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Vodafone commits to extending 5G SA technology across Scotland

Vodafone said that the deployment of 5G SA networks in Scotland will benefit for several sectors including healthcare, agriculture, education and energy U.K.-based carrier Vodafone said it aims to provide 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology to nearly 90% of Scotland by 2034 as a result...

Verizon, University of South Carolina open 5G hub

Verizon’s 5G hub is housed in the McNair Center in Columbia, South Carolina Verizon and the University of South Carolina have launched a 5G hub to jointly explore how 5G technology can be used by industries, including manufacturing, healthcare and civil infrastructure, among others. Verizon and...

France launches new measures to boost industrial 5G adoption

Vertical sectors in France are already permitted to use frequencies in the 2.6GHz and 26GHz bands for industrial 5G   The French government announced new measures aimed at promoting access to 5G for manufacturers and vertical sectors in the country, with the aim of accelerating the...

5G ruled safe by panel of international experts

Mobile telephone radiation guidelines from 1998 only required minor updates for 5G Fierce opposition to the deployment of the 5G infrastructure has been popping up all around the world, from California to South Africa to Sweden. Small cell towers, which must be frequently placed, are...

Ofcom tests 5G radiation at 16 UK sites, identifies no health risk

Those who oppose 5G networks cite radiation concerns In its latest round of spectrum testing, the U.K.'s Office of Communications, or Ofcom, measured electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions at 16 5G sites in 10 cities across the U.K., concluding that 5G networks do not pose a...

Lack of 5G clarity brings Switzerland’s rollout to a halt

Switzerland's environmental agency will examine 5G antennas 'in depth, in real-world operational conditions' In January, roughly 2,000 people turned out across Switzerland to protest the spread of 5G technology, and now, as the rest of the world pushes onward with rollouts, the country has placed...

Verizon opens new 5G Lab in London

  Verizon has opened a new 5G Lab and production studio in London to support its international business and media customers, the U.S. carrier said in a release. This new opening represents the company’s first 5G-enabled facility outside the United States. The lab, which is now open...

Seoul plans to deploy city-wide LoRaWAN IoT network

Semtech parterning with local government on LoRaWAN Semtech Corporation, a supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that the Metropolitan Government of Seoul, in South Korea plans to deploy a new enterprise-grade citywide network for Internet of Things (IoT) applications based...

European IoT market revenues to expand by 19.8% y-o-y in 2019: IDC

  Germany, France and the U.K. will be the markets with the highest level of IoT adoption in 2019   Revenues for the European internet of things market are forecast to increase by 19.8% year-on-year to reach $171 billion in 2019, according to a recent report by...

AT&T opens Texas innovation lab for industry ‘verticals’ to test 5G, AI, SDN and IoT

AT&T is inviting companies in the manufacturing, retail, health, finance, and public sector industries into its Foundry innovation lab in Plano, Texas, for the first time to collaborate on new digital solutions. A new area within the facility has been given over to “all aspects...

5G to create $42 billion in socioeconomic value for South Korea in 2030, KT says

The value generated by 5G will account for 1.5% of South Korea’s GDP in 2025, report says The commercial use of 5G technologies in South Korea is expected to generate 47.8 trillion won ($42 billion) in socioeconomic value in 2030, according to a recent study...

NEC uses 5G in remote medical examination trial in Japan

Japanese firm provided a massive-element AAS base station system supporting a 28 GHz band Japanese firm NEC announced that it has provided a base station system for a field trial in remote medical examinations using 5G in Japan. The trial was conducted by NTT DoCoMo under...

Intel launches IoT application for remote health care

Intel's new IoT offering provides connectivity to health care metrics like blood pressure, glucose monitors and pulse oximeters Firming up vertical focus, Intel launched its Health Application Platform, dubbed Intel HAP, which is an application software platform that can be used by remote health care...

Aeris, Wisepill improve medication management via IoT

Wisepill Technologies has developed smart pillboxes to provide real-time medication management solutions Aeris, an U.S.-based provider of end-to-end M2M communications and IoT service provider and Wisepill Technologies, a South African provider of medication adherence management solutions, have announced a cooperation agreement to help pharmaceutical businesses...

Developing a health care IoT solution to monitor vaccine temperatures

Keeping vaccines cold Dulas, a renewable energy provider, sought a machine-to-machine (M2M) solution that would allow it to record and report the temperature inside vaccine refrigerators to prevent the vaccines from losing their potency, according to a case study provided by IoT One. Applying IoT technology to vaccine storage...

Health care IoT: reducing heart disease readmission

Health care provider partners with ThingWorx for machine learning An unnamed regionally-managed health care provider partnered with ThingWorx's machine learning platform to detect patterns in data that would lead to better patient care and reduce costly readmissions for patients with ischemic heart disease, according to...

Health care IoT: reducing heart disease readmission

Health care provider partners with ThingWorx for machine learning An unnamed regionally-managed health care provider partnered with ThingWorx's machine learning platform to detect patterns in data that would lead to better patient care and reduce costly readmissions for patients with ischemic heart disease, according to...

Cellphone radiation linked to some cancers in ongoing study

An ongoing study by the U.S. National Toxicology Program found increased cancer instances in male rodents exposed to cellphone radiation The link between cellphone use and some forms of cancer have risen anew as an ongoing U.S. study found some connection in rats and mice...