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IoT connectivity: Huawei, Schindler tie up

NEW DELHI: Huawei has signed a Global Frame Agreement on Internet of Elevators & Escalators (IoEE) with global elevator manufacturer Schindler Group to cooperate in the future on the development of smart Internet-of-Things (IoT) components for a seamless connectivity of elevators and escalators.

Huawei and Schindler will establish global partnership to develop a Connected Elevators Solution that is open, flexible, and scalable. The new IoT connectivity solution is an important element of Schindler’s digital platform and will enable Schindler to better monitor, analyze and leverage data generated from its elevators and escalators, and support the unified connection and management of Schindler’s one million elevators around the world.

A Huawei release said more than one billion users rely on Schindler’s mobility solutions every day. Timely and efficient management of these assets is critical for safety and customer satisfaction.

Schindler Group CEO Thomas Oetterli said: “The cooperation will help us to significantly reduce time to market for our new digital offerings.” Huawei Rotating CEO Eric Xu added: “Huawei is pleased to empower Schindler’s digital transformation.”

Lux Research reported that, by 2020, the global Industrial IoT (IIoT) will be worth an estimated $ 151 billion. The IIoT includes factory machinery and industrial products, with one typical example being the Internet of Elevators & Escalators (IoEE). IoT technology transmits operational data from the elevators in real-time to enable elevator data simulation, achieving preventive maintenance through and cloud-based big data analysis. Elevator safety will be significantly enhanced, while the operational cost of the elevators can be largely reduced.

September 22, 2016
IoT connectivity: Huawei, Schindler tie up

NEW DELHI: Huawei has signed a Global Frame Agreement on Internet of Elevators & Escalators (IoEE) with global elevator manufacturer Schindler Group to cooperate in the future on the development of smart Internet-of-Things (IoT) components for a seamless connectivity of elevators and escalators.

Huawei and Schindler will establish global partnership to develop a Connected Elevators Solution that is open, flexible, and scalable. The new IoT connectivity solution is an important element of Schindler’s digital platform and will enable Schindler to better monitor, analyze and leverage data generated from its elevators and escalators, and support the unified connection and management of Schindler’s one million elevators around the world.

A Huawei release said more than one billion users rely on Schindler’s mobility solutions every day. Timely and efficient management of these assets is critical for safety and customer satisfaction.

Schindler Group CEO Thomas Oetterli said: “The cooperation will help us to significantly reduce time to market for our new digital offerings.” Huawei Rotating CEO Eric Xu added: “Huawei is pleased to empower Schindler’s digital transformation.”

Lux Research reported that, by 2020, the global Industrial IoT (IIoT) will be worth an estimated $ 151 billion. The IIoT includes factory machinery and industrial products, with one typical example being the Internet of Elevators & Escalators (IoEE). IoT technology transmits operational data from the elevators in real-time to enable elevator data simulation, achieving preventive maintenance through and cloud-based big data analysis. Elevator safety will be significantly enhanced, while the operational cost of the elevators can be largely reduced.

September 22, 2016
ColourCraft bags AIESEC India digital mandate

MUMBAI: The India chapter of the youth-run, non-profit organization AIESEC has given the mandate to ColourCraft Studio (CCS) for designing and developing multiple websites to strengthen the organization’s digital presence.

CCS will leverage and amplify the appeal of India as a major contributor to AIESEC’s aim to address the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals through AIESEC’s volunteership and professional internship programs. By emphasizing on India’s rich historical and cultural background, CCS plans to project the country as an internship destination. The projects were won following a two month-long brainstorming session between CCS & AIESEC.

ColourCraft is working on understanding what makes AIESEC such an inspiring organization for the youth worldwide and aims to emit the spirit of the organization while showcasing India as a major cultural destination for global interns.

CCS Co-founder and business director, Aditi Gandhi said, “The trust in CCS is a huge opportunity for us to create large-scale, strategy-driven and creatively-inclined digital assets.”

AIESEC in India B2B VP Sean Ankit Bothra said, “We were looking for a partner who would understand and communicate our core values in an out-of- the-box manner. The idea is to work together towards building effective designs and strategies to further enhance AIESEC’s iconic status.

“We hope to explore AIESEC in India’s potential to enhance the development of today’s Indian youth and break the mindsets of Internationals about the Indian realities.”

