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Smart assets and NB-IoT: the case for small cells

A vending machine that breaks or runs out of Coke is frustrating, but most people who encounter it won't make time to contact the company that owns the machine. By the time the machine owner finds out, money has been lost. It's a big...

What is an IoT gateway?

 An internet of things (IoT) gateway is a device that connects IoT devices, equipment systems, sensors and the cloud. By connecting the devices in the field and a centralized cloud, the IoT gateway offers local processing and storage solutions, as well as the ability to autonomously...

Analyst Angle: Massive growth in IoT leveraged by fulcrum of 4G and 5G technologies

The utility of communications technologies, including those already in 4G and new innovations being developed for upcoming 5G, are increasingly leveraged in the higher levels of the IoT value chain: from technologies, chips and network equipment to devices, operator services and into vertical applications...

Construction group Skanska taps Ericsson for IoT in smart buildings

Smart buildings, which feature in-building wireless connectivity platforms that support everything from consumer- or business-level mobile broadband use to building automation and other internet of things (IoT) systems, are a hot topic in the construction and commercial real estate sector. Connectivity adds value in...

New partnership focuses on bringing new enterprise IoT solutions to China

Infiswift will provide the platform while Chinese company UEC will sell and integrate enterprise IoT solutions for the Chinese market California-based Infiswift, an enterprise internet of things (IoT) platform provider has announced a partnership with Chinese IT conglomerate United Electronics Company (UEC) to integrate and deploy...

New nano gas sensor designed for smart city and home use cases

The company has unveiled a new sensor which can be integrated with IoT devices U.S. provider of nano gas sensors AerNos is seeing a huge market for its recently launched nano gas sensor in smart city and smart home deployments in the United States, Europe,...

Sprint announces IoT network launch

Sprint said it will launch an LTE Category 1 network within the next three months, and will follow up with Category M1 technology deployed throughout its network by the middle of next year. LTE Category 1, which is part of 3GPP Release 8, caps...

Small cell showdowns move to state legislatures

Wireless carriers and their partners are telling municipalities all over the U.S. that small cells can help them create smarter cities. But the dense downtown corridors and affluent suburbs in which carriers want to build are places that city councils want to manage very...

Indoor small cells will support multiple LTE bands, IoT

Enterprises will soon be able to deploy small cells that can be configured for any of the major U.S. LTE bands, and/or for the internet of things. SpiderCloud Wireless is shipping an enterprise-grade LTE small cell that can be software configured to support LTE...

Three precision agriculture IoT case studies

The internet of things (IoT) is helping farmers in developed and emerging countries improve the productivity of agriculture Precision agriculture can help farmers deal with a number of challenges such as water shortages, the limited availability of suitable lands for crop plantings, the difficulties farmers...

City of Milwaukee plans to deploy smart parking meters after trial

Three companies are currently carrying out smart parking pilots in five areas across the city The city of Milwaukee announced plans to replace old parking meters with new smart parking meters, which will allow authorities to implement different parking rates, the local CBS affiliate reports. The...

Vodafone expands IoT ecosystem in France

The U.K. telecommunications firm signed an IoT agreement with Matooma's connectivity management offering French internet of things (IoT) company Matooma recently signed an agreement with U.K. telecom operator Vodafone for the provision of IoT connectivity. Under the terms of the deal, the new partnership will...

Less is more: Ingenu and u-Blox announce smaller IoT module

Global chip companies are creating ever-smaller solutions not only for cellular IoT but also for dedicated low-power wide area networks. The latest comes from Switzerland's u-Blox, which has reduced the size of its random phase multiple access modules by 65%. u-Blox said the smaller...

Small cell showdowns move to state legislatures

Wireless carriers and their partners are telling municipalities all over the U.S. that small cells can help them create smarter cities. But the dense downtown corridors and affluent suburbs in which carriers want to build are places that city councils want to manage very...

Waymo partners with Lyft for self-driving cars

Google affiliate Waymo and ride sharing service Lyft have confirmed that they are teaming up to work on self-driving cars. The deal was first reported by the New York Times.

IoT brings predictive capabilities to field services industry

ServiceMax leverages PTC ThingWorx platform to digitally transform field services At a high-level, field services refer to any action an enterprise takes that put staff out of the office and in front of customers or assets; examples include municipal waste pick and hauling, house calls...

Waymo partners with Lyft for self-driving cars

Google affiliate Waymo and ride sharing service Lyft have confirmed that they are teaming up to work on self-driving cars. The deal was first reported by the New York Times. Waymo noted Lyft's commitment to the smart city ideal, and said the partnership will help...

Three oil and gas IoT case studies

Oil firms are embracing internet of things (IoT) technology and solutions in a move to improve productivity and face some of the industry's challenges Shell Oil firm Shell is taking advantage of an internet of things (IoT) connectivity solution to improve the company’s monitoring capabilities in...

Smart parking IoT use case embraced by carmaker SEAT

SEAT and Saba will work to provide new smart parking related functions Spanish carmaker SEAT and compatriot urban mobility solutions provider Saba have signed an agreement to provide new services to the vehicle mobility ecosystem including smart parking. Under the terms of the agreement, SEAT will add Saba...

Internet of things, lighting and LED players form IoT-Ready Alliance

The IoT-Ready Alliance will focus on the creation of a common standard for IoT-enabled lighting fixtures A group of internet of things (IoT) companies, lighting and LED driver manufacturers and other industry groups have established the IoT-Ready Alliance with the main aim of creating a common...

Microsoft moves cloud intelligence to the network edge

Cloud computing has become a concept that most people in technology recognize and at least partially understand, so it's no surprise that the cloud is no longer the cutting edge. Instead, the edge is the edge -- innovators are moving cloud compute capabilities to...

Dell/EMC’s OEM business addresses the IoT via partnerships

To leverage its scale, Dell is looking for "replicable" IoT solutions rather than "snowflakes" LAS VEGAS--In an interview with Enterprise IoT Insights during the recent Dell EMC World event, Ron Pugh, Dell EMC OEM Solutions vice president/general manager, discussed the need to move from highly-customized...

Nokia tests 5G in dense, smart city environment

KDDI and Nokia pushed 1 Gbps throughput in Tokyo MDU using 28 GHz band Building on a 5G partnership, Nokia and Japanese operator KDDI this week shared details of a recent trial designed to test next generation mobile services in the context of an ultra-dense,...

Microsoft moves cloud intelligence to the network edge

Cloud computing has become a concept that most people in technology recognize and at least partially understand, so it's no surprise that the cloud is no longer the cutting edge. Instead, the edge is the edge -- innovators are moving cloud compute capabilities to...