How to maximise 5G network value in the AI era

The evolution of mobile networks will transform how people connect, work, and interact with technology. At this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, Huawei’s Corporate Senior Vice President and President of lCT Sales & Service, Li Peng highlighted the role of 5G advancements in improving the user experiences and creating new business opportunities, in his keynote speech“We’re rapidly entering a fully intelligent world. Intelligent applications are spreading everywhere, placing new demands on networks,” said Li. “By embracing and evolving 5G, we can unlock the infinite potential of mobile networks. Huawei is willing and ready to work with carriers and industry partners around the world to promote digital enablement, reinforce network foundations, and bring AI to all. Together, we can shape the D.N.A for an intelligent world.”Improving mobile networksLi emphasised how the way people interact with technology is changing. With the rise of voice assistants, cloud-based applications, and smart services, mobile networks must offer faster speeds and lower latency. As mobile experiences...

Read More........ → March 10, 2025

Trump endorses wearing masks, saying doing so is 'patriotic'

Washington: US President Donald Trump called wearing masks "patriotic," seemingly endorsing the practice after an interview aired just the previous day in which he denied the effectiveness of doing so in curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Trump in his tweet on Monday didn't explicitly say he would don masks from now on, but said "many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President!" Xinhua news agency reported. Along with the words, the president posted a picture of himself wearing a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on July 11, the first time he wore a mask in full view of the press since the pandemic reached the United States. He was spotted wearing one behind the scene at a Ford plant in Michigan in May. Having resisted wearing a mask in the past, Trump has until recently denied the effectiveness of masks in curtailing the spread of the virus. "I don't agree with the statement that if everyone wore a mask, everything...

Read More........ → July 21, 2020

Lia Samantha: Using Fashion to Counter Racism in Colombia

Vivian Hendriksz: Tuesday, 01 September 2015, INTERVIEW: When looking at fashion emerging from Latin-America today, traditional African prints, with vivid reds, magentas, emeralds and blue may not spring to mind straight away. But it is these contrasting and bold colours that are at the center of Lia Samantha Lozano Rendón collections, a rising singer/designer whose designs are increasingly in demand and worn by women ranging from Miss Universe 2014, Paulina Vega, to tv presenters and office workers. When asked why her designs revolve around Africa colours and patterns, the answer is more complex than previously thought: "I created my own fashion label to better understand myself, my cultural roots and my own heritage, I am not just Colombian, I have roots in Africa as well and see fashion as a medium to better learn about the richness of my history." Born and raised in Bogota, Lia Samantha identifies herself and her designs as Afro-Colombian, which is a statement in itself as she hails from a country where the lines between ethnicity and race tend to be blurred.  Lia Samantha:...

Read More........ → September 01, 2015

Asia Institute Interview with Mr. N R Narayana Murthy

N R Narayana Murthy, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Technologies Pvt Ltd., India. SEOUL, KOREA — N R Narayana Murthy, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Technologies Pvt Ltd., India. Mr. Murthy is a legendary Indian business known for building Infosys Technologies from a local company to a global leader in consulting and technology services. This Interview concerns the position of SMEs (small and medium-size enterprise) in Korea and in the world. Emanuel Pastreich: A major issue in Korea these days is the proper relationship between major multinational companies and small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). There are many who see the large firms as a threat to smaller companies, and especially to small mom and pop stores. At the same time, it is not clear that the relationship is innately adversarial. What do you feel should be the proper relationship between small or medium size enterprises and larger corporations? And what role should government play in terms of regulating large companies so as to protect smaller ones? Narayana Murthy: Well, I can say one thing...

Read More........ → July 01, 2014

Google car: no steering wheel, no brakes

Google has revealed a prototype of its latest car - and this one doesn't even have a steering wheel or pedals, CNN reports. The car will only have a stop and go button. For the past four years, Google has been working on self-driving cars with a mechanism to return control of the steering wheel to the driver in case of emergency. But Google’s brightest minds now say they can’t make that handoff work anytime soon. Their answer? Take the driver completely out of the driving. The vehicle looks a bit like the ultracompact Fiat 500 or the Mercedes-Benz Smart car if you take out the steering wheel, gas pedal, brake and gear shift. Unlike Google's previous self-driving vehicles, which have been based on conventional cars adapted to navigate around without a driver, this model has been designed from scratch. "They won't have a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal... because they don't need them," Google said in a statement. The car can carry two passengers and has a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour. Google says the car's most important feature is its safety. The driver has...