September 22, 2016
ColourCraft bags AIESEC India digital mandate

MUMBAI: The India chapter of the youth-run, non-profit organization AIESEC has given the mandate to ColourCraft Studio (CCS) for designing and developing multiple websites to strengthen the organization’s digital presence.

CCS will leverage and amplify the appeal of India as a major contributor to AIESEC’s aim to address the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals through AIESEC’s volunteership and professional internship programs. By emphasizing on India’s rich historical and cultural background, CCS plans to project the country as an internship destination. The projects were won following a two month-long brainstorming session between CCS & AIESEC.

ColourCraft is working on understanding what makes AIESEC such an inspiring organization for the youth worldwide and aims to emit the spirit of the organization while showcasing India as a major cultural destination for global interns.

CCS Co-founder and business director, Aditi Gandhi said, “The trust in CCS is a huge opportunity for us to create large-scale, strategy-driven and creatively-inclined digital assets.”

AIESEC in India B2B VP Sean Ankit Bothra said, “We were looking for a partner who would understand and communicate our core values in an out-of- the-box manner. The idea is to work together towards building effective designs and strategies to further enhance AIESEC’s iconic status.

“We hope to explore AIESEC in India’s potential to enhance the development of today’s Indian youth and break the mindsets of Internationals about the Indian realities.”

September 22, 2016
Digital India: Vodafone receives largest-ever FDI

MUMBAI: Vodafone India has made the largest-ever equity infusion of Rs 47,700 crore in the country.

One of India’s leading telecom service-providers today announced that it had become the service provider of choice to over 200 million customers in India. As India’s second-largest telecom service provider with 22.5% revenue market share, over half of the customers (107 million) come from rural India endorsing Vodafone as the preferred brand in urban India as well as the hinterland.

Vodafone further announced that it had received the equity infusion from Vodafone Group in the first half of the current fiscal. This infusion via foreign direct investment (FDI) is the largest ever FDI infusion in India.

Sunil Sood, MD & CEO, Vodafone India, said, “With our commitment to support the Digital India vision, we are building one of the most modern and scalable telecom networks to deliver connectivity and the Vodafone SuperNet™ experience to all, for both voice and data.”

We have successfully increased our revenue market share by 0.6% in the first quarter of current fiscal. This equity infusion will enable Vodafone India to continue its investments in spectrum and expansion of networks across various technology layers.

September 22, 2016
Digital India: Vodafone receives largest-ever FDI

MUMBAI: Vodafone India has made the largest-ever equity infusion of Rs 47,700 crore in the country.

One of India’s leading telecom service-providers today announced that it had become the service provider of choice to over 200 million customers in India. As India’s second-largest telecom service provider with 22.5% revenue market share, over half of the customers (107 million) come from rural India endorsing Vodafone as the preferred brand in urban India as well as the hinterland.

Vodafone further announced that it had received the equity infusion from Vodafone Group in the first half of the current fiscal. This infusion via foreign direct investment (FDI) is the largest ever FDI infusion in India.

Sunil Sood, MD & CEO, Vodafone India, said, “With our commitment to support the Digital India vision, we are building one of the most modern and scalable telecom networks to deliver connectivity and the Vodafone SuperNet™ experience to all, for both voice and data.”

We have successfully increased our revenue market share by 0.6% in the first quarter of current fiscal. This equity infusion will enable Vodafone India to continue its investments in spectrum and expansion of networks across various technology layers.

September 22, 2016
Jio sees top-level resignations; CMO Shrivastava quits

MUMBAI: Reliance Jio is seeing resignations of several high-profile executives in its top management.

After the exit of the chief digital marketing officer, senior vice president digital channels, Martijn de Jong, the chief marketing officer Pradeep Shrivastava too has reportedly stepped down. He was responsible for leading the marketing function for Reliance Jio.

Before joining Jio, he was a member of the board of directors at PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL). At Idea, among other, Shrivastava was also associated with the ‘What An Idea, Sirji’ campaign.

In the recent past, Jio’s chief cloud architect Soren L Hansen, assistant vice president – data science & analytics of cloud engineering Hari Charan Rao, assistant vice president – security operations Maya R Nair and Pawan S Yadav, business head of public Wi-Fi, left in quick succession.

Amitabh Jaipuria, who managed Jio’s mobility business, too resigned in June.

