Amazon, Intel, DISH, Tata and Arduino, among others, have joined the LoRa Alliance variously as sponsor and contributor members, the group has announced. Amazon has joined as sponsor, along with German electricity distribution network operator Netze BW. Both companies are …
IoT module maker Telit has released two new narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) modules for smart metering, smart city applications, and smart agriculture applications. The firm said they are geared for companies to transition from 2G to LTE-based NB-IoT networks, offering the …
Private LTE works as a control and communications technology for drones, said Nokia, after concluding a test flight of a drone on a private LTE installation in Japan. The Finnish vendor worked with Sendai City in the centre of Tohoku …
This is just the beginning, says the Industrial Internet Consortium. Preoccupations with technology are only ever fleeting. The stakes are higher; the future is still being mapped out. 5G – so what? Who cares, really, so long as it works? …
Higher-order analytics tools are being embedded in the industrial space, as data science and data capture practices advance, and as compute power and wireless networking become more flexible. But machine learning is limited in its current form, and the ‘fourth …
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has added new definitions of ‘IoT sensor’ and ‘IoT actuator’ to its updated ‘dictionary’ of technical definitions for the industrial IoT (IIoT) sector. These terms describe similar IoT devices with dissimilar definitions, it says. We …
IoT system provider Itron has signed a deal with Rocky Mountain Power to deploy new smart meters and smart grid capabilities. The electric company, serving customers in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, will get a real-time read on grid devices and …
Postal company UPS has achieved another ‘first’ for drone deliveries by making a commercial delivery of a medical prescription from a pharmacy to a residential property. The firm’s drone subsidiary UPS Flight Forward received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration …
Small and medium sized enterprises can “punch above their weight” in global markets by taking IoT as-a-service from mobile operators. Where large organisations will go it alone, and develop their own IoT platforms internally, smaller companies must seek specialist partners. …
It seems, almost, like a daft question, except the hype around 5G is so all-consuming it threatens to eat complementary IoT technologies alive – most of which have the distinct advantage of being available already. It is dangerous ground, because …
Between them, US telecoms operator Sprint and Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson claim considerable experience in the IoT space. The variety of IoT use cases is vast, and ever-growing, they say. Just look at their websites to see their enterprise IoT …
Microsoft and Nokia are offering a private LTE and IoT bundle for operators and enterprises. UK based BT is the first operator to resell the package, offered as a managed service. The arrangement, which sees the Microsoft’s Azure based cloud …
Satellite connectivity, spurred by new projects from the likes of Amazon and SpaceX, will support 24 million IoT connections by 2024, bringing new competition to established IoT technologies like LoRaWAN, Sigfox and NB-IoT. While the burgeoning IoT market scratches it …
Spanish IoT hardware maker Libelium has announced a new strategy to expand its offer to include integrated hardware, software and systems. The company said at IoT Solutions World Congress 2019 in Barcelona it is moving into consultancy mode in order …
Nokia is to equip a major state-run industrial training facility in Brazil with 5G and AI to accelerate Industry 4.0 skills, trials, and deployments in the region. The Finnish vendor will deploy connectivity and analytics solutions at the country’s National …
IoT Solutions World Congress, in its fifth year (2019), has the whiff of MWC about it. It’s in Barcelona, at the same venue, and the faces are familiar — with a number of the European telecoms giants, big cloud brands, …
What is smart infrastructure? It sounds like a silly question, almost. But the rise of new digital technologies — spearheaded by IoT, AI, and 5G, as the tools of digital change — has shifted the meaning, from telecoms poles and …
Microsoft has added a rush of new capabilities variously to its IoT development platform and its IoT cloud platform to simplify and scale IoT deployments. It has added a number of features to its IoT Central app development platform. The …
Deutsche Telekom has launched a blockchain marketplace for German enterprises. The new German blockchain ecosystem (GBE) will enable customers to “map” different applications using blockchain. The service, from Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems, will allow businesses to map a product’s entire …
South Korean car brand Hyundai has partnered with Silicon Valley AI firm Pony and New York City based ride-sharing company Via to launch a shared, on-demand, autonomous vehicle service on public roads in California. The pilot service, branded BotRide, launches …
French IoT firm Traxens has joined the Port of Rotterdam’s new smart container project, Container 42. It will provide the sensors in the container, to measure various physical and environmental impacts, as the container makes its way around the world …
Verizon has installed millimeter wave 5G at Corning’s fibre optic cable factory in Hickory, North Carolina. The pair will build a “factory of the future” to take “massive steps forward in robotics and automation”. At the same time, Verizon has …
Seven mining and metals companies have joined a World Economic Forum initiative to design and deploy blockchain solutions for the whole industry. The seven founding companies are Antofagasta Minerals, Eurasian Resources Group, Glencore, Klöckner & Co, Minsur, Tata Steel, Anglo …
Qualcomm is working with over 30 Chinese automotive companies, including the China-based joint ventures with European and US car makers, to showcase the commercial viability of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology for connected and autonomous vehicles. China will deploy commercial C-V2X …
Germany industrial giant Siemens has announced a deal to acquire US startup Pixeom for an undisclosed fee, in a move to boost its industrial automation and digitalization division. Pixeom, responsible for the original Raspberry Pi-based personal cloud platform back in …
