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Industry News: Information and Communications
Work on a legal ecosystem for 5Gedit
The Economic Times (Blog)
Unless the answer to the question is clear by the time 5G is rolled out, no remote surgeries would take place. How would the huge data generated by the Internet of Things, along with the rest, be carried, stored and processed securely? Should sharing of fibre-optic infrastructure be mandated and not just left to commercial contract?
5G TechnologyIoTTelcos, Tech Cos Need to Tie Up for 5G Services’edit
Sucheta Mahapatra, vice-president & head, IoT, Bharti Airtel, said 5G will result in pervasive IoT networks, and will enable device density. “People will have 10 times more devices that will latch on a similar network infrastructure.” She added that 5G will also enable telcos to control geographically spread out devices that require extremely high networks and real-time decision making. “For instance, assets in mines, we can control them in real time.”
5G TechnologyIoT in TelecommunicationsOpinion | Implications of data mirroringedit
The data processed by these companies is not only used offshore to track and profile users, but is also fed as fuel into modern technologies like AI and the Internet of Things (IoT), which are touted to be the drivers of modern manufacturing, service delivery and governance.
AIdata mirroringIoTIT Firms Partner To Ensure a Secure Future For IoTedit
New age digital solution providers DigiCert, Gemalto and ISARA have teamed up to develop advanced quantum-safe digital certificates and secure key management for connected devices commonly referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT).
IoTArtificial intelligence sensors to monitor safety of city bridgesedit
By Suman Chakraborti
The state is planning to use internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) on bridges to prevent another Majerhat-like disaster. 1 State urban development and municipal affairs department minister Firhad Hakim said, “These sensors will be able to monitor the structural condition of the bridges by measuring deflections. We would be able to know beforehand about the structural condition of any bridge.”
AIIoTAI robots can develop racism, sexism and other prejudices all by themselves: Studyedit
In a game of give and take, each individual makes a decision as to whether they donate to somebody inside of their own group or in a different group, based on an individual’s reputation as well as their own donating strategy, which includes their levels of prejudice towards outsiders. As the game unfolds and a supercomputer racks up thousands of simulations, each individual begins to learn new strategies by copying others either within their own group or the entire population IOT.
AIIoTIndustry News: Future of Mobility
No 2030 deadline for electric-mobility: Union Minister Geteedit
No developed country had achieved even 30 per cent electric mobility. “We need not hurry, but we have to work towards achieving maximum electric mobility,” Union Minister for Heavy Industry and Public Sector Enterprises Ananth G Geete said. Addressing the 3rd “Catalyst Conference” on growth in E-Vehicle industry here, he said the talk of 100 per cent electric-mobility by 2030 created unrest in the auto industry.
Electric VehiclesGovt could Team Up with Private Cos to Operate Electric Buses in Citiesedit
The FAME scheme has a corpus of Rs 800 crore allocated for a period of two years that ends in 2019. At present, there are about 1.5 lakh electric vehicles on Indian roads. The segment is projected to grow to 5% of all vehicles on the road by 2023 from just 1% of all cars sold in 2017-18.
Electric BusesElectric vehicle policyedit
We are also considering to launch electric vehicles in India. But quite frankly an electric policy would help. A policy which would outline the long-term perspective, framework and parameters under which we could sell
EV PolicyIndustry News: Education
India Among Top 3 Countries In AI Skills: LinkedIn Reportedit
By Prajakta Hebbar
In an exciting revelation, a new LinkedIn report has suggested that India has the third-highest penetration of artificial intelligence skills in the world. The report also added 46% of the Indian workforce studied in this research didn’t need any upskilling, as their skill sets were already up-to-date. This number stands at 48% for China and 46% for the US.
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Government may ask RBI to classify renewable energy projects under priority sector lendingedit
By Nishita Saluja
The power ministry has allowed project developers to pass on additional project costs on account of safeguards duty to distribution companies. The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is expected to write to RBI, seeking to bring renewable energy projects under priority sector lending, senior officials said.
Renewable EnergyCapacity creation in renewable energy sector hits a milestone but loses speededit
By R Sree Ram
As a result, renewable energy industry research provider Wood Mackenzie, formerly Make Consulting, has downgraded its capacity addition outlook for India. Solar is no different. Mercom India research forecast a decline in solar installations in the second half of 2018, compared to the first half, due to lack of a strong project pipeline. Installations for 2019 were also projected to be flat compared to 2018.
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