$50 million in federal smart city funding up for grabs
AUSTIN, Texas – One of seven finalists in the U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge, Austin, Texas, hopes to win $50 million to solve myriad traffic and mobility challenges by implementing smart city technologies.
Earlier...
UK regulator carried out a consultation process last year
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom confirmed spectrum within the 55-68 MHz, 70.5-71.5 MHz and 80-81.5 MHz bands can be used for "Internet of Things" services and machine-to-machine applications. This decision follows a consultation launched by the regulator...
According to research conducted by analyst Chetan Sharma, the term “Internet of Things” was first coined in September 1985 by Peter T. Lewis in a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation 15th Annual Legislative Weekend in Washington, D.C. Lewis defined the IoT as...
From predictive crime applications to police monitoring, public safety IoT is driving governmental innovation
The "Internet of Things" is already offering benefits for private companies across the globe, but the adoption of these technologies by government institutions and agencies is also going through a rapid...
The Wireless Broadband Alliance is bringing key industry players together to answer those questions at Wireless Global Congress 2016, 27 – 30 June, Liverpool UK
The telecommunications ecosystem is changing quickly as service providers harness the power of big data and the Internet of Things...
Smart home efforts target European telcos and verticals
Dutch telecom operator KPN signed a deal with Deutsche Telekom to offer smart home services in the Netherlands. The service, called KPN Smartlife, was introduced last year via customer trials and is now available to its customer...
Smart City Challenge finalists take part in Google initiative
The U.S Department of Transport has partnered with Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, to develop Flow, a data and analytics platform designed to create a management and monitoring system for public transportation.
Flow...
Smith Micro breaks down challenges and offers potential solutions to industrial Internet of Things deployments
Over the last few years, no other emerging technology trend has captured our imagination and spurred innovation quite like the “Internet of Things.” From health monitoring wearable technology to connected...
Sequans is first to market with LTE Cat M Monarch chipset
The massive scale of the Industrial Internet of Things—billions of connected devices and sensors seamlessly communicating—is enabled only by low-cost components able to run in the field for years without requiring maintenance.
To support that...
SK Telecom said it will invest $84 million over 2 years on IoT plans
SK Telecom bolstered its support for the “Internet of Things,” announcing plans to build a nationwide low-power wide-area network this year, developing IoT-dedicated modules and upgrading its IoT platform. The moves...
The solution uses a GIS-based management system
Huawei, looking to grow its industrial "Internet of Things" portfolio, launched a smart city connected lighting solution designed with multilevel intelligent control.
Huawei said its solution connects street lamps to the IoT and adopts a GIS-based management system, enabling...
AUSTIN, Texas – Following its January debut at the Consumer Electronics Show and a stop last month in Spain for Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm brought its Invisible Museum to South by Southwest Interactive.
The splashy exhibit, on the heart of Austin's famous party-friendly 6th Street...
Philips street lighting management system to use Vodafone’s M2M platform
Vodafone and Philips Lighting signed an agreement for the provisioning of connected lighting and smart city services. Under terms of the deal, the two companies will enable city authorities worldwide to implement wirelessly connected street...
Panelists: A huge amount of data doesn’t necessarily equate to a useful application
AUSTIN, Texas – Wearable product developers this week discussed key challenges to driving adoption of the consumer-facing "Internet of Things" during the South by Southwest Interactive conference.
Josh Gunkel, a senior developer with...
The telecoms industry has always been open to innovation and new ideas. The industry spends money and resources, encouraging incubators and innovators to develop new ideas in digital innovation. This innovation has seen incredible leaps forward since the advent of the Internet, with mobile...
SXSW panel: smart cities use intelligent infrastructure to keep up with urbanization
AUSTIN, Texas – “Cities are on the rise,” proclaimed Harvard University's Rosabeth Moss Kanter during a panel discussion at this week's South by Southwest event. “Technology is the big hope.”
Kanter, chair and director...
Smart City Challenge finalists competing for $50 million in support of transportation innovation
AUSTIN, Texas – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the seven finalist cities in the Smart City Challenge funding completion. Austin, Texas, was among the seven finalists, with Foxx making...
Austin is a laboratory for IIoT 5G innovation and a microcosm of the global trend towards urbanization
Known to many as home to South by Southwest, barbecue, live music and 6th Street revelry, Austin, Texas, has emerged as a “laboratory for innovation” according to...
Google opened its pay-as-you-go mobile service to the entire country and discounted the network's flagship handset, the LG Nexus 5X. Google's Project Fi, which relies on Wi-Fi with cellular backup from the Sprint and T-Mobile US networks, was initially available by invitation only before...
On February 22-25th, the 2016 Mobile World Congress was held in Barcelona, Spain. Leading global operators, standards organizations, open source communities, analyst institutions, partners and media outlets gathered to discuss the future development of the Telco industry. A key theme of Huawei Services was...
Initiatives like Germany’s Industrie 4.0 and Made in China 2025 seed regional IoT economy
The "Internet of Things" promises to connect 20 billion previously unconnected objects by 2020. As the IoT takes shape, some global regions, largely due to government-led planning, are emerging as likely...
Central Texas Angel Network (@CTANAngels), Virgo Capital (@virgocapital) and Angelspan (@AngelSpanInc) join Austin Coding Academy (@AustinCoding) for timely discussion on the tech bubble
Tech bubble forum discussion is hosted by Austin Coding Academy and broadcasted by RCR Wireless News.
Topics include:
Are tech companies overvalued?
Is IPO the new "down round"?
What do...
AT&T, Telit, ARM, F-Secure talk IoT during Mobile World Congress
The "Internet of Things" promises to change the way we all live and work, according to myriad discussions during the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain.
Consumer and industrial use cases are taking shape...
Lurie talked 5G and IoT with Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg during Mobile World Congress 2016
AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie told Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg the really exciting thing, to him, about "5G" technology "is what it does for ."
Lurie made the comment at the...
