2017

The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab will encourage MIT faculty and students to launch companies that will focus on commercializing artificial intelligence inventions and technologies IBM and MIT today announced that …

Portugal’s capital Lisbon is currently testing a number of smart city initiatives to improve energy efficiency, sustainability and quality of life in the city as part of the city’s involvement …

LTE-only chipmaker Sequans has announced another key carrier partner. The company said its LTE Category 1 module has been certified for the AT&T network. The module supports AT&T’s LTE bands …

Vodafone will put 2 billion Euros into German gigabit networks by 2021 Vodafone has laid out plans to invest 2 billion Euros (around $2.39 billion) to boost gigabit networks in …

Just as computing continues to evolve with new innovations (graphical interfaces, PC networks, internet connectivity, mobile devices, apps, Internet of Things), the vision of smart homes is, in step-wise fashion, …

Los Angeles, Calif. — Jono Bacon, founder of Jono Bacon Consulting, delivered a keynote presentation titled “The Impact of the Ecosystem” at the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit North America …

Los Angeles, Calif. — Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, had a conversation with Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux kernel and Git, at the Open Source Summit North …

Los Angeles, Calif. — Alan Clark, director of industry initiatives, emerging standards and open source at SUSE, and chairman of the OpenStack Foundation’s board of directors, delivered a keynote presentation …

Silver Spring Networks and Acuity are teaming up to develop a smart lighting platform for utilities, municipalities and campuses. The first step will be the integration of Silver Spring’s IPv6 …

New survey shows high levels of interest, intent to leverage 5G A new survey shows that almost 100 percent of the organizations surveyed intend to leverage “5G” wireless technologies, with …

Millimeter wave is seen as a key part of 5G given the massive capacity associated with the high-band spectrum. But, millimeter wave comes with a number of propagation challenges. Right …

Acquisition of Blue River Technology will allow Deere to bring machine learning to agricultural equipment Deere & Company has inked a deal to acquire California-based Blue River Technology, which specializes …

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 …

SoftBank target use cases include tele-health, tele-education, factory automation, AR and VR Japanese telco SoftBank has partnered with Chinese vendor Huawei to demonstrate potential 5G use cases for its enterprise …

Nokia is expanding its internet of things business with a consulting service that it says will help network operators analyze opportunities in nine different verticals: the connected car, healthcare, logistics …

Cummins Power Generation has leveraged the Microsoft Cloud and the internet of things (IoT) to remotely monitor power systems anywhere in the world. Cummins Power Generation’s new PowerCommand Cloud, a …

When considering Apple iOS, which runs the iPhone, or Google Android, there is more than just a different operating system to consider. Apple iOS is much more secure compared with …

ABI Research says open source communities and individual telcos are fueling development in Asia-Pacific NFV market As telecom service providers in Asia-Pacific continue to virtualize their network architecture, a new …

Broadband internet service in the U.S. has been plagued by uncompetitive practices. Large, nationwide internet service providers (ISPs) have built monopolies that prohibit innovation, drive down levels of service, and …

Mid-size companies are embracing the internet of things, but are not always implementing security measures to protect their data. One in eight has been the victim of a cyber attack …

After selling Motorola’s smartphone business for less than a quarter of what it paid to buy it, Google is reportedly planning another acquisition in the mobile device space. This time …

Intel isn’t a top provider of LTE chips, but the company is determined to play a major role in 5G and the internet of things. Its chipsets are used in …

LAA demonstration, which builds on field tests, is set for Mobile World Congress Americas Earlier this year AT&T worked with infrastructure vendor Ericsson on a field trial of License Assisted …

In its second deal in two weeks, test company EXFO said that it has signed an agreement to purchase French optical test equipment supplier Yenista Optics, which serves the high-end …

Ionics EMS, a precision manufacturer of components for computers and internet of things devices, said it has chosen Panasonic’s smart factory solution to boost productivity. Panasonic says it has implemented …