Read More........ → May 30, 2014

In Conversation with Hemant Pandey for his upcoming film Rajula

Hemant Pandey has played the character of ‘Puran Mama’ in the ongoing film ‘Rajula’ which is based on the famous folk tale of Uttarakhand, Rajula-Malushahi and the film has been just released under PVR Director's Rare cut. Hailing from the theater background, Hemant Pandey, has proved his talent in the field of acting. The veteran actor, known for his famous role of Pandeyji in TV series ‘Office Office, has also worked in big banner films like Krrish, Ready, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, etc. The most recent film in which he acted is ‘2 Nights in Soul Valley’ which was released in 2012. Hemant is known for playing comedy character role but here he played a negative character, spoke to Santanu Ganguly, in an exclusive interview: 1. First thing first tell us something more about your character ‘Puran Mama’ in an upcoming film ‘Rajula’…As you know I belong to Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand and when Manoj Chandola came to me with the concept I instantly said, yes. From childhood we grew up hearing the 700 years old folk tale Rajula-Malushahi and I was getting the chance...

Read More........ → May 17, 2014

2014 Brazil World Cup: 'Our group is the biggest surprise'

© Photo: Vesti.Ru The eyes of the soccer fans are turned to Brazil - the world cup draw for the 2014 has just been held. 32 best teams have just found out the names of their opponents. The tournament kicks off in Brazil next year. Denis Kazansky, Russian sports analyst and soccer commentator, shares the first impressions about the draw. What's the biggest surprise of the draw so far? Our group is the biggest surprise because we hope it will be some easy choice for us and I think that we are in very good position. There is only one top quality team in our group. Who is us? Belgium, Algeria, South Korea and Russia. Belgium is a top quality team and I think they are the toughest to beat. But as for Algeria and South Korea, I suppose that Russian side can be good with them and I think we have lots of expectation from that group and we can gain some wins from there. How can you comment on the chances of the teams? In the group H I think we with the Belgium have to be qualified from the group. As for others, I can say that it is very tough competition in group D – Uruguay,...

Read More........ → December 09, 2013

Terminator axed? France calls for ban on killer robots

International committee to consider asking nations not to develop autonomous killing machines WHEN Hollywood invented the Terminator - a killer robot played by Arnold Schwarzenegger - it was pure science fiction. But now, France is calling for an international ban on developing exactly that: fully-autonomous killing machines. On Friday, nations will vote on whether to consider imposing a ban, at the annual Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva, says Sky News. How real is the prospect of a self-guiding robot attacking human targets with lethal force? Who is developing autonomous military robots? The US, UK, Israel and South Korea are all already flying armed drones with some degree of autonomy. On the ground, the US is developing battlefield robots including the remarkable Big Dog - though there is no indication they would ever be weaponised. According to the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: "Several nations with high-tech militaries, including China, Israel, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, are moving toward systems that would give greater...

Read More........ → November 14, 2013

My Hollywood role should make Indians proud: Shahrukh

Not interested in taking up a stereotypical role created for Asians in Hollywood, Bollywood's superstar Shahrukh Khan says "to get a role not specific to my colour or the way I speak or act is very difficult".  He has been active in Hindi films for over two decades, has featured in more than 80 films and won the tag of "superstar", but the 47-year-old has yet to find a suitable role in international films. A hugely popular actor in many countries, one whose face has become synonymous with the huge draw of the Indian film industry, particularly the Mumbai-based Hindi film industry, King Khan feels he doesn't have the USP to work in Hollywood. Asked what made him think so, he said: "I didn't talk in terms of fan following." "I think the kind of role I would want to do in a Hollywood film is one that makes India proud. To get a role like that is not specific to my colour, or the way I speak, look or act or my age, it's very difficult," SRK told IANS in an exclusive interview. "I mean you can't go to a big filmmaking world and say write a role for a 47-year-old actor who is brown,...

Read More........ → August 12, 2013

Davos 2013 - An Insight, An Idea with Marissa Mayer

DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 25JAN13 - Erik Schatzker (L), Anchor and Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Television, USA and Marissa Mayer (R), Chief Executive Officer, Yahoo, USA; Young Global Leader prepare for the session 'An insight, an idea with Marissa Mayer' at the Annual Meeting 2013 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 25, 2013. Marissa Ann Mayer is President and CEO of Yahoo!. Previously, she was a long-time executive and key spokesperson for Google. Mayer was ranked number 14 on the list of America's most powerful businesswomen of 2012 by Fortune magazine. Wikipedia...

