By Digital News Asia December 24, 2019 Has highest 5G use cases among telcos participating in 5G Demonstration Project Aspiration to deliver efficient and cost effective 5G infra via infrastructure sharing Following on the heels of his now frequent visits to Langkawi island, Al-Ishsal Ishak, Chairman of Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) found himself…
AS Malaysia becomes more urbanised, it is the responsibility of the government to ensure that the benefits of urbanisation are equitably shared. Policies to manage urban growth need to ensure access to infrastructure and social services for all, focusing on the needs of the urban poor and other vulnerable groups for housing, transportation, education, health…
Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) will be collaborating with Celcom Axiata Berhad (Celcom) to potentially explore deployment of smart building solutions including 5G connectivity’ for MRCB’s upcoming PJ Sentral Garden City development. To this end, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Kwan Joon Hoe, Group Chief Operating Officer of MRCB and Azlan Zainal…
BERNAMAOctober 04, 2019 LANGKAWI (Oct 4): This tax-free tourism island will soon turn into a “smart city” through the implementation of 5G demonstration projects, said Kedah Information, Communications and Multimedia and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Committee chairman, Mohd Firdaus Ahmad. He said for this purpose several telecommunications companies had been given their respective divisions to develop suitable 5G systems…
BERNAMA September 12, 2019 KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): The government will develop more smart city residential projects under the 12th Malaysia Plan, in a bid to make Kuala Lumpur and other cities in the country to be at par with smart cities in developed nations, said Housing and Local Government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured). A…
Teena Maddox wrote an interesting article “Smart Cities: The smart person’s guide” which was summarized beautifully: What it is: A smart city uses IoT sensors and technology to connect components across a city to derive data and improve the lives of citizens and visitors. What it does: Often, a mobile app is provided to give immediate access…
Frost & Sullivan suggested 4 Smart City Business Models. [Source: “Global Smart City Market”, 2013] Build Own Operate (BOO) – The smart city planner independently builds the city infrastructure and delivers smart city services. The operation and maintenance of the services are fully under the planner’s control Build Operate Transfer (BOT) – The smart city planner appoints, a…
We have a fascinating discussion regarding “Who Owns the Smart City’s Data” recently. Below are some of the most important points (guide) of discussion from various members (thanks for the contributions): Make it free but monetise the insights. Even if it is free and you cannot monetize ownership of data, one can still monetise meaning derived…
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