Paving the way for 5G, LTE Advanced is the next advancement in the long-term evolution of cellular technology. With a rapidly maturing device ecosystem, LTE Advanced is driving many operators to invest heavily.
A new report by the Global mobile Suppliers Association found that...
Huawei ranks connected and developing nations in new report
The United States is the most connected country in the world, according to Huawei’s Global Connectivity Index, which considers investment in networks, computing and storage, as well as e-commerce and other economic variables.
Huawei, a global information and...
Creating your own IoT solutions – from connection, to management and integration – has become plug-and-play easy. At the core, delivering this simplification sits an enterprise-grade, do-it-yourself Application Enablement Platform that addresses all the necessary complex ‘plumbing’ – reducing cost, time and risk. This...
More connected devices equates to more cybersecurity exposure, more risk
WASHINGTON – Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the nation's largest management consulting firms that is well known for its broad range of experience on cybersecurity, has predicted that a new and more comprehensive approach will...
Booz Allen Hamilton recently published its views on the increasing battle for the dashboard in the connected car. I had the opportunity to learn more about the company and its work in this space. As more and more industry players traditionally known for expertise in IT and...
There’s no denying the fact that the connected car is one of the hottest topics in the telecommunications and automotive industries. Although within the connected car topic there are a great many sub-topics that still require discussion in order to reach an appropriate outcome. For...
At the simplest level, "Internet of Things," connected car, M2M and telematics have all been buzzwords synonymous with the integration of telecommunications and automotive. Now "mobility" is entering the mix. Many years ago – let’s not mention how many – mobility was a term...
In the next five years we will see many new developments in services for the connected car. But what about the connected car as-a-service?
While discussing the issue with different companies in this area, which types of services would be most prevalent and would there...
The cloud, the cloud, the cloud – some of the most popular buzzwords in telecommunications, IT and now the connected car. It’s a fact that the connected car will rely heavily on the cloud to store data collected within the vehicle, data shared among vehicles and...
I hear quite often that telecommunications players are only just entering the connected car market and don’t have a great deal of value to add other than connectivity. Whether enabling telematics, machine-to-machine or connectivity within the vehicle, it isn’t a new topic for these organizations....
New InControl Touch Pro unveiled at New York Auto Show in Jaguar XF
Automaker Jaguar Land Rover launched its connected car control panel, InControl Touch Pro, in the latest Jaguar XF at the New York Auto Show.
To power the integrated navigation, mapping and location services,...
Another milestone has been reached for self-driving cars; 3,400 of them to be exact.
The Roadrunner, an autonomous vehicle created by English auto technology company Delphi, completed a nine-day, 3,400-mile journey across the United States from San Francisco to New York City.
https://youtu.be/tpgXTu4iaew
The journey, which began...
International investment to use IoT to connect major world hub
WASHINGTON – Dutch firm NXP Semiconductors announced on March 27 it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Digital China Holdings, an IT services company, and B.M. Holding Group, a real estate development firm, with...
AT&T strikes connected car deals with Autonet, Voxx tapping into LTE capabilities
AT&T is looking to expand its already strong position in the domestic telematics space, announcing a pair of new initiatives designed to further its connected car business. The initiatives, which were announced in...
Today is April 1. That means watch your cellphone, don’t leave your Facebook account open at any cost, and most importantly, don't believe anything Google tells you.
On this day, the world celebrates mistrust and paranoia worthy of the Cold War. This is our list of...
GfK recently conducted an online study of 5,800 participants in Brazil, China, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States on the topic of connected cars. I recently had an opportunity to talk with them about some of the key findings of the report.
The...
This week I spoke with Gareth Ragg, strategic director for TU Automotive about big data and the connected car. Everyone across the telecommunications and IT industry is talking about big data. This isn’t a new topic, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that it’s...
Telehealth has been a goal of healthcare providers and network operators for more than 20 years, and now advances in mobile technology are finally making remote access to healthcare affordable and scalable. Tablets and smartphones are facilitating doctor-patient communication and helping to reduce healthcare...
By now you’ve heard the projections that the “Internet of Things” will have 20 billion “things” by the year 2020. Translating such a massive figure into reality can be daunting, but what does it really mean? Today the number of mobile devices alone already...
Solutions to power the IoT
RCR Wireless News covered the recent announcement of the LoRa Alliance and resulting go-to-market activities of IBM Research and Semtech. After meeting with Semtech and KPN, there is more to the story now than just the Alliance discussion.
Semtech, a supplier of analog...
Hannover, Germany – On the last day of CeBit15, the Automotive IT Kongress also took place in the city. Presenters included a combination of OEM, telecommunications and IT vendors, and industry experts on the topic of IT in the automotive industry and the implications...
AUSTIN, Texas – The makers of Vinli gave out free rides at South by Southwest 2015 to show off their new device that is designed to turn any car into a connected car. We rode along as they demonstrated what the device can do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IQYmv8NuCY
Vinli...
Brazil is the fourth-largest market in the world for machine-to-machine technology with an annual growth of 25%, according to the GSMA. In 2014, there were 9 million M2M connections in the country. Brazil, along with the rest of the world, is expected to push forward the...
IBM Research and Semtech announced a new technology based on low-power, wide-area networks targeting machine-to-machine and the "Internet of Things." The technology is said to offer an alternative to the use of cellular or Wi-Fi.
The technology is based on long-range wide-area networks, using a...