Read More........ → July 25, 2013

Matt Damon for Esquire US August 2013

On Brad Pitt: “If you can control the celebrity side of celebrity, then it’s worth it. I look at Brad—and I have for years—and when I’m with him I see the intensity of that other side of it. And the paparazzi and the insane level of aggression they have and their willingness to break the law and invade his space—well, I wonder about that trade. I remember telling him that I walk my kids to school, and his face just fell. He was very kind, but he was like, ‘You b*stard.’ Because he should be able to do that, too. And he can’t.”  On keeping his married life private: “I got lucky, I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn’t double—it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don’t really give them anything. If I’m not jumping up and down on a bar, or lighting something on fire, or cheating on my wife, there’s not really any story to tell. They can try to stake me out, but they’re always going to get the same story—middle-aged married guy with four kids. So as...

Read More........ → July 25, 2013

China to phase out organ donation from executed criminals

China will begin phase out organ donation from executed criminals next years, as it moves towards a voluntary system, says a government expert. In an interview in the World Health Organization’s Bulletin, Wang Haibo, of the Ministry of Health, agrees that “an organ transplantation system relying on death-row prisoners’ organs is not ethical or sustainable”. Despite the existence of a black market in organs, China has banned the sale of organs. Although his words are appropriately optimistic about the success of a new system for allocating organs, Mr Wang said that there are some formidable obstacles. About 1.5 million people are waiting for organ transplants annually, but only 15,000 register for donation in all of China, according to China Youth Daily. The first of these is Chinese cultural norms. Although the head of China’s transplant policy, Jiefu Huang, told the media in June that ”What lags behind is not the tradition or moral status of Chinese people; it’s our system,” Mr Wang constantly refers to social inertia. The second is suspicion of corruption. Citizens...

Read More........ → March 19, 2013

I'm bullish, billion aspirations drive India: Mukesh Ambani

Despite concerns about slowing economy, the nation's wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani, is bullish on the India Story - and hinges his bet on the millions striving to move up in the economic pyramid. "India has had some slow growth but I am really very optimistic on India," said Ambani told CNN's Fareed Zakaria. "I'm very bullish on India, because it's really the aspirations of a billion people. And ours is a country where all the billion count. And they have aspirations. "India is really a bottom-up story. It's not a top-down story," the chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) told his celebrated interviewer, who, like him, has his roots in Mumbai. Asia's second wealthiest man, Ambani, whose net worth is close to $21 billion according to Forbes magazine, cited that his confidence in the Indian growth story stemmed from the country's billion consumers moving to make their lives better. Ambani, whose business spans petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecom and how retail, also spoke about India as a land of opportunities. He talked about his late father Dhirubhai Ambani started...

Read More........ → March 03, 2013

'I'm sorry.' Cycling career was one big lie admits Armstrong

'If there's a truth and reconciliation commission, I'll be the first man in the door,' he tells Oprah BY Gavin Mortimer, "ONE BIG LIE". That's how Lance Armstrong described a cycling career that brought him seven Tour de France titles and a reputation as the sport's greatest star. The Texan rider finally admitted the truth during an astonishing interview with Oprah Winfrey last night, confessing to the chat show host that he had used banned substances and blood transfusions for most of his career. Armstrong dated his doping back to the mid-1990s and said he continued to cheat for a decade, stressing that when he made a comeback in 2009 he was clean. There were other damning admissions from the disgraced rider, who was described by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) last October as a "serial cheat". Yes, he told Winfrey, he had been a bully. "I was a bully in the sense that I tried to control the narrative and if I didn't like what somebody said, I tried to control that. I was just trying to perpetuate the story and hide the truth". Armstrong verdict: 'clever, calculating,...

Read More........ → January 19, 2013

I won’t change my Bold image ever – Emraan Hashmi

The boldest hero and the film industry’s very own serial kisser Emraan Hashmi says he will never change his Bold image. “I feel my audience relate with the bold shade of my image so I won’t change it”, says Emraan who talked with Page3Bollywood.com and also revealed his excitement for his upcoming film Raaz 3. One more sequel film with Bhatt camp, isn’t this becoming typical for you? Absolutely not, because I feel until you are getting good script and good filmmakers; no matter how many time you repeat the venture. For me Bhatt camp means a lot, I started my career with them and the kind of films and character I did with their films are the best experience of my career. You will be completing 10 years in the industry soon, how do you find your journey? It’s really been a wonderful journey for me. I think since last 4 years I have started growing more as an actor. I really feel the original ‘Jannat’ was the good turning point of my career. I am just growing by days. I never wanted to jump in acting field so my career is been very surprising to me. You haven’t...

