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Peachtree Corners in Georgia in the US has launched a fleet of remote controlled electric scooters that can be delivered to customers and returned to parking spots by tele-operators – …

Siemens has struck a deal with private network provider Ondas Networks to range the California firm’s wireless radio systems under its own brand in North America, as part of its …

A consortium of 16 industrial companies and research institutions have combined in a €9.5 million project to set out the “groundwork” for truck platooning with autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, as …

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) have agreed to work together to define architectural principles to prevent fragmentation of the industrial internet for the …

Digi International has released a new line of cellular routers for critical infrastructure and intelligent traffic system applications. The company said it wants to be the “IoT connectivity player of …

Hitachi has acquired automotive software developer Seneos, based in Germany, for an undisclosed fee. The deal, by Hitachi Automotive Systems, bolsters the Japanese firm’s software capabilities in the automotive space, …

German car giant BMW will invest €30 billion in “future-oriented” technologies during the next five years. The group has confirmed it will expand a blockchain pilot for purchasing front lights …

Driverless shuttle buses require four separate safety solutions to ensure they operate safely and reliably even in the event of technical failures. So says Bosch, which has led a €4.3 …

California based Ondas Networks has won contracts to deploy private LTE networks for two major railroads in North America, the company has announced. It has refused to reveal the identity …

German automotive giant BMW has confirmed it will apply for 5G spectrum licences in the 3.7-3.8 GHz industrial band in local factories at home on an ad hoc basis through …

The Société du Grand Paris (SGP), the state owned industrial company responsible for the Grand Paris Express metro project, has contracted Nokia to deploy a private LTE as part of …

Qualcomm has hailed the progress with cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in recent months, including with certification of seven products using its own Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset. C-V2X is a global …

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has announced a new testbed to show the feasibility of adapting LTE for the urban rail sector. The new project is being led by Huawei, …

An intro-video plays as the founders of The Things Network (TTN), take to the stage at their annual LoRaWAN bash in Amsterdam. A Hollywood-style voiceover crows about big-sounding tech – …

Japan-based train company and railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway is trialling machine vision technology from Nokia to improve safety at rail crossings. The firm has started testing at the Tamagawa …

Dell Computers, STMicroelectronics, and Software AG have thrown their weight behind blockchain-rival The Tangle to record and secure transactions and payments between machines in the industrial IoT space.  The companies, …

Japanese telecoms group SoftBank claims to have tested non-standalone 5G with connected cars. Nokia, the kit partner for the tests, called it a “world-first trial”. The setup used 3GPP Release …

German car giants Volkswagen and BMW have confirmed massive Industry 4.0 investments, and firmed up their interests in private industrial 5G as a means to factory automation and slicker production. …

The Digital Supply Chain Institute, a US research group focused on the evolution of supply chains in the digital economy, has recommended supply chain companies set up ‘war rooms’ to …

All around the world, cities are becoming smarter, greener, more efficient. In fact, according to a May 2019 study conducted by Grand View Research, the global smart city market is …

Bosch wants to be an “innovation leader” in AI, it told CES last week. The German industrial giant, one of the manufacturing sector’s most outspoken champions of industrial 5G, is …

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has opened a new ‘customer experience centre’ in Bangalore (Bengaluru), in India, to offer IoT solutions to customers and partners from across industries.  The facility, on …

China-owned Volvo Cars is working with China Unicom to develop 5G based communications between cars and infrastructure in China. The two companies have agreed to work together to research, develop …

Siemens and Arm have struck a deal around computing and sensor design for connected and autonomous vehicles, to help the automotive industry develop more complex platforms for in-car and between-car …

For a time, electronics shows were dominated by handheld devices. The biggest and most glam stands belonged to smartphone makers. It seems almost passé now, and more interesting for it, …