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Atos, Google Cloud open AI lab in London

  Atos said it aims to open new AI labs in Paris and Dallas   French digital transformation firm Atos and Google Cloud have launched Atos' first artificial intelligence lab, under a global partnership between the two companies. The Atos AI lab, which is based in London, will...

All about Wi-SUN, and the quiet buzz around the ‘world’s widest’ IoT network

Wi-SUN has been quietly succeeding in the smart utilities and smart cities markets as an alternative for low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking like LoRa and Sigfox. The open ‘wireless smart utility network’ (Wi-SUN) mesh protocol is based on the IEEE 802.15.4g SUN standard, approved in March...

Eurotech adds Cumulocity platform and Ubuntu system to gateways, edge devices

Italian ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) company Eurotech is offering its latest industrial IoT software framework with Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform in all its gateways and edge devices. It has also announced it will add the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system to its edge products. The Italian company...

Nokia gets Brazilian private LTE/5G gig to power smart grid, meters, vehicles

Nokia has been selected by Brazilian elelctricity distributor Elektro to deploy a private LTE network to power its smart grid, smart meters, and electric vehicles in the municipality of Atibaia, in the state of Sao Paulo in southeast Brazil. The ‘smart grid’ project will streamline...

Orange Business Services offers LoRA networks for IoT with new solution

  Through IoT Connect Anywhere, Orange Business Services provides connectivity for energy management, on-site tracking, waste control and smart cities   Orange Business Services has launched a new offering in the enterprise internet of things segment. The new solution, dubbed IoT Connect Anywhere, is a low-power wide-area network...

B2B2X – the key for telecom operators to rise above Xpectations (Reader Forum)

The idea of digital transformation has taken center stage over the last few years and has thrown open many opportunities for organizations to fundamentally change the way they do business. In particular, as telecom operators have expanded into new and emerging markets, they are...

NIB: Sigfox nabs Nokia man; u-blox’s remote IoT lock; Libelium, Alibaba pair up

Sigfox nabs ex-Nokia man to head up US sales Sigfox has appointed former Nokia man Murray Kawchuk as vice president of sales for its US business. Kawchuk will lead the company’s sales, engineering and IoT teams, develop partnerships with device makers, system integrators, and other...

Manifesto for a brave digital future in telecom IT and OT (Reader Forum)

The Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, robots, and drones are just a few technology topics we read about almost every day – in the mainstream press as well as in specialized industry publications. A wealth of articles has been written about emerging...

IBM mixes AI and IoT in bespoke apps for farming, manufacturing, logistics

IBM has released a range of new Watson artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and services tailored for the agriculture, manufacturing, supply chain, building management, and automotive industries. “Tailoring general AI for specific industries and professions is a critical way to enable everyone to reach new potential...

T-Mobile US certifies u-blox’s module for its NB-IoT network

  The U.S. carrier launched a nationwide NB-IoT network in July 2018   Swiss firm u‑blox says that T‑Mobile US has certified its LTE Cat NB1 SARA‑N410 module to run on the carrier’s narrowband internet of things network. U-blox said its module, which supports ultra-low power consumption, can...

Detroit-based IIoT firm GuardHat secures $20m in financing to fuel growth

  GuardHat developed a smart hard hat that monitors worker safety at industrial settings   Detroit-based industrial internet of things startup GuardHat said that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round. The investment was led by RTP Ventures, with participation from 3M Ventures, Caterpillar Ventures,...

Sprint’s IoT platform will be finished and 5G-ready next month, says Ericsson

Ericsson will have completed construction of Sprint’s new IoT core network and operating system (OS) by next month, it has said. The US carrier will be able to offer ‘internet of things’ (IoT) connectivity and applications on the new infrastructure in November. The IoT platform,...

IIC seeks cross-sector alliances to bring harmony as IIoT momentum builds

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) is on a charm offensive to strike cross sector alliances with trade bodies, communities and consortia to bring greater harmony and faster transformation of industry as it engages with new digital technologies. The IIC said last month it had “global...

Three market / application use cases for LTE-M (as prescribed by AT&T)

At its ‘Business Summit’ in Dallas this week, AT&T put major focus on its LTE-M network. Use cases are multiplying, it said. “I hear about new possibilities every day. Use cases are taking off – from asset tracking to connected healthcare, vehicle solutions and more,”...

UK ramps up multi-billion pound smart manufacturing, smart mobility strategies

The UK government has ramped up its transformation of manufacturing and mobility with new initiatives and funding opportunities. Its ‘made smarter’ commission, aimed at unlocking £455 billion gains in the manufacturing industry over the next decade, has convened for the first time, with senior executives...

Ericsson, Telstra test long-range NB-IoT connection in Australia

  Ericsson said the new technology will allow the carrier to expand its LTE footprint across the country   Swedish vendor Ericsson and Australian carrier Telstra said they have successfully deployed and tested narrowband internet of things data connections up to 100 kilometers from a base station...

The URLLC debate (pt5): Will enterprise 5G use cases scale? (Once more; is 5G just a proving ground for 6G?)

Throughout the ‘ask-the-experts’ session at URLLC 2018 in London earlier this month, serialised here across a number of posts, the conversation circled back time and again to 5G use cases. What are the sync requirements? How many slices? Where is the edge? Every time,...

AT&T sets flat-rate full-fat LTE-M plan at £30 per month – per AT&T IoT device

AT&T has introduced a flat-rate full-fat LTE-M data plan in the US of £30 per month for unlimited data. The One Rate subscription applies only to AT&T-approved IoT LTE-M devices, and to single devices at a time – data cannot be pooled across multiple internet-of-things...

AI will create 133m new jobs by 2025, but not enough people to fill them

Artificial intelligence (AI) will create more jobs than its takes away, as well as bringing new efficiencies and profit making to enterprises. This is the conclusion of new research into the impact of AI on the global workforce, as well as the prevailing opinion...

The URLLC debate (pt3): How will 5G slices be provisioned? (Will operators retain control?)

Network slicing, allowing for multiple network layers on top of a single shared infrastructure, is arguably the most significant capability of incoming 5G technologies. It brings brand new business opportunities to operators to serve enterprises and industries, each with conflicting requirements. One of the panel...

AT&T opens Texas innovation lab for industry ‘verticals’ to test 5G, AI, SDN and IoT

AT&T is inviting companies in the manufacturing, retail, health, finance, and public sector industries into its Foundry innovation lab in Plano, Texas, for the first time to collaborate on new digital solutions. A new area within the facility has been given over to “all aspects...

The URLLC debate (pt1): Is 5G just a testbed for 6G? (Whisper it, is 5G the new 3G?)

“5G will do the boring stuff first”. The low-latency pyrotechnics that will fire the industrial sector into a new gear for the first time will come much later. The version of 5G that radio engineers are preparing and network marketers are promoting is only...

Hitachi opens smart factory hub for Southeast Asia

  Through the new facility, Hitachi aims to foster the adoption of smart factory technology in Asia   Japanese firm Hitachi has opened a digital services hub in Thailand with the aim of helping Asian companies to cut costs through the implementation of smart factory technology, Japanese...

Sensors, data and control: How the cannabis industry got high (tech) with IoT

Cannabis growers, like other agriculturalists, are turning to internet-of-things (IoT) technologies, essentially comprising sensor devices and data analytics, to bring new efficiencies to their operations, and improve yields and profits. The impact has been seismic. Marijuana is a booming business in North America. US states...