Read More........ → January 01, 2013

I have never seen 100-Crore – Salman Khan

No matter how much his movies earns at box office, the Megastar Salman Khan says he have never seen 100 crore on his table. Especially when it’s their home production film, actor says they always get into loss. So why at all Salman is saying so . . . check out his exclusive interview where he opens up everything about his upcoming movie ‘Dabangg 2’ releasing December 21st. Do you think the sequel film will get the benefit of first Dabangg’s mega success? The film means a lot to me because we have taken lot of extra effort to make it different from 1st Dabangg. Dabangg has become a brand because of its ‘hatke’ title and its unique style. Moreover I think people connects themselves with this brand so who have liked 1st Dabangg, they will watch the sequel but the success of sequel is totally depend upon the response of audience. What was your thinking when you decided to do Dabangg and even the sequel? The script of Dabangg was lying on the tables of many big production houses for 2 years, no one was ready to make the film on it but when we made a film on...

Read More........ → December 25, 2012

Be your own man: Tata's advice to Cyrus Mistry

Mumbai: Be your own man, Ratan Tata has advised Cyrus Mistry, who will succeed him at the helm of the $100 billion Tata group two weeks from now. "I don't think it is right to have a ghost to shadow over somebody," says Tata, dismissing any notion that his larger-than-life persona would linger even after he retires on December 28 when he turns 75. The Tata patriarch has told Mistry, 31 years younger, "you should be your own person, you should take your own call and you should decide what you want to". Tata spoke about his 50 years with the group, 21 as its chairman, the highs and lows of his tenure, his equation with Mistry and his post-retirement plans during an expansive interview to PTI in his office at "Bombay House", the group headquarters. Mistry, currently Vice Chairman of the conglomerate that spans automobiles, IT, hotels, tea and steel across 80 countries, has been working closely with Tata to prepare for the transition. Have you passed on a success mantra to  Mistry?,  the  outgoing  chairman  was asked. "No, I...

Read More........ → December 15, 2012

Mallya discovers the virtue of khadi

Formula One’s paddock, a highly exclusive area where team buildings are housed, usually has an air of indifference about it: drivers, tycoons and socialites move freely without being bothered, or sometimes even noticed. But that changed on Saturday, as Kingfisher boss Vijay Mallya made his first public appearance in recent weeks. The high-flying Force India F1 owner had became elusive after the Kingfisher Airlines crisis broke out, triggering speculation that he may give the Indian Grand Prix a miss. As the broadcasters showed images of Mallya, clad in a Force India t-shirt, speaking to his team deputy in the paddock, mediapersons made a beeline for him. Mallya was eventually spotted in front of the F1 management building, giving a British journalist an exclusive interview. “Was there any doubt about my presence here? Obviously if I am not at my home grand prix, why should I be anywhere else?” Mallya was heard telling the reporter. Asked how he arrived in the country, Mallya retorted: “You are probably referring to my plane being seized? I don’t owe anybody money. Why should my...

Read More........ → November 27, 2012

IMF chief: World economy uncertain

(CNN) -- The global economy is under a "veil of uncertainty" as economic issues grip the U.S., eurozone and developing markets such as China, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday in Japan.  Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the IMF, said that while "more difficult to analyze and pin down," elevated levels of uncertainty are resulting in slower growth. "We need action to lift the veil of uncertainty." Moreover, the world banking system is still in danger four years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers helped catalyze the 2008-2009 financial crisis and still haunted by an unregulated "shadow banking system" of hedge funds and non-regulated derivatives trading. The global financial system is "on the road to being safer, but not yet safer," Lagarde said in an interview with CNN on the sidelines of the IMF meetings being held this week in Tokyo. "I think it's attributable to the fact that (the banking system) was so damaged to begin with -- it was such a massive shock to financial institutions that it actually took a while to measure the...

Read More........ → November 27, 2012

Foreign governments are effectively influencing CNN’s coverage

Journalist Amber Lyon says she is the victim of CNN censorship in an exclusive interview to the Voice of Russia. Lyon shot her documentary “iRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring” produced by CNN about Bahrain and the Arab Spring which was censored. She claims that foreign governments are effectively influencing CNN’s coverage, and this happens not only with reports on Bahrain, but also with Georgian coverage. . By Rob Sachs: Journalists covering the Arab Spring often times they found themselves in danger situations. The subject itself risks their reputations, livelihoods and sometimes ever they lives by speaking out. Such was the situation in Bahrain when journalist Amber Lyon shot her documentary “iRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring” produced by CNN. Now Lyon says she is the victim of censorship.  CNN reports on Georgia were government sponsored: Tell us about your experiences in Bahrain? How did it all come about that you were selected to go there and report? I was working at documentary investigative unit at CNN. That unit has...

Read More........ → November 06, 2012