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James Blackman

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James Blackman has been writing about the technology and telecoms sectors for over a decade. He has edited and contributed to a number of European news outlets and trade titles. He has also worked at telecoms company Huawei, leading media activity for its devices business in Western Europe. He is based in London.

  • AT&T mixes industry verticals and digital tech to brew-up new supply-chain magic

    by James Blackman March 13, 2019
    by James Blackman March 13, 2019

    The supply chain links the whole Industry 4.0 movement. For higher-grade operational intelligence to be brought to bear across the wider industrial market, the supply chain needs to mesh-in with …

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  • Telstra teams up with Software AG on IoT package for water utilities

    by James Blackman March 13, 2019
    by James Blackman March 13, 2019

    Australian operator Telstra has recruited German IT and IoT integration company Software AG to help it devise a software solution for automated water management. Telstra already uses Software AG’s Cumulocity …

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  • New “deep-tech” VC fund goes all-in for digital change, security and… cowgorithms

    by James Blackman March 13, 2019
    by James Blackman March 13, 2019

    New seed-stage private equity firm Ubiquity Ventures has made its first six investments in start-ups. Each of the companies selected for funding are in the industrial transformation or tech security …

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  • NTT bundles in FogHorn’s edge AI software to round out industrial IoT offer

    by James Blackman March 13, 2019
    by James Blackman March 13, 2019

    Japanese telecoms giant NTT is working with California-based industrial IoT software developer Foghorn to deliver edge-based machine intelligence to industrial clients. NTT-subsidiary NTT Data, offering systems-integration and IoT consultancy services, …

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  • Industrial companies are building private networks because they have to, says Nokia

    by James Blackman March 12, 2019
    by James Blackman March 12, 2019

    Industrial companies will invest in their own private LTE and 5G networks because the business case for digital change is irresistible, and because they want control of their own infrastructure. …

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  • “There are 1,500 IoT platforms; few know what they’re doing” – Software AG talks IoT tactics

    by James Blackman March 11, 2019
    by James Blackman March 11, 2019

    Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘Software AG cites deals with AT&T, AWS, Dell in pursuit of €24bn IoT opportunity’. Click here to go to the …

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  • Network and chipset advances will see NB-IoT shoulder the IoT workload, says Huawei

    by James Blackman March 11, 2019
    by James Blackman March 11, 2019

    NB-IoT connections will comprise the vast majority of cellular IoT by 2021, at up to 75 per cent and around one billion devices, according to Huawei. The number will climb …

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  • Software AG cites deals with AT&T, AWS, Dell in pursuit of €24bn IoT opportunity

    by James Blackman March 11, 2019
    by James Blackman March 11, 2019

    Germany-based Software AG has reorganised its channel strategy to prioritise IoT platform deals with the likes of AT&T, ‘hyper-scale’ cloud deals with the likes of AWS, edge hardware deals with …

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  • Vodafone joins consortium to test 4G and 5G drones, ready UK skies for robot deliveries

    by James Blackman March 7, 2019
    by James Blackman March 7, 2019

    Vodafone has joined a UK drone-testing consortium as network provider to develop tools and processes to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly safely in the same airspace as manned …

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  • Private networks, guaranteed service, total control – “We are proving 5G for Industry 4.0,” says Vodafone

    by James Blackman March 7, 2019
    by James Blackman March 7, 2019

    Vodafone will use a range of private networking options to serve industrial verticals, it has said, as it develops its advanced LTE and emerging 5G proposition for enterprises. These options …

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  • Port of Rotterdam extends private LTE setup to drive automation and intelligence

    by James Blackman March 6, 2019
    by James Blackman March 6, 2019

    Dutch industrial tech provider Koning & Hartman and Irish private-network provider Druid Software have extended their work to bring automation and intelligence to operations at the Port of Rotterdam. The …

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  • Google intros new AI edge hardware for predictive maintenance, machine vision, robotics

    by James Blackman March 6, 2019
    by James Blackman March 6, 2019

    Google has released new hardware for machine learning at the edge in the form of a single-board computer running its edge-based Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) processor. Alongside the new system-on-module …

