While there are no requirements on the time you spend developing your solution, it is highly recommended that you attend the introduction webinar on 10 September 2020.Participants must be at least 18 years old.

If your pitch video gets selected to go to the next stage, you will be required to attend the following sessions virtually, which you will be notified by email:

• Business development workshop: 21 October 2020; 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Tech solution validation: 4 November 2020; 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Pre-demo day: 19 November 2020; 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Demo day: 26 November 2020; 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

This challenge is open to all Malaysians and non-Malaysians who have a valid PR or work/student permit.

No, your ideas are yours to keep.

No. There are no fees or charges.

Submit your proposal video on the IoT challenge website to officially register for the challenge. You are encouraged to join the introduction webinar to learn about the challenge and this year’s problem statements beforehand.

Yes, all participants are welcomed as long as they meet the eligibility requirements listed in the challenge terms and conditions.

Yes, you may still join the challenge even if you missed the introduction webinar as it will be recorded and published for reference. Simply complete the form on the site to register.

Yes, you would need to participate in a team consisting of two to five persons, ideally with a healthy mix of programming and business skills sets.

Yes, you will be given mentorship and guidance from industry experts to help refine your final solution, which will be presented on pitch day.

Yes, you may submit more than one idea. But you will need to submit them through separate forms.

A panel of judges, consisting of industry experts, will review each submission to see if it meets the selection criteria. You will find further details on said criteria in the challenge info pack.

We highly encourage you to use the Microsoft Azure platform provided as part of the development phase of the challenge. Bonus points would be allocated as part of the solution development evaluation for successful use of Azure services.

No starter kits would be provided for this challenge. You would be free to develop your own hardware as you see fit as part of your solution build. Be creative!

For this challenge, it is not mandatory for you to trial your solution with a live 5G network; but should you have a device gateway / chipset as part of your solution that is already 5G enabled, you would be more than welcome to test it out on our network. You may drop us an email at iotc@maxis.com.my and we would get in touch with you.

Low latency is achieved by design (eg: transit, compute load distribution between edge and core systems). The hurdle will be dependent on how we collaborate with different parts of the solution value chain to put together the low latency 5G solution – although this would be temporary as we continue to mature on the technology.

You will be notified in the second week of October 2020 via email.

Your idea and solution are solely yours to keep. All information presented and shared will be kept confidential and not be reused.

Don’t worry, drop us an email at iotc@maxis.com.my, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible! Promise, we don’t bite :)

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