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Volvo and Uber have entered a partnership to co-develop the next generation of self-driving cars, marking the start of a longer term industrial partnership. While most automakers expect to have self-driving cars …

Oslo will see the first pilot of the internet of things network Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor confirmed plans to develop and launch a dedicated, next-generation internet of things (IoT) network …

Both companies will develop cooperative 5G and IIoT projects and carry out research activities Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation and compatriot mobile operator China Unicom have inked a strategic cooperation agreement …

AT&T teams with industry leaders for 5G AT&T announced it will be working with a number of technology companies and operators to expedite the deployment of “5G” technology. The telecom company …

Autonomous vehicles are poised to ultimately disrupt the automotive and transportation industries with many watchers speculating that car ownership will be eventually give way to widespread ride sharing. Signaling efforts …

A talk about the smart city with Ericsson’s Beverly Rider AUSTIN, Texas–In a big-picture talk about the smart city on Monday, Beverly Rider, vice president of enterprise IoT and smart cities …

American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable: Overcoming barriers to progress in cancer research The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable met in Austin yesterday to speak …

IoT dev kit is available for North America, Europe U.S. signal semiconductor provider Semtech Corporation announced the availability of a new LoRaWAN-connected IoT development kit from Spanish wireless hardware and software …

APT launching the new IoT platform in Taiwan Taiwanese telecommunications operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) launched an internet of things (IoT) dual-network multi-platform, called Gt Smart Life. APT said the necessary …

Fujitsu’s new sensor-based sewer system flood detection solution promises both higher efficiency and lower deployment costs. Amid high levels of urbanization and repetitive torrential downpours, Japanese ICT company Fujitsu announced it …

5 things to know today… 1. Nokia moved one step closer to relaunching its smartphone brand with news that Pekka Rantala will become CMO at the company that has licensed …

Drone flys using 5G connection Ericsson and China Mobile announced the successful trial for the first ever 5G-enabled drone prototype. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KTdMypaopo The trial was held in Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu province, where …

Verizon and SK Telecom announced they will collaborate on co-developing 5G specifications, thereby strengthening their existing 5G collaboration. South Korean operator SK Telecom and U.S. operator Verizon have signed a Memorandum …

A new development kit launched by LoRa Alliance members Libelium and Loriot promises faster LoRa-based IoT app prototyping and testing. Semtech announced the availability of a new development kit delivered …

Funding and identifying the right business case are the top challenges to IIoT adoption. IIoT understanding is however growing fast. Awareness of industrial IoT (IIoT) has been improving fast, with …

The partnership will extend HTC’s VR app store to Alibaba Cloud platform Alibaba Cloud, the cloud-computing arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has signed a strategic partnership with HTC …

The internet of things network currently covers 360 cities China’s second largest mobile operator China Unicom ended the first half of 2016 with more than 20 million internet of things connection, …

Global IoT platform revenues are expected to continue to grow fast and reach $3.3 billion by 2021. We discuss IoT platform trends with Berg Insight. Berg Insight expects global IoT platform …

The Federal Communications Commission is eliminating requirements for historic preservation review for small cells that do not adversely impact historic sites. The agency said “physically small deployments like DAS and …

According to a Speedtest Market Report, mobile internet has seen performance gains, improving by more than 30% since last year with an average download speed of 19.27 Mbps in the …

Huawei and China Telecom plan to deliver gigabit connectivity to homes in Shenzhen Chinese ICT services provider Huawei and China Telecom Corporation signed a cooperation framework agreement to deliver gigabit connectivity …

The mobile M2M module market is expected to grow at a rapid pace through 2020. Four vendors are set to dominate the market. The mobile M2M module market is expected …

5 things to know today… 1. AT&T’s IoT business has won a high profile healthcare customer. Biotricity, a publicly traded maker of wearable technology for medical diagnostics, has chosen AT&T …

The Italian telco will develop the waste management project with two other companies Italian mobile operator TIM and AlmavivA, with Agriconsulting, won a tender organized by the Ministry of the …

Advances brought about by the industrial IoT will go beyond manufacturing, says IBM, which proclaims the next economic revolution. The 1700s and 1800s saw the industrial revolution taking place and …