Celcom launches security based 5G smart city solution in Langkawi, Malaysia

With the aim of enhancing daily operations for local businesses and authorities, as well as enriching the digital lifestyles of consumers in Langkawi, Celcom Axiata Bhd’s ongoing 5G journey sees the deployment of its...

Indian Railways to launch automatic train protection system

The Indian Railways has decided to introduce an automatic train protection system in its entire network of 68,000 route km. The system would initially be introduced as a pilot project and then be launched...

Millions of children-tracking smartwatches are at risk of being hacked

Throughout 2019, security researchers have discovered striking flaws about child-tracking smartwatches that could be manipulated by hackers. But new findings reported by TechCrunch show that the smartwatches had a larger problem on their hands:...

Kolkata Police raises all-women armed elite force – Warrior

Donning a grey uniform, armed with sophisticated weapons, riding the QRT vehicles and manning important intersections of Kolkata is the city police’s latest unit--an all-women armed elite force. The force has been named as...

More than 22,000 incidents of fire in Delhi this year

More than 22,840 incidents of fire were recorded in Delhi until December 15 this year by the DFS, of which there were deaths or injuries in over 2,372 incidents. The total incidents of fire...

One billion surveillance cameras expected to be installed globally by 2021

By 2021, more than one billion surveillance cameras will be installed across the globe, according to a new report issued by IHS Markit. An estimated 770 million cameras are already in place, with about...

Moscow cops sell access to city CCTV, Facial Recognition Data

Anyone with a little money can buy access to Moscow's surveillance system of tens of thousands of cameras and check footage stored over the previous five days. Sellers on forums and messenger groups that...

Interpol facial recognition database leads to arrests in Manila

Interpol’s deployment of a specialised team to the 30th Southeast Asian Games to support law enforcement authorities in Manila has identified over 120 potential threats and led to the arrest of a number of...

Nagpur city upgrades to intelligent traffic management

With the city of Nagpur needing to enhance its road safety even as it was expanding, Videonetics designed a solution based on its Intelligent Traffic Management System that provides continuous monitoring of the traffic...

Morocco adopts new citizen ID programme

Idemia has signed a strategic contract with Morocco’s Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (National Security Government Department - “DGSN”) to supply the country’s latest national electronic ID cards and introduce a secured digital...