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  • IBM intros industrial AI and IoT suite to help manage asset downtime and maintenance

    by James Blackman March 5, 2019
    by James Blackman March 5, 2019

    IBM has introduced a new suite of industrial internet of things (IoT) solutions for preventative and predictive downtime and maintenance that leverage artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. The solution will …

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  • Boston appoints first CISO to protect city and citizen data

    by James Blackman March 5, 2019
    by James Blackman March 5, 2019

    Boston has appointed its first chief information security officer (CISO) to lead its fight to secure the data of its city operations and its citizens, and to modernise its technology …

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  • SAP intros Leonardo IoT, tightens integration with Azure IoT Hub

    by James Blackman March 5, 2019
    by James Blackman March 5, 2019

    German software company SAP has launched a new internet of things (IoT) suite for its Leonardo platform, as well as closer cloud integration with Microsoft’s Azure IoT Hub. SAP Leonardo …

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  • Microsoft mixes gaming and industry to make HoloLens 2 the king of MWC gadgets

    by James Blackman March 1, 2019
    by James Blackman March 1, 2019

    Mobile World Congress (MWC) is an operator show, run by the GSMA operator group, that has always looked and sounded like a handsets show, dominated by device makers. On Sunday …

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  • LTE-V2X is ready to roll, says Ford, as Qualcomm releases chips, Vodafone runs tests, and market preps for 5G NR in 2022

    by James Blackman March 1, 2019
    by James Blackman March 1, 2019

    LTE-based cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology will launch in earnest in the next months, as new automotive chipsets and platforms are released. The first vehicles to feature 5G-based C-V2X, enabling autonomous …

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  • The raw and the cooked – Impressions of MWC 2019, and the state of ‘things’

    by James Blackman February 28, 2019
    by James Blackman February 28, 2019

    What is 5G anyway? Ericsson kicked off Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 by stating it is deploying 5G networks at pace, faster than anyone else. But these networks – alongside those …

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  • “We are tearing down walls” – AT&T promises faster testing and returns on LTE-M, NB-IoT

    by James Blackman February 28, 2019
    by James Blackman February 28, 2019

    Cameron Coursey, vice president of IoT product development at AT&T, got a laugh from the audience Sunday afternoon at the Mobile IoT Summit, a curtain raiser for Mobile World Congress …

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  • LoRaWAN community boosted by $25-$60 million venture fund

    by James Blackman February 28, 2019
    by James Blackman February 28, 2019

    Zurich-based Momenta Partners has launched a $25 million venture fund to foster startups and innovations in the low-power wide-area (LPWA) market, and specifically the LoRaWAN sector. The fund could stretch …

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  • Vodafone wins global ‘bootstrapping’ deal for Arm-based IoT devices

    by James Blackman February 27, 2019
    by James Blackman February 27, 2019

    Chip-design company Arm has appointed Vodafone as its global ‘bootstrap’ provider for NB-IoT and LTE-M devices based on its new line of integrated SIM (iSIM) designs. Emerging iSIM technology provides …

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  • Continental and HPE ride-share on blockchain data-trading for car makers

    by James Blackman February 27, 2019
    by James Blackman February 27, 2019

    IT company HPE and Continental, best known for making tyres, have revealed a new blockchain-based trading platform for vehicle data to help car makers monetise data and tie in with emerging …

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  • AT&T and Vodafone pool resources on 5G and C-V2X for automotive sector

    by James Blackman February 26, 2019
    by James Blackman February 26, 2019

    Vodafone and AT&T are pooling resources to accelerate adoption of mobile technologies in the automotive industry. The pair will collaborate, they said, on 5G and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technologies. The …

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  • ‘It’s never a good idea to compete with your own customers’ – Ericsson talks private LTE for industry

    by James Blackman February 26, 2019
    by James Blackman February 26, 2019

    Ericsson sought to set itself apart from Nokia in its approach to industrial markets at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as it made clear it will serve new industrial customers …

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  • SEAT and IBM showcase AI for smarter urban mobility

    by James Blackman February 26, 2019
    by James Blackman February 26, 2019

    Spanish car brand SEAT is using artificial intelligence (AI) from IBM Watson to bring information and guidance to city residents about their usage of cars, scooters, bikes and public transport. …

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