Chinese smart metering firm Hexing is bundling the Pelion IoT platform, from UK-based silicon design company Arm, and low-power Wi-SUN connectivity into its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), as it seeks to expand into Southeast Asia, India, South America, and Europe.
Hexing is offering Wi-SUN based...
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The low-power and short-range segments of the wider IoT market, along with industrial majors, are seeking to re-engineer and innovate afresh in order to produce rapid low-cost IoT sensing solutions to assist with the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Notably, IoT solution developer WMW, part of Belgian...
Paris based system integrator Altran is working with London edge-cloud startup Ori Industries to promote federated multi-access edge computing (MEC) so developers can deploy Industry 4.0 solutions on private LTE and 5G networks, in any geography, and telecoms operators can serve industrial partners on...
California-based Wind River is working with Chinese smart mining solutions provider Beijing Tage Idriver Technology Company on a software platform for autonomous mining vehicles for open-pit mining.
The mining industry has been an early adopter of autonomous vehicles and machinery to improve safety, increase productivity,...
Sigfox Germany has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of a range of sensors from Finnish IoT firm Connected Inventions.
The new range includes sensors for monitoring dust, temperature, humidity, CO2, and motion. Connected Inventions, is the hardware arm of Sigfox operators Connected Finland,...
German car giant BMW will invest €30 billion in “future-oriented” technologies during the next five years. The group has confirmed it will expand a blockchain pilot for purchasing front lights to suppliers of other car parts.
The announcements, made at the end of last month,...
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 IoT Accelerator is the Ericsson's IoT connectivity and device management platform, providing enterprises with a unified...
A new IoT innovation centre in Finland has been rigged up with private 5G from Elisa and IoT devices from Qualcomm. The facility will be opened shortly by new Finnish tech firm UROS, alongside US chip maker Qualcomm, as a “next generation” IoT showroom...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put focus on various communications technologies, if only as an adjunct to disciplines like healthcare and government, and as a means to work and play in lockdown.
As well as driving stay-at-home video traffic to services like Netflix and Zoom,...
Mission critical IoT connectivity a goal of Cisco acquisition
U.S. networking company Cisco announced the intent to acquire privately-held Fluidmesh Networks, a specialist in wireless backhaul systems, the former said in a release.
Fluidmesh’s technology delivers wireless solutions for mission critical applications. Fluidmesh’s solutions are quick to deploy...
The LoRa Alliance has announced a certification programme for affiliate non-members to obtain LoRaWAN device certification.
The new $10,000 affiliate programme covers full protocol testing, including of interoperability and radio performance. It will increase the volume and variety certified LoRaWAN devices available in the market,...
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 firm’s US office has issued a called to the IoT community to “join forces” to...
Swiss operator Sunrise has launched an IoT connectivity management platform to activate and monitor IoT SIM cards. It is targeted at smart manufacturing, smart farming, and smart sports stadiums.
The new connectivity management platform, called Sunrise IoT Connect, allows IoT customers to activate and manage...
Mission critical communications and broad IoT support among private network applicaitons
For several years now, Nokia has been touting 5G as the enabler of Industry 4.0 efforts to digitize industries of all sorts and using technology to increase efficiency, advance automation and drive global economic...
Industrial services firm PK Solutions is deploying private LTE in the 3.5 GHz CBRS band in the US for the oil and gas sector. It is working with Nokia and Cradlepoint on the offer.
PK Solutions, part of the PK Companies group, is based in...
Polish energy sector company PGE Systemy has appointed Nokia to deploy a pilot version of a private LTE network in the 450 MHz band.
The 450 MHz band is being adopted across Europe for smart grid applications. PGE Systemy’s private wireless network could upport up...
The cost of IoT sensors has halved in the last 10 years and is still on a downward trend. Sensors can monitor the chemical composition and moisture content of the soil in each part of a farm as well as the rainfall and temperature....
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Wide-area 5G enhancements coming as signal processing and full-duplex technologies evolve
More than 100 operators on six continents have deployed 5G networks, according to data compiled by Ookla. And, with 5G here now and already making an impact on consumers and businesses, the next step...
Smart networks are loose clusters of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, located around the world. Their networks serve as lightweight intermediate servers for thousands of data companies that depend on full access to publicly available data around the world. Millions of completely legally leased...
Driverless shuttle buses require four separate safety solutions to ensure they operate safely and reliably even in the event of technical failures. So says Bosch, which has led a €4.3 million research initiative to scope out back-up systems to guarantee automated public transport stays...
Swiss IoT company u-blox has bought UK-based Thingstream, which offers low power wide-area (LPWA) IoT connectivity based on the MQTT lightweight messaging protocol. The sale closed for at CHF 10 million (€9.5m / $10.4m), plus coverage for some deferred staff retention.
MQTT, short for message...
