Enterprises are adopting smart building technologies to reduce costs and streamline operations. Wireless sensors will monitor everything from heating and cooling to lighting, office machines, and security controls. These sensors need robust and reliable wireless connectivity. There are several requirements for providing the needed...
Silicon Valley's internet of things developers conference has laid claim to a key audience within the IoT ecosystem: the developers who create the software and embedded systems to connect devices to the internet and analyze the data they generate.
The show filled a wing of...
German firm Locate Solutions uses different sensors and relies on Vodafone for connectivity.
German location solutions provider Locate Solutions is working with Vodafone to provide a service targeting Europe’s aging population.
“Autonomous and independent living will be a key area of growth for us,” said...
Fixed wireless access: The first phase of 5G
Moderator Dan Meyer, Editor-in-Chief at RCR Wireless News is joined by Boris Maysel, Director Business Development, Siklu Communication; Farooq Khan, CEO, PHAZR, Inc and Berge Ayvazian, Wireless 2020 to discuss fixed wireless access the the initial development phase of 5G...
SD-WAN: Creating distributed, secure, highly reliability solutions in healthcare, entertainment and food services
Jeff Smith ,Managing Partner, at Quantum IoT discusses the benefits of SD-WAN in healthcare, entertainment and food services as part of the Connected Buildings track at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin,...
Globecomm & The Maritime Industry; Connected Vessels
Paul Scardino, SVP, Globecomm
https://youtu.be/R8BlFyJaRLs
The Internet of Things may be newer-used terminology but it is truly an evolution of a term that was coined in the 1970s, SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) systems. These are systems that provide...
Vodafone to support the Chinese bike-sharing service already operating in 33 cities.
Vodafone announced it is providing all the managed internet of things connectivity for Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike’s operations in Singapore, which is the firms first business outside of China.
Under terms of the...
With both AT&T and Verizon Wireless expected to roll out LTE-M internet of things networks in the U.S. this year, makers of low-power connectivity chipsets are busy forging partnerships and launching trials.
Sequans Communications and STMicroelectronics announced the most recent partnership. The companies said they...
The Japanese IoT firm currently has nearly 5,000 customers globally
Japanese company Soracom, a provider of cloud-based communication platforms for the internet of things (IoT), has recently launched its IoT platform and global connectivity services in Europe.
“Soracom aims to use its platform to contribute to...
The Dutch firm’s solution offers support for consumer and industrial IoT devices
Dutch digital security specialist Gemalto is supplying Com4, a dedicated M2M / IoT operator, with an On-Demand Connectivity solution that will support secure remote SIM provisioning in the Internet of Things (IoT) market....
Inmarsat and Actility laud LoRa-based IoT network as first global LPWAN option.
As large enterprises continue to adopt internet of things solutions for a variety of use cases, global connectivity is a major selling point. Consider asset tracking: without global connectivity, visibility and...
Thai government looks to develop IoT initiatives including a smart city project in Phuket.
SK Telecom signed a contract with Thai state-run telecommunication operator CAT Telecom for the deployment of internet of things networks and technology consulting.
Under terms of the deal SK...
GSMA says LPWA technologies are backed by 67 global operators.
The GSMA predicts low power wide area technology connections are set to exceed 2G, 3G and 4G, becoming the leading technology for internet of things connectivity with 1.4 billion connections by 2022,...
Aeris revealed the main benefits network optimization offers in the IoT field
IoT network optimization is increasingly gaining relevance due to the expected huge increase in internet of things-related traffic in the coming years as billions of IoT devices are connected to global networks.
In this scenario,...
The 90-day public comment period is ongoing for a proposed U.S. Department of Transportation mandate that would require automakers to include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications in all models by 2020.
According to policymakers, the proposed rule is intended to harness technology to advance crash avoidance systems...
In support of the various "internet of things" LPWAN connectivity schemes in the field, Nokia has updated its IoT platform to support narrowband-IoT and LoRa protocols, as well as included integrated applications focused on the smart city and automotive verticals.
The Finnish network equipment vendor's...
AntTail, a Dutch monitoring services provider focused on the pharmaceutical industry, has selected U.K telecommunications firm Vodafone’s Managed IoT Connectivity Platform to provide support to its monitoring solution.
Pharmaceutical supply chains are typically long and fragmented, making medication vulnerable to temperature variation. Current temperature monitoring...
French firm to offer IoT connectivity and management services.
Orange Business Services won a three-year contract with Viasat Group for a global internet of things roaming service for up to 350,000 SIM cards.
Under terms of the deal, the French company will provide its IoT connectivity platform...
Learn how a sensor provider is leveraging Vodafone's IoT platform.
Kingspan Sensor, a provider of monitoring solutions for the fuel storage sector, has implemented Vodafone’s Managed IoT connectivity platform to offer a global monitoring service. The company supplies measuring and monitoring solutions...
The French telecom operator is set to provide IoT connectivity for the car rental company’s hourly vehicle service.
Orange Business Services won a three-year contract with Hertz to support "internet of things" connectivity services for its hourly vehicle rental service. Under terms of the agreement,...
Arviem selects Vodafone’s IoT platform for cargo monitoring as a service
Arviem, a Swiss service provider of real-time cargo monitoring services, is working with U.K-based telecoms group Vodafone in order to use the latter’s Managed IoT Connectivity Platform to improve its service offerings.
The Swiss company...
There are a number of unlicensed low-power wide-area network startups going toe-to-toe to be one to connect the biggest chunk of the massive and growing "internet of things" market. Players like Sigfox, Ingenu and Senet have been competing with each other over the past...
Altair Semiconductor, a provider of LTE chipsets, announced earlier this month that its ALT1160 LTE Cat-1 chipset successfully completed interoperability testing with the Open Mobile Alliance's Lightweight machine-to-machine protocol. The test took place at the recent OMA TestFest, where vendors had the opportunity to test the stability...
Greenwave Systems yesterday announced it integrated the Nuance Communications Mix voice and AI-powered natural language understanding (NLU) technologies as part of its AXON Platform for managed services. The solutions offered by the partnership will target networking and communications service providers with the hope of providing the ability to...
