Asia

Leveraging digital technologies key to Asia’s COVID-19 recovery

Business-to-consumer revenues of digital platforms reached $3.8 trillion in 2019 globally, with Asia and the Pacific accounting for about 48% of the total or $1.8 trillion, equivalent to 6% of the region’s gross domestic product Digital platforms and other technology-based tools are providing new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes and across all industries…

ADB, Asia, Covid19, Digital platforms, smartcity, smartnews, Yasuyuki Sawada

Japanese trio NTT, NEC, Fujitsu join with Thai telcos to pitch private 5G to Asia Pacific

The parties involved said they will coordinate “each member’s strength, such as advantages in network technologies or sales and marketing networks”. Mobile operator NTT DoCoMo has convened with a Japanese-Thai consortium of telecoms companies, including NEC and Fujitsu, to develop an off-the-shelf private 5G system to sell to global enterprise customers. The group said it…

Asia, Companies, Fujitsu, James Blackman, NEC, smartcity

30+ companies from the Taiwan ICT industry now live on virtual platform, reveal how they are boosting their solutions for smart cities

“Smart City Taiwan 360” organized by the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of Taiwan, will showcase the technology of Taiwanese companies during the GSMA Thrive Asia Pacific event During the GSMA Thrive Asia Pacific online event, the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of Taiwan proudly presents the solutions for smart cities developed by Taiwanese companies. Through its…