BROWSING: smart farming

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), handling Wi-Fi industry cooperation and initiatives, has said Wi-Fi HaLow is ready to rock in “commercial IoT deployments across a range of sectors”. As such, it has issued a new white paper with a bunch of likely deployment scenarios...

Ten percent of Americans still lack broadband access, and 39% of those without access reside in rural areas. But connectivity is a necessity for all areas of modern life. And even though the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is working tirelessly to increase access through...

Three technology partners, one private network and robot tractors: At a U.S. smart vineyard, these were the seeds of success for a precision agriculture use case. Intel, Federated Wireless and Blue White Robotics discussed the partnership and the particulars during a session of the recent...

France-based precision agriculture startup Sencrop has raised $18 million in Series B funding, led by Israeli venture capital firm JVP. Sencrop, founded in 2016, headquartered in Lille, claims to be Europe’s leading provider of “field-connected solutions”, with 20,000 farmers in 20 countries, mainly in...

Nokia said its radios are being used in 5G OI Lab’s field labs to test a variety of applications and use cases for rural farms Nokia announced that it has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) as a corporate sponsor. In a release,...

Vodafone Business takes on precision agriculture Vodafone Business announced that it piloting a new service that could accelerate the digitization of farming across Europe by providing farmers with a mobile app linked to agricultural IoT sensors. Five European pilot farms in Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain...

Vodafone has deployed iSIM-based NB-IoT-connected sensor units, loosely resembling the printable iSIM tracker solution it developed with Altair and Arm for pharma firm Bayer last year, along the UK's southern coast. The new project is to help academics, businesses, and local authorities bring new...

Vodafone has urged the UK government to write targets and incentives for 5G and IoT adoption into its forthcoming net-zero strategy blueprints, due to be published later this year. The UK-headquartered operator said the UK government should create a regulatory and policy framework that...

Technologists grew 196% more strawberries than traditional farmers in smart agriculture competition As technology reshapes global industries, flashy projects like autonomous robotics for manufacturing and augmented reality interfaces for remote expert support grab plenty of headlines. While adding efficiency and cutting costs in manufacturing is...

Better rural broadband availability has "significant positive impacts on crop yields and other farm production metrics," the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Economics and Analytics found in a new working paper. The report, by economist Katherine LoPiccalo (who previously worked at the FCC but...

The deployment will benefit more than 50,000 farmers in India Nokia and Vodafone India Foundation, the CSR arm of Vi, have deployed a Smart Agriculture (SmartAgri) solution as part of a pilot that is being implemented in 100 locations in the states of Madhya Pradesh...

When John Deere first began supplying agricultural tools in 1804, it was pitchforks and shovels; today, it’s connectivity and data. On this episode of Well, technically… John Deere's Director of Intelligent Solutions Group Nancy Post digs into how the company is helping farmers improve efficiency and output with advanced technologies like AI, machine learning and hopefully one day, 5G.

In case you missed it, a Deutsche Telekom-backed 5G sky-network is gearing up for launch – offering country-wide 5G coverage for a decently-sized European country with just 60 masts – and no site rentals to speak of. As covered over on RCR Wireless last...

IoT provider Sierra Wireless has been selected by IoT tracking firm Ekatra to underpin its industrial tank monitoring solution, which is geared particularly towards fertilizer tanks in the farming industry. Ekatra has integrated the Cabadian firm’s ‘full-stack’ Octave IoT platform into its new product,...

The European Commission has published the results of its Internet of Food and Farm (IoF2020) project, one of three large-scale pilots it has funded in the agricultural sector as part of its Digitising European Industry (DEI) policy. It has delivered hard returns, around interoperability...

AtgTech startup FarmSense uses AI and analytics for pest control California-based AgTech startup FarmSense unveiled its smart pest monitoring system, which farmers adopt the latest in artificial intelligence and analytics to improve insect monitoring and crop management. FarmSense's FlightSensor uses innovative optical sensor technology to automate the process...

World Honeybee Day is on the third Saturday in August every year, and this weekend (August 15) this year. North Carolina based analytics firm SAS Institute has used the occasion to draw attention to the way new IoT and AI technologies are helping to...

French IoT firm Kerlink has teamed up with Japanese medical devices and electronics distributor GISupply on a set of LoRaWAN-based IoT solutions for the smart health and farming sectors. The deal gives Kerlink a new market outlet, in Japan. Their “package of applications” bundles LoRaWAN-based...

CISCO: '5G can really unleash a farm’s power' As John Deere’s Director of Intelligent Solutions Nancy Post has explained to Enterprise IoT Insights, connected farming is becoming a more popular endeavor for the modern farmer, and as smart farming gains attention, technologies like artificial intelligence,...

Swiss operator Sunrise has launched an IoT connectivity management platform to activate and monitor IoT SIM cards. It is targeted at smart manufacturing, smart farming, and smart sports stadiums. The new connectivity management platform, called Sunrise IoT Connect, allows IoT customers to activate and manage...

US manufacturer Stanley Black & Decker is working with T-Mobile and Ericsson to connect its industrial tools and household hardware. The deal for airtime is with T-Mobile in Austria, and designates its narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network in Austria for low-power wide-area (LPWA) connectivity. Ericsson is...

Sony Electronics announced a software update for its smart agriculture solution aimed at providing agricultural customers with new AI-based imaging capabilities, Sony said in a release. These new features, based on industry feedback, provide expanded functionality and are planned for rollout in March 2020.  Additionally, Sony Electronics, which currently offers its...

Telecoms vendor Huawei has partnered with Chinese agricultural technology supplier XAG on a series of experiments to explore the application of 5G and AI in agriculture. XAG is also an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufacturer, producing drones, alongside internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence...

A new smart farming initiative in Brazil, called ConectarAGRO, is seeking to make use of LTE and 5G connectivity, as well as satellite and microwave technologies, to enable 500,000 farms to connect machinery, deploy robots and sensors, and engage precision mapping. US agricultural equipment...