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A number of major IoT outfits are collaborating under the auspices of the Zigbee Alliance to develop a new application-layer connectivity standard for the smart buildings market. Members of the …

Sigfox has announced deals with Austrian logistics and postal provider Austrian Post and Australian keg rental provider Konvoy Group, via local Sigfox operators Heliot and Thinxtra, respectively. Between them, the …

HUS Helsinki University Hospital is working with Finnish carrier Elisa to lay the ground for 5G-enabled ‘video robots’ to enable doctors and nurses to interact with coronavirus (Covid-19) patients remotely. …

Nordic Semiconductor has struck a deal with Arkessa to offer wider international cellular IoT connectivity with its nRF9160 system-in-package (SiP), the Trondheim-based firm’s flagship dual-mode LTE-M and NB-IoT module. Global …

France-based Bouygues Telecom has joined with IBM to collaborate with enterprises on industrial 5G use cases in the manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy and utilities, and smart city sectors. Bouygues Telecom …

Rohde & Schwarz has installed a private 5G network from Nokia at its plant in Teisnach, Germany. The network test company wants to run the rule over cellular-enabled Industry 4.0 …

Over three quarters of projected economic growth from 5G in the UK will be driven by just three sectors: manufacturing, construction, and agriculture. These industries, considered to be linchpin ‘verticals’ …

Cigarette brand Philip Morris International has signed a deal with Italian tower operator INWIT to build a 4G LTE network at its new  €1 billion research and production plant in …

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 – …

Germany-based industrial IoT specialist MYNXG has recruited Nokia to deploy a private 5G campus network at its development centre Nuremburg to run the rule over the technology as a platform …

Verizon has rolled out 5G-based edge computing with AWS to Dallas and Miami, taking the total city-count for their combined infrastructure to seven cities in the US. The setup is …

About $32 billion will be spent on industrial IoT platforms for smart manufacturing by 2025, and the number of industrial AR connections will surge by 57 percent per year in …

  Spanish carrier Telefónica and Gestamp, which is a multinational company that designs and manufactures automotive components, have implemented a 5G-connected factory use case in one of Gestamp’s plants in …

French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group has appointed Orange to deploy an indoor 5G network from Ericsson at a factory in France to run the rule over its value as a …

Private cellular specialist Citymesh has struck a deal with Proximus to offer mobile and fixed telecom services on the Proximus network in Belgium, running alongside localised cellular services in its …

Telstra and Ericsson have struck a deal to bundle localised edge-based 5G connectivity and compute functions for enterprises in Australia. The pair are looking to develop a reusable “edge cloud …

A1 Austria is working with Nokia to deploy private LTE and 5G networks for enterprises in Austria. The pair have already worked together to deploy private wireless campus networks in …

Following four years of research and interviews with leaders in the industrial IoT (IIoT) space, Cambashi has settled on nine ‘verticals’, or ‘connected market areas’ for IIoT applications. These are: buildings, …

NEC Corporation has opened a mobility test centre in Japan to develop autonomous driving technologies and intelligent transportation systems. The setup uses a private 5G network running high-speed video analytics …

BT has installed a dedicated public 5G network at the University of Warwick in the UK in what it reckons is a first for the country. The new setup comprises …

Note, this article is taken from a new report on the asset tracking sector, called Asset Tracking – and the March Towards Massive IoT. The report can be downloaded here. With …

Time for an update on the state of play in the industrial IoT platform market; there are numerous studies and rankings of the principle platforms in the space, but Gartner’s …

Mercedes-Benz has integrated its in-car voice assistant system with the home-based Samsung-owned SmartThings platform to enable drivers and passengers to interact with connected devices in their homes. It is the …

  German chemicals company BASF and Spanish telecommunications infrastructure and services operator Cellnex Telecom have signed an agreement to install what Cellnex says will be the first private network based …

Telecoms roaming broker BICS has struck a deal with telematics provider Gurtam to provide international IoT asset monitoring and fleet management in 200-odd countries. The collaboration combines BICS’ global IoT …