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James Blackman

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James Blackman has been writing about the technology and telecoms sectors for over a decade. He has edited and contributed to a number of European news outlets and trade titles. He has also worked at telecoms company Huawei, leading media activity for its devices business in Western Europe. He is based in London.

  • Road safety with C-V2X – at a four-way ITS intersection, with no traffic signals

    by James Blackman January 8, 2019
    by James Blackman January 8, 2019

    Car companies Audi, Ducati, and Ford have joined with California chip maker Qualcomm to prove the “maturity and potential” of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology by showing their vehicles navigating a …

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  • AT&T strikes deal with Toyota, walks the line on crunch C-V2X / DSRC debate

    by James Blackman January 8, 2019
    by James Blackman January 8, 2019

    AT&T has slipped out a minor announcement about LTE connectivity on latest-model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks in the US, starting from the fall, just as the technology and …

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  • China to build 150 automated and intelligent smart logistics hubs by 2025

    by James Blackman January 7, 2019
    by James Blackman January 7, 2019

    China is to build 30 logistics hubs during the next 12 months and 150 in the following five years as part of a major expansion and transformation of its supply …

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  • Sequans adds cloud positioning to Monarch chip, intros Verizon-approved IoT tracker

    by James Blackman January 7, 2019
    by James Blackman January 7, 2019

    French IoT chipmaker Sequans has announced it will embed ‘cloud location over cellular’ (C-LoC) software to its LTE-M and NB-IoT Monarch platform, creating a IoT location solution that does not …

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  • Where digital transformation sets sail: The five smartest ports in the world

    by James Blackman January 4, 2019
    by James Blackman January 4, 2019

    Container ports are at the crucible of digital change for the global supply chain. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, the industrial internet-of-things (IoT) technologies afford an opportunity for the shipping industry at …

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  • Five trends for smarter cities in 2019

    by James Blackman January 3, 2019
    by James Blackman January 3, 2019

    We have 12 years to save the planet, calculate scientists in the starkest warning yet that our chances of tackling climate change and averting disaster are slipping away. After 2030, …

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  • Germany establishes €200m VC fund to build tech sector and transform industry

    by James Blackman January 3, 2019
    by James Blackman January 3, 2019

    The German government has created its own state-backed venture capital fund to drive the digital transformation of industry and stimulate enterprise innovation in its home market. The move comes as …

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  • Industrial IoT provider Osprey closes $2.75m funding round, led by Shell Ventures

    by James Blackman January 3, 2019
    by James Blackman January 3, 2019

    Calgary based industrial AI and IoT provider Osprey Informatics has raised $2.75 million ($3.75 CAD) from Shell Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Royal Dutch Shell, and Evok Innovations, the Silicon …

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  • Venture capital flows for industrial IoT startups – 2018’s biggest bets on Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman January 3, 2019
    by James Blackman January 3, 2019

    A slew of enterprise funds and venture capital has been staked on the enterprise-facing internet-of-things (IoT) sector in recent months, as vendors have got a better grasp of the technology …

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  • Water utilities and LPWA networks to bring new growth in smart meter market

    by James Blackman January 2, 2019
    by James Blackman January 2, 2019

    Growth in smart meter shipments by water utilities during the next decade, alongside higher sales of smart gas meters, will offset a decline in smart electricity meters, which have underpinned …

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  • Logistics firm G7 claims record $320m IoT funding round, headed by TEV, Tencent

    by James Blackman December 21, 2018
    by James Blackman December 21, 2018

    Chinese internet of things (IoT) company G7 Networks has completed a $320 million funding round, with investments from Total Energy Ventures (TEV) International, Tencent, and GLP, among others. The value …

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  • Chinese steel firm re-boots indoor stockyard with Siemens automation, analytics tools

    by James Blackman December 20, 2018
    by James Blackman December 20, 2018

    Siemens has been engaged to digitise and automate the new indoor stockyard for the Jiangsu Binxin Special Steel Material Company (Binxin Steel) in China. China’s moves in recent years to …

