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Smart cities target of Panasonic, TransitScreen IoT offering

Under the new partnership, both firms will bring advanced IoT solutions to smart cities in the country Panasonic Corporation of North America and TransitScreen have signed a strategic alliance to bring advanced IoT applications to smart cities around the U.S. Under this new partnership, both companies...

Telefonica targets U.S, European IoT markets with NetComm

Under the deal, the NetComm will supply a range of 3G/4G M2M/IoT devices to Telefonica Australian company NetComm Wireless and Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica have signed an IoT device supply agreement. The deal will allow NetComm to further strengthen its presence in the U.S. and...

New infrastructure brings data centers closer to network edge

Vapor IO's partners include Intel, Crown Castle and Flex High-value IoT applications like autonomous cars, virtual reality, and lights out manufacturing need networks that can respond in real-time. They need the power of cloud computing at the edge of the network. But cloud computing requires...

IoT is the toast of the wine industry

The wine industry is one of many verticals investigating the potential of the IoT Like other agricultural crops, grapes need a certain amount of water and sun, as well as properly fertilized soil to produce the best outcome. IoT can trigger the ideal amount of...

Verizon outlines IoT device design

Verizon senior manager for embedded IoT solutions Joe Cozzarelli outlined the architecture of IoT devices on an Enterprise IoT Insights webinar this week. He said that at the highest level, an IoT device will include processing power (microcontrollers or microprocessing units), a cellular or...

Imagination Technologies officially for sale

IoT solutions include graphics processors and radio processing units Imagination Technologies says several companies are interested in buying the troubled chip designer, and therefore the board has decided to formally put the company up for sale. The company's MIPS and Ensigma operations were put up...

Canadian city adopts smart metering from IoT firm Sensus

Sensus deployed its iPERL smart metering  solution and the FlexNet network for the city of Okotoks, Alberta The town of Okotoks, in Alberta, Canada, has selected Sensus to replace and upgrade the city’s water infrastructure with a smart metering system, a key IoT vertical use...

GE Aviation, AT&T enable aircraft monitoring with IoT system

AT&T’s IoT solutions connect the Aircraft Health and Trend Monitoring System (AHTMS) GE Aviation and AT&T's internet of things (IoT) solutions group are connecting the onboard and off-board portions of the Aircraft Health and Trend Monitoring System (AHTMS) on the Gulfstream G500, G600, G650 and...

Autonomous drone plays with kids in Dutch hospital

Drone uses Visible Light Communication (VLC) to navigate indoors Philips Lighting, which has been making moves in the IoT space by leveraging its connected lighting platforms, is working with drone manufacturer Blue Jay to develop new uses for drones, as well as a lighting-based navigation...

Report: Driverless cars coming to Disney

3D printed shuttle directed by mobile app could soon transport tourists Walt Disney World is reportedly planning to test driverless shuttles in the theme park. Later this year the shuttles are expected to transport Disney employees, with theme park guests expected to have access to...

From sheep to ships, Telia Company is pushing IoT connectivity

In Norway, the telco will connect 1,000 sheep with NB-IoT while it will also deploy IoT solutions for luxury yachts in Finland The Norwegian subsidiary of Swedish mobile telephony operator Telia Company has launched a pilot project where 1,000 sheep will be equipped with Narrowband...

Orange targets international roaming for LoRa network

The French telco currently provides LoRa technology in nearly 4,000 towns across the country French telecommunications group Orange confirmed that it aims to test the interconnection of its LoRa network with that of another European operator by December in the framework of the LoRa Alliance...

DAC 2017: MEMS are key to IoT applications

Coventor is changing the way MEMS are made The value of the internet of things lies in the data generated by billions of connected devices, and those devices need sensors to generate that data. Sensors measure temperature, light, speed, position, moisture, flow rate, activity level...

10,400 new smart meters coming to India in major enterprise order

The smart meters will be deployed by Indian utility Tata Power in Mumbai U.K. firm CyanConnode Holdings, a specialists in narrowband radio mesh networks that enable internet of things (IoT) communications, has won a new purchase ordersfor 10,400 smart meters from Larsen & Toubro (L&T),...

Huawei shares its IoT initiatives in the Middle East

Huawei is seeing increased opportunities for internet of things (IoT) projects in the Middle East. Safder Nazir, regional VP, digital industries, for Huawei's enterprise business in the Middle East, told Enterprise IoT Insights that countries in this region are diversifying their economies and moving...

Alliant Energy, Sensus use IoT for smart grid modernization

Under the deal, the utility will add Sensus’s FlexNet solution to create a smart grid for power and natural gas in Iowa Power company Alliant Energy Corp. has signed an agreement with Sensus to add the latter’s FlexNet communication system to Alliant Energy’s power and...

DAC 2017: It starts with a light

AUSTIN, TX - The internet of things is a major theme at this year's Design Automation Conference (DAC), and attendees at the opening keynote heard that after years of hype, IoT is finally becoming reality. “While the implementation journey has been challenging, IoT is now...

Verizon global lead, IoT security: ‘We live in an insecure world’

Verizon and AT&T execs talk IoT security In a new interview with Mobile World Live, Verizon Global Lead of IoT Security and International Strategy Harm Jan Arendshorst highlighted the security challenges associated with the explosion of network endpoints as the internet of things (IoT) continues...

Move over connected cars (Reality Check)

4 reasons IoT on wheels is accelerating and will be bigger than the connected car market With headline-grabbing bells and whistles, the growing cult around connected cars is understandable. The booming market for connected services is expected to hit $250 billion—it’s undeniably hot. Wearables, the connected...

Qualcomm announces smart speaker platform

Add Qualcomm to the list of companies that wants to be part of your smart home. The world's leading maker of smartphone chipsets has released a platform for manufacturers that want to create smart home speakers. Consumers probably won't see a Qualcomm branded speaker...

Connected lighting as a platform for smart city sensors

New enLight smart city tool allows local governments to measure and monitor air quality from sensors mounted on lighting British company enLight has announced the launch of its new Smart Cities Pilot Kit, designed to help councils and local authorities to monitor air quality. The...

Cisco partners with Valeo to develop driverless smart parking

Smart parking and mobility partnership envisions integration of sensors to enable autonomous parking Cisco and French company Valeo have signed a cooperation agreement to develop strategic innovations in smart mobility services. The collaboration between the two firms enables vehicles equipped with Valeo smart parking technology...

Nationwide IoT network coming to Canada as Actility expands LPWAN

Actility CEO calls LoRa the LPWAN tech of choice for industrial IoT Low power wide area network (LPWAN) provider Actility has announced a deal with local network provider IoTCAN to deploy a nationwide network in Canada, beginning in Toronto, to support the internet of things...

Connected lighting: its potential and challenges (Reader Forum)

One result of the advent of solid-state lighting (SSL) has been the development of connected lighting systems (CLS), which are networked to share the data produced by LED drivers or collected from sensors. SSL technology, which is based on LEDs or organic LEDs (OLEDs),...