Data analytics can increase oil well production by up to 30%, according to Intel. The chip giant sees low oil prices as an opportunity to help energy companies manage their expenses and increase productivity at a time when every dollar counts in the oil...
Libelium said U.S smart city projects represents 30% of the firm’s turnover
Spanish wireless sensor maker Libelium announced that its IoT sensor platform Plug & Sense! and IoT gateway Meshlium are available for smart city deployments using 4G networks in the U.S, Europe and Australia,...
Northern California's Placer County Water Agency is the first water utility to announce an agreement with Nokia, which will transition the agency to an IP-based communications infrastructure. Nokia has more than 200 power utility customers, and the company's global energy group landed the deal...
Carrier says Intel's new Xeon platform cuts server count
Intel has launched a new data center solution that the chipmaker says can support up to 5 times more transactions per second than systems created just four years ago. The company is trumpeting "the biggest data...
The Taiwanese firm also announced NB-IoT cooperation with China Mobile
Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek has recently unveiled its first narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) system-on-chip (SoC).
MediaTek’s new low-power MT2625 SoC supports a full frequency band (from 450MHz to 2.1GHz) of 3GPP R13 (NB1) and R14...
The NB-IoT system will allow will allow firms to reduce energy consumption
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has announced the release of its narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) intelligent energy management system globally.
The new system, which has been installed as a pilot project in Zhangjiang intelligent park, was...
When it comes to connecting millions of low-cost remote devices to the internet, many mobile network operators find themselves in uncharted territory. Ericsson is hoping to offer some guidance by extending its managed network services business to the internet of things. The company describes...
The intersection of LTE and the internet of things has the potential to be a major market, and no one is more aware of that than Georges Karam. Karam founded chipmaker Sequans Communications in 2003, and for the past several years the company has...
IoT module makers Sierra Wireless and U-Blox have both announced modules that support two different cellular standards for low-power wide area connectivity. Both companies are bringing solutions that support LTE Category M1 (Cat M1) and narrowband IoT (NB-IoT).
LTE Cat M1 uses 1.4 megahertz of...
French firm Sagecom to provide smart meters with mobile LTE Cat1 technology to utility companies
Dutch power networks operator Enexis Netbeheer has started to deploy French firm Sagemcom’s smart meters with mobile LTE Cat1 communication technology.
The French firm said this massive rollout follows achievements in...
The Swiss company will integrate its products in the manufacturer’s connected car solutions
Swiss cybersecurity and internet of things (IoT) company WISeKey announced a contract with an unnamed European car manufacturer for development of connected car technology.
The agreement includes the integration of the WISeKey IoT...
The internet of things is not a new idea for Bruce Chatterley, whose background has included stints at wireless carriers Clearwire and US West as well as cloud service providers Colt and Layered Technologies. Chatterley has been learning about the IoT for years, and...
The smart parking service includes indoor-outdoor navigation, smart car finding and capability open service (COS)
ZTE has launched its new indoor intelligent navigation, smart car seeking solution, which uses the QCell indoor coverage solution, mobile edge computing (MEC) and IoT terrestrial magnetism detection to provide smart...
Through the NB-IoT lab, the telco aims to launch M2M, IoT systems in the African country
South African telecommunications operator Vodacom, owned by U.K.-based telco Vodafone, has opened a NB-IoT laboratory at its Vodaworld campus to incubate and commercialize machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things...
Just in time for summer travel, luggage maker TUMI has launched a locator device to help travelers track lost baggage. The tracker, developed in partnership with the AT&T Foundry, uses GSM networks as well as GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Users can download a free...
Alexander Sehlke, a post-doctoral fellow at NASA Ames Research Center, delivered a presentation titled “Designing for Human Space Flight” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference.
Sehlke’s presentation began by noting how NASA’s journey to Mars requires a revolution in the operational and engineer design...
SAN JOSE, Calif.– CEO of NimbeLink Scott Schwable chaired a panel discussion centered on the transition from a component to a solutions company, and the broader theme of IoT enablement, at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference. The group spoke about what companies look...
Herbert E. Dwyer, COO/GM at Nanmac Corporation, gave a presentation titled “Tackling the Need for Better Temperature Sensors in Medical Devices” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference.
Sensors are becoming increasingly common in healthcare. Fueled by aging baby boomers, spikes in chronic diseases and...
The collaboration between the two firms also includes a multi-year patent agreement apart from IoT cooperation
Finnish vendor Nokia and Chinese company Xiaomi have signed a business collaboration agreement and a multi-year patent agreement, including a cross license to each company's cellular standard essential patents,...
LG said these new technologies will be applied to the firm’s existing technology portfolio
Korean company LG Electronics announced the establishment of two new research centers that will focus on developing technologies for key internet of things technologies artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, according to...
Vodafone expects to carry out a NB-IoT pilot later this year with select enterprise customers
U.K.-based operator Vodafone announced plans to deploy a narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) network in early 2018 in New Zealand.
“There are many IoT networks available now but we think NB-IoT is...
The world's largest chipmaker considers itself well positioned to capitalize on the internet of things, because it makes chipsets for devices, networking gear and data center servers. But one part of Intel's IoT business has not gotten off to a good start. The company...
Huawei said the 5G demo lays the foundation for future development of connected vehicles
China Mobile, the world’s largest telecommunications company, together with Chinese companies SAIC Motor and Huawei Technologies have completed a demonstration of what it claims to be the world's first 5G remote...
Under the contract, the company will connect nearly 47,000 customers with smart meters
Silver Spring Networks announced a contract with Grant County Public Utility District (Grant PUD) for the deployment of smart meters. Grant PUD is a public power corporation that generates and sells electricity...
