Blockchain digital identity project in Brazil

4 April 2019 Blockchain for digital identity project in Brazil (Europe): The new project called BlockIoT (Blockchain for IoT) is launched by Brazil’s CPqD (one of the largest Latin American R&D centres in Telecommunications and IT) in Brazil. The main purpose of the project is the development of blockchain based digital identity services for people

CSG first testing lab for blockchain technology

3 April 2019 CSG establishes its first testing lab for blockchain technology (North America): CSG, a Business Support Systems (BSS) software and services provider, has launched its first testing lab for the development of blockchain technology in the wholesale Business Support Systems (BSS) industry. The main focus of the lab is to provide blockchain base

LG 5G mobile phone to be launched this month

1st April 2019 LG to launch its 5G mobile phone this month (Asia Pacific): LG will launch its V50 ThinQ (5G compatible mobile phone) in the Korean market this month. The announced date of launching is April 19 and the initial price tag will be W1.19 million (the US $1048.72). According to the company it

Nine new members have joined Hyperledger

28 March 2019 Nine new members have joined Hyperledger (Global): Hyperledger has added new nine members to its blockchain community and includes first Malaysian and Saudi Arabian general members, which will strengthen the support for Hyperledger worldwide. The new community members include Quant Network, Altavoz, Limar Global, Flowchain, PeerNova, Inc., Silicon Valley Bank, Securitize and

NDC announce to form blockchain alliance

27 March 2019 NDC announce to form blockchain alliance (Asia Pacific): Taiwan’s National Development Council (NDC) has announced to form a blockchain alliance within three months. Furthermore, earlier this month Taiwan also announced the development of a new mechanism for fundraising which will be based on security token offerings (STOs).   Sony and DOCOMO to

SK Telecom applies Quantum Cryptography in its network security

21 March 2019 SK Telecom applies Quantum Cryptography in its network security (Asia Pacific): South Korea’s SK Telecom has used the Swiss ID Quantique’s Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) to its authentication centre (AuC) of 5G network. It also has plans to facilitate its 4G network with QRNG. In its pilot project, it applied Quantum

Wipro launched its centre of excellence

19 March 2019 Wipro Limited launched its centre of excellence (Asia Pacific): India’s Wipro Limited has launched its third worldwide centre of excellence (CoE) in Kerala (India). The other same centres are located in Bangalore and California. The centre will focus on developments of industrial internet of things (IIoT) solutions for sectors such as automotive,

Samsung S10 5G phone is used for 4G-5G dual connectivity testing

18 March 2019 Samsung S10 5G phone is used for 4G-5G dual connectivity testing (Asia Pacific): SK Telecom successfully completed the interoperability of network devices through the technology called Dual Connectivity. It is also known as EN-DC (E-UTRAN New Radio Dual Connectivity, which works on 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) standard.). In this technology, both

Tata is making progress with blockchain

15 March 2019 Tata is making progress with blockchain (Asia Pacific): India’s TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) announced the development of blockchain based solutions to support the adoption of blockchain across various industries. These solutions will be developed with the help of technologies from Microsoft (Microsoft Azure Blockchain Cloud) and R3 (R3’s Corda Enterprise blockchain platform).

5G connected autonomous vehicle in New Zealand

13 March 2019 5G connected autonomous vehicle in New Zealand (Asia Pacific): New Zealand’s Spark in partnership with Ohmio Automotion started the testing of the first 5G connected autonomous vehicle in New Zealand. The trials were carried out in Auckland. Shanghai partners with MXC Foundation for blockchain applications (Asia Pacific): Shanghai’s Yangpu district has formed a partnership with