The Internet of Things is poised to revolutionize both telecom and information technology. IoT will place unprecedented demands on wired and wireless networks both in terms of the sheer number of connected devices and the volume, variety and velocity of the data those devices...
From NB-IoT to autonomous vehicles, as networks converge and move to the cloud, Viavi focuses on end-to-end SON
5G is envisioned as a unifying architecture capable of seamlessly supporting a wide range of use cases—massive machine-type communications on one end of the continuum and ultra-...
A factory in Billund, Denmark, uses autonomous robots and precision machines to make 36,000 Lego pieces per minute, or 2.16 million pieces every hour. In fact, according to Gizmodo, the factory's recent totals reach 1,140 units per second, or 36 billion per year.
This Bloomberg Business video shows a...
The telco aims to reach 2,600 towns with IoT services by the end of 2017
French telecommunications operator Orange confirmed its LoRa IoT network is already available in 18 urban areas across France, encompassing approximately 1,300 towns.
These areas include Angers, Avignon, Bordeaux, Douai and Lens,...
The Ericsson Garage will focus on IoT apps for smart cities, transport and energy projects
Swedish vendor Ericsson inaugurated an open lab for 5G technologies at the company's headquarters in Massy near Paris.
The Ericsson Garage has a focus on collaborating with students, startups and employees...
Industrial IoT 5G Insights discussed 5G with Håkan Andersson, head of 5G Product Strategy, Radio Business Unit, at Ericsson.
Bearing the promises of higher speeds and ultra-low latency, 5G is being promoted as a technological shift allowing new types of use cases. However, it has yet...
The industrial IoT has already proven its versatility with deployments going live in a number of enterprises, showing off dozens of different use cases. But a few key uses consistently present themselves within the same trade, and even throughout different industries.
Top 5 industrial IoT use cases
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Securing the industrial IoT
The Industrial Internet Consortium, an organization formed to accelerate the industrial "internet of things," today published the Industrial Internet Security Framework, a common IoT security framework that addresses security issues in industrial systems. The IISF emphasizes the importance of five IIoT characteristics: safety,...
When Microsoft bought Nokia in 2014, it brought a dying captain onto a burning ship (or should we say, platform.) Nokia, once the leader in mobile phone sales, was on a downward spiral into irrelevance only helped out by its unflinching loyalty to Microsoft's...
Greenwave Systems today announced that it has acquired Predixion Software, a developer of real-time edge analytics software for the internet of things, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will give Greenwave’s AXON Platform improved visual analytics, enabling real-time data insights across its connected networks, according...
The two Korean firms developed a millimeter wave 5G system in August 2015
Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom, together with Samsung Electronics, has successfully tested handover between 5G base stations at 28 GHz in the outdoor environment.
SK Telecom and Samsung claimed to be the world’s...
The industrial IoT has already proven its versatility with deployments going live in a number of enterprises, showing off dozens of different use cases. But a few key uses consistently present themselves within the same trade, and even throughout different industries.
Top 5 industrial IoT...
Securing the industrial IoT
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), an organization formed to accelerate the industrial internet of things (IIoT), today published the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF), a common IoT security framework that addresses security issues in industrial systems. The IISF emphasizes the importance of five...
A fleet of autonomous boats will start navigating the canals of Amsterdam next year following a research collaboration between AMS and MIT.
The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) in the Netherlands and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. have joined...
Think back to the first time you sat in a plane as it left the ground, or a fast-moving elevator in a skyscraper. Most of us have a great deal of faith in the technology behind these common modes of transportation, but there was...
Edinburgh Airport, the busiest airport in Scotland, partnered with BLIP Systems to use sensors and give its travelers visibility of real-time wait duration throughout the airport, including the dreaded security line.
The airport serviced 11 million travelers last year and is nearing 12 million this...
The devil is in the details
Today’s aerospace factory floors are very different from the noisy production environments of the past. The latest techniques, designs and equipment make modern manufacturing efficient, organized and structured, according to a National Instruments case study. Airbus is trying to...
The devil is in the details
Today’s aerospace factory floors are very different from the noisy production environments of the past. The latest techniques, designs and equipment make modern manufacturing efficient, organized and structured, according to a National Instruments case study. Airbus is trying to...
The Swedish IoT provider has added 10 new partners so far this year
Sweden-based IoT provider Telenor Connexion has expanded its global partner program in a move to make easier for its customers to bring their connected products and services to market.
So far this year,...
Edinburgh Airport, the busiest airport in Scotland, partnered with BlipTrack to use sensors and give its travelers visibility of real-time wait duration throughout the airport, including the dreaded security line.
The airport serviced 11 million travelers last year and is nearing 12 million this year....
Lyft co-founder and president John Zimmer expects self-driving cars to account for the majority of the company’s rides within five years.
Within five years, self-driving cars will account for the majority of ride-hailing company Lyft’s rides across the U.S. and, by 2025, private people...
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed his "biggest epiphany of 2016:" what really matters in production are the machines building the machines.
In an interview with Y Combinator's Sam Altman, Musk said that creating the machines that are to build Tesla automobiles is at least...
From dumpster to smart home
AUSTIN--Jeff Wilson, CEO and founder of KASITA, moved from a modern, comfortable, 3,000 square-foot home to a 33 square-foot dumpster.
His inspiration for the drastic, unconventional change came from a UCLA study that tracked the movements of 32 middle class families throughout...
AUSTIN--Chris Hoffman, CEO of RYNO Motors, spoke about his single-wheel motorcycle and vision for a future with vending machine-like on-demand car rental stations at the Start@ETS event put on by ZPryme.
Hoffman was challenge by his daughter to create a single wheeled motorcycle after seeing one in...
