. - Juan Pedro Tomás for RCR Wireless News
>> Giant Panda partners in the cloud - Huawei, REDtone, Fuisonex form cloud partnership: Huawei, REDtone and Fusionex have formed a three-way partnership to help meet the rapid increase in demand for big data and analytics cloud solutions in Asia Pacific. - Networks Asia staff for telecomasia.net
>> Lesser Panda calling - ZTE calls for globally harmonized 5G ecosystem: ZTE has called on mobile operators to work towards a globally harmonized 5G ecosystem to ensure the healthy development of the telecoms industry. - Dylan Bushell-Embling for telecomasia.net
>> How many zeroes was that...? - 100b IoT connections by 2025: There will be more than 100 billion IoT connections by 2025, predicts Huawei. The company recently shared its vision of the IoT with over 200 attendees at the inaugural Huawei IoT Ecosystem Forum. - Networks Asia staff for telecomasia.net
Korea
>> Tiger harmonizes global 5G - A global approach to spectrum is key to 5G innovation: Samsung joins the GSA executive board in pushing global spectrum harmonization. - Sean Kinney for RCR wireless News
>> Korea keeping pace in connected cars - KIET outlines steps for South Korean firms in connected cars market: Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade has released a report on connected cars. The report has urged the automotive industry in the country to step up its efforts to develop connected car technology and its standardisation in order to not lag behind the global competition in the fast growing industry. - telematicswire.net
>> Tiger to stream VR with partners - Samsung secures livestream partnerships to solidify place in VR industry: The firm's bid to strengthen its hold in the virtual reality market now includes live action sports and music streaming. - Charlie Osborne for Between the Lines via ZDNet
>> Hyundai driving autonomously - Hyundai’s 4th biennial competition for autonomous cars: Hyundai Motor recently held its fourth biennial competition for autonomous cars at a local speed circuit. The automaker has been holding driverless car race since 2010. The aim of the exercise is to promote technology growth along with enhancing the brand image of the car maker. - telematicswire.net
Japan
>> Self-driving trucks on narrow Tokyo streets by 2022 = I'll stay indoors - Japan’s strategy for drones, self-driving trucks may be ready this week: Japan aims to finalize on June 9 plans to allow package delivery by drone sometime from 2020 and the commercialization of self-driving trucks by 2022, as it scrambles to breathe new life into its corporate sector. - Takaya Yamaguchi and Stanley White for Reuters via disruptive.asia
>> Something positive due to Fukushima - How Japan is using cellular IoT to lead the way for mass smart metering deployment: As the Internet of Things continues to advance, the smart metering market is expected to explode. Influenced by rising energy prices, increases of energy theft, demand for more accurate billing and a heightened awareness of energy conservation, the global market is expected to reach nearly $20 billion by 2022. - Eran Eshed for IoT News
>> 5G trial NW goes live in Tokyo - Japan launches 5G trial system in Tokyo and rural areas: The Asian nation aims to launch commercial 5G services in 2020. - Juan Pedro Tomás for RCR Wireless News
>> Docomo approaching 2020 Olympics - Nokia, DoCoMo to test 5G in 4.5-GHz: Nokia and NTT DoCoMo have jointly announced plans to conduct interoperability testing of multi-vendor technology using the 4.5-GHz frequency band, as part of broader efforts to help develop Japan's 5G ecosystem. - Dylan Bushell-Embling for telecomasia.net
>> Many future comms inventions will be made here - Toyota CSRC Next launched: Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) has formally launched the next phase of its research mission, celebrating the successful conclusion of its first five years of auto safety research. The new research effort, named CSRC Next, will focus on the challenges and opportunities of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies over the next decade. - telematicswire.net
>>Toyota goes Linux - Toyota adopts the AGL platform for its next-generation infotainment system: Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), a collaborative cross-industry effort developing an open platform for the connected car, has announced that Toyota has adopted the AGL platform for Toyota’s next-generation infotainment system. The 2018 Toyota Camry will be the first Toyota vehicle on the market with the AGL-based system in the United States. - telematicswire.net
>> And they have an eager supplier nearby -Renesas R-Car starter kit adopted as a standard reference platform for automotive grade Linux: Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) has adopted the Renesas R-Car Starter Kit as one of its standard reference platforms for software development. - Sheetal Kumbhar for IoT Now
>> No offence but this IS news: Mitsubishi first! - Mitsubishi to connect its vehicles to LexisNexis Telematics Exchange: Mitsubishi is to become the first auto manufacturer to connect its vehicles directly to the LexisNexis Telematics Exchange. The goal of the proof of concept is to design seamless usage-based insurance (UBI) solutions for Mitsubishi automobile owners and drivers. - telematicswire.net
Not everything is APAC only…
>> Everyone's looking for the killer - The internet of things - the killer 5G app: Although it’s not yet standardized or commercially available, the long-term vision of 5G is a unifying connectivity fabric–ultra fast, incredibly low latency wireless-that’s available everywhere and capable of connecting anything. At a high-level, the internet of things could be the so-called killer app that 5G enables. - Sean Kinney for Enterprise IoT Insights
>> We need Nordic NB-IoT in hot APAC! - New NB-IoT solution for smart air conditioning: Ericsson, DNA and other partners combined NB-IoT and cloud-based services. - Juan Pedro Tomás for Enterprise IoT Insights
>> Let's keep it off my motorbike, OK? - Why autonomous vehicles are the key to safer roads: It’s a sobering fact that even in this technological age, we still see 1.2 million deaths on our roads each year. Furthermore, studies show that nearly 95% of road accidents are actually the fault of a human driver. - Stan Boland for Connected Car News
>> Lots of APAC truck driver to be replaced by autonomy - AI experts predict the future; truck drivers out of jobs by 2027, surgeons by 2053: Hundreds of AI experts predict when their models will beat humans at everything. - Liam Tung for ZDNet
>> This is simply an educational finish - I tried explaining blockchain to my wife and here’s what happened: I introduced my wife to Python around nine months ago, and now she’s tinkering and had drawn a tortoise on her MacBook. After spending more time on geeky websites, she became more inquisitive, asking me one day, “Can you explain to me what blockchain is and why it is a game changer?” It sounded like a challenge! - Antony Ma for Tech In Asia
Go get'em - hope this helps!
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