Infineon Technologies has released a new ‘trusted platform module’ (TPM) to protect data in industrial PCs, servers, industrial controllers, and edge gateways. Its new OPTIGA TPM SLM 9670 controls access to key data within a digital factory functions, as well as their interface to...
Logistics company UPS has completed the first commercial drone-based deliveries of medical samples to a private hospital and campus in Raleigh, in North Carolina. The flights have been green-lighted by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
UPS is...
Bosch has raised more than €1.5 billion in revenue from the implementation of Industry 4.0 techniques in its own factories, as well as its customers’ factories, during the past four years, it has said. The company has set an incremental revenue target of €1...
The two companies aim to pilot the initial smart factory solutions next month
Canadian firm Kontrol Energy and Toyota Tsusho Canada Inc. (TTCI) have signed an agreement to implement smart factory technology solutions.
Under the deal, the new smart factory solutions will combine Kontrol's Internet of Things...
Germany-based Software AG has released a new self-service analytics tool to enable operational staff to rapidly spin-up analysis of real-time streaming data from industrial machines and solve and predict production issues.
The new solution, called Analytics Builder, is effectively a skin for Software AG’s Apama...
Arm is going after energy providers and device makers after striking a deal with Singapore-based EDMI, manufacturer of IoT modules for utilities, to provide the management platform for smart meter devices, connectivity, and data.
EDMI, owned by Osaki Electric Company in Japan, has major smart...
The entity also said that 140 operators are currently investing in NB-IoT networks globally
A total of 102 operators in 52 countries have already deployed either narrowband internet of things or LTE-M technology, according to a recent study by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association.
Of these,...
Nokia is building private LTE and 5G coverage for the ARENA2036 automotive research factory in Stuttgart in collaboration with members of the German car and manufacturing industries, including Daimler, Bosch and TRUMPF.
Nokia will provide full private 4G/LTE and 5G New Radio coverage for the...
Among telecoms operators grappling with the concept of private industrial networks, and ways to coexist with enterprises seeking control of their own LTE and 5G infrastructure, Telefónica cuts an assured figure. It has been developing its strategy around private networks for 18 months at...
The city of Darwin in Australia has appointed UK-based lighting-controls provider Telensa to connect and make-smart around 10,000 new LED street lights.
Darwin is replacing 10,000 lights on its public lighting network with LEDs. Telensa is providing the connectivity and management platform. This will introduce...
AUSTIN, Texas, March 25, 2019 — Digital transformation of the supply chain will be bookended by two key technologies: the internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). Everything else is held in place by these twin digital capabilities.
This is the conclusion of a new editorial...
Through an agreement with Alfanar, the Chinese vendor will initially launch specific solutions in Saudi Arabia
Huawei has inked a partnership with Middle East electrical product manufacturer Alfanar to explore how IoT and 5G technologies can be implemented in the latter’s electrical products.
Under the terms...
Incoming 5G technologies will be key for higher reliability and lower latency of industrial automation processes, said Bosch Rexrouth, the automation technology unit of German industrial giant Bosch Group, ahead of the Hannover Messe 2019 next week.
Bosch reckons the so-called Industry 4.0 movement, capturing...
Ericsson has launched a private network solution that seeks to simplify the deployment and management of private LTE and 5G networks for industrial enterprises with no prior experience of cellular network operations.
Compatriot transport company Scania has already implemented the package, dubbed Ericsson Industry...
The company also announced a deal to deploy self-driving vehicles in a private development in California
Self-driving vehicle company Optimus Ride announced plans to deploy its self-driving systems at two sites in the United States.
The first site is the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 300-acre modern...
Private cellular networks are standard 3GPP-based cellular networks offering a combination of low-power wide-area (LPWA), broadband LTE, and even ‘massive’-scale, ultra-reliable 5G connectivity for exclusive use by private parties.
They are deployed and managed separately of public cellular networks, but function in the same way....
The carrier said that the new tool will allow customers to access customized IoT data pricing
Sprint has launched the Curiosity IoT Estimation Tool, which it claims is the industry’s first interactive online estimation tool which allows small and medium-size business and enterprise customers, immediate access...
For digital transformation of the supply chain, artificial intelligence (AI) is effectively the only game in town. This is because it is the only technological discipline that knits together a chain of supply, making its parts work in concert to bring intelligence across its...
If the internet of things (IoT), utilising both low-power and high-bandwidth connectivity, establishes an architectural springboard for digital change, then AI provides the industrial elasticity that will make the market bounce. This report looks at how IoT and AI, combined, will make the demand...
The digital transformation of the supply chain and logistics sectors – a review of the strategies, technologies and stakes in play as the global supply chain industry seeks more sustainable and competitive ways to supply the world.
UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman dives...
5G networks will only achieve the required reliability and latency for autonomous driving if sufficient edge compute functions are brought close to the roadside and architected correctly. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, between vehicles and with road infrastructure and services, will not enable driving systems to...
Finnish network vendor Nokia and Finnish private LTE provider Ukkoverkot have signed a five-year deal to bring connectivity, automation, and intelligence to the Port of Oulu, also in Finland. The project will start with the establishment of a private LTE network, attaching to internet...
5G, the next generation of wireless technology, is poised to have a significant impact on the commercial real estate industry--if stakeholders can coalesce on a straightforward strategy to bring 5G indoors. As 5G ’s enhanced IoT capabilities enable more of the built environment to...
The new platform will allow cars from these three manufacturers to have access to a wide range of connected car services
Global automotive alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi announced the production release of the Alliance Intelligent Cloud, a new platform that is enabling Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors...
