IoT

Initiative will focus on applications including public safety, smart transit and autonomous cars Nokia and Smart City Capital are launching a joint program to help Canadian cities fund and reduce the risks associated with smart city initiatives. With available project …

  What drives the capacity beast? Traffic! According to GSMA, 4G mobile connections surpassed one billion in 2015. Additionally, 3 billion LTE devices are expected to ship by 2020, doubling the quantity in 2017. Although 4G connections represented only 26% …

IoT platform provider Actility has been appointed by Öresundskraft, a regional energy and fibre broadband provider in Sweden, to help it build out an open-access LoRaWAN network, starting in the town of Helsingborg, and rolling out across the country. Öresundskraft …

Qualcomm has recently inked an agreement to set up a factory to produce processors for IoT applications in Sao Paulo Qualcomm Technologies and Ericsson announced plans to implement internet of things (IoT) infrastructure and solutions in the areas of agriculture, …

Finnish operator DNA has debuted an ‘internet of things’ (IoT) platform for enterprises in its home country to launch national and international IoT services of their own. DNA’s new platform uses Cisco Jasper’s ‘control center’ product, providing enterprises with control …

For years, 2G and 3G networks have provided businesses with appropriate connectivity — and ROI — for IoT applications. However, the cellular connectivity landscape is changing, as 2G and 3G will be phased out in favor of LTE technologies in …

The fragmented IoT market is hard to understand for enterprises and hard to navigate for operators. Swedish vendor Ericsson says its new IoT ‘accelerator’ can help both sides. Enterprise IoT Insights chats with Jeff Travers, head of IoT at Ericsson, …

COLLEGE PARK, Md.–The telecom and tech industry tends to focus on the positive aspects of smart cities — but panelists at the recent Wireless Connect event grappled not only with the potential good of smart cities but the unintended consequences. …

Finnish duo Nokia and Telia have combined with US chip-maker Intel to run a series of 5G smart factory tests using a trial 5G radio access network, operating in the 28 GHz frequency band. The 5G smart-factory tests used a …

As we found with the recent Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica situation, companies and organizations across multiple sectors are collecting, managing, utilizing and processing vast amounts of consumer data every single day. This data, often stored across personal and company devices, is …

NEW YORK–As the internet of things (IoT) continues to take shape, working toward projections of tens of billions of new networked devices by the end of the decade, there need to be some major changes to how service providers approach …

Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has won a deal to supply its technology agnostic IoT platform into BAE Systems’ manufacturing facilities. The rollout is part of BAE Systems’ large-scale programme to standardise and automate its manufacturing operations. Tapestry Solutions’ enterprise sensor …

The agreement will enable the deployment of fleet management for U.S. businesses Fleet Complete, a global IoT provider of mission-critical fleet management, asset and mobile workforce solutions, announced an agreement with General Motors accelerate the delivery of IoT-enabled services on …

The positive impact of smart city technologies on economic development could see cities locking in incremental growth of almost 3% and driving more than $20 trillion in additional economic benefits over the coming decade.  These are the findings of a …

Chinese regulator Mofcom hasn’t signed off on Qualcomm proposal With the direct intervention of President Trump, Qualcomm withstood a hostile takeover attempt waged by rival Broadcom, but the San Diego, Calif.-based chipmaker is still very much at a transition point–Looking …

Microsoft promises to pump $5 billion into the IoT and edge computing Microsoft recently unveiled plans to invest $5 billion in the internet of things (IoT) over the next four years. The announcement was made by Corporate Vice President of …

KDDI planning to spend $186 million over five years Japanese telecommunications company KDDI has inked a partnership with compatriot venture capital firm Global Brain Corp to establish KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 (KOIF3), a fund that will invest in venture …

Carrier capital spending is expected to pick up this year after an investment lull,  according to new analysis from Dell’Oro Group. “After two consecutive years of declining capex trends, we believe there are reasons to be optimistic about the future,” …

While commercialization of 5G as early as later this year is a high priority for Tier 1 carriers like AT&T or Verizon, for rural carriers the next-generation of cellular is a little further out. But, when the time comes, commercialization …

DT will offer fleet management solutions from IoT provider Fleet Complete Deutsche Telekom has announced a partnership with IoT solutions provider Fleet Complete to expand its presence in the fleet management space in the German market. Through this partnership. Deutsche …

Private LTE is a major MulteFire opportunity With the coming release of its 1.1 specification, the MulteFire Alliance has focused on the internet of things (IoT) as the market entry point for the emerging technology, which deploys LTE solely in …

NVIDIA combining AI architecture with Arm machine learning platform Two leaders in the machine learning/deep learning field have joined forces to push artificial intelligence (AI) into the quickly growing ecosystem of devices that comprise the internet of things (IoT). Announced …

Industry 4.0 and the internet of things among focus of 5G lab Telecom Italia (TIM) and Ericsson have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Municipality of Genoa, the Liguria region and Liguria Digital to launch a 5G digital …

Leaders said projects based on CityVerve smart city incubator The Manchester City Council has selected three companies to carry out smart city initiative trials across the U.K. city. The new trial projects are being launched through CityVerve, which is Manchester’s …

According to Ericsson, rural carriers have to invest for today while planning for tomorrow Rural carriers, while facing some of the same problems as the big guys like limited capex and stagnating ARPU, deal with a unique set of challenges …