I read it somewhere, and it made sense; the application of new digital technologies in the global supply chain is about two critical functions – ‘sensing’ and ‘sense-making’, where the first is about connecting and managing assets in transit, and the second is about...
Revenues generated by technology in the global supply chain will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 11 per cent over the next five years, reaching $440 billion by 2023. Among emerging technologies, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will have the most...
The study said that organizations believes blockchain technology would be ideal to solve security concerns in the IoT field
Nearly half of businesses -- 53% -- cannot detect if any of their internet of things devices suffers a breach, according to a recent study by...
Ericsson, Huawei, Intel among companies studying blockchain for telcos
Best known for providing the ledger behind various cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology is being eyed from multiple sectors as potentially useful for, from a high level, facilitating secure data transactions. In the telecoms world, ecosystem players see...
Will blockchain help to democratise power generation and power consumption? It is a tangential, and tech-minded, question, which came out of the central narrative at European Utility Week 2018 in Vienna this week about the decentralisation, decarbonisation, and digitisation of the energy market.
The theory is...
One of the areas of focus for CableLabs, the cable industry's research and development group, is in how to improve the security of internet of things devices -- both those that are already in users' homes, and those that will emerge in the near...
The vast majority of enterprises are struggling with the business case for blockchain, even among those already working with the distributed ledger technology. They are also struggling with interoperability issues, and, despite its promise of immutability, confidence in its security levels.
These are the conclusions...
Manufacturing, transportation, retail—that's the supply chain
Blockchain is largely associated with the mysterious world of cryptocurrency, but AT&T sees significant value in applying the generalized ledger that supports blockchain to other use cases, particularly supply chain management. During the AT&T Business Summit in Dallas, Texas,...
A new Industry 4.0 design and policy centre has been opened in India by the World Economic Forum, in conjunction with the Indian government and the major industrial states of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Its first projects will focus on artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain,...
Editor’s note: Click here for part 1 and here for part 2 of this three-part series on blockchain technology in the telecom industry. The first six telecom applications of blockchain are covered in part 2.
Blockchain applications in the telecom industry
7. Blockchain in roaming management
These telco services...
Editor's note: Click here for part 1of this three-part series on blockchain technology in the telecom industry.
Blockchain applications in the telecom industry
`1. Blockchain in fraud management
Revenue leakages and frauds are the results of the porosity of the traditional ecosystems, fraud loss was estimated close...
Blockchain for telecom: Operational systems and business applications
1. Introduction to blockchain
It started with a Hash function... then the data blocks...then the chained/permissioned data blocks and mining … then distributed Hyperledger and smart contracts completed the picture to provide management and business applications for public, private...
Logistics company Maersk and technology company IBM have introduced an open blockchain platform, called TradeLens, to digitise the global shipping trade. The pair said 94 organisations are already involved, or have agreed to participate, including 20 port and terminal operators across the globe.
TradeLens employs blockchain-based...
The practicalities of implementing decentralised blockchain governance, and the fear it raises within the supply chain about a lack of control, remain major stumbling blocks for the technology, said a panel from the food industry at Blockchain Expo in Amsterdam.
The distributed ledger technology remains...
Sprint will add NXM's blockchain security technology into its connected car module due out in fall.
Cars, like any device with chips embedded and connected to the outside word, can be hacked. It’s happened since 2015, when two engineers famously hacked a Jeep Cherokee. Since...
Platform includes maintenance reminders, preventive notifications and roadside assistance
Sprint has partnered with NXM Labs to launch a 5G-ready connected car platform.
The carrier said the platform will offer high-speed, on-demand passenger Wi-Fi with advanced vehicle health monitoring and safety. The connectivity service will be offered...
Disruption is an overused word, often describing a potentially more significant than anticipated growth cycle rather than genuine creation. However, when a dramatic shift toward new ways of doing business occurs — there is true disruption afoot. Telcos have a real opportunity to disrupt...
IBM’s new facility will focus on IoT, AI, blockchain and quantum computing
IBM has launched a new innovation center in Abu Dhabi which will mainly focus on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, blockchain, security, analytics, internet of things and quantum computing.
IBM’s Innovation...
A consortium of car makers and tech companies including BMW, Bosch, Ford, General Motors, Renault and IBM have joined together to explore how blockchain could enable businesses and consumers to better control and monetise their mobility assets, including their data.
The new group, called the...
The European Commission (EC) has increased its Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding to €1.5 billion for the period through to the end of 2020, as it attempts to raise €20 billion from the European governments and private enterprises to stimulate the artificial intelligence...
In January, Gartner said 2018 would be the year of AI, digital twins, blockchain and edge computing. Fast forward to April, and the leading lights of the Industry 4.0 movement are collected in cavernous rooms at Hannover Messe. We take to the show floor...
In the face of rising political disruption, the European Commission (EC) has in recent weeks redoubled its innovation schedule with new commitments to artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital healthcare applications. Here, we pick five of its best Horizon 2020 projects, covering everything from drone-mounted...
NEW YORK--As the internet of things (IoT) continues to take shape, working toward projections of tens of billions of new networked devices by the end of the decade, there need to be some major changes to how service providers approach billing and network resources.
Senior...
The European Commission (EC) has called for both national governments and private enterprises to contribute to the region’s digital transformation programme from 2021. If new finances are not secured from regional administrations and private sources, the progress the region has made with data privacy...
