May 2017

The utility of communications technologies, including those already in 4G and new innovations being developed for upcoming 5G, are increasingly leveraged in the higher levels of the IoT value chain: from technologies, chips and network equipment to devices, operator services …

Greatest access to gigabit networks is in the United States, Singapore and South Korea A new report tracking the progress and availability of gigabit broadband deployments shows there was a 72% increase in global deployments since August 2016. The report, …

Smart buildings, which feature in-building wireless connectivity platforms that support everything from consumer- or business-level mobile broadband use to building automation and other internet of things (IoT) systems, are a hot topic in the construction and commercial real estate sector. …

Infiswift will provide the platform while Chinese company UEC will sell and integrate enterprise IoT solutions for the Chinese market California-based Infiswift, an enterprise internet of things (IoT) platform provider has announced a partnership with Chinese IT conglomerate United Electronics Company …

The company has unveiled a new sensor which can be integrated with IoT devices U.S. provider of nano gas sensors AerNos is seeing a huge market for its recently launched nano gas sensor in smart city and smart home deployments …

Sprint said it will launch an LTE Category 1 network within the next three months, and will follow up with Category M1 technology deployed throughout its network by the middle of next year. LTE Category 1, which is part of …

Wireless carriers and their partners are telling municipalities all over the U.S. that small cells can help them create smarter cities. But the dense downtown corridors and affluent suburbs in which carriers want to build are places that city councils …

The broad in-building wireless market, including small cell vendors, is increasingly targeting sales to the enterprise market as a way to solve for current coverage and capacity problems, as well as set the stage for enterprise-facing internet of things initiatives …

Enterprises will soon be able to deploy small cells that can be configured for any of the major U.S. LTE bands, and/or for the internet of things. SpiderCloud Wireless is shipping an enterprise-grade LTE small cell that can be software …

The internet of things (IoT) is helping farmers in developed and emerging countries improve the productivity of agriculture Precision agriculture can help farmers deal with a number of challenges such as water shortages, the limited availability of suitable lands for …

Developed with Intel Labs, Sprint says C3PO combines open source software with off-the-shelf hardware to drive network efficiencies The ever-increasing complexity of evolving telecommunications networks is forcing operators to quickly virtualize and automate network management and operational processes to keep …

Data traffic is expected to grow sevenfold by 2021 according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) report, driven by the continued increase in the number of smartphone users, widespread use of mobile applications, network speed improvements, massive mobile …

Three companies are currently carrying out smart parking pilots in five areas across the city The city of Milwaukee announced plans to replace old parking meters with new smart parking meters, which will allow authorities to implement different parking rates, the …

The U.K. telecommunications firm signed an IoT agreement with Matooma’s connectivity management offering French internet of things (IoT) company Matooma recently signed an agreement with U.K. telecom operator Vodafone for the provision of IoT connectivity. Under the terms of the …

Vendors increase support for AI, analytics, 5G A number of product launches this week aim to help operators navigate an increasingly software-centric world by better leveraging their networks and moving toward becoming digital businesses. At TM Forum, Netcracker made its most …

Bell Canada hack involved mostly email addresses Email addresses, names and telephone numbers of about 1.9 million Bell Canada customers were illegally accessed by an anonymous hacker, the operator acknowledged on Monday. “There is no indication that any financial, password …

Global chip companies are creating ever-smaller solutions not only for cellular IoT but also for dedicated low-power wide area networks. The latest comes from Switzerland’s u-Blox, which has reduced the size of its random phase multiple access modules by 65%. …

Wireless carriers and their partners are telling municipalities all over the U.S. that small cells can help them create smarter cities. But the dense downtown corridors and affluent suburbs in which carriers want to build are places that city councils …

Google affiliate Waymo and ride sharing service Lyft have confirmed that they are teaming up to work on self-driving cars. The deal was first reported by the New York Times.

ServiceMax leverages PTC ThingWorx platform to digitally transform field services At a high-level, field services refer to any action an enterprise takes that put staff out of the office and in front of customers or assets; examples include municipal waste …

Google affiliate Waymo and ride sharing service Lyft have confirmed that they are teaming up to work on self-driving cars. The deal was first reported by the New York Times. Waymo noted Lyft’s commitment to the smart city ideal, and …

Mobile manufacturers around the world have nearly doubled device storage capacity on an annual basis as high-end smartphones now offer more capacity (256GB) than some laptops. As consumers capture and access significantly more of their photo and video memories enabled …

Oil firms are embracing internet of things (IoT) technology and solutions in a move to improve productivity and face some of the industry’s challenges Shell Oil firm Shell is taking advantage of an internet of things (IoT) connectivity solution to …

Building on research published in January, IHS Markit Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh, writing in a op-ed piece published May 13 by The Hill, shares his view that 5G “will be a technology platform for innovation in virtually every industrial sector, from …

SEAT and Saba will work to provide new smart parking related functions Spanish carmaker SEAT and compatriot urban mobility solutions provider Saba have signed an agreement to provide new services to the vehicle mobility ecosystem including smart parking. Under the terms of …