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How is Huawei enabling smarter cities?

Huawei has developed multiple technologies for the smart city concept, such as smart government, safe city, smart emergency command, smart education, smart grid and smart tourism, as well as smart hospital. The Chinese company said its smart city solution is now used in more than...

Huawei explores robots-as-a-service for smart manufacturing

The vision is for smart manufacturing applications to be supported by a dedicated 5G network slice 5G is about a lot more than simply higher mobile data rates. The ultra high capacity and ultra low latency of 5G could support a wide range of valuable...

How tiny antennas track sports stars in action

The internet of things is not just for things -- people are also tracked by tiny antennas and sensors. Wearable devices can be used to track children and elderly people, and also to monitor and measure the performance of professional athletes. “A wearable device...

Microsoft partners with Amazon for smart home

Microsoft wants to make sure its Cortana personal assistant isn't dropped at the door when users get home from work. The software giant is partnering with Amazon to integrate Cortana with Amazon Echo, the retail giant's smart home device. Users will be able to...

Which carrier is winning the IoT race?

The internet of things is the next frontier for mobile network operators, as smartphone growth slows down and new mobile chips enable low-cost connections for all manner of assets and equipment. Companies in almost every industry are investigating the IoT, and carriers want them...

Sigfox deploys IoT network in Buffalo through agreement with a local university

Professors and students at the University of Buffalo will have access to an innovative technology platform The city of Buffalo has deployed an internet of things (IoT) network through a partnership between French IoT company Sigfox and the University at Buffalo’s School of Engineering and...

Ayla Networks inks IoT cooperation agreement with China Unicom

Both companies will focus on developing solutions for smart home, connected car and AI Ayla Networks, a global IoT platform for manufacturers has inked a cooperation agreement with China Unicom. Under the agreement, both companies agreed to develop solutions for smart home and other IoT markets....

Three smart factory case studies

Smart manufacturing is a process that utilizes internet-connected machinery to monitor the overall production process. The main goal of smart manufacturing is to identify opportunities for automating manufacturing operations and use data analytics to improve the overall performance of the manufacturing process. The smart factory...

Enterprise IoT Report: The building blocks of smart cities – IoT policies and technologies for urban sustainability

The world’s fortunes are made in its cities. To a greater extent, its defining challenges – climate change, poverty, inequality – must also be solved in them. And solutions must be found against the tide. More than half the global population now lives in...

Enterprise IoT Webinar: The building blocks of smart cities: IoT policies and technologies for urban sustainability

The world’s fortunes are made in its cities. To a greater extent, its defining challenges – climate change, poverty, inequality – must also be solved in them. And solutions must be found against the tide. More than half the global population now lives in...

Enterprise IoT Webinar: The building blocks of smart cities: IoT policies and technologies for urban sustainability

The world’s fortunes are made in its cities. To a greater extent, its defining challenges – climate change, poverty, inequality – must also be solved in them. And solutions must be found against the tide. More than half the global population now lives in...

Enterprise IoT Editorial Report: The building blocks of smart cities – IoT policies and technologies for urban sustainability

The world’s fortunes are made in its cities. To a greater extent, its defining challenges – climate change, poverty, inequality – must also be solved in them. And solutions must be found against the tide. More than half the global population now lives in...

IoT firm Cubic Telecom gets almost $50 million in financing

The Irish company said the new investment will allow updates in its IoT platform and the expansion of engineering capabilities in its headquarters Global IoT firm Cubic Telecom has announced the close of a 40 million euros ($47.7 million) investment round. The new investment, which...

How is Nokia enabling smarter cities

To improve the quality of life in urban areas, many cities are attempting to harness the power of the internet of things (IoT) to combat crime, increase efficiency, drive economic growth and improve accessibility, according to Nokia. The company offers a wide range of...

Apple and Accenture partner to bring IoT data to iOS apps

Apple CEO Tim Cook says businesses have only scratched the surface of what they can do with the company's products, and to help them dive in deeper Apple is partnering with professional services giant Accenture. Describing Accenture as "a leader in industry and digital...

The most important call (Reader Forum)

Google just announced the ability to make telephone calls from its Google Home speaker. At first, calling will be limited to outbound calls. Amazon was first to bring outbound and inbound calling capability to its Echo speaker device. The most important outbound call...

Kaspersky Lab launches IoT scanner

The IoT launch occurs while the FBI is reportedly urging U.S. firms to stop using Kapersky Lab’s security solutions Kaspersky Lab has released a beta version of its solution for the smart home and the internet of things (IoT) - Kaspersky IoT Scanner. This free...

‘Paperless manufacturing’ enabled by GE Digital

Manufacturing execution system ups productivity at GE Aviation plant GE Digital is focused on leveraging the industrial internet of things to drive digital transformation in various industrial sectors including manufacturing. It's latest manufacturing execution systems (MES) software, which covers everything from pairing certified workers with...

Turkcell rolls out NB-IoT across Turkey

Turkcell is the latest mobile operator to add narrowband IoT technology to its network. NB-IoT is part of 3GPP Release 13, and gives mobile network operators a very cost effective way to offer their customers a way to connect assets and equipment to the...

Researchers call for new wireless infrastructure to support IoT

Academic researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, Princeton and Notre Dame have collaborated to recommend requirements for the wireless infrastructure that will support the internet of things. The researchers said that despite the quality of today's wireless networks "there remain very difficult challenges to...

Narrowband IoT – Solving the last-mile problem of the internet of things (Reader Forum)

The internet of things (IoT) has a last-mile problem. While the cloud infrastructure to gather and analyze data is ready today, a robust wireless infrastructure with the range, low-power and low-cost characteristics to connect large numbers of devices to the internet hasn’t been ready...

Accenture develops driving behavior initiative in Japan

The data collected from taxis and drivers will be processed using Intel’s IoT platform reference architecture Accenture, together with Japanese insurance company Sompo Japan Nipponkoa and taxi firm Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo are collaborating to build a deep learning algorithm using the Intel IoT platform reference...

UK government allocates $10.4 million for truck platooning trial

The trial will have three phases, and will initially focus on the potential for truck platooning on the UK’s major roads. The U.K. government confirmed it has allocated £8.1 million ($10.4 million) to carry out track platooning trials. Officials explained that the platoonin trials will...

Cisco Jasper enables first IoT offering in Kazakhstan

Local telco KaR-Tel will offer IoT for smart meters, connected cars, retail and agriculture through Cisco Jasper's platform KaR-Tel, a mobile and network service provider in Kazakhstan, has announced a collaboration with Cisco Jasper to deliver internet of things (IoT) services across the country through...