A new Bluetooth specification is being developed so wearable devices can participate in existing smartphone-based coronavirus (COVID-19) notification systems, being deployed with Bluetooth technology.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has said it is working to standardise extension of the Bluetooth-based Exposure Notification System (ENS),...
Texas-based Apptricity has launched a long-range Bluetooth beacon capable of connecting sensors at distances of up to 20 miles outdoors, and up to 20 storeys indoors. It is presented as a low-cost alternative to LTE and satellite for long-range IoT connectivity, and a simpler...
The city of Liverpool has just won a £4.3 million fund, topped-up to £7.15 million, from the UK government to build a private 5G network for local health and social care services, and other public bodies.
The project will establish a private millimeter wave...
The UK government has awarded £30 million to six new 5G testbeds, as part of a wider £200 million campaign to leverage 5G to energise the UK industrial sector, and as it seeks to open up UK telecoms supply chains.
The £30 million package from...
Health tech startup Upstream Health has developed a low-cost IoT monitoring solution with the UK-based Thingstream division of IoT semiconductor maker U-Blox (branded ‘u-blox’) to help with remote care of elderly patients in their homes. The new solution could save the healthcare sector, with...
UK based telecoms provider Vilicom has struck a deal with Danish power company Ørsted to design and deploy an LTE network at its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. On completion, in 2022, Hornsea Two will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
The...
A first principle of private cellular in shared or unlicensed spectrum is LTE-based networks can be quickly deployed in emergency scenarios. This is the idea with various network-in-a-box solutions, which can be helicoptered in to crisis zones.
Of course, crisis zones have become a feature...
Technology has a history of helping to track and treat viruses. With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, people are asking how new technologies such as the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and big data can slow down...
The Kudelski Group, which specializes in digital security, and hardware designer and manufacturer CoreKinect announced the launch of a joint solution enabling hospitals, government agencies and non-governmental organizations to track key assets in the fight against COVID-19.
In a release, Kudelski said it is providing...
France-based industrial software provider Dassault Systèmes and China-based facilities management company Aden Group are combining their digital twin and modular architecture platforms to fast-track hospital construction.
The arrangement is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dassault Systèmes was involved with China’s Central-South Architectural Design Institute...
French telecommunications group Orange announced it has joined a French government-backed research and development project bringing together national players to set up a contact tracing application, as part of the country’s fight against the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
In a statement, the French carrier said it...
Thyssenkrupp Elevator and CommScope announced separate actions to help their respective customers to mitigate the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thyssenkrupp Elevator said in a release that it is providing select hospitals and medical customers who are being impacted by the COVID-19 virus in?North...
U.S. company Semtech said that several of its customers, including CIAAIoT, EasyLinkin, IOCA, RisingHF, and Winext Technology, have integrated Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol with cloud-based platforms developed by Chinese companies Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud, to deploy smarter Internet of Things...
Ericsson IoT Accelerator and Sony Network Communications Europe's smart IoT services, said they are collaborating to enhance real-time location and tracking solutions for different sectors Using Telenor Connexion's network.
Ericsson IoT Accelerator is the Ericsson's IoT connectivity and device management platform, providing enterprises with a unified...
Sigfox is offering to waive connectivity costs for US-based IoT projects developed on its connectivity infrastructure that seek to address critical challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The French firm’s US office has issued a called to the IoT community to “join forces” to...
Smart building solution provider Johnson Controls is delivering essential products, services, and personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company?s chairman and CEO,?George Oliver, said.
"At times like these, it is critically
important to reach out and let people know that we are here and that we
continue...
The number of connected devices in the medical is growing fast, and while these IoT devices will bring a greater efficiency and innovation to the medical field, allowing patients to receive better and fast care, there remains a serious problem around securing those devices....
Verizon and Emory Healthcare have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test 5G use cases that could transform the healthcare industry, the U.S. carrier said in a release.
As part of the partnership, Verizon lit up the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) with...
Korean telco KT and Samsung said they have successfully tested several applications for new 5G medical services throughout Samsung Medical Center?s complex in Seoul, Korean press reported.
The two companies had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate in September last year.
The tested applications...
Digital technologies present many exciting opportunities for improving patient outcomes. Remote monitoring with medical sensors, shared access to patient records, personalized care plans, remote robotic surgery — and, the list goes on.
However, something important is missing in many of these lists: rock-solid, secure (private)...
Japan’s Softbank will plough artificial intelligence (AI) and internet-of-things (IoT) technologies into a burgeoning smart city project in Indonesia, after striking a deal with Jakarta-based conglomerate Lippo Group.
The deal, with the Indonesian firm’s real-estate division PT Lippo Karawaci (LPKR), focuses on Lippo Village in...
A doctor in Rome has performed “major surgery” on a patient in an operating theatre in the city of Terni, 100 kilometres away, using virtual reality glasses and a 5G connection. The operation was live-streamed to 30,000 specialists and surgeons across the world.
Actually,...
U.K. operator BT and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) are currently demonstrating scenarios where 5G technology could provide solutions for the healthcare sector.
BT highlighted that the technology has the potential to transform healthcare services and deliver significant cost savings by reducing the...
Postal company UPS has achieved another ‘first’ for drone deliveries by making a commercial delivery of a medical prescription from a pharmacy to a residential property. The firm’s drone subsidiary UPS Flight Forward received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate a...
