BROWSING: Internet of Things

Telent won a contract to deploy IoT technology to improve the operations of railway company Deutsche Bahn German company Telent will supply compatriot railway company Deutsche Bahn with smart multi-channel measurement systems, which will be implement at around 7,000 points over the next three years. Telent...

Telenor worked with Hitachi on remote management of connected machinery in mining and construction verticals Japanese company Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), which manufactures products for the mining and construction industry was looking for a partner for the development and deployment of a remote management solution...

NB-IoT networks are now live in Sydney and Melbourne Vodafone Australia activated narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) network in Melbourne and Sydney. The NB-IoT network is also live in Frankston, Victoria, where Vodafone has been running NB-IoT trials with Huawei for the past year, and...

Inseego, Undagrid partnership targets asset utilization for aviation managers Inseego, a global provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and solutions for the internet of things (IoT) and Undagrid, a solution provider for non-motorized assets, have announced a global strategic partnership targeting the aviation industry. This cooperation leverages both...

Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, is one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas by population. The local government was facing a challenge with frequent waste management, collection and overflow issues That is why the Seoul metropolitan government came to Ecube Labs. With an...

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Cities will be a dominating force shaping both the problems and the solutions of the future, according to Carl Pope, former executive director and chairman of the Sierra Club. Pope spoke in a keynote address at Smart Cities Week D.C., addressing the opportunities...

By degrees, digital technology is finding its way into city operations, and making cities more efficient and more sustainable. Statistics bear this out. IDC calculates nearly a half of European cities are in some phase of digital transformation into a smart city, and U.S....

GM for Sprint's IoT business sees AI as a game-changer for connectivity Ask Mohamad Nasser what he sees in his internet of things crystal ball, and he brings up the recent debut of Pepper, a humanoid robot being used in Softbank stores in Japan to...

Alba Iulia, Romania Orange has funded and developed the first and biggest integrated smart cities project in Romania, in the city of Alba Iulia, capital of Alba County in Transylvania. The French network operator has worked with the city since late 2016 to expand and...

The Internet of Life and the ShadowView Foundation leveraging LoRaWAN to protect endangered species The Internet of Life and the ShadowView Foundation announced they have implanted LoRaWAN -equipped sensors directly into the horns of critically endangered black rhinos. The two entities said the sensors give park...

Qualcomm’s platform includes Wi-Fi SON features as well as an IoT connectivity suite Indian company Smartron has announced plans to introduce the newly launched Qualcomm mesh networking platform for internet of things (IoT) connected devices in the Indian market. With this association, Smartron and Qualcomm Technologies...

The smart cities market proclaims it has reached a new phase in its evolution, at last, which is showing tangible results in terms of operational efficiencies and sustainability. With familiar terminology, borrowed from the world of software, it has dubbed this new phase ‘Smart...

The French connectivity firm said a total 17 countries currently have nationwide support for internet of things French internet of things (IoT) connectivity provider Sigfox now offers its non-standard connectivity in 36 countries following the addition of four new countries: Costa Rica, Tunisia, Croatia and...

"Those that have adopted IoT are pushing ahead at scale, spending more...than 12 months ago," Erik Brenneis, Vodafone internet of things director and CEO of Global Enterprise, wrote in the telecom group's annual IoT Barometer 2017/18 report. "Many have also dramatically increased the number of...

The Nordic operator is working with Wireless Trondheim to open the IoT lab in early 2018 Norwegian telecom operator Telenor and Wireless Trondheim have announced a joint initiative to open a new IoT lab in the city of Trondheim, in Norway. The two partners said...

KT will install the air quality monitoring solutions at telephone poles, base stations and phone booths South Korean telecommunications firm KT Corp confirmed plans to invest 10 billion won ($8.9 million) to set up air quality monitoring solutions at its telephone poles and base stations...

Through the deal, Reliance Group enterprise IoT customers will have access to IBM Watson platform IBM and Unlimit, a business venture of Indian conglomerate Reliance Group, have announced a strategic collaboration targeting the enterprise IoT space. Under the terms of the agreement, IBM and Unlimit...

Vodafone survey examines relationship between cyber defense and company success Vodafone released a new global survey highlighting the relationship between cyber defense and business success. According to the report, which included the responses of 1,434 security decision-makers, approximately 73% of companies believe information can serve...

Part of a larger EU program, Helsinki smart city projects focus on energy and transportation Finland’s capital Helsinki, along with two other European cities, have reached a three-year implementation stage in the mySMARTLife smart city development project 2016-2021, which aims to cut energy use by...

Metro Atlanta Chamber will work with Accenture and other partners to oversee and advise on strategy and direction for smart cities Accenture, AT&T, General Electric and The Weather Company along with Atlanta Committee for Progress have jointly launched IoT.ATL, a new initiative to attract internet...

Bringing the IoT to health care one use case at a time While vaccines save millions of lives each year about 1.5 million children die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Some factors that contribute to the availability of vaccines...

The IoT platform will allow Tilburg municipal government to manage air and water quality and measure sound levels The Council of the Dutch city of Tilburg has selected Ericsson and Spanish firm Libelium to set up an IoT platform around the area of Puishaven, in...

According to Navigant Research, smart building technology can aid government operations and services The global smart building market is expected to grow from $3.6 billion in 2017 to $10.2 billion by 2026, according to a recent study by Navigant Research.“There is a growing market opportunity...

Vodafone highlighted that smart devices, cloud-based services and IoT can lead to more effective healthcare U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone claims that new connected solutions based around the internet of things (IoT) will help people to follow their medical treatment programs more closely. This is the main...