{"id":4070,"date":"2013-05-22T07:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T07:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=4070"},"modified":"2015-05-13T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T15:25:38","slug":"gsma-puts-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-puts-the\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA PUTS THE CONNECTED CITY AT THE HEART OF MOBILE ASIA EXPO 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Experience  the Future \u2018Connected Life\u2019 First-Hand through a Complete City Street, Powered by Mobile Connectivity <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>London: <\/strong>At Mobile Asia Expo 2013  in Shanghai, the GSMA will unveil a new Connected City experience, building on  the success of the Connected City at this year\u2019s Mobile World Congress. Opening  on the 26th June and drawing on the developments that have put the  Asia region at the forefront of connected device and service uptake, the  Connected City at Mobile Asia Expo 2013 will enable attendees to stroll down a  city street of the future and experience the \u2018Connected Life\u2019 powered by intelligent  mobile connections.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with China Mobile,  Cisco, Ford Motor Company, Huawei, KT Corp. and SAP, the Connected City will be  a life-like urban environment where attendees will experience how these  companies are making homes smarter, motoring more intelligent, shopping easier  and city living safer in the largest and most forward-thinking mobile market in  the world. Each area will bring together the latest in cutting-edge products  and services to demonstrate how a connected future, driven by mobile, will simplify  and enhance people\u2019s everyday lives. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mobile industry continues to develop at an  unprecedented pace and nowhere is this more evident than in Asia \u2013 a region  that continues to experience tremendous growth and by 2020 will lead the  connected devices and M2M market, both in terms of the number of devices and in  terms of revenues,\u201d said Michael O\u2019Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. \u201cThe  Connected City in Shanghai will be a reflection of Asia\u2019s market-leading  position, where attendees will experience how  the next wave of mobile innovation will deliver new business opportunities,  enable disruptive products and services and ultimately drive economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations in the Connected  City include top-of-the-range connected cars with the latest state-of-the-art, in-vehicle  technologies; innovative remote health monitoring and diagnosis services that  link people to healthcare professionals from their own homes; and intelligent  city services that can track vehicles or provide civic and lifestyle  information via mobile devices. <\/p>\n<p>The connected products and services on show in the Connected City  include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>China Mobile<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wireless City <\/strong>\u2013 this application demonstrates the  platform capability of China Mobile\u2019s Shanghai Wireless City, which allows local residents to log onto the  Wireless City website to enjoy nearly 50 types of urban information services  covering government affairs, public utilities and personal life via mobile  phones, personal computers and other internet-enabled devices such as tablets.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cisco<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Smart + Connected Community<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 understand how smart       communities are designed, built and managed through networking       technologies that enable economic, social and environmental       sustainability, including user experience demonstrations of mobile healthcare,&nbsp;smart shopping and many forward-looking innovations that       are changing the way we work, live, play and learn. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ford<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Smart Mobility<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 a showcase of Ford technologies featuring in-car connectivity and driver\u2019s assist technologies such as Active City  Stop, Active Park Assist and SYNC with MyFord Touch, allowing the driver  to interact with systems such as solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/climate-action\/ control and radio through voice  commands in Mandarin or English. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GSMA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Let\u2019s  Get Ready!<\/strong> \u2013 \u2018Planning Together for Emergencies\u2019 is an educational  outreach effort by Sesame Workshop, Qualcomm, China Youth and Development  Foundation, and China Telecom to provide tips, activities and other easy tools  to help families with young children prepare for emergencies. <\/li>\n<li><strong>BMW  and China Unicom ConnectedDrive<\/strong> <strong>\u2013<\/strong> step into a state-of-the-art BMW and experience how this mobile connected car  makes navigating China\u2019s mega-cities easier, enabling drivers to access  location-based traffic navigation services by calling a 24\/7 concierge service  or via an in-car display.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Huawei<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Enhance efficiency through  eLTE<\/strong> \u2013 see how eLTE solutions, which feature ubiquitous mobile network access and  massive data transmission capabilities, can improve overall productivity and  enhance efficiency for enterprise customers across key industries such as  government and public sector, transportation and energy. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Mobile Offices<\/strong> \u2013 BYOD (bring your own  device) solutions feature enhanced levels of security and efficiency, optimising  the user experience and enabling businesses to connect without borders or  boundaries. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Smart  Home<\/strong> \u2013 enjoy the connected life with  technologies that make people\u2019s lives at home more enriched through Kibot2, an  edutainment robot and a Smart Home Phone with HD voice and video enabling real-time  home monitoring and streaming entertainment services including music, TV and  education. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart  Apps <\/strong>\u2013 live smarter with intelligent and unique  applications including integrated mobile payments, mobile learning solutions  delivering self-directed English learning programs and Genie, a mobile K-POP  music application with a suite of digital entertainment content. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SAP  Precision Marketing<\/strong> \u2013 bringing together content and  information about the consumer, the promotion and the in-store inventory into a  real-time management engine to create unique and targeted offers for  individuals via a mobile app. <\/li>\n<li><strong>SAP  Fiori<\/strong> \u2013 a collection  of apps with a simple and easy to use experience for broadly used SAP software  functions that work seamlessly across desktop computers, tablets and smartphones.  SAP Fiori includes 25 apps for the most commonly used business functions,  including workflow approvals, information lookups and self-service tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also on show in the Connected City  will be the FIRE! (Firefighting Interactive Rescue Environment) solution, the winning entry of a GSMA-supported competition  at the UP London Hackathon event in April 2013. Entries to the competition were  given access to data from British public service organisations such as the  police and fire brigade and tasked with developing a mobile-connected service  that could aid these organisations. FIRE! will be able to save the lives of firefighters  by providing critical onsite location and essential hazard and temperature  information from mobile-connected fire helmets and equipment. <br \/>\nMobile Asia Expo 2013 will  take place 26-28 June at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre. For more information on Mobile Asia  Expo, including details on how to attend, exhibit or sponsor, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileasiaexpo.com\">www.mobileasiaexpo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8211; ENDS &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the GSMA<br \/>\n<\/strong>The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators  worldwide.&nbsp;Spanning more than 220 countries and territories, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of  the world\u2019s mobile operators with more than 230 companies in the broader mobile  ecosystem, including handset makers,  software companies, equipment providers and Internet companies, as well as  organisations in industry sectors such as financial services, healthcare,  media, transport and utilities. The GSMA also produces industry-leading  events such as the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia Expo.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>For more  information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\">www.gsma.com<\/a> or Mobile World Live, the  online portal for the mobile communications industry, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\">www.mobileworldlive.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts<\/strong><br \/>\nFor  filming and interview opportunities, please contact: <\/p>\n<p>Palmer Wang (Beijing)<br \/>\n+86 10 8569 9946<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:pwang@webershandwick.com\">pwang@webershandwick.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Vivienne Wu (Shanghai)<br \/>\n+86 21 2411 0180<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:VWu3@webershandwick.com\">VWu3@webershandwick.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Ava Lau (Hong Kong)<br \/>\n+852 2533 9928<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alau@webershandwick.com\">alau@webershandwick.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Alexia Da Silva (London)<strong><\/strong><br \/>\n+44 (0)75 183 714 59<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:CMeredith-Hardy@webershandwick.com\">Adasilva@webershandwick.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>GSMA Press Office<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:pressoffice@gsma.com\">pressoffice@gsma.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience the Future \u2018Connected Life\u2019 First-Hand through a Complete City Street, Powered by Mobile Connectivity London: At Mobile Asia Expo 2013 in Shanghai, the GSMA will unveil a new Connected City experience, building on the success of the Connected City at this year\u2019s Mobile World Congress. 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