Imagine the alarm clock rings on a Monday morning and the curtains draw back, the bathroom lights switch on automatically and you smell fresh coffee brewing. The concept goes as far back as the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago where the home of the future was unveiled. Since then, the automated home has morphed into the smart home; it can do more than turn on our heating and our lights; it can actually think for us.

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Rudiantara, Indonesia's Communications and Information Minister

The driving force behind Indonesia's connectivity growth is its minister for communications and information, Rudiantara. He tells Telecom Review Asia Pacific about his ambition to make Indonesia to the second largest IT market in Southeast Asia by 2019.

Read more: Could Indonesia lead the Southeast Asia IT market by 2019?

Fuad Siddiqui, Bell Labs Consulting Partner and Global Head of Business Strategy and New Markets, Nokia

Telecom Review catches up with Fuad Siddiqui, Bell Labs Consulting Partner and Global Head of Business Strategy and New Markets, Nokia, to discuss the future vision as laid out in the recently published Bell Labs book titled '˜Future X Network'.

Read more: Nokia Bell Labs: Defining fabric of the digital world

Nokia’s recognizable brand spans the globe, from America to Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Undoubtedly its most diverse region, Nokia’s operations in Asia Pacific-Japan (APJ) covers a wide range of countries including Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

Read more: Danial Mausoof spoke to Telecom Review about Nokia’s role in Asia Pacific

DevOps, short for '˜Development & Operations', is an iterative approach to software development designed to deliver results much more rapidly than traditional methods. Branko Bugarski looks at how it's driving digital disruption and transformation and offers five predictions for DevOps developments in 2016.

Read more: DevOps: powering digital disruption

Magnus Ewerbring, CTO, Ericsson, Asia Pacific,

As one of the world's leading telecom vendors, Ericsson is one of the most qualified industry leaders to predict future telecom trends. One area of particular focus for the Swedish communication technology provider is 5G. Ericsson expects 5G to enable organizations to move into new markets and build new revenue streams with radically new business models and use cases, including Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Read more: Ericsson's road to 5G: APAC CTO Magnus Ewerbring spoke to Telecom Review

The Asia ICT Innovation Forum was held in conjunction with CommunicAsia2016. At the Forum organized by Singapore Exhibition Services and Huawei as the strategic partner, attended by over 500 regional ministerial representatives, internationally renowned economists and global industry thought leaders and professionals, Huawei outlined its roadmap to accelerate ICT transformation to enable more people in Asia Pacific to reap the benefits of ICT and move toward a better connected world.

Read more: Huawei outlined its roadmap to accelerate ICT transformation at the Asia ICT Innovation Forum

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