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Comba secures part of a picocell contract with China Mobile

Comba noted that this deployment with China Mobile involved 20,000 small cell base stations   Hong Kong-based wireless infrastructure provider Comba Network, which is a subsidiary of Comba Telecom, said it was recently selected by China Mobile to contribute to the rollout of a large deployments...

US Army’s next-gen weapons program to use firearms with IoT tech

ARC said it technology platform will provide data on individual weapons at scale   National security and public safety company Armaments Research Company (ARC)said that its IoT technology will be introduced in the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program of record, in partnership with Sig Sauer. The...

Hyundai Motor, Boston Dynamics announce AI R&D center in the US

Hyundai Motor Group said that the set up of the new AI center in Massachusetts will require a total investment of $424 million   Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics announced an investment of $424 million to establish an artificial intelligence research center in the U.S. The...

Cradlepoint extends its NetCloud network-as-a-service offering

The Network-as-a-Service offering adds secure connect and will sport advanced SD-WAN and ZTNA by the end of the year Wireless WAN provider Cradlepoint on Tuesday announced NetCloud Exchange, which it described as an extension to the company’s cloud-managed Network as a Service (NaaS) offering. NetCloud...

Google Cloud to shut down IoT Core service next year

Google Cloud plans to shut down its Cloud IoT Core service, which was touted as a fully managed IoT connectivity service, in one year. The company's primary public statement thus far has been a notice posted on its IoT Core website that reads: "Google Cloud...

How to enable omnichannel commerce with retail ERP (Reader Forum)

Today, customers demand an outstanding experience via all possible sales channels. If a merchant cannot meet this requirement, customers can quickly switch to a competitor, because most people consider the quality of their experience as important as the quality of products and services. Thus, the...

APAC smart manufacturing IoT spending to reach $140bn by 2025

A study by IDC showed that manufacturing firms across the region are forecast to invest $88.7bn in IoT solutions for discrete manufacturing by 2025   IoT spending in the smart manufacturing sector in the Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region is forecast to reach $140.6 billion by...

Anterix close to attracting new firms for 900 MHz licenses: CEO

In 2020, the FCC approved usage of the 900 MHz band in the U.S. for private LTE and 5G networking by energy companies, in response to a long-standing request by Anterix   Private networking firm Anterix, which holds wide swathes of 900 MHz spectrum in the...

Vodafone, Bayer deploy private 5G inside German greenhouse

The private 5G network will support advanced tools like autonomous robots, artificial intelligence and digital imaging Vodafone has deployed a 5G private network at a Bayer greenhouse in Monheim, Germany to improve its research into insecticides. The network will support advanced tools like autonomous robots,...

AWS announces availability of its private 5G network offering

AWS said the private mobile network makes use of CBRS spectrum, while it currently supports 4G LTE and will support 5G in the future   Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the availability of its AWS Private 5G, a managed service that helps enterprises set up and...

What is the industrial metaverse?

Industrial metaverse applications run the gamut from digital twins to AI proving grounds A lot of conversation in business and leisure around the metaverse focuses on its entertainment and commerce possibilities. But that’s the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to monetizing the metaverse....

Airtel in talks with Indian firms to deploy private networks: Report

Bharti Airtel said that contracts for private 5G networks will represent a large portion of the carrier's future 5G revenues   Indian operator Bharti Airtel is currently having talks with a number of local enterprises with the aim of deploying private 5G networks, local newspaper The...

Study sees 1,140% growth in global IoT roaming data in 2022-27

The research noted that only 2% of total IoT roaming connections will rely on 5G networks by 2027   The amount of data generated by roaming IoT connections globally is forecast to increase from 86 petabytes this year to 1,100 petabytes by 2027, a growth of...

Paris La Défense preps 5G neutral-host and use-case trials in 26 GHz mmWave bands

Paris La Défense, the major metropolitan business district in Paris, has called for applicants to run 5G neutral-host and use-case trials in 26 GHz mmWave spectrum at its site in the French capital. The two trial streams will be open, respectively, to public mobile...

Most Gen-Zers would hail an autonomous taxi – more for convenience, less for safety

A survey of Gen-Zers in the UK – born digital, come-of-age with ride hailing apps, and most comfortable, logically, with the concept of autonomous mobility – has found, indeed, that young attitudes towards autonomous vehicles are “positive”, but that safety is not clearly expected,...

Baidu claims first commercial driverless robotaxi licenses in China

Baidu said its robotaxi services will initially operate in parts of Chongqing and Wuhan   Chinese internet company Baidu secured what it claims are the first permits in China to offer commercial driverless robotaxi services to the public on open roads. In a release, Baidu said that...

Ericsson identifies condition monitoring as a key use case for ports

Ericsson noted that a condition monitoring solution requires a network that can manage high connection density and transfer data in real time with extremely high reliability   Ericsson said it has identified condition monitoring of critical assets as one of the leading use cases driving the...

Softdel joins Siemens ecosystem to target smart buildings

Siemens said that Softdel's EdificeEdge IoT Gateway platform is "ideal" for integrating siloed wireless IoT sensor systems in smart buildings   Siemens and Softdel announced a new partnership in which the latter’s EdificeEdge IoT gateway platform solution has become part of the Siemens Connect Ecosystem. Softdel's EdificeEdge...

Kajeet, Samsung to deliver private 5G network solutions in the US

The education sector will be the first area of focus for the Kajeet and Samsung collaboration   Private wireless and IoT company Kajeet said it is currently collaborating with Samsung Electronics America to deploy Kajeet's private 5G platform with Samsung’s Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) solutions. With...

Ondas boosts ‘mission: critical IoT’ with $15.2m deal for Israeli drone firm Airobotics

US private cellular Ondas Holdings, parent of Ondas Networks, is to buy Israeli drone system and platform developer Airobotics in a $15.2 million merger acquisition. The new business will be combined with American Robotics, its other drone subsidiary, acquired by Ondas Holdings for $70.6...

UK firm to deliver EV chargers for pilot project in New York

The company’s EV chargers also support a number of IoT and telecommunication applications   U.K. firm Connected Kerb says it has been selected to deliver on-street electric vehicle (EV) chargers for a pilot project in New York. This project is part of the DOT Studio, which is...

ABI sees a new path for digital maps’ use in vehicles

ABI Research noted that applications such as lane centering, localization and location-enriched sensor fusion will see automotive digital maps expand out of the infotainment domain   Global revenues for intelligent speed assistance (ISA) and autonomous vehicle maps are forecast to surpass $500 million by 2027, according...

Amazon buys iRobot for loads of money – to vacuum homes and home data

Amazon has signed a deal to acquire US smart-home brand iRobot, maker of the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, for $1.7 billion. The disc-shaped Roomba robot – which autonomously vacuums floors using IoT sensors to navigate obstacles, drops, and dirt – integrates with various smart...

Industry IoT Consortium writes satellite IoT guides into networking framework

The Industry IoT Consortium (IIC) has for the first time included an update on satellite connectivity in its Industrial Internet Networking Framework (IINF), its guide to help IoT application developers to design, deploy, and operate industrial networking solutions. It has also joined with the...