Factories are bringing intelligence to the production line in a number of ways. Most are focused on integration between machines on the factory floor and leveraging sensor data for actionable insights.
Texas-based software firm Epicor identifies certain examples: shop-floor scorecard systems for reviewing performance, touchscreen...
Qualcomm is working with California-based Trimble to make high accuracy positioning solutions for cellular vehicle-to-everything services (C-V2X) in connected and autonomous vehicles.
Qualcomm said it will host Trimble’s RTX sitioning software library on its Snapdragon platforms for the vehicle market. Qualcomm’s 4G and 5G based...
French IoT firm Traxens has struck deals with logistics and transport providers Inter Transit Pharma (ITP) and Inter Transit et Prestations Logistiques (ITPL) for real-time precision tracking of consignments of pharmaceuticals auto-parts by air and sea to Africa.
ITP and ITPL are part of...
Last week I attended the Qualcomm global analyst briefing and media event. Part one was called The Future of 5G. Part two was Connectivity, Networking and IoT. The event focused on tomorrow and looked at a variety of key technologies like 5G, Wi-Fi 6,...
Sprint has signed a strategic partnership with technology solutions provider CalAm to deliver intelligent telematics devices and software applications, along with CalAmp iOn Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) subscription services.
The relationship further expands Sprint's range of connected car, fleet and asset management services for enterprise and business...
At
least 25 mobile operators worldwide are currently involved in trials of LTE or
5G-based Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technologies, according to a
recent study by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).
In its
report, GSA has identified the following cellular-V2X ecosystem status:
-25
operators involved in trials of LTE- or 5G-based...
Telecoms vendor Huawei has partnered with Chinese agricultural technology supplier XAG on a series of experiments to explore the application of 5G and AI in agriculture.
XAG is also an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufacturer, producing drones, alongside internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence...
Hitachi Vantara has introduced a suite of AI-flavoured industrial IoT solutions to accelerate digital transformation on the shop floor in manufacturing operations.
The new Lumada Manufacturing Insights package applies “data science rigor to drive continuous improvement” in manufacturing, said Hitachi Vantara. It incorporates artificial intelligence...
AT&T has joined Qualcomm’s smart cities accelerator programme, which now counts almost 70 members and met for the first time in San Diego last week.
The initiative has been convened as a collaboration vehicle, to connect cities, municipalities, government agencies and enterprises with end-to-end smart...
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel is currently focusing on the development of internet of things applications to expand its presence in this segment, local newspaper Economic Times reported Sundi Raman, head of digital products and IoT for Airtel Business, as saying.
Raman said that India was...
California-based software developer FogHorn provides edge intelligence software for industrial and commercial IoT applications.
The company has signed with auto-parts maker ADVICS to deploy its edge compute software to enable real-time analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) as part of its “smart factory transition”.
It is...
BehrTech is a Toronto-based industrial IoT connectivity provider claiming a “disruptive” streak in the burgeoning low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking market. The company has just issued a (privately commissioned, independently researched) report that says its novel telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB) technology is better than LoRaWAN.
Indeed, it...
“It's like a secret recipe,” says Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at German firm Software AG, when asked about why the car industry is not crowing, yet, about its paint-shop analytics solution, developed with German robot maker Dürr, and rolled out by at least two...
Deutsche Telekom has added new partners for its 5G-based smart factory ecosystem, the German telco said in a statement.
The new partners are EK Automation, Konica Minolta and Endress+Hauser.
"Our development of a complete 5G ecosystem for industry will accelerate the pace of digitization in industry....
The Italian smart port of Livorno in Italy is to showcase how buzzword industrial tech like 5G, AI, and IoT can help enterprises, municipalities and governments to bring forward environmental improvements to meet the United Nations’ ‘sustainable development goals’ (SDGs).
The SDGs were set out...
Deloitte has launched a pre-configured suite of cloud-based IoT applications designed to accelerate smart factory transformations for companies with manufacturing operations.
Powered
by Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT, the Smart Factory Fabric suite of services is
aimed at helping industrial companies improve their operational performance and
reduce...
German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies is investing €1.6 billion in a new, fully automated factory for producing 300-millimeter thin wafer chips in Villach, in Austria. It has recruited German data integration and analytics firm Software AG to underpin the new site’s manufacturing execution (MES)...
How is data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) transforming the manufacturing sector? In the third installment in a new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at the role of data analytics techniques to bring intelligence to manufacturing operations.
How is data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) transforming the manufacturing sector? In the third installment in a new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at the role of data analytics techniques to bring intelligence to manufacturing operations.
Buildings and transportation use cases are well served by combining unlicensed Wi-Fi and LoRaWAN, according to a new white paper from the two organisations responsible for developing and promoting the technologies.
The Wireless Broadband Alliance and the LoRa Alliance have said use cases in the...
Digital and connected technologies are transforming first responder organizations by increasing accountability, improving first responder safety, and enhancing triage and treatment. However, these new technologies can create new challenges if they are not implemented correctly, which can consume already limited budgets and precious man-hours.
This...
The city of Cleveland, in Ohio, has upgraded its network of 61,000 streetlights with connected LED lights.
The work, which took just three business days, has also included installation of 1,000 cameras on the lighting infrastructure. These will be operated by the Cleveland Police...
With so many players within the IoT space, from device makers to network providers and even traditional enterprises adopting technical solutions, it has been difficult to establish a standard for connectivity, creating a “wild west” of different standards that had held back interoperability of...
Huawei Technologies, China Unicom
and China Eastern Airlines have launched a 5G-based smart travel service system
at Beijing Daxing International Airport.
The partners said that 5G smart travel service system enables an improved airport experience for passengers. 5G-enabled services, such as facial recognition for check-in and security,...
