The White House has convened a meeting today (May 10) of 40 leading tech firms to discuss policy issues related to artificial intelligence (AI), including workforce development, regulatory barriers, and sector-specific applications. The move follows a glut of state-sponsored European AI initiatives in the...
Buckinghamshire County Council and Hertfordshire County Council have signed up to InterDigital mobility data engine oneTRANSPORT, taking its smart-city customer count to four in the UK. The duo will share mobility data with third parties for the development of new mobility solutions.
Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire...
Mastercard and Microsoft are to pool their payment, data analytics and cloud technologies to create a smart city “exchange” to help mayors, policy makers and urban planners tackle urban challenges such as traffic congestion and economic development.
The alliance will allow cities to use economic...
Some of the cities in which LoRaWAN networks are now available include Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Miami and Washington D.C.
California-based semiconductor and software company Semtech announced that Comcast’s enterprise internet of things network service MachineQ has connected operational LoRaWAN networks to 10...
Revenues from internet-of-things (IoT) device management will top $20.5 billion within five years, with 70 per cent coming in the industrial, automotive, and telematics sectors, according to ABI Research.
Revenues from device management services – including device provisioning, software and firmware updates, and device monitoring...
Proximus is launching a narrowband internet-of-thing (NB-IoT) network to run alongside its LoRaWAN infrastructure in the Flemish Region in the north of Belgium. The NB-IoT deployment, commissioned by IBM and Sagecom, is initially trained on 1.3 million digital smart meters for monitoring the supply...
Under the new partnership, Telia committed to install 9,000 smart IoT units
Swedish telecom group Telia and compatriot company Stockholm Exergi have entered into a strategic partnership that will focus on the development of smart buildings.
The two partners said that the initial step under this...
Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks will share anonymised safety data between connected vehicles in Sweden and Norway in real time before the year is out, the pair have announced. Volvo Cars has also announced deeper integration of Google apps and services in its new...
Cisco appears to have found its rhythm in the enterprise IoT space by integrating communications technologies and data streams in its Kinetic platform for smart factories and smart cities. Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Bryan Tantzen, in charge of its manufacturing IoT business,...
Osram said that its new system also enables IoT applications
Global lighting company Osram has launched a networked light management system (LMS) for commercial interior and building site spaces.
The new system, dubbed Encelium Extend Networked LMS, is an advanced lighting control solution combined with a...
Nokia has acquired California-based IoT analytics firm SpaceTime Insight to expand its capabilities help it develop industrial IoT applications formarkets such as manufacturing, energy, logistics, transportation and utilities.
The move follows Nokia’s disposal of its digital healthcare business last week, just two years after acquiring...
Dell Technologies and Microsoft have launched an integrated ‘internet of things’ (IoT) offering to simplify management, enhance security and reduce the cost of edge devices in industrial settings. The solution is targeted at predictive maintenance and supply chain monitoring, among industrial IoT use cases.
The...
IBM’s new facility will focus on IoT, AI, blockchain and quantum computing
IBM has launched a new innovation center in Abu Dhabi which will mainly focus on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, blockchain, security, analytics, internet of things and quantum computing.
IBM’s Innovation...
Nokia says move reflects focus on business-to-business and licensing activities
In May 2016, Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia spent $190 million to acquire Withings, a maker of connected devices focused on consumer health care. After announcing in February an internal review of its digital health...
A consortium of car makers and tech companies including BMW, Bosch, Ford, General Motors, Renault and IBM have joined together to explore how blockchain could enable businesses and consumers to better control and monetise their mobility assets, including their data.
The new group, called the...
Transport for London (TfL) has appointed UK civil engineering firm Lanes Rail to carry out maintenance work on the London Underground network using drones, as their usage in industrial settings increases.
Lanes Rail is responsible for maintaining and repairing a wide range of assets across...
Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with the Hasso Plattner Institute, a finishing school for digital engineering in Germany, to enhance the British engine maker’s capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and data security.
The pair signed a memorandum of understanding at the ILA Berlin Air Show...
Helmut Reisinger, veteran of telecoms provider Orange, has started in his new role as chief executive officer of the French company’s enterprise division, Orange Business Services, replacing Thierry Bonhomme. His remit is to position Orange Business Services as a leading digital change agent, and...
Ultra reliability and low latency of 5G a major enabler of factory automation, robotics and other industrial use cases
With the right technological stack in place, manufacturers could eventually operate what's called a "lights-out" facility wherein factory automation solutions--think smart, connected robots--could supplant the need...
The smart city agreement will initially focus on the deployment of a proof of concept in Las Vegas
Japan's NTT Group and Dell Technologies have expanded their existing collaboration agreement to include smart city initiatives.
The partners said they will be collaborating on the first smart...
Qualcomm working with automakers on C-V2X interoperability while NXP deal waiting on Chinese regulators
Adoption of internet of things solutions is creating new efficiencies, streamlining operations and reducing costs for a variety of industrial and enterprise users executing on digital transformation strategies. In the automotive...
Among the showier turns at Hannover Messe in Germany last week, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) lifted the hood on its innovations, providing a glimpse of the application of Industry 4.0 artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
Germany spent almost €89 billion on research and development...
The new offering is part of a recent IoT agreement between the two companies
German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom and SAP recently showcased an IoT solution for companies within the logistics sector.
The solution enables the monitoring of not only the positions of vehicle and trailer...
Leading automotive manufacturers can expect to realise a remarkable 50 per cent jump in operating profits within five years of implementing a full smart factory set-up, according to new research. But car makers are so far struggling with the concept and technologies, it found.
Consultancy...
