The Belgian gas distributor will implement this smart metering initiative with Proximus LoRa network
Belgium gas distributor Antargaz announced it will equip its propane gas meters with smart sensors, which will automatically transmit meter readings using local telco Proximus' LoRa network.
Antargaz said that once the...
Part of a larger EU program, Helsinki smart city projects focus on energy and transportation
Finland’s capital Helsinki, along with two other European cities, have reached a three-year implementation stage in the mySMARTLife smart city development project 2016-2021, which aims to cut energy use by...
Tomorrow's low-latency 5G networks are expected to help carriers win new smart factory business, and Ericsson plans to be a major supplier of radio equipment for these efforts. Anders Svensson, principal solution manager at Ericsson, said the company expects enterprise customers to deploy private...
The Houston-based firm will deploy this system at 28 intersections along three major roads in the Californian smart city
The City of Chula Vista, in southern California--engaged in a number of smart city projects--has selected Trafficware’s SynchroGreen adaptive signal technology, which allows a smart signal...
New entity Hitachi Vantara targets IoT for enterprises in verticals including manufacturing, financial services, government, transportation and telecommunications
Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has announced the launch of Hitachi Vantara, a new business entity which will focus on the delivery of data-driven solutions for commercial and industrial enterprises.
This...
Namyangju has a population of 650,000 and is located 25 kilometers northeast of Seoul in the Republic of Korea. City leaders have been continuously promoting smart city project since 2008.
This Asian city has recently experienced rapid population growth followed by large-scale housing development to...
The two entities will explore opportunities to identify processes for efficient implementation of small cell solutions across campuses and cities
The Small Cell Forum (SCF) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) have announced an alliance to focus on smart communities and smart buildings.
The two organizations...
When it comes to IoT network news, Sprint has been the quietest of the four nationwide carriers. Verizon Wireless and AT&T have launched LTE Category M1 IoT networks, and T-Mobile US has promised the nation's first narrowband IoT network. Sprint is still rolling out...
The German company said that the smart city hub will be powered by Siemens’ cloud-based IoT OS MindSphere
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has signed an agreement with Siemens for the establishment of a smart city digital hub in Hong Kong Science...
5G key to Nokia's vertical, enterprise IoT market strategy
RCR Wireless News recently had the opportunity to visit with Nokia Chairman, Risto Siilasmaa. This post is the second in a series of articles from the interview held at Nokia headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Previous posts...
Huawei and the City of Weifang also agreed to move forward with the establishment of an NB-IoT innovation center
Huawei and the government of Weifang City, in China, have launched "IoT Weifang", an IoT city demo based on NB-IoT technology and Huawei OceanConnect IoT platform.
Under...
Samsung said smart sensors, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing will be among the top priorities of the new fund
Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Samsung Automotive Innovation Fund, a new $300 million pool which will focus exclusively on the automotive market. Samsung’s investment will put...
Almost everyone has heard the projections about billions of connected devices, but we hear less about the billions of dollars (or even millions of dollars) that companies are investing in the internet of things. When companies do invest, they are often looking at use...
Metro Atlanta Chamber will work with Accenture and other partners to oversee and advise on strategy and direction for smart cities
Accenture, AT&T, General Electric and The Weather Company along with Atlanta Committee for Progress have jointly launched IoT.ATL, a new initiative to attract internet...
The telco said the new modules are part of T-Mobile’s certification process for NB-IoT
Sierra Wireless announced that testing is underway for its next-generation Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) modules, which are expected to be certified and available for T-Mobile’s Narrowband IoT network in early 2018.
T-Mobile expects...
Bringing the IoT to health care one use case at a time
While vaccines save millions of lives each year about 1.5 million children die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Some factors that contribute to the availability of vaccines...
Rajeev Suri on Fourth Industrial Revolution for 'productivity gains, economic growth and business success'
SAN FRANCISCO--"Certainly there's plenty of hype," Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri said of the ICT-enabled, socalled Fourth Industrial Revolution during a keynote presentation at Mobile World Congress Americas this week. "Everyday there's...
American Tower and Philips Lighting partner on connected light poles to add network density for smart city applications
SAN FRANCISCO--Siting of wireless infrastructure in urban spaces is often a tricky proposition for wireless carriers and neutral host providers. Regulations vary between jurisdictions, which makes developing...
AT&T is exclusive reseller for GE Current intelligent sensor nodes in U.S. and Mexico
AT&T may be moving much of its workforce out of Atlanta, but the company clearly remains committed to the city. This week at Mobile World Congress Americas, AT&T said it will...
The two firms will initially focus on smart city use cases including environment, transportation systems and waste management.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and PwC have announced a project to jointly create a center of excellence (CoE) in Kolkata, India, to develop smart city technologies.
HPE and PwC...
The IIoT agreement will allow Yorkland?s customers to have access to IoTium?s NaaS solution
California-based IoTium, a network infrastructure company for the industrial internet of things (IIoT), has expanded its presence in Canada through a strategic distribution alliance with Yorkland Controls, a provider of control...
The City of Medellin, Colombia has been implementing smart city initiatives over the last several years. The Medellin Smart City Program consolidates ICT adoption processes, content generation, design of services, and support for public connectivity strategies with the aim of improving the relationship between...
The news provides a stream of reports that factory workers will be replaced by robots due to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
But actually, IIoT is transforming the way companies and factories operate by automating actionable information starting with the supply chain, through the...
The news provides a stream of reports that factory workers will be replaced by robots due to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
But actually, IIoT is transforming the way companies and factories operate by automating actionable information starting with the supply chain, through the...
