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Welcome to the 25th mikAdvance OneWeekInAPACict 5G/IoT edition blog - targeted for ICT professionals as a summary of a week’s industry and technology news to help them remember the essentials of the APAC ICT for this week activities!
NW slicing. Trade giants integrate SIMs. IoT matters. Wearable mobile IoT drugs. Autonomous Hyundai. MTK into IoT. How TelCos can monetize 5G. Let’s get started!
FactFlash: 5G/IOT For Not So Dummies™️
The importance of 5G NW slicing
>> Telecommunication vendors and mobile operators are taking the necessary steps in order to get ready for 2020, the year commercial “5G” networks are expected to become a reality. But the industry consensus is that 5G networks will be much more than just new radio access as these future networks will be an integration of cross-domain networks. - Juan Pedro Tomás for RCR Wireless News
APAC General
>> Trade giants integrate SIMs - China Mobile and NTT DoCoMo integrate eSIM systems for IoT: China and Japan exchange more than $200 billion worth of goods each year, and more and more of those products are shipping with embedded SIM cards to enable connections to cellular networks. Now China Mobile and NTT DoCoMo have integrated their embedded SIM platforms so that vehicles and machines can easily connect to carrier networks in both countries. - Martha DeGrasse for Enterprise IoT Insights
China
>> IoT matters - China Mobile downgraded by Morgan Stanley, ‘scrambling’ to catch up on IoT, say reports: It has not been the best week for China Mobile. The operator, which is the largest global telco in terms of domestic subscribers, has been downgraded in the eyes of analysts Morgan Stanley, while another analyst, Edison Lee at Jefferies, said the company faces a ‘dilemma’ in terms of Internet of Things (IoT) standards. - James Bourne for Telecom Tech News
>> More 5G-CORD - China Unicom and Cavium to test 5G technology: Cavium, Inc. and China Unicom announced they are launching a program to test 5G technology that leverages Cavium’s silicon-based white box hardware in M-CORD racks. - Nathan Cranford for RCR Wireless News
>> China's weight on APAC LPWAN - Telenor sees China as critical to LPWA success: Telenor Group’s VP of IoT said he is “very excited” about all operators “going full speed” on low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks in the world’s largest mobile market China as this will help the operator roll out IoT services in its own Asian markets. - Saleha Riaz for Mobile World Live
Japan
>> Wearable mobile IoT drugs - Japan’s drugmakers diversify in healthcare to save bottom lines: There is increasing pressure on drug companies to keep the costs of their products low due to the desire to ensure continuous access to healthcare by all, reports Bloomberg. However, the sluggish pace of the pharmaceutical market is making it hard for these large corporations to keep their profit margins healthy, and continue to fund expensive research projects into new drugs. - Samantha Cheh for Tech Wire Asia
>> Honda and SmartPhones - Honda, Go-Jek execs discuss partnerships, regulation: Nick Sugimoto, head of Honda R&D Innovations, said apps and smartphones have created more options for people to move around, making ownership old-fashioned, which of course is disrupting Honda’s traditional business model. - Joseph Waring for Mobile World Live
Korea
>> Preparing for 5G - SKT commercializes NFV MANO platform: SK Telecom has announced the commercialization of a new NFV management and orchestration (NFV MANO) platform to accelerate the deployment of virtualized network equipment and software. - Dylan Bushell-Embling for telecomasia.net
>> Autonomous Hyundai - Hyundai Motor is looking to strengthen its partnership with Mobileye: According to some reports, Hyundai Motor is looking to strengthen its partnership with Mobileye to develop autonomous cars. The companies are in talks with each other for a potential tie-up but nothing substantial has come into the picture yet. Hyundai aims to foray into connected cars and autonomous vehicles, but for this, the company is relying on the partnership model, where it is entering into partnerships with technology companies. - Telematics Wire
Taiwan
>> MTK into IoT - MediaTek unveils its first NB-IoT solution: Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek has recently unveiled its first narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) system-on-chip (SoC). MediaTek also announced NB-IoT cooperation with China Mobile. - Juan Pedro Tomás for Enterprise IoT Insights
Not everything is APAC only…
>> How TelCos can monetize 5G - 5G business models revealed for maximizing telecom revenue: A 5G research report by Arthur D. Little revealed two main business models for telecom operators to make investment in 5G and maximize revenue. According to an earlier report from Juniper Research, telecom operators’ 5G service revenues are expected to reach $269 billion in 2025 from $851 million in 2019. - telecom lead.com
>> IoT Duality - Dual-mode IoT modules hit the market: IoT module makers Sierra Wireless and U-Blox have both announced modules that support two different cellular standards for low-power wide area connectivity. Both companies are bringing solutions that support LTE Category M1 (Cat M1) and narrowband IoT (NB-IoT). - Martha DeGrasse for Enterprise IoT Insights
Go get'em - hope this helps!
PS. This blog will have a couple of weeks’ break => you'll need to get’em by yourselves for a while…;-}
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