Malaysia lays out plans for next state-level smart city project
As highly-integrated urban spaces, smart cities will be key to supporting tomorrow’s businesses, as digital becomes less an initiative, and more part of their…
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San Jose Del Monte becomes newest GoWiFi city in Bulacan
Known as the province of Bulacan’s first officially declared city, San Jose Del Monte (SJDM) will soon be able to boast of an internet connection that’s…
IDC forecasts nearly 20 percent growth in smart city spending for 2020
SMART CITIES are becoming a reality in every part of the world as governments make the budgets available. According to a recent IDC forecast, global spending…
How the world uses digital twins to solidify smart city development
A GREAT number of big cities around the world share a common goal, they all want to morph into ‘smart cities’. As the world becomes increasingly digital and…
Cyberjaya becomes the first city in Malaysia to go cashless
In a collaboration between the Ministry of Finance Cyberview Sdn Bhd, as well as Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Cyberjaya has become the first city in…
Shanghai to map its entire city with 5G coverage by year end
THE LIST of digital advances and breakthroughs that will be achievable through the use of 5G goes on and on which excites a lot of government bodies and…
Chinese city uses surveillance tech to shame citizens for wearing pajamas…
Leaving the house in your pajamas to get groceries. We’ve all done it. But it’s uncivilized behavior, according to bureaucrats in the Chinese city of Suzhou.…
Cyberjaya is first Malaysian city to adopt national QR code for cashless…
THE city of Cyberjaya has now become the first Malaysian city to adopt a national QR code for cashless payments. The initiative is part of a collaboration…
SoftBank, Grab show interest to invest in Indonesia’s new capital city
SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son and Grab CEO and Co-founder Anthony Tan met Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo about a potential investment in…
MDEC, Weibo team up on ‘Virtual City’ platform
KUALA LUMPUR ― The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Chinese social media platform Weibo today inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to…