Telekom Malaysia’s innovation arm TM Research & Development (TM R&D) have launched a Data Exchange Platform.

The platform will serve as a one-stop data exchange center that will facilitate and accelerate data sharing in order to bolster research efforts in combating the ongoing pandemic.

Chief executive officer, Sharlene Thiagarajah said the platform is open to everyone, both locally and globally, to access data, share data analysis and utilise data for the benefit of all.

“For researchers, data scientists, developers or any of us to work efficiently, access to data is key. TM R&D is a strong advocate of sharing ‘open data’ in order to harness the power of the community to work towards providing better overall insights on this current pandemic,” she added.

Additionally, these insights shall not be limited to health and medical areas only where a lot of tracking and information are already emerging, but also on the socioeconomic front with changes in lifestyle and impact to families, businesses as well as the local and global economy.

The platform is tailored to be easily navigated even for those with little to zero programming background. With just a few clicks, individuals can simply upload data files in various formats.

It then converts those files into Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and will publish them on the data store. Anyone who has the access can use the data for further analyses and derive useful insights.

The exchange center will also allow industries to better understand consumer behavioural changes, movement patterns and impact on businesses.

Data on changes of purchasing habits or whether people are collectively spending more or less on food against beauty products, travelling patterns, transportation use, movement of people and many more can be made accessible.

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