Internet of Things (IoT)

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Envision Energy is using an internet of things analytics platform to improve the efficiency of its wind turbines. The solution was provided by ParStream, a German startup that was acquired by Cisco Systems at the end of …

New data center and research labs are part of Huawei project. Huawei announced an investment plan to open a data center and research labs in New Zealand; founder and permanent CEO Ren Zhengfei made the announcement during a visit to the …

With its new SoC, Sequans includes LTE connectivity along with the horsepower necessary for increasingly complex IoT applications At this point, there are well established IoT use cases like wearables, environmental sensing and asset tracking, but when the connectivity power …

Submission deadline for Enterprise IoT Innovator and Industrialist of the year nominations extended to Sunday, March 26, 2017. Submit your nomination today for recognition as an IIoT or 5G Innovator, Industrialist of the year. Selections will be announced at the Enterprise …

Vodafone to support the Chinese bike-sharing service already operating in 33 cities. Vodafone announced it is providing all the managed internet of things connectivity for Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike’s operations in Singapore, which is the firms first business outside of …

New meters use technologies including nonmagnetic induction and NB-IoT wireless remote transmission. ZTE released two narrowband internet of things-based smart water meters during the CeBIT exposition taking place this week in Hannover, Germany. The new smart meters – dubbed the …

SAN FRANCISCO – There’s a big difference between the internet of things as we know it today and truly massive IoT, which is what “5G” technology aims to support. That was the message Matt Grob, EVP and CTO at Qualcomm, …

Signaling-control delivered via software sets the stage for the explosion in IoT devices, as well as 5G, while accelerating innovation Virtualizing telecommunications networks is a costly and expensive task. But, given the increasing complexity of existing networks, coupled with the …

City governments around the world are increasingly adopting schemes to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in order to tackle several challenges for the city’s management and to improve the quality of life of …

With both AT&T and Verizon Wireless expected to roll out LTE-M internet of things networks in the U.S. this year, makers of low-power connectivity chipsets are busy forging partnerships and launching trials. Sequans Communications and STMicroelectronics announced the most recent …

Verizon Communications bought drone management firm Skyward for an undisclosed sum. Skyward is an Oregon-based software startup that said it helps more than 100 companies manage drone operations. The firm targets enterprises that need to deploy multiple drones over several …

5G could give us the transporter and the tricoder. SAN FRANCISCO – Marcus Weldon, president of Nokia Bell Labs and Nokia CTO, in a presentation at the IEEE WCNC conference this week, made the case that the telecommunications industry is slowing …

Indian company Prompt Softech was founded in 1995 to help tackle inefficiencies in the local dairy supply chain. The company initially launched operations with three main offerings: an electronic weighing scales, data logging software and a machine for measuring fat …

The initiative stipulates the digitalization of up to 11,000 parking spaces. Deutsche Telekom and the city of Hamburg, Germany, are currently working to connect many of the city’s parking areas to allow drivers to find available spaces and pay parking …

We talk about artificial intelligence, but how will AI change our lives going forward? Let’s take a closer look at the players and how they are already impacting industries like automotive. AI is one of the technologies that will redefine …

The LPWAN solution uses IoT, cloud computing and big data technologies. ZTE announced its new smart street solution, dubbed “Smart Street 2.0. The solution was unveiled at the CeBIT exposition in Hannover, Germany, and is the second generation of ZTE’s …

Over the last few years, the city of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, has been heavily using the information and communication technology to bring the government closer to the citizens under the umbrella of its Smart City Plan. It has …

InterDigital leverages horizontal platform and vertical partners to address customer needs With myriad access choices, standard and non-standard, and based in licensed and unlicensed spectrum, the booming Internet of Things (IoT) space is an increasingly fragmented ecosystem. This presents problems …

German firm ICE Gateway selected Vodafone Group to improve the company’s smart city offerings. ICE Gateway offers end-to-end products and services, and develops the hardware and software for wireless outdoor infrastructure-as-a-service, including light-emitting diodes, traffic, marketing, security, logistics and applications. …

Ingenu said its Machine Network is now available in New Mexico, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. Ingenu said it has expanded coverage of its internet of things-focused network across parts of five states, pushing total coverage of its low-power …

Enabling the internet of things Many of the applications and devices set to drive future sales of wireless hardware have not yet been invented and no one knows this better than semiconductor companies. Wireless chip designers Qualcomm, Gemalto and Intel …

Internet of things developers cite security and interoperability as key challenges. Texas Instruments has staked a claim in the growing IoT development community, since its processors power the popular BeagleBoard and BeagleBone Black development boards. Now TI wants to further …

CommScope’s Vice President, Portfolio Marketing Philip Sorrells talks CommScope’s role in the evolution of virtualization and fiber strategy to move from theoretical implementation to practical implementations of the new 5G technologies. He also discussed how CommScope helps solve their customers …

New wireless router for field area networks for smart grid, smart city and other IoT applications. Digital transformation is driving change in nearly all enterprise and industrial verticals including for power utilities, which are using internet of things devices to …