Building on smart city project, Cisco will work with ICreate to explore the possibility to set up IoT hub in Gujarat.
U.S. networking giant Cisco signed two agreements with the International Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology and Gift in Gujarat, India,...
There are a number of unlicensed low-power wide-area network startups going toe-to-toe to be one to connect the biggest chunk of the massive and growing "internet of things" market. Players like Sigfox, Ingenu and Senet have been competing with each other over the past...
Altair Semiconductor, a provider of LTE chipsets, announced earlier this month that its ALT1160 LTE Cat-1 chipset successfully completed interoperability testing with the Open Mobile Alliance's Lightweight machine-to-machine protocol. The test took place at the recent OMA TestFest, where vendors had the opportunity to test the stability...
Ford Motor Company registered 1,442 patents this year, a 25% increase from 2015, and the most among the largest automakers in the U.S., according to the Detroit Free Press.
Based on data compiled by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Toyota was granted 1,368 patents...
IoT spurs growing accelerometer and gyroscope market
The "internet of things" is helping grow the accelerometer and gyroscope market, which is expected to reach $3.5 billion by 2022, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.
According to the report, "Accelerometer and gyroscope market by accelerometer type, gyroscope type,...
Swift Sensors to take on industrial IoT.
Earlier this month, Swift Sensors announced its transition to industrial "internet of things" where it plans to offer a cloud-based wireless sensor system for industrial and commercial applications. The company said it will work to...
Greenwave Systems yesterday announced it integrated the Nuance Communications Mix voice and AI-powered natural language understanding (NLU) technologies as part of its AXON Platform for managed services. The solutions offered by the partnership will target networking and communications service providers with the hope of providing the ability to...
Last week, BlackBerry unveiled its mobile-native approach to security with the launch of a platform designed for the industrial "internet of things." The BlackBerry Secure platform is a product of the company’s individual security offerings combined into a single suite. The cloud-enabled approach was...
The two companies plan to evaluate technical and commercial feasibility of 5G research.
Huawei and U.K. telecommunications provider BT have partnered to carry out joint "5G" research activities. The agreement calls for the companies to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of the...
IBM goes all in with blockchain.
IBM this week announced a blockchain ecosystem designed to help accelerate the creation of networks using the technology.
The ecosystem program is designed for large-businesses, startups, systems integrators, independent software vendors and enterprise developers. To support...
Audi's Traffic Light Information technology enables a car to communicate with traffic light infrastructure in select cities across the United States. The car receives real-time signal information from advanced traffic management systems that monitor traffic lights via an onboard LTE data connection. When approaching a connected traffic...
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is going directly after the "internet of things" market with this week’s release of Bluetooth 5, the newest version of the now ubiquitous wireless technology said to offer significant range, speed and broadcast message capacity upgrades.
According to the release,...
Uber is rapidly acquiring startups as it gears up for a future filled with autonomous ride-hailing vehicles. Yesterday, the company announced the purchase of an artificial intelligence startup Geometric Intelligence to provide the core for a new central AI lab being established in Uber’s...
SoftBank looks to deploy a few thousand massive MIMO sites across Japan in 2017.
TOKYO – Japanese mobile operator SoftBank believes massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology will represent a key part of the firm’s "5G" strategy.
Hidebumi Kitahara, senior director of mobile netowrk planning at SoftBank,...
The two firms said the joint IoT solutions will be commercially available in 2017.
Nokia and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise announced a strategic collaboration on "internet of things" solutions targeting the enterprise segment.
Under terms of the alliance, both firms will jointly market and...
Edge Computing Consortium members include Huawei, Intel, ARM and Chinese institutions.
Chinese vendors, together with Shenyang Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Intel, ARM and ISoftStone established the Edge Computing Consortium in Beijing. The...
The Asian telco looks to deploy 10,000 5G sites across China by 2020.
China Mobile plans to launch tests of "5G" technology next year, Chinese press reported, with the telco looking to roll out nearly 10,000 5G base stations by 2020.
According to...
Sigfox announced earlier this month it is closing a $160 million (150 million euros) funding round it intends to use on expansion of its low power wide area network. Companies including Salesforce, Total, Henri Seydoux, Alto Invest, Swen CP and Tamer Group joined existing shareholders...
BlackBerry was one of three groups approved by Ontario, Canada, to participate in an autonomous vehicle testing program. The pilot licensing program is set to allow autonomous vehicle testing with a safety driver behind the wheel.
BlackBerry QNX said it will participate alongside the University...
KT looks to reach 85 cities with NB-IoT services by March 2017.
South Korean telecommunications operator KT expanded its partnership agreements with Samsung Electronics, Ericsson-LG and Nokia, with a focus of deploying a nationwide narrowband "internet of things" network by the first half...
To create a smart utility, the firms open a working group to develop gas meter reading and gas grid surveillance solutions.
Huawei signed a narrowband "internet of things" cooperation agreement with two compatriot companies, Shenzhen Gas and China Telecom Shenzhen, with the aim of...
Nestlé will use Telefonica IoT platform in more than 50 countries
Telefónica Business Solutions signed an agreement with Nestlé to provide "internet of things" communications in more than 50 countries for the the company's coffee-related businesses.
With Telefonica’s IoT solutions, Nestle is looking to monitor the coffee...
The NB-IoT-based smart parking and water monitoring solutions were jointly launched with China Mobile Zhejiang Branch
ZTE said it carried out a demonstration of its smart parking and smart water monitoring services based on narrow-band "internet of things" technology at the World Internet Conference in...
Panasonic Avionics selected Ericsson to provide industrial connectivity
Ericsson was selected by Panasonic Avionics, a subsidiary of Panasonic, to handle connectivity services to the aviation, maritime and mining markets.
Under terms of the deal, Ericsson will implement its "5G"-ready core solution for Panasonic Avionics through...
