The new IoT-based precision farming solution was launched by local telco dtac in partnership with government agencies
Thai telecommunications firm dtac has launched a precision farming solution through a partnership with Thailand’s Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE) and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center...
Smart city initiatives will allow Dubai government to boost its Smart Dubai 2021 initiative
Chinese vendor Huawei will develop smart city initiatives in Dubai following a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Civil Defense.
Under the terms of the agreement, Huawei will work with Dubai...
Network equipment maker Belden is dropping its $380 million bid for IoT module maker Digi International. Belden said its offer was based on projections that Digi's annual earnings before interest, depreciation and taxes would hit $24 million. But Digi's most recent earnings report suggests...
The acquisition will allow the French IoT specialist to add GPS (A-GPS) technology to its ThingPark platform
French firm Actility, a specialist in low power wide area networks (LPWAN) for the internet of things, announced the acquisition of geolocation system company Abeeway.
Actility said the combination...
The new Amazon R&D facility will be located in Cambridge and employ 400 people
Amazon has announced a significant investment to boost its research and development activities in the U.K. with the opening of a new Development Centre site in Cambridge.
The new facility will have...
Sprint launches wireless indoor small cells
Enterprises are hearing a lot these days about the opportunity to connect everything to wireless networks, but they know that job one is making sure their people are connected. Sprint is addressing that challenge with a new wireless small...
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company will create a $1 billion fund to support advanced manufacturing in the U.S. He said Apple will announce its first investment later this month.
"We asked ourselves 'How can we get more people to do advanced manufacturing in...
Bringing digital transformation to the manufacturing sector is a main goal of the partnership
Manufacturing is a major economic driver in Germany, and, as such, the sector is drawing considerable federal investment under the auspices of Industry 4.0, a national plan to digitally transform manufacturing....
The Spanish internet of things specialist already has 40 cloud platforms integrated with its IoT gateway
Spanish wireless sensor maker Libelium has added new partners to its internet of things (IoT) ecosystem, which focuses on IoT verticals including utilities, smart cities and agriculture.
The Spanish firm said...
The smart city initiatives will be implemented in Tianfu New Area
Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia and China’s Tianfu New Area Chengdu Administrative Committee have signed a strategic agreement to develop smart city initiatives.
Under the terms of the smart city deal, both parties will collaborate on...
Samsung has been cleared to test a self-driving car on the roads of Korea, according to The Korea Herald. The world's largest smartphone maker joins about 20 other companies that have already won this privilege in South Korea, including Hyundai, which will make the...
The new autonomous driving company is a JV owned by Autoliv and Volvo Cars
Zenuity, the new joint venture between Autoliv and Volvo Cars, will develop advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) technologies, and recently launched operations.
Autoliv announced it will make a...
The smart meters are being provided by Swiss firm Landis+Gyr
Landis+Gyr, a Swiss firm which specializes in smart meters and smart grids solutions, said that the grid modernization project underway at Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has surpassed 10 million advanced meters and devices installed.
"Our deployment...
Toyota announced plans to hire additional people and expand office space at its Plano headquarters
Toyota Connected is planning to double its headcount and expand its office space in Plano, Texas, in an area adjacent to Toyota Motor North America’s new headquarters.
Toyota Connected is the...
Drones have the potential to make a number of industries more efficient, but only if the images and information they capture can be turned into actionable intelligence. That's why platforms that connect unmanned aerial vehicles to cloud-based software are a focus for developers and...
ABI Research said most of the projects are related to smart lighting, meters, buildings and transportation
The governments in China, Japan, and South Korea are currently leading the deployment of smart city initiatives in Asia, according to a recent study by ABI Research.
The report revealed...
Smart companies invest in smart buildings while others watch from the sidelines
The Continental Automated Buidling Association's annual show brings together real estate professionals and the companies who can help them make their properties safer, greener and more efficient. Connectivity is the key to most...
The Canadian firm offers fleet management services for verticals including oil and gas, health, transportation and government
Israeli provider of telematics solutions ERM Advanced Telematics announced an agreement with GPS Police, a provider of fleet management services in North America, to expand the latter’s fleet...
The two firms are already looking for industrial IoT opportunities in the U.S. and Europe
French IoT connectivity provider Sigfox has signed a global partnership with Alizent to offer industrial IoT solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, the two partners will combine their respective technologies...
Silicon Valley's internet of things developers conference has laid claim to a key audience within the IoT ecosystem: the developers who create the software and embedded systems to connect devices to the internet and analyze the data they generate.
The show filled a wing of...
IoT could be biggest opportunity, but not in the near term
Cable and media giant Comcast clearly intends to be a player in the market for wireless services. With tens of millions of Wi-Fi access points, an enterprise internet of things business, a mobile service...
The enterprise solution is a part of the Cisco Jasper Control Center IoT platform
Networking company Cisco has announced the availability of a new IoT platform, Control Center for Mobile Enterprise, which automates the management of enterprise mobile services and devices.
The new solution is an...
Predictive maintenance is a key industrial IoT use case
Chinese ICT vendor Huawei and GE Digital have launched a jointly-developed industrial cloud-based predictive maintenance solution that integrates Huawei's EC-IoT gateways and Agile Controller, GE's Predix platform, other partners' sensors and controllers, and industrial applications to construct information...
AT&T is adding more radios to its cell sites on wings, or COWs as the company likes to call them. The latest COW tests took place in Houston, where AT&T's network disaster recovery team worked with first responders to practice recovering from the loss...
