The Chinese government is promoting the implementation of smart manufacturing practices among local companies
German company Siemens announced plans to build an ‘Industry 4.0’ smart manufacturing innovation center in China. The smart manufacturing center, which will be located in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi...
Ericsson said it is implementing AR at its own production facilities in Estonia
Ericsson announced it is taking the initial steps in the smart manufacturing field at its own production sites by using augmented reality (AR) for troubleshooting.
The vendor said a team of researchers and...
Telstra said the new launch will benefit industries such as transportation and logistics, mining, manufacturing and agriculture.
Australian telecoms operator Telstra announced it deployed narrowband technology in its IoT network in major cities and many regional towns across the country.
The operator said the NB-IoT deployment...
The smart factory, located in Sunnyvale, California, features fully automated production line
Quanergy, a provider of solid state LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solutions has recently opened a smart factory in California to mass produce solid state 3D LiDAR sensors.
Quanergy’s new smart factory, located in...
Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding to develop smart city initiatives in the city of Duisburg
Chinese vendor Huawei has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the city of Duisburg, in Germany, to work together on smart city development.
Huawei said that the MoU provides...
Other firms participating in the trials are Japanese telco NTT Docomo, Nissan and Continental
Ericsson, Qualcomm, together with Japanese telco NTT Docomo and other firms including Nissan and Continental have unveiled plans to carry out their first cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) trials in Japan.
The objective of...
The Korean telco has completed a four-hour test drive earlier this month
The government of South Korea has allowed mobile network operator KT to test a self-driving bus in capital Seoul.
With this permission, the operator can test its 45-passenger autonomous bus on public roads. KT...
Comcast is offering free home automation services to some 15 million subscribers
While it's traditionally regarded as a cable company, Philadelphia-based Comcast provides quad-play services with its pay television, home internet, landline telephony and Xfinity Mobile services. Given this converged network footprint and existing subscriber...
New AT&T solution remotely monitors road and rail infrastructure
According to the American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, nearly half of bridges in the United States are more than 50 years old. Revitalization of civil infrastructure at scale is a common objective...
Las Vegas is also working with networking firm Cisco in a wider smart city initiative
Siemens, along with Brandmotion and Commsignia, is working with the City of Las Vegas to provide a turnkey vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) solution. Siemens said the solution will be...
In the long-term move towards autonomous vehicles divorced from the typical design paradigm of front-facing seats, steering wheels, pedals, etc...vehicles are becoming increasingly connected. Passengers and drivers can use network-based services to support a range of use cases including vehicular telemetry, personalized infotainment and...
LoRa, or long-range radio, is moving to a new level just as mobile network operators are rolling out their own low-power networks to compete with LoRa-based wide area networks. Semtech, the chipmaker that developed LoRa, is increasing both the link budget and the battery...
Smart traffic system allows dynamic control of traffic lights, school flashers, signage
The city of Dallas, Texas, has tapped Ericsson's Connected Urban Transport suite to help add automation and responsiveness to the city's traffic management system, as well as providing data analysis, monitoring and management...
Mercedez-Benz is currently focusing on the digitalization of the entire value chain
Mercedes-Benz is in the process of networking the entire automotive value chain including the design, production, sales and service areas. The German manufacturer said this implementation if setting the stage for a completely...
Study finds China Mobile accounted for 32% of total cellular IoT connections at the end of Q3 2017
Mobile operators in China had more than 46% of global IoT cellular connections at the end of the third quarter of 2017, according to a recent study...
AT&T launched LTE-M technology in the U.S. market in May 2017
AT&T has completed the necessary network software upgrades to support the deployment of its LTE-M network in Mexico.
This new launch follows commercial LTE-M trials in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Puebla in...
The Japanese telco will collaborate with Israeli firm Vayyar to focus on several IoT use cases
Japanese telecommunications operator SoftBank has partnered with Israeli firm Vayyar Imaging to collaborate in the internet of things (IoT) field. The companies also agreed that SoftBank will be the...
It’s a fast-paced world. This is especially true in the world of manufacturing. To keep pace and stay competitive, manufacturers must adopt a strategic, targeted approach to production — and that means going digital. However, today’s definition of digital implies more than software downloads...
Local telco Proximus has selected Kerlink for the deployment of 800 stations
French firm Kerlink has obtained a contract to provide Belgian telecommunications company Proximus with 800 additional stations for the latter’s LoRaWAN IoT network in Belgium.
This new contract follows Proximus’s deployment of a LoRaWAN...
The Korean auto parts maker also aims to sell smart manufacturing technology to local and foreign auto parts makers in the future
South Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Wia Corp, part of the Hyundai Motor Group, announced plans to implement smart manufacturing solutions in order...
Singtel announced a collaboration with smart metering solutions provider EDMI
Singapore telecommunications firm Singtel and global smart metering solutions provider EDMI Limited have announced a collaboration to develop a smart electric metering infrastructure for Singapore.
The partners said they have successfully tested smart electric meters on...
AT&T has certified Sequans' Monarch IoT chipset, which supports both LTE Category M1 (Cat M) and narrowband IoT in a single device. AT&T customers who deploy modules that use one IoT protocol will be able to convert the devices to the other protocol in...
Vodafone launched the technology in Düsseldorf as part of an initiative to offer this service in 13 German cities by end-2018
Vodafone Germany has announced the activation of its NB-IoT network in Düsseldorf, German press reported. The NB-IoT launch is part of a wider program...
It began with the invention of the steam engine in the late 16th century, and continued through the age of science (and mass production) to the more recent developments in digital technology. The industrial revolution has pushed the boundaries of imagination and possibilities, changing...
