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IoT network coming Ireland via Silver Spring, ESB partnership

Once deployed, IoT network customers will have access to Silver Spring Networks' Starfish platform-as-a-service U.S. firm Silver Spring Networks will work with Irish company ESB Telecoms to develop a national IoT network across Ireland. ESB Telecoms Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of ESB and...

Massive smart lighting project coming to London

Silver Spring Networks will deploy its Starfish smart lighting platform-as-a-service (PaaS) across of London Silver Spring Networks announced that it will deploy its Starfish smart lighting platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering across the City of London and the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham. The company previously announced...

ThingPark China launches LPWAN IoT network

The new IoT network uses Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless RF technology Semtech Corporation, an U.S. supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced the expansion in China of a LoRaWAN-based IoT network using Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless RF technology. The first stage...

Zinwave Webinar: The Enterprise’s Guide to In-building Wireless: Key Components & Cost Considerations

Nearly 25 years after the introduction of mobile phones, it is still disconcertingly familiar to see people leaning against a window, holding phones in the air or rushing around as they search for the elusive indoor cellular signal. The crowds around the windows are...

Projections support fleet management as key IoT use case

 According to Berg Insight, the number of active fleet management systems in the region had reached 6.7 million at end-2016 The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in North America was 6.7 million at the end of the 2016, according...

Rogers Communications launches connected car offering

 The Canadian telco’s connected car offering is built by Chinese vendor ZTE Canadian communications firm Rogers Communications has launched a connected car product in the local market. Built by Chinese vendor ZTE and powered by Mojio's open platform for connected cars, the Rogers Smart Drive...

Samsung inks agreement with America Movil to develop IoT, 4.5G

The new agreement will cover initiatives in Mexico as well as other Latin American markets Korean company Samsung Electronics and Latin American mobile telephony giant America Movil have signed a letter of intent to develop a series of projects across Latin America including initiatives in...

Huawei partners to expand NB-IoT testing to Brazil

The initial NB-IoT testing kicked off earlier this year with focus on smart metering and tracking applications Swiss firm u‑blox, which specializes in wireless and positioning modules and chips, has announced a partnering with Chinese vendor Huawei, Brazilian mobile operator Vivo, and other firms including...

WISekey wins connected car contract with European manufacturer

The Swiss company will integrate its products in the manufacturer’s connected car solutions Swiss cybersecurity and internet of things (IoT) company WISeKey announced a contract with an unnamed European car manufacturer for development of connected car technology. The agreement includes the integration of the WISeKey IoT...

China Telecom launches IoT open platform in partnership with Ericsson

The companies say the new IoT platform will allow enterprises to launch IoT through partnerships China Telecom and Ericsson have launched the China Telecom IoT Open Platform, a global connection management platform to enable companies to accelerate the deployment of internet of things solutions and...

Vodacom opens NB-IoT lab in South Africa

Through the NB-IoT lab, the telco aims to launch M2M, IoT systems in the African country South African telecommunications operator Vodacom, owned by U.K.-based telco Vodafone, has opened a NB-IoT laboratory at its Vodaworld campus to incubate and commercialize machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things...

Nokia and Xiaomi partnering on IoT and AI

 The collaboration between the two firms also includes a multi-year patent agreement apart from IoT cooperation Finnish vendor Nokia and Chinese company Xiaomi have signed a business collaboration agreement and a multi-year patent agreement, including a cross license to each company's cellular standard essential patents,...

Vodafone bringing NB-IoT network to New Zealand next year

 Vodafone expects to carry out a NB-IoT pilot later this year with select enterprise customers U.K.-based operator Vodafone announced plans to deploy a narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) network in early 2018 in New Zealand. “There are many IoT networks available now but we think NB-IoT is...

China Mobile, Huawei demo technologies driving 5G

Huawei said the 5G demo lays the foundation for future development of connected vehicles China Mobile, the world’s largest telecommunications company, together with Chinese companies SAIC Motor and Huawei Technologies have completed a demonstration of what it claims to be the world's first 5G remote...

China Mobile in IoT deal with Cubic Telecom, Valid

The new partnership will allow Chinese customers to have access to eSIM technology Global connectivity solutions provider Cubic Telecom, China Mobile and eSIM solution provider Valid have announced a partnership to deliver LTE connectivity enablement to global internet of things (IoT) customers in China. Under this...

China set to become largest 5G market by 2025

A GSMA study forecast the nation will reach 428 million 5G subscribers by that time China is expected to represent 39% of global 5G connections by 2025, according to a new study by GSMA Intelligence and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)....

Orange expands enterprise IoT partnership with China Telecom

The new deal will allow the two companies to serve enterprise IoT customers in Asia, Europe and Africa SHANGHAI--China Telecom and Orange Business Services announced they have expanded their strategic partnership in the enterprise IoT space. Under the terms of the new cooperation agreement, which...

Secure Linux Development with Embedded Solutions

While Linux is becoming the preferred platform for embedded solutions, a key challenge for developers is to balance the pressures of shorter development sprints without compromising security.  Learn how SUSE is positioned to provide the flexibility, tools, Linux expertise and support necessary to help...

Deutsche Telekom launches NB-IoT network in Germany

The telco said it will deploy NB-IoT networks in other European markets soon Deutsche Telekom has launched its first narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) service packages in Germany. The German telco said that its new NB-IoT service packages consist of two options: NB-IoT Access, an NB-IoT device connectivity...

Actility using platform for precision agriculture project

Australia’s Connected Country Network will use Actility’s ThingPark platform for precision agriculture functions like remote monitoring of soil conditions French firm Actility, which specializes in low-power, wide-area (LPWA) networks for the internet of things (IoT), announced that its ThingPark platform is powering the roll out...

T-Mobile asks FCC to change CBRS plan

New proposal could limit enterprise choices for LTE networks Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) is seen as a key enabler of private LTE networks to support the internet of things. To some extent, those private networks will depend on the way users license the 3550...

LPWA deployments starting to gain traction, GSMA says

Operators deploying LPWA technology include AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and Chinese telcos The deployment of LPWA solutions is starting to gain traction with the recent developments by some leading operators including AT&T, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom (DT), Verizon and Vodafone,...

Vodafone uses the IoT for mobile diabetes management

 With the deal, Vodafone’s customers will have access to Smart Meter’s iGlucose platform U.K. telecom group Vodafone is working with Smart Meter LLC., a mobile health services provider for diabetes management, to bring accessibility to its customers around the world. With this cooperation agreement, Vodafone’s customers...

Smart cities target of Panasonic, TransitScreen IoT offering

Under the new partnership, both firms will bring advanced IoT solutions to smart cities in the country Panasonic Corporation of North America and TransitScreen have signed a strategic alliance to bring advanced IoT applications to smart cities around the U.S. Under this new partnership, both companies...