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IoT connected devices will be more demanding than human customers (Reader Forum)

Enterprise IoT will play a key role in the 5G era, bringing with it multiple revenue and monetisation opportunities for operators. Research conducted by GSMA Intelligence has shown that 5G is set to contribute $2.2 trillion to the global economy over the next 14...

IoT connected devices will be more demanding than human customers (Reader Forum)

Enterprise IoT will play a key role in the 5G era, bringing with it multiple revenue and monetisation opportunities for operators. Research conducted by GSMA Intelligence has shown that 5G is set to contribute $2.2 trillion to the global economy over the next 14...

The bee’s knees – four ways IoT and AI are helping to save honey bees

World Honeybee Day is on the third Saturday in August every year, and this weekend (August 15) this year. North Carolina based analytics firm SAS Institute has used the occasion to draw attention to the way new IoT and AI technologies are helping to...

Verizon builds cm-level RTK into 5G network to prep for drone deliveries, driverless cars

Verizon is deploying real-time kinematic (RTK) satellite navigation on its 5G network in the US, to offer hyper-precise positioning with centimetre-level location accuracy for IoT tracking services, and notably development of drone deliveries and autonomous vehicles. Standard GPS positioning affords location accuracy of three-to-nine metres;...

VoltDB White Paper: Proactive Fraud Prevention for Industrial IoT

With IIoT’s promise of ubiquitous connectivity and automation come the all too familiar risks of hacker intrusion, fraud, and revenue leakage. Securing IIoT networks will require intelligent threat detection and prevention solutions that automate the process of not just mitigating risks, but proactively preventing...

NTT and Mavenir target Industry 4.0 in Germany with open private-5G combo

NTT Data, the business services division of NTT Group, is working with open RAN provider Mavenir to jointly develop a “complete range” of radio and core access solutions, plus data and device management platforms and analytics tools, for private 5G and 4G networks in...

Twenty miles with Bluetooth – new beacon billed as ‘game-changer’ for IoT, rival for LTE

Texas-based Apptricity has launched a long-range Bluetooth beacon capable of connecting sensors at distances of up to 20 miles outdoors, and up to 20 storeys indoors. It is presented as a low-cost alternative to LTE and satellite for long-range IoT connectivity, and a simpler...

Coca-Cola bottling firm CCEP signs cloud deal with IBM as ‘springboard’ for IoT, AI

Coca-Cola European Partners has signed a multiyear agreement with IBM to move to an open hybrid cloud environment to create a “springboard” to launch IoT and AI technologies to bring new insights to its operations and drive efficiencies. Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) was formed in...

Dell, Tech Mahindra get behind Software AG’s Covid app, after ‘Europe-wide’ testing

Software AG has released a social distancing solution via its partners, including Dell Technologies and Tech Mahindra, to help companies navigate the complexities of virus spreading in the workplace. The solution is being piloted by food production facilities and process manufacturing plants “across Europe”,...

Microsoft, Snam team up on IoT and AI to build ‘energy company of the future’

US tech giant Microsoft and Italian natural gas utility Snam are developing a hybrid cloud infrastructure based on Azure to raise the processing power within Snam’s IoT sensor network, to bring efficiency and flexibility to its operations. The deal will help to build the...

Keysight Webinar: IoT Tech Talks

Spend 15 minutes with Keysight experts to get your IoT test challenges addressed.  Access the on-demand sessions and join us live for the Battery Life Talk on August 13th. Be sure to register, enter your questions and join the conversation.  We want to hear from you.

What is ‘the 15 minute city’ – and why it is the same as a ‘smart city’

Note, this article originally appeared as a blog post on the Guidehouse Insights website; it is reprinted here with permission. The original article can be found here.  “La ville du quart d’heure” was a key theme for Anne Hidalgo during her successful reelection campaign for mayor of...

Connected social care and the ‘spirit of 5G’ – all about Liverpool’s £7m smart-city 5G win

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 care services, and other public bodies. The project will establish a private millimeter wave...

BT adds industrial AR to ‘Disneyland for industrialists’ at UK research HQ

UK telecoms firm BT has unveiled a new augmented reality (AR) demo as part of its ‘connected industry’ showcase at its Adastral Park science campus. The enhanced industrial IoT exhibit is one of nine functional digital-change showcases, arranged like a “Disneyland for industry decision...

Hitachi buys UK rail tech specialist Perpetuum to deliver smarter trains

The rail transport division of Japanese industrial conglomerate Hitachi Group has announced a deal to acquire UK-based rail technology firm Perpetuum for an undisclosed fee. Perpetuum, based in Southampton, offers train monitoring solutions that combine IoT-based wireless sensors and AI-based data analytics to enable train...

Divided, but diversified – European takeup of enterprise AI shows stuttering promise

European enterprises are divided about adoption of AI for digital transformation, with two-in-five embracing AI technologies and two-in-five disinclined to engage with them. But the remainder are interested, and the diversity of AI technologies being adopted suggests decent momentum. This is the conclusion of a...

Altran White Paper: 5G Network Operations

To manage such highly scalable and recursively sliced 5G networks and to maintain the customer QoE and SLAs in real time, the OSS systems managing the operations must be autonomous and self driven. It should be AI/ML based and must support cognitive algorithms for...

Five verticals for hybrid IoT – where short- and long-range IoT tech meet

Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for the full report, which is free to download. A webinar on the same subject,...

Ireland looks to put cities in charge of coordinated neutral host 5G networks

Ireland has put city administrators and neutral host networks at the centre of a new five-year roadmap to bring 5G connectivity to the nation, and to stimulate economic growth. Dublin City Council will lead a “market engagement exercise” through the rest of 2020 to...

Bosch and Ericsson hone 5G for Industry 4.0, rollout private 5G in Germany

Bosch has started to build a private industrial 5G network at its semiconductor factory in Reutlingen, in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, to test for Industry 4.0 compatibility and network optimisation, along with industrial partners including ABB, Ericsson, Orange, and T-Systems. The Reutlingen industrial 5G network will...

BAE Systems, Nissan line up behind new £30m UK fund for industrial 5G

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 as it seeks to open up UK telecoms supply chains. The £30 million package from...

Operators ‘uniquely placed’ to serve Industry 4.0 market, claims NGMN report

Mobile network operators are “uniquely placed” to provide a fully integrated solution for ‘verticals’ that encompasses networking, edge and cloud-based compute infrastructure, and data and device management platforms, according to the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance. The alliance, representing mobile operators across the globe,...

Nokia promises “groundbreaking” 5G robotics from new India-based R&D facility

Nokia has announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), for research and higher education in science and engineering, to establish a new ‘centre of excellence’ for networked robotics, with a major focus on 5G-connected drones in smart agriculture and emergency services.  The...

“A private 5G backbone with BLE breakouts” – the Vodafone view on hybrid IoT

Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for the full report, which is free to download. A webinar on the same subject, with panellists...