July 27, 2018

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Space 4.0 is bringing more space under the ambitedit

Geosatial World  

By Arup Dasgupta

Studies show that governments across the board dominate this market and it will not be before 2025 that commercial demand will at least become equal to the government requirements. Space imagery, GNSS, IoT, space and terrestrial communications will come together in an environment of Big Data Analytics, AI and Cloud and feed this commercial demand.

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Now, IoT-enabled concrete mixersedit

The Hindu Business Line 

Concrete equipment manufacturer Schwing Stetter India, in partnership with Mahindra Powerol, has introduced IoT (Internet of Things)-enabled premium range of concrete truck mixers called Super Six. The Super Six truck mixers were conceptualised based on the current needs of customers in this segment and will have the Mahindra Powerol engines

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IOT Adoption Gaining Pace: Claims Reportedit

The Asian Age 

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) along with Deloitte has unveiled a report titled ‘Demystifying IoT for digital transformation’ on the sidelines of the ‘IoT for Smart India’ summit organised by IAMAI. The report notes that IOT adoption has started gaining momentum in India given the government’s emphasis on Digital India.

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India on course to become a global IoT leader: Qualcomm executiveedit

Tech Circle   

By Anirban Goshal

“India, in my opinion, is positioned and poised to be a leader in IoT in a big way with over one billion potential customers, directly or indirectly,” Rahul Patel, Qualcomm’s senior vice-president and general manager for connectivity and networking, was quoted as saying by Press Trust of India.

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Google deploys machine learning to reduce cost of edge computing for manufacturersedit

Tech Circle 

Injong Rhee, vice-president of IoT at Google Cloud, said that many benefits can be derived from intelligent real-time decision-making such as manufacturing companies detecting anomalies in high-velocity assembly lines. But these real-time IoT (Internet of Things) systems pose challenges due to costs, form-factor limitations, latency, power consumption, and more, Rhee added.

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Dell IQT: Adding ‘IQ’ to the Internet of Thingsedit

CIOL  

By Soma Tah

Dell Technologies announced a billion dollar of R&D investment on the Internet of Things (IoT) last year, which it has named IQT -a combination of IoT and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The concept of IQT is to increase the intelligence quotient (IQ) of connected devices and thereby making the IoT ecosystem smarter.

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Coming soon: Trai’s proposal on local telecom gear manufacturingedit

ET Telecom  

By Muntazir Abbas

We have given very pragmatic recommendation on net neutrality. We are saying that in general, networks must be neutral to the content of the Internet and that is one part. Content should not be discriminated on the basis of from where it is coming or going. There must be no discrimination in terms of pricing, throttling or fast lanes. I think, there is a strong reason in saying that. India is leapfrogging in many areas.

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Artificial Intelligence-enabled Solutions to Power the Water Industry toward $695.96 Billion in 2018edit

PR Newswire 

This need for sustainable solutions is boosting investments in the development of energy-efficient and energy-neutral treatment systems. One such cutting-edge communication technology adopted by the municipal segment is low-power wide-area network (LPWAN), which is ideal for supporting IoT-fitted equipment for process control and management. In the industrial segment, there is increasing demand for decentralized/mobile treatment systems

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93% of Indian respondents plan to increase IT security spending this yearedit

The Asian Age 

According to the report, digital transformation across the globe has led to the growth of new business models that are focused on driving growth and profitability for organisations including cloud, IoT, big data and blockchain. Indians recognise encryption with Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) capabilities as the top security tool for securing sensitive data in cloud environments and continue to spend their resources on the same technology.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

India Will Soon Start Making Lithium-Ion Batteries — EVs Could Be Cheaper Soonedit

Drive Spark  

By Promeet Ghosh

“It will give a tremendous boost to two flagship programmes generating 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, of which 100 GW will be solar and the second, the National Electric Mobility Mission, to switch completely to electric vehicles by 2030”, he further added.

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Fame II to focus on demand and supply side of Electric Vehiclesedit

Auto Portal  

By Davender Soni 

Aiming to promote eco-friendly vehicles, the government launched the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme in 2015 offering incentives on electric and hybrid vehicles, where the pilot phase of the scheme was initially proposed for two years till March 31, 2017 but was further extended twice for up to March 31, 2018.

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Despite hype, e-vehicles face uphill drive in Indiaedit

The Times of India  

By Sanjay Datta

India, on the other hand, moved in fits and starts. Power, coal and renewable energy minister Piyush Goyal had in March 2016 announced that the government was considering plans to achieve 100% EV sales by 2030. Transport minister Nitin Gadkari backed this by suggesting car makers redesign their future production plans. But last year, the government said it would leave it to the market to decide the pace of change.

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Industry News: Education

Nasscom outlines roadmap for reskilling platform FutureSkillsedit

Money Control 

The demand for emerging technologies like big data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, Internet of Things and robotics is increasing as more companies look at upping the skills of their workforce. The FutureSkills platform is an industry utility for skill development in nine emerging technologies, over 66 job roles and over 155 skills.

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Here is why you should take an online training along with collegeedit

India Today 

So, I googled a lot about the recent most in-demand technology and got to know about the Internet of Things (IoT),” she said “At first, I thought of joining a coaching class, but I realized that it won’t be possible for me to travel and attend classes regularly after spending 6 hours in college and especially on Sundays -the only day I get to relax,” Dutta added.

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Accenture says India employees have to specialiseedit

The Times of India 

By Shilpa Phadnis

Move over generalists and make way for the specialists. Accenture, one of the fastest growing IT consulting & outsourcing companies in the world today, is doing a talent transformation in its India operations with the focus on driving specialisation at scale. The company is pushing its employees to take technical career paths in areas like data analytics, machine learning and AI, blockchain, and internet-of-things.

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At 62.8 GW, India using just 7% of renewable energy potentialedit

The Times of India  

By Radheshyam Jadhav

India is using just 7% of the energy it could potentially generate using wind, solar, biomass and small hydro resources. But capacity is building up and with it the share of renewables in India’s energy mix. In December 2017, the cumulative renewable power installed capacity was 62.8 GW and by March this year it had reached 69.5 GW.

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