Internet of Things

Gigabit-based services will become the norm in 2017, with pressure and support coming from VR, 5G, cellular IoT, SDN and SON. Editor’s Note: With 2017 virtually upon us, RCR Wireless …

Former Mavenir CEO to lead new charge with bolstered messaging, VoLTE, Vo-Wi-Fi platform targeting 5G, IoT and with heavily reliance on software. Xura is set to become a larger player …

Carnival Cruise Line is getting ready to make a major announcement at CES next month. Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation, which owns Carnival Cruise Line, is scheduled to give …

Thinxtra currently uses LPWA IoT network technology in Australia and New Zealand. Thinxtra, an Australian provider of “internet of things” infrastructure, announced plans to launch a Sigfox low-power wide area …

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 …

In 2017, operators will realize the benefits of utilizing NFV to serve specific purposes in their networks. Editor’s Note: With 2017 virtually upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions …

NFV, SDN and cloud platforms are seen as key components of the Broadband Forum Broadband 20/20 initiative, with a focus on driving revenue. On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we …

Microsoft/TomTom deal expected to allow developers to manage location-aware enterprise, mobile and IoT applications. Dutch firm TomTom and U.S. software giant Microsoft signed a partnership to bring enterprise-grade, location-based services …

IoT for Coca-Cola machine IoT software and services company Bsquare has been working with Coca-Cola since 2006, on a project that would become the Coca-Cola Freestyle, an “internet of things”-enabled …

BT Compute for SAP enterprise solutions to be available for European customers in early 2017. U.K. telco BT and T-Systems inked a collaboration agreement focused on the delivery of SAP …

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 …

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 …

ZTE made the case to combine work on cloud and fog computing at recent ITU-T CTO event in Thailand. In a move to combine what it sees as similar technology …

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 …

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 …

Standards challenges could impede the move towards 5G, though industry adoption of NFV and SDN could ease the transition. Across a broad spectrum of industries, businesses are pinning their hopes …

As much as one-third of medication is unusable by the time it is supposed to be taken as a result of poor storage of temperature-sensitive medicines due to insufficient supply …

The millions of connected devices that make up machine-to-machine systems and are part of the “internet of things” need to be switched on, configured, provisioned for services, maintained, updated with …

The millions of connected devices that make up machine-to-machine systems and are part of the “internet of things” need to be switched on, configured, provisioned for services, maintained, updated with …

The Microsoft/KPMG partnership will target Indian organizations willing to implement IoT initiatives. Microsoft and auditing firm KPMG have established a strategic “internet of things” advisory partnership targeting the Indian market. …

The two companies plan to jointly develop IoT solutions designed to improve safety for emergency services. Japanese ICT firm Fujitsu announced a strategic partnership with DHL Supply Chain U.K. to …

As much as one-third of medication is unusable by the time it is supposed to be taken as a result of poor storage of temperature-sensitive medicines due to insufficient supply …

Japanese ISP Biglobe counts 2 million fixed broadband subscribers and 400,000 mobile customers. Japanese telecommunications company KDDI is set to acquire rival internet service provider Biglobe from Japan Industrial Partners …

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 …

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 …