Dutch authorities are working with the Talking Traffic Partnership to deploy a nationwide smart traffic initiae
The Dutch government has implemented a smart traffic project in association with the Talking Traffic Partnership.
The government said that over 1.2 million road users are now able to receive...
Telia says site sensors are connected to NB-IoT and LTE-M networks
Nordic operator Telia Norway has partnered with Norwegian firm Effera to develop digitalization solutions for the construction industry.
The two partners said the new solutions will allow the efficient running of construction sites, with controls...
Partnership initially focuses on European markets including Germany and Austria
Orange Business Services and Siemens have teamed up to foster the adoption of internet of things (IoT) solutions in the industrial sector.
The partners said that their initial plans are to develop asset tracking and asset-monitoring...
Autonomous ships will be a reality before robot aircraft or driverless cars, reckons Rolls-Royce, despite the maritime industry’s late start with digital technologies. The British engine maker said it will test autonomous tug boats in port waters along the Finnish coast this summer.
The shipping...
Vehicle trial leveraged sensors, eMBMS, Nokia MEC platform
Finnish vendor Nokia and Japanese communications firm KDDI said they have successfully demonstrated the use of LTE technology in Japan to deliver low-latency connectivity for vehicles.
The partners claimed to be the first in the world to use...
Integrated LoRa devices and RF tech make up smart water platform in
California-based Semtech Corporation, a supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced that IoTsens, an Internet of Things solutions and services firm, has integrated LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology in...
Siemens said the digitization project will be fully completed by 2034
German technology powerhouse Siemens has won a contract worth a total of 800 million euros ($990 million) to digitize Norway’s entire railroad network.
As part of the contract, the company will equip around 4,200 kilometers...
The agreement will enable the deployment of fleet management for U.S. businesses
Fleet Complete, a global IoT provider of mission-critical fleet management, asset and mobile workforce solutions, announced an agreement with General Motors accelerate the delivery of IoT-enabled services on OnStar-equipped 15 MY and newer...
UK carriers have paid £1.35 billion ($1.9bn) in the first stage of bidding for new 3.4 GHz radio spectrum, for use with 5G services, including high-bandwidth IoT-based concepts like autonomous driving. The new 3.4GHz allocation is the first bandwidth to be made available for...
Unlicensed networks, mostly based on LoRa and Sigfox, make up two-thirds of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks today, according to a study of 100 LPWA networks by IoT research firm ON World. A third of the total network deployments are geared towards smart city applications,...
Sigfox will increase coverage in Chicago, Seattle, Las Vegas, New York City and Boston during 2018
IoT connectivity provider Sigfox said it has reached a 50% increase in coverage in the U.S. market during 2017. The LPWAN network operator has also expanded its ecosystem of...
Vodafone Germany and Bosch partnered on C-V2X trial
Huawei, Vodafone Germany and Bosch have successfully tested the extended usage of cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) technology in combination with Bosch’s adaptive cruise control (ACC) driver assistance system.
The partners said they have been performing trials of...
The IoT connectivity provider aims to cover 60 countries with its technology by the end of the year
European firm Cellnex Telecom and Heliot, Sigfox's operator in Switzerland, have signed an agreement to rollout what it claims to be the first internet of things (IoT)...
IoT connectivity platform provider Actility has released a slimmed-down version of its ThingPark solution for enterprise customers.
ThingPark is the most widely deployed LoRa platform among operators of public LoRA networks. Actility announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona it had signed its fiftieth...
European LoRaWAN roaming will be completed by the end of the year, said the LoRa Alliance at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
European network operators Orange and KPN, in France and the Netherlands respectively, completed the first field tests of roaming between national LoRaWAN...
AT&T is working with U.K. firm RM2 to provide connected and reusable pallets
AT&T is implementing internet of things (IoT) technology to develop connected pallets, with the aim of reducing the use of traditional wooden pallets, which pose a number of environmental and economic challenges...
Sigfox additions include Hungary, Switzerland, UAE, Malaysia and South Korea
French IoT connectivity service provider Sigfox has expanded its global network to 45 countries, after Hungary and Switzerland became the latest European markets to offer Sigfox’s LPWAN connectivity.
Hungary's Omnicell IoTnet and Switzerland's Heliot will be...
Orange said the partnership will focus on the development of leisure and entertainment services for drivers and passengers
Spanish carmaker SEAT and mobile operator Orange Spain have signed an agreement with the aim of promoting new advances in the development and use of the connected...
The telco is implementing AI in collaboration with Ericsson and Huawei
Vodafone Spain, part of U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone, aims to implement artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve the performance of its mobile network in Spain, local press reported.
AI technology from Ericsson and Huawei will...
The Chinese government is promoting the implementation of smart manufacturing practices among local companies
German company Siemens announced plans to build an ‘Industry 4.0’ smart manufacturing innovation center in China. The smart manufacturing center, which will be located in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi...
In the long-term move towards autonomous vehicles divorced from the typical design paradigm of front-facing seats, steering wheels, pedals, etc...vehicles are becoming increasingly connected. Passengers and drivers can use network-based services to support a range of use cases including vehicular telemetry, personalized infotainment and...
Local telco Proximus has selected Kerlink for the deployment of 800 stations
French firm Kerlink has obtained a contract to provide Belgian telecommunications company Proximus with 800 additional stations for the latter’s LoRaWAN IoT network in Belgium.
This new contract follows Proximus’s deployment of a LoRaWAN...
AW North Carolina is using Cisco's smart manufacturing solutions at its Durham factory
AW North Carolina, Inc. (AWNC), a manufacturer of automatic transmissions and transmission components, is using smart manufacturing technology from Cisco to improve the efficiency of its manufacturing plant.
With more than 2,000 employees,...
Vodafone launched the technology in Düsseldorf as part of an initiative to offer this service in 13 German cities by end-2018
Vodafone Germany has announced the activation of its NB-IoT network in Düsseldorf, German press reported. The NB-IoT launch is part of a wider program...