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  • Nine US states plus DC make pact on next-gen transport systems and policy

    by James Blackman December 20, 2018
    by James Blackman December 20, 2018

    Nine US states plus the District of Columbia have announced they will design a new regional low-carbon transport policy to cap and reduce carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation …

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  • American Tower targets two million Brazilian LoRaWAN connections in 2019

    by James Blackman December 20, 2018
    by James Blackman December 20, 2018

    American Tower’s LoRaWAN network in Brazil has passed 400,000 connected devices. The company has set target two million or more by the end of 2019, deployed for a range of …

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  • Veolia to connect three million water meters over Orange’s LoRa network in France

    by James Blackman December 20, 2018
    by James Blackman December 20, 2018

    Over three million water meters will be connected to Orange’s LoRa network in France, after a subsidiary division of French water company Veolia appointed the telecoms provider to help digitise …

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  • Industrial Internet Consortium and OpenFog merge as their tech campaigns align

    by James Blackman December 18, 2018
    by James Blackman December 18, 2018

    The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the OpenFog Consortium (OpenFog), the largest international consortia in the industrial internet-of-things (IoT) and edge computing markets, have agreed to combine as one organisation. …

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  • Self driving, laser armed robots to farm fruit and veg for UK grocery chain Waitrose

    by James Blackman December 18, 2018
    by James Blackman December 18, 2018

    UK super market chain Waitrose is to start farming and selling crops reared by robots. The firm behind the technology claims farming revenues will increase by up to 40 per …

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  • Qualcomm takes wraps off 9205 IoT modem; Telit and Quectel hard on its heels

    by James Blackman December 17, 2018
    by James Blackman December 17, 2018

    Qualcomm has launched its long-awaited 9205 LTE modem for internet-of-things (IoT) applications, combining cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity, and support for IoT developers. Module makers Telit and …

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  • How cold storage firm Lineage Logistics used IoT tech to reduce energy by 34%

    by James Blackman December 17, 2018
    by James Blackman December 17, 2018

    Food cold storage operator Lineage Logistics has engaged IoT solution provider ndustrial.io and carrier AT&T to reduce annual energy usage by 34 per cent and annual energy costs by $4 …

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  • Carrier focused smart car vendors Tantalum, Springworks combine in £14m deal

    by James Blackman December 17, 2018
    by James Blackman December 17, 2018

    Carrier focused connected-car companies Tantalum and Springworks have combined in a deal worth around £14 million, bolstering their position in Europe and the US automotive and telecommunications markets. The deal …

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  • First dual-mode DSRC/C-V2X chipset makes the grade with Rohde & Schwarz

    by James Blackman December 17, 2018
    by James Blackman December 17, 2018

    Test and measurement firm Rohde & Schwarz has validated a new dual-mode DSRC and C-V2X chipset from Autotalks, as the Israeli chip-maker also claims expansion into China. The lack of regulation around …

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  • IIoT start-up proclaims “internet moment” after bagging $11.3m Series A funding

    by James Blackman December 14, 2018
    by James Blackman December 14, 2018

    The digital transformation of manufacturing is about to break big, reckons US industrial IoT and AI startup MachineMetrics, after raising $11.3 million in Series A funding for its factory analytics …

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  • Avnet buys AI specialist Softweb Solutions to bolster its IoT software proposition

    by James Blackman December 14, 2018
    by James Blackman December 14, 2018

    Phoenix based electronics distributor and internet-of-things (IoT) developer platform Avnet has struck a deal to acquire Chicago IoT solutions vendor Softweb Solutions for an undisclosed fee. Softweb Solutions specialises in …

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  • EdgeX Foundry ramps up security of open source IoT code for edge devices

    by James Blackman December 14, 2018
    by James Blackman December 14, 2018

    EdgeX Foundry has released a new version of its Delhideveloper code for IoT edge devices, with new security and management features, new software developer kits (SDKs), and an updated user …

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  • “I thought we’d get sucked up; we haven’t been” – Mentor Graphics on life with Siemens (pt2)

    by James Blackman December 14, 2018
    by James Blackman December 14, 2018

    Note, this is the second part of an interview with Mentor Graphics; for the first instalment go here. For Siemens, Mentor Graphics’ software capabilities with chip and board design, particularly …

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