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

ConsenSys shortlisted startups for its blockchain accelerator program

2 April 2019 ConsenSys blockchain accelerator program (North America): ConsenSys, a blockchain software technology company has shortlisted 10 startups for the second group of its blockchain accelerator program known as Tachyon.   The program will allow startups access to ConsenSys’ network. The aim is to make new solutions in the areas such as advanced encryption,

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

Filament joined Enterprise Etherium Alliance (EEA)

20 March 2019 Filament has now joined Enterprise Etherium Alliance (EEA) (North America): Filament, a US-based blockchain solution provider for enterprise and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has become a member of Enterprise Etherium Alliance (EEA). The alliance focus on the use of Ethereum blockchain technology as an open standard to empower all enterprises

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,

E.ON will build a power plant for a DS Smith paper plant

15 March 2019 E.ON will build a power plant for a DS Smith paper plant (Europe): DS Smith, the leading British based provider of sustainable paper packaging solutions have given the green light to E.ON, a leading energy company in Europe to construct 75MW combined heat and power(CHP) facility at Kemsley Paper Mill in Kent,

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).