BROWSING: connectivity

The full connectivity of digital infrastructure and the intelligent platform are the twin engines for smart factories to accelerate the intelligent manufacturing upgrade, according to Summer Chen, Vice President and General Manager of Branding and PR Strategies at ZTE. During a presentation at the Manufacturing...

The potential availability of additional spectrum will greatly enhance Wi-Fi On June 20th, we celebrate World Wi-Fi Day. Why? Because Wi-Fi is part of life. We often neglect the importance of this technology in our daily lives. Wi-Fi encompasses much more than just education, medicine,...

Wi-Fi®: Connectivity on a global scale Fair and equal access to internet connectivity is a necessity in today’s world, yet many communities remain underserved. The digital divide represents the unequal access to digital technology and connectivity in regions across the globe and places a disproportionate...

Huawei and its partners have developed and released over 100 digital transformation standards for the smart city, finance, electric power, highway, aviation and healthcare industries Chinese vendor Huawei will accelerate investments in the digitalization space, particularly in areas including connectivity, computing storage and cloud, the...

The manufacturing sector is gradually adopting wireless and automation technologies as it embraces the Industry 4.0 concept, Alper Yegin, chair of the Technical Committee and vice-chair of LoRa Alliance, said during a presentation at the 5G Manufacturing Forum—available on demand here. “When we're looking at...

Passengers aboard flights in the EU will be able to use their mobile phones just like with a ground-based 5G mobile network Airlines in Europe will be able to provide the latest 5G technology on their planes, now that the European Commission has updated the...

The Airtel ‘Always On’ solution complies with the Automotive Research Association of India’s AIS-140 standard implemented by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways   Indian operator Bharti Airtel announced the launch of its new IoT connectivity solution, dubbed “Always On." In a release, the telco said...

Using Digi solutions, a power company can optimize grid performance, prevent outages, restore outages faster when they do occur, and enable consumers to manage their own energy usage right down to the individual networked appliance. The routers were a desirable choice for ElectriCities because of...

Always a crucial aspect of business, the importance of connection was highlighted when the pandemic hit. Our guest this episode, Kevin Coyne of Summit Broadband, strives to be an instrument in building a connected community of tomorrow with Summit Broadband's products and services. With...

NTT Com said the new service will target clients that deploy equipment such as automobiles, construction or agricultural machinery Japanese company NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced the launch of IoT Connect Mobile Type A, or ICM(A), an IoT connectivity service for mobile connectivity via SIM...

'Cisco has added elements of smart buildings to everything it's doing,' the exec says According to Bob Cicero, Cisco's smart building lead for the Americas, technology and connectivity have become the fourth utility, after water, gas and electricity. As a result, Cisco has been focused...

Smart meter deployments have been underway across the globe for many years with many millions of devices already deployed. Substantial and sustained further growth is expected as utility companies seek more accurate, granular and timely data to operate their businesses more efficiently. By definition,...

The launch included the Star One D2 satellite and the Eutelsat Quantum satellite Last week, Arianespace successfully launched a pair of communications satellites — Star One D2 and Eutelsat Quantum — into geostationary orbit around the Earth for two of the company’s customers: Embratel, the...

SMBs feel that enterprise providers are just trying to “sell them stuff and move on” and as a result, “overpromise and underdeliver” In a recent report, conducted by Accenture, 49% of small and medium-sized business (SMB) respondents indicated that they do not trust enterprise companies...

Businesses are becoming more reliant on their IoT connectivity as services evolve, with greater emphasis on overall cost reductions as well as increasing revenue expectations. It is one thing to select the most appropriate IoT connectivity to fulfill the needs of an IoT project,...

Connectivity for large venues is a consummate challenge only exacerbated by growth in data consumption and evolution in cellular and Wi-Fi technologies. When considering a venue investment, 5G and Wi-Fi 6 isn't an "or" consideration, rather an "and" scenario where both flavors to high-capacity connectivity...

  The U.S. education market is estimated to have a capital spend of over $100 billion, according to EdWeek. As with any market with a CAPEX that size, the education sector is very competitive and crowded with vendors, large and small, offering their own fragmented...

  The world’s rainforests are some of the most important, life-sustaining natural resources on the planet. Yet these beautiful, valuable environments are under constant threat from illicit loggers, hunters, and poachers. Fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, combined with wireless communication, is helping to preserve and...

  Boston Consulting Group (BCG) research finds the United States is the global leader of the semiconductor market, with a 45-50% market share. That leadership relies upon very large investments in R&D, which are funded by access to global markets. Chinese companies, for example, account...

  The coronavirus pandemic has transformed how many around the world work, learn, and live. Now more than ever, access to secure, modern connectivity is essential to supporting and maintaining teams, communities, and other human-to-human interactions and relationships. On April 29, join us for an inspiring...

Roughly 85 million people are now working from home due to COVID-19 As a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 57.7% of the U.S. began working from home, according to a new report commissioned by Waveform, a cellular signal booster provider. The good news is...

  Ajay Rane, vice president for global business development, Sigfox: The IoT, and the networks that devices run on, are poised for growth and maturity in 2020. Key to this will be an expansion in network coverage, as well as a reduction in the cost of...

Improved network capacity and coverage among Wi-Fi 6 benefits Built in response to the ever-growing number of connected devices worldwide, Wi-Fi 6, the next generation of Wi-Fi technology, offers more than just improved speed.  Based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, the latest Wi-Fi iteration was designed to improve capacity,...

For all the experience of LTE and excitement of 5G, the IoT market has been propped by low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies. The concept of smart-anything as the prerequisite for industrial change – in buildings, cities, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture – has gained credence, in large...