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Telit cooperates with Wind River to foster IIoT adoption

Wind River portfolio enables addresses use cases for aerospace, defense, industrial, medical and transport verticals IoT specialist Telit announced it is collaborating with Wind River, an Intel company, to accelerate industrial internet of things (IIoT) adoption. Through this collaboration agreement, the two firms are reducing...

For massive IoT, automated onboarding a priority for Intel

Intel launches Secure Device Onboard service during IoT Solution World Congress Regardless of where you get your projections, they all agree that the internet of things (IoT) will quickly grow to comprise multiple billions of devices, everything from smart home lighting and AI assistants to...

Orange Business Service accelerates LTE-M strategy across Europe

The telco said this technology will boost the development of IoT solutions across its network footprint Orange Business Services has accelerated its LTE-M strategy to support the development of internet of things (IoT) solutions for the enterprise market in Europe. In February 2017, the French...

NB-IoT smart street lighting prototype launched in Norway

The NB-IoT project is a joint initiative between Nordic telco Telia Norway and Datek Light Control Nordic telecom group Telia Company and Datek Light Control have developed a prototype for smart street lighting in Norway using narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) technology. Telia said the new prototype...

Which US cities can benefit most from smart city transformation?

Pair of studies focus on where and how smart city tech can make the biggest difference In many ways the digital transformation from a city to a smart city is the ultimate application of the internet of things--the umbrella term covers a wide array of...

Orange Business Services, Microsoft offer end-to-end IoT solution

End-to-end IoT offering targets use cases, including supply chain, smart inventory management and predictive maintenance Orange Business Services and Microsoft announced they are collaborating to deliver end-to-end internet of things solutions to boost the digital processes of companies in the manufacturing sector. Through this collaboration, enterprises...

Smart manufacturing lab to launch operations in Singapore

Rolls-Royce, together with Singapore agencies and companies, will invest $44 million in the initiative Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), British power systems technology company Rolls-Royce, and Singapore Aero Engine Services Private Limited (SAESL), announced they will invest up to $44 million to...

Industrial IoT for remote pump monitoring service

Yokogawa Electric will work with compatriot firm Iwaki to implement industrial IoT architecture for this PoC in Japan Japanese company Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced it will work with compatriot firm Iwaki Corp. on a proof-of-concept (PoC) test for a remote pump monitoring service. Yokogawa reps...

Qualcomm Wi-Fi mesh networking to support IoT in India

Qualcomm’s platform includes Wi-Fi SON features as well as an IoT connectivity suite Indian company Smartron has announced plans to introduce the newly launched Qualcomm mesh networking platform for internet of things (IoT) connected devices in the Indian market. With this association, Smartron and Qualcomm Technologies...

NEC sees AI, IoT as key to digital transformation for manufacturing

NEC said these new solutions will help companies willing to undergo digital transformation processes NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a technology integrator of advanced IT, networking, communications, and multimodal biometric solutions, announced that it will show two artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT)...

KPN the latest entry into crowded IoT platform space

KPN said the new offering allows businesses to connect their own devices to the operator's IoT platform Dutch telecom operator KPN has unveiled a new IoT platform oriented to the enterprise segment. The new solution, dubbed KPN Things, includes hardware, connectivity as well as data...

Four new countries to deploy Sigfox internet of things network

The French connectivity firm said a total 17 countries currently have nationwide support for internet of things French internet of things (IoT) connectivity provider Sigfox now offers its non-standard connectivity in 36 countries following the addition of four new countries: Costa Rica, Tunisia, Croatia and...

Dubai continues smart city push with utility, airport projects

The new agreement is part of the emirate’s efforts to transform Dubai into a smart city The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai Airports as part of larger efforts to expand cooperation and promote the emirate’s smart...

How digital transformation is changing business models

Google technical director discusses key tech trends redefining enterprises AUSTIN--Digital transformation is having a profound impact on how companies conduct business, giving rise to new competencies never seen before. As these competencies are further developed, Google Technical Director Paul Strong sees a number of...

ROI leading to acceleration in IoT projects

"Those that have adopted IoT are pushing ahead at scale, spending more...than 12 months ago," Erik Brenneis, Vodafone internet of things director and CEO of Global Enterprise, wrote in the telecom group's annual IoT Barometer 2017/18 report. "Many have also dramatically increased the number of...

Telenor opens IoT lab in Norway to develop ecosystem

The Nordic operator is working with Wireless Trondheim to open the IoT lab in early 2018 Norwegian telecom operator Telenor and Wireless Trondheim have announced a joint initiative to open a new IoT lab in the city of Trondheim, in Norway. The two partners said...

Sigfox sets sights on support for manufacturing, supply chain

The IoT specialist has new offerings designed to allow manufacturers to easily adopt IoT French IoT connectivity provider Sigfox has launched a suite of new services for the provision of internet of things (IoT) connectivity with an emphasis on low-cost components to support manufacturing and...

NTT and Toyota to develop partner robots

Japan's NTT and Toyota are working together to create robots that can help with housework and childcare - autonomous assistants that the companies call partner robots. NTT said that much of the work done to date in the area of robotics has focused on...

SK Telecom announces completion of self-driving vehicle trial

SK Telecom has been working with a number of partners including LG Electronics Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom has announced the completion of a successful trial of a self-driving vehicle in public as part of the telco’s efforts in the autonomous and connected vehicle segment. During...

End-to-end NB-IoT network operational in Hong Kong

3 Hong Kong will focus on the development of specific NB-IoT solutions for a number of industry verticals With narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) the connectivity of choice in China per government officials, mobile operator 3 Hong Kong and vendor Huawei have announced the completion...

Air quality monitoring coming to Korea with $9 million investment

KT will install the air quality monitoring solutions at telephone poles, base stations and phone booths South Korean telecommunications firm KT Corp confirmed plans to invest 10 billion won ($8.9 million) to set up air quality monitoring solutions at its telephone poles and base stations...

IBM partners to bring enterprise IoT solutions to India

Through the deal, Reliance Group enterprise IoT customers will have access to IBM Watson platform IBM and Unlimit, a business venture of Indian conglomerate Reliance Group, have announced a strategic collaboration targeting the enterprise IoT space. Under the terms of the agreement, IBM and Unlimit...

Smart metering traction continues with new project in Belgium

The Belgian gas distributor will implement this smart metering initiative with Proximus LoRa network Belgium gas distributor Antargaz announced it will equip its propane gas meters with smart sensors, which will automatically transmit meter readings using local telco Proximus' LoRa network. Antargaz said that once the...

Helsinki accelerates smart city initiative

Part of a larger EU program, Helsinki smart city projects focus on energy and transportation Finland’s capital Helsinki, along with two other European cities, have reached a three-year implementation stage in the mySMARTLife smart city development project 2016-2021, which aims to cut energy use by...