Huawei sets up IoT accelerator with NUS

Singapore

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), in partnership with China's telecommunications equipment company Huawei, has launched an Internet-of-Things (IoT)-focused accelerator, known as i5Lab.

The Singapore-based accelerator will aim to provide startups with mentorship, access to investors and industry-grade test beds, and global co-marketing opportunities to fast-track their development into future partners of Huawei.

According to a Huawei spokesman, the i5Lab hopes to support the development of Singapore's next unicorn company by nurturing promising startups with Huawei's network environment and open platform as well as its global go-to-m…