Healthcare

The city of Liverpool has just won a £4.3 million fund, topped-up to £7.15 million, from the UK government to build a private 5G network for local health and social …

The UK government has awarded £30 million to six new 5G testbeds, as part of a wider £200 million campaign to leverage 5G to energise the UK industrial sector, and …

Health tech startup Upstream Health has developed a low-cost IoT monitoring solution with the UK-based Thingstream division of IoT semiconductor maker U-Blox (branded ‘u-blox’) to help with remote care of …

UK based telecoms provider Vilicom has struck a deal with Danish power company Ørsted to design and deploy an LTE network at its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. On completion, …

A first principle of private cellular in shared or unlicensed spectrum is LTE-based networks can be quickly deployed in emergency scenarios. This is the idea with various network-in-a-box solutions, which …

Technology has a history of helping to track and treat viruses. With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, people are asking how new technologies such as …

    The Kudelski Group, which specializes in digital security, and hardware designer and manufacturer CoreKinect announced the launch of a joint solution enabling hospitals, government agencies and non-governmental organizations …

France-based industrial software provider Dassault Systèmes and China-based facilities management company Aden Group are combining their digital twin and modular architecture platforms to fast-track hospital construction. The arrangement is in …

Thyssenkrupp Elevator and CommScope announced separate actions to help their respective customers to mitigate the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thyssenkrupp Elevator said in a release that it is …

  U.S. company Semtech said that several of its customers, including CIAAIoT, EasyLinkin, IOCA, RisingHF, and Winext Technology, have integrated Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol with cloud-based platforms …

Ericsson IoT Accelerator and Sony Network Communications Europe’s smart IoT services, said they are collaborating to enhance real-time location and tracking solutions for different sectors Using Telenor Connexion’s network. Ericsson …

Sigfox is offering to waive connectivity costs for US-based IoT projects developed on its connectivity infrastructure that seek to address critical challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The French …

Smart building solution provider Johnson Controls is delivering essential products, services, and personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company?s chairman and CEO,?George Oliver, said.  “At times like these, it is …

The number of connected devices in the medical is growing fast, and while these IoT devices will bring a greater efficiency and innovation to the medical field, allowing patients to …

  Verizon and Emory Healthcare have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test 5G use cases that could transform the healthcare industry, the U.S. carrier said in a …

  Korean telco KT and Samsung said they have successfully tested several applications for new 5G medical services throughout Samsung Medical Center?s complex in Seoul, Korean press reported. The two …

Digital technologies present many exciting opportunities for improving patient outcomes. Remote monitoring with medical sensors, shared access to patient records, personalized care plans, remote robotic surgery — and, the list …

Japan’s Softbank will plough artificial intelligence (AI) and internet-of-things (IoT) technologies into a burgeoning smart city project in Indonesia, after striking a deal with Jakarta-based conglomerate Lippo Group. The deal, …

A doctor in Rome has performed “major surgery” on a patient in an operating theatre in the city of Terni, 100 kilometres away, using virtual reality glasses and a 5G …

U.K. operator BT and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) are currently demonstrating scenarios where 5G technology could provide solutions for the healthcare sector. BT highlighted that the technology …

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 …

Smart hospitals to focus on patient-centric care Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management and automation, and?ThoughtWire, a provider of Digitsl solutions for the built environment, recently signed a partnership …

The steady liberalisation of radio spectrum for private and shared usage in various markets, along with the growing realisation among traditional network operators that their licensed spectrum mat be better …

Package delivery company UPS has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate a fleet of aerial delivery drones. The certification puts no limits on the size or …