September 28, 2018

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Preparing India’s networks for the 5G eraedit

ET Telecom 

The Indian telecom industry is going through interesting times. As it starts to take initial steps toward the 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) era, it is time for the telecom service providers to modernize their networks to maximize the possibilities of 5G technology.

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New telecom policy: What has changed?edit

The Week 

By Faizi Noor Ahmad

One of the objectives of NDCP 2018 is to expand the IoT ecosystem. The IoT is a network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enables them to connect, collect and exchange data, creating opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems.

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New Industrial Policy to Encompass Artificial Intelligence, IoT Technologies to Open Newedit

PR Newswire 

In a bid to give a fillip to industry and an impetus to trade and industry, the government is expected to announce a new industrial policy soon. The proposed policy will encompass the use of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and IoT which will open new avenues for investments in India.

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Identify How to Power the Digitization of the Industrial Sector at Frost & Sullivan Executive Summitedit

PR Newswire 

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an important topic in the industrial milieu as many manufacturers are progressively trying to determine the value that could be gleaned from this upward technology swing. Over the years, the topic has moved from interesting to imperative,” said Kiran Unni, Vice President of Industrial.

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Global IoT cellular connections likely to hit 5 billion mark by 2025edit

Millennium Post 

Global Internet of Things (IoT) cellular connections will cross five billion mark by 2025 and China will continue to lead by contributing almost twothirds of such connections, a new report said on Friday. According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s IoT (Internet of Things) service, Global IoT cellular connection grew 72 per cent in the first half of 2018 -a considerable increase as compared to the same period last year

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Cabinet gives nod for new telecom policy; clears path for spectrum price, licence fee reviewedit

Business Today 

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new telecom policy that sets an ambitious target of attracting $100 billion investments and creating 40 lakh jobs in the currently debt-ridden sector by 2022 and paves the way for introducing new technologies such as 5G and IoT (Internet of things).

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

The World’s Leading Electric-Car Visionary Isn’t Elon Muskedit

Live Mint 

Elon Musk made a name for himself promoting newenergy vehicles, but when the history of the electric car is finally written, Wan may loom larger. Chinese drivers buy one of every two EVs sold, and the global auto industry is pivoting to adjust. It’s a revolution fomented by Wan, a former minister of science and technology whose achievements are even more extraordinary when you consider that he never joined the Chinese Communist Party.

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E-buses: Govt working to set up charging infraedit

The Times of India 

By Sidhartha Roy

However, the government has already started working on providing the supporting infrastructure such as charging points for these buses. In a recent meeting where officials of the transport department, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and Delhi Integrated MultiModal Transit System (DIMTS) were present, it was decided that the process of selecting sites for charging points across the city would begin shortly.

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Industry News: Education

Cloud-Powered Blockchain To Create A Smarter Workforceedit

CXO Today 

Blockchain is best known for backing bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that makes financial transactions safe without a physical bank or similar institution. But the technology could soon change the way human resources leaders handle all sensitive data. This technology combined with Cloud computing can help companies achieve the economies of scale via lower variable cost because usages from millions of customers are aggregated in the cloud.

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How Renewables Lead to a World of Peak Energyedit

Bloomberg 

It can be hard to get your head around just how much energy the world uses. Expressed in terms of oil, it was equivalent to almost 14 billion metric tons of the stuff in 2017. That’s like burning through all of Russia’s proved reserves in the space of 12 months, which is, in technical terms, a lot. But there’s an even trickier issue to ponder:

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