James Blackman

Arm has said its burgeoning IoT platform and data analytics businesses will not be handed over to parent Softbank after all, after the trade was announced last month as part …

“Productivity isn’t everything, but, in the long run, it’s almost everything.” This oft-quoted aphorism from economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman has new life in the shadow of Covid-19. Despite …

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has pulled together a consortium of industry, government, non-profit, and academic bodies to develop artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to help with disaster response. Microsoft …

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its working relationship with Toyota Motor Corporation to build a cloud platform for the Japan-based firm to process and analyse data from its vehicles. …

Vodafone is to supply 5G infrastructure and connectivity to a new port automation project for the Port of Kiel, at the Kiel Fjord, a 17 kilometre inlet of the Baltic …

Shipments of asset trackers will increase by more than 50 percent annually through 2024, driven by growth in low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks and smaller, cheaper and smarter IoT devices.  Asset …

Semtech is offering new developer kits for LoRa-based asset tracking and smart building applications that integrate with IoT services from Amazon Web Services (AWS). California-based software firm Tensor IoT is …

Telecoms operator du, formerly Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has partnered with Germany-based Software AG to offer a subscription-based digital-change offer to UAE based enterprises. The pair called it a …

Softbank-backed satellite IoT startup Skylo is set to deploy 5G-ready NB-IoT chipsets that can connect via geostationary satellites, it has said. The California-based firm has teamed up with Sony Semiconductor …

Deutsche Telekom is to build a “new type” of LTE-based campus network using spectrum from its public network to test drone deliveries of medical supplies. The deployment is at the …

A new Bluetooth specification is being developed so wearable devices can participate in existing smartphone-based coronavirus (COVID-19) notification systems, being deployed with Bluetooth technology. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) …

Verizon has launched (relaunched?) an IoT marketplace on its ThingSpace platform for customers to purchase, activate and manage customised IoT solutions.It has also announced a five-year contract with German pharmaceutical …

Huawei has put focus on the role of 5G to stimulate industrial revolution, and go beyond the traditional scope of cellular as a straight communications technology for voice and video, …

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 …

Verizon is deploying real-time kinematic (RTK) satellite navigation on its 5G network in the US, to offer hyper-precise positioning with centimetre-level location accuracy for IoT tracking services, and notably development …

NTT Data, the business services division of NTT Group, is working with open RAN provider Mavenir to jointly develop a “complete range” of radio and core access solutions, plus data …

Texas-based Apptricity has launched a long-range Bluetooth beacon capable of connecting sensors at distances of up to 20 miles outdoors, and up to 20 storeys indoors. It is presented as …

Coca-Cola European Partners has signed a multiyear agreement with IBM to move to an open hybrid cloud environment to create a “springboard” to launch IoT and AI technologies to bring …

Software AG has released a social distancing solution via its partners, including Dell Technologies and Tech Mahindra, to help companies navigate the complexities of virus spreading in the workplace. The …

US tech giant Microsoft and Italian natural gas utility Snam are developing a hybrid cloud infrastructure based on Azure to raise the processing power within Snam’s IoT sensor network, to …

Note, this article originally appeared as a blog post on the Guidehouse Insights website; it is reprinted here with permission. The original article can be found here.  “La ville du …

The city of Liverpool has just won a £4.3 million fund, topped-up to £7.15 million, from the UK government to build a private 5G network for local health and social …

UK telecoms firm BT has unveiled a new augmented reality (AR) demo as part of its ‘connected industry’ showcase at its Adastral Park science campus. The enhanced industrial IoT exhibit …

The rail transport division of Japanese industrial conglomerate Hitachi Group has announced a deal to acquire UK-based rail technology firm Perpetuum for an undisclosed fee. Perpetuum, based in Southampton, offers …

European enterprises are divided about adoption of AI for digital transformation, with two-in-five embracing AI technologies and two-in-five disinclined to engage with them. But the remainder are interested, and the …