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s business head of public WiFi Pawan S Yadav also quit after a stint of over two years. He looked after the rollout of the company’s Wi-Fi facilities across the country.

September 22, 2016
Jio sees top-level resignations; CMO Shrivastava quits

MUMBAI: Reliance Jio is seeing resignations of several high-profile executives in its top management.

After the exit of the chief digital marketing officer, senior vice president digital channels, Martijn de Jong, the chief marketing officer Pradeep Shrivastava too has reportedly stepped down. He was responsible for leading the marketing function for Reliance Jio.

Before joining Jio, he was a member of the board of directors at PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL). At Idea, among other, Shrivastava was also associated with the ‘What An Idea, Sirji’ campaign.

In the recent past, Jio’s chief cloud architect Soren L Hansen, assistant vice president – data science & analytics of cloud engineering Hari Charan Rao, assistant vice president – security operations Maya R Nair and Pawan S Yadav, business head of public Wi-Fi, left in quick succession.

Amitabh Jaipuria, who managed Jio’s mobility business, too resigned in June.

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s business head of public WiFi Pawan S Yadav also quit after a stint of over two years. He looked after the rollout of the company’s Wi-Fi facilities across the country.

September 22, 2016
Digital India: Optical fibre connecting islands to cost Rs 1100 crore

NEW DELHI: A direct link is to be built through a dedicated submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) to strengthen communication between Mainland (Chennai) and Port Blair and five other islands – Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Havelock, Kamorta and Great Nicobar.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the estimated cost of the project is Rs 1102.38 crore including operational expenses for five years. The project is likely to be completed by December 2018.

The approval would equip Andaman & Nicobar Islands (ANI) with appropriate bandwidth and telecom connectivity for implementation of e-Governance initiatives; establishment of enterprises & e-commerce facilities. It will also enable the provision of adequate support to educational institutes for knowledge sharing, availability of job opportunities and fulfil the vision of Digital India.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are of immense strategic significance for India. The geographical configuration and the location of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands chain in the Bay of Bengal safeguard India’s eastern seaboard. Provision of secure, reliable, robust, and affordable telecom facilities in these islands is of importance from a strategic point of view to the country and also an important requirement for the socio-economic development of the islands.

Currently the only medium of providing telecom connectivity between Mainland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands is though satellites, but the bandwidth available is limited to 1 Gbps.

Satellite bandwidth is very costly and its availability is limited due to which future bandwidth requirement cannot be met solely through it. Then, there is an issue of redundancy, that is, no alternate media is available in case of any emergency. Lack of bandwidth and telecom connectivity is also hampering socio-economic development of the islands. Hence it is essential to have submarine OFC connectivity between the Mainland India and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, being the only option for catering to projected future bandwidth requirements.

September 22, 2016
Digital India: Optical fibre connecting islands to cost Rs 1100 crore

NEW DELHI: A direct link is to be built through a dedicated submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) to strengthen communication between Mainland (Chennai) and Port Blair and five other islands – Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Havelock, Kamorta and Great Nicobar.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the estimated cost of the project is Rs 1102.38 crore including operational expenses for five years. The project is likely to be completed by December 2018.

The approval would equip Andaman & Nicobar Islands (ANI) with appropriate bandwidth and telecom connectivity for implementation of e-Governance initiatives; establishment of enterprises & e-commerce facilities. It will also enable the provision of adequate support to educational institutes for knowledge sharing, availability of job opportunities and fulfil the vision of Digital India.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are of immense strategic significance for India. The geographical configuration and the location of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands chain in the Bay of Bengal safeguard India’s eastern seaboard. Provision of secure, reliable, robust, and affordable telecom facilities in these islands is of importance from a strategic point of view to the country and also an important requirement for the socio-economic development of the islands.

Currently the only medium of providing telecom connectivity between Mainland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands is though satellites, but the bandwidth available is limited to 1 Gbps.

Satellite bandwidth is very costly and its availability is limited due to which future bandwidth requirement cannot be met solely through it. Then, there is an issue of redundancy, that is, no alternate media is available in case of any emergency. Lack of bandwidth and telecom connectivity is also hampering socio-economic development of the islands. Hence it is essential to have submarine OFC connectivity between the Mainland India and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, being the only option for catering to projected future bandwidth requirements.

September 22, 2016