China’s Alibaba signs smart city agreement with Macau
Under the terms of the agreement, Alibaba will provide cloud computing technologies to help Macau transform into a smart city Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has signed a strategic partnership …
China set to become largest 5G market by 2025
A GSMA study forecast the nation will reach 428 million 5G subscribers by that time China is expected to represent 39% of global 5G connections by 2025, according to a …
Yinchuan leads the way in smart city initiatives
The Chinese city is collaborating with local vendor ZTE in a number of smart city initiatives The city of Yinchuan, in China, is known to be the most advanced city …
Ericsson and China Mobile conduct first ever drone flight with 5G
Drone flys using 5G connection Ericsson and China Mobile announced the successful trial for the first ever 5G-enabled drone prototype. The trial was held in Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu province, where a …
China Unicom passes 20 million internet of things connections
The internet of things network currently covers 360 cities China’s second largest mobile operator China Unicom ended the first half of 2016 with more than 20 million internet of things connection, …
Turning Shenzhen into a smart city
Huawei and China Telecom plan to deliver gigabit connectivity to homes in Shenzhen Chinese ICT services provider Huawei and China Telecom Corporation signed a cooperation framework agreement to deliver gigabit connectivity …
Nestlé and Samsung team up on new IoT health platform
Samsung and Nestlé announced the two companies are to collaborate on a new IoT health platform designed to advance digital health. As the market for Internet of Things (IoT) starts …
Case study: Honeywell turns stadium into smart building
Preparing for the Olympics with a smart building Honeywell created what it called the “intelligent system” for the National Stadium in Beijing, China, turning the venue for the opening and closing …
Smart city deployments must address core city problems
The smart city market is set for explosive growth, but ongoing smart city deployments may be missing the mark. Despite a rapid increase in smart city deployments around the globe, …
Huawei: Creating a safe city is part of building a smart city
Chinese vendor sees increasing penetration for its smart city solutions including government, grid and transport applications Huawei is focusing on its safe city initiatives as the initial step before implementing large-scale …
