HOUSTON--Carriers, vendors and municipalities around the world are embracing smart city technology--sensors, cameras, smart meters and other IoT devices--meant to drive urban quality-of-life. As cities gain intelligence and process become automated, there's the opportunity to gain efficiency while creating new revenue streams. But, before...
From NB-IoT to Enhanced Mobile Broadband, 5G NR will have it covered
“5G New Radio (NR) is the wireless standard that will become the foundation for the next generation of mobile networks. Whereas 3G and 4G connected people, 5G will connect everything—a unifying connectivity fabric...
New deal will provide IoT connectivity for Tractive's wearables and tracking devices
Orange Business Service (OBS), the business services arm of French telecommunications group Orange, has added a new contract in the internet of things (IoT) field through an agreement with Tractive, an Austria-based developer of hardware, apps...
Microsoft presented updates to its cloud-based Internet of Things suite, Microsoft Azure IoT, including a security program.
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are under increased scrutiny following massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the past few weeks, including one which took down Netflix,...
A number of industry leaders at IOT Solutions World Congress highlighted the importance of industrial IoT test beds in making the Industrial IoT a reality.
When the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) was founded two years ago, few believed in the industrial IoT test beds the...
Last week, 51,777 cans of beer were shipped on what will go down as the first commercial shipment by an autonomous vehicle. Otto, Uber’s recently purchased self-driving trucking company, partnered with Anheuser-Busch to carry the shipment of Budweiser through Colorado without anyone behind the...
Last week, 51,777 cans of beer were shipped on what will go down as the first commercial shipment by an autonomous vehicle. Otto, Uber’s recently purchased self-driving trucking company, partnered with Anheuser-Busch to carry the shipment of Budweiser through Colorado without anyone behind the...
While a vast majority of business leaders expect the industrial IoT to become a reality very soon, only a minority are ready for it.
The industrial Internet of Things (industrial IoT) or the fourth industrial revolution, defined by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as the...
Senet partners with IoT-focused water company
Senet, the North American provider of public, low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) for long range (LoRa)-based internet of things (IoT) applications, today announced Trimble will use its wireless technology to allow water utilities to remotely measure and monitor water, wastewater and...
Keeping things cool with IoT monitoring
Every time the door to a milk cooler or freezer does not close properly, an alarm goes off on a computer screen in a control building in Odense, Denmark, thanks to an "internet of things" monitoring solution. AK-Centralen provides continually-supervised alarm...
Senet partners with IoT-focused water company
Senet, the North American provider of public, low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) for long range (LoRa)-based internet of things (IoT) applications, today announced Trimble will use its wireless technology to allow water utilities to remotely measure and monitor water, wastewater and...
Keeping things cool with IoT monitoring
Every time the door to a milk cooler or freezer does not close properly, an alarm goes off on a computer screen in a control building in Odense, Denmark, thanks to an IoT monitoring solution. AK-Centralen provides continually-supervised alarm...
HetNet Expo opens with emphasis on streamlined small cell and DAS deployments to support in-building wireless today, 5G tomorrow
HOUSTON--The vision of 5G--ultra-dense networks and pervasive in-building wireless cellular connectivity--won’t be easy to realize. Massive network builds will require streamlined deployment models supported by realistic...
HetNet Expo opens with emphasis on streamlined small cell and DAS deployments to support in-building wireless today, 5G tomorrow
HOUSTON – The vision of "5G" – ultra-dense networks and pervasive in-building wireless cellular connectivity – won’t be easy to realize. Massive network builds will require...
SÃO PAULO – The "internet of things" is still taking shape in Brazil, though some pilot projects are being conducted in the country. At Futurecom 2016, companies showcased some IoT applications of connecting sensors to improve management in agriculture and to measure electricity consumption, for...
Recent research from Gartner suggests that there are three possible trends that will drive the move to 5G: new services and applications, 4G network obsolescence, and cost disruption. While overall I tend to agree with their assessment, it left a few questions unanswered for...
A major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Friday knocked out access to major websites including Netflix, Reddit, Spotify and Airbnb. As security experts have concluded, the attack was apparently carried out when bad actor(s) leveraged internet-connected devices including security cameras to overwhelm...
The solution offers IoT devices such as sensors, cameras and modules
Orange Business Services, the business services arm of French telecommunications group Orange, launched its internet of things (IoT) and data analytics modular offer Datavenue globally.
The company said that Datavenue will help multinational and French corporations seize the opportunities offered...
Called Luca, the big data unit offers three lines of business
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica launched a new big data services unit as part of the telco’s strategy to become a data-driven company.
The new unit, dubbed Luca, will enable companies, public institutions and all kinds or...
IBM asked me to give a speech at its World of Watson event this week. In preparing my remarks, I realized what I will be talking about is so important, yet most don’t understand what is happening. It’s about artificial intelligence, the "internet of things," virtual...
Networked devices are at the heart of building smarter cities. Connecting a smartphone to the Internet is one thing, but connecting an industrial asset—like a transformer or a stop light—is another. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the connection among industrial devices are...
Health data breaches has been on the increase for some years now and 2015 was a record year with more than 1 out of 3 Americans having their data compromised. However, as people in the law enforcement and companies offering data security solutions witness...
HONG KONG--Qualcomm hosted its 4G/5G Summit this week, and announced solutions to increase mobile data speeds and enable the IoT. The event was highlighted by three major releases:
Qualcomm 400 and 600 series processors
Qualcomm introduced three new Snapdragon processors for high and mid-tier mobile devices. The Snapdragon...
New Juniper Research study projects more than 2 billion will use mobile banking by 2021; banks are becoming concerned about competition from tech firms
More than 2 billion mobile users will have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2021, compared to 1.2 billion this...
