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? Connectivity is a utility...
Japanese car maker Subaru and compatriot telecommunications group SoftBank have started joint research on use cases that apply 5G mobile communication systems and cellular V2X (C-V2X) communication systems to help realize an automated driving society, SoftBank said in a statement.
With the main aim of eliminating...
While IOT is one of the key areas of development for next generation wireless technology, many discussions and conference presentations on IOT focus on technology and use cases. There are many companies that are building the necessary components, networks, and applications that enable the...
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 industrial revolution’ will slow...
ADLINK helps enterprises unlock IoT value with time and cost efficiencies
Right now sorting boxes onto the appropriate pallet as these goods move through a supply chain is a time-consuming, error-prone manual process. But it doesn’t have to be. During the recent PACK Expo in...
Korean carrier KT Corp. and compatriot shipbuilding conglomerate Hyundai Heavy Industries Group announced a collaboration to jointly develop advanced smart factory solutions based on 5G, Korean news agency Yonhap reported. In May, the two companies had inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to join...
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 consider these definitions, below.
The...
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 operations, said Itron.
Rocky Mountain...
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 (FAA) to operate a...
As Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices become more and more commonplace, the uses for such devices continues to expand. One of the key places they are appearing is as part of so-called “smart city” projects.
The benefits of smart city technologies are apparent, but the sheer size...
Cities are becoming smarter by producing greater public-sector efficiencies through sensors, IoT, LTE connectivity, and data analysis. The change of culture and technology is causing towns, cities, counties, and even entire states, to adapt to technologies that help lower costs, increase productivity, and improve...
Vodafone hunting first commercial NB-IoT deal
Indian telecommunications
operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are currently
getting ready to launch commercial NB-IoT services in the Indian market in the
coming months, according to a report by The Economic Times.
The two telcos have already inked partnerships with several...
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.
At the same time,...
As Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices become more and more commonplace, the uses for such devices continues to expand. One of the key places they are appearing is as part of so-called “smart city” projects.
The benefits of smart city technologies are apparent, but the sheer size...
Logistics and transport are definitely the industries that will significantly benefit from the solutions brought by Internet of Things. We can also safely state that every industry uses transport services or logistics processes to a greater or lesser extent. This is what causes these...
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 IoT installations need time...
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 stories stacking up. But...
UK telco O2 has signed an
agreement to provide 5G connectivity for the testing of connected and
autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in the Smart Mobility Living Lab (SMLL) in London,
the carrier said in a release.
O2 said that its 3.4 GHz "5G-ready" spectrum will enable car manufacturers, self-driving...
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 and analytics offered with...
Nokia has signed a contract with telecommunications service provider Hutchison 3 Indonesia (3ID) to provide IoT coverage to enterprises in Indonesia, the Finnish vendor said in a release.
Nokia said that 3ID will utilize its fully virtualized Nokia Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) managed service...
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By 2020—just a few short months away—millennials will make up over 50% of the workforce. If you don’t understand your company’s average millennial retention rate (not your overall retention rate), it could be costing you a lot.
The average millennial stays...
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 head at the array of...
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 to capture more complex IoT...
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 Service for Industrial Training (SENAI-SP)...
