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....
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...
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, 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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
An automotive-technology-engineering collective has joined a new mobility initiative organised by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the ‘front lines of the mobility revolution’. Their task is to shape a “mobility system”, a press statement goes, that is “sustainable, safe, clean, and accessible”. The...
India's Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that direct allocation of 5G frequencies to tech companies was a complex issue
The government of India is analyzing the potential direct allocation of 5G spectrum to local companies and will make a final decision on this issue after...
Verizon Connect’s AI Dashcam provides audible alerts to drivers when it detects unsafe driving
Verizon Connect said it is unveiling its advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dashcam to provide fleet managers with a "range of insight into dangerous events" as well as in-cab coaching that will...
Siemens has completed its acquisition of US firm Brightly, a provider of cloud-based asset management and maintenance management software for buildings, and more broadly for built infrastructure. Brightly joins Siemens’ smart infrastructure business, called Siemens Smart Infrastructure. The deal was first announced on June...
The IoT hardware market has, suddenly, shrunk – in order to expand, and to rebalance the western power-play. So say market watchers, reacting to the twin acquisitions this week by US-based chipmaker and Semtech, which has confirmed a deal to splurge $1.2 billion on...
As part of the agreement, the firm will install the CommScope’s ERA All-Digital DAS
CommScope said it has been selected by Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) to provide mobile connectivity at AT&T Center, home of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team.
Under the terms of the...
Someone somewhere said something about 5,000 ‘private networks’ in China. (Forgive me for not having the reference to hand; I am trying to write quickly and cover ground.) The point, as always, seemed to be just that China is running away with it –...
There were two high profile pieces of M&A news in the IoT hardware space in the last week. First up, on Friday 29th July, Telit and Thales announced that they were combining the assets of Telit with those of Thales’ IoT hardware business into...
Well, it didn’t take long; “advanced talks” between Semtech and Sierra Wireless, as reported yesterday, have quickly concluded, with US firm Semtech confirming a deal to acquire its Canadian counterpart for $1.2 billion. The deal, subject to final approval, will bring together Semtech’s LoRa/LoRaWAN...
Note, this article has been superseded (see report here), following conclusion of the agreement between Semtech and Sierra Wireless.
US and Canadian firms Semtech and Sierra Wireless have confirmed they are engaged in "advanced discussions" about a potential transaction, with Semtech looking to purchase Sierra...
