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China currently counts 100 million cellular M2M connections SHANGHAI – China’s machine-to-machine market is expected to reach 1 billion connections by 2020, with the majority coming from the developing low-power, wide-area …

Asian telcos expressed interest in trialling ZTE multi-user shared access technology SHANGHAI – Chinese vendor ZTE announced its cooperation with more than 10 operators on pre-“5G” technologies in a move to …

Nokia 5G demonstration plans include a claimed first ever network running on commercial platforms and cloud orchestration-based network slicing Ahead of this week’s 5G World event, Nokia said it plans …

The recent Smart Cities Innovation Summit in Austin, Texas, brought smart city stakeholders from the public and private sectors to discuss key drivers of intelligent urban living. Obviously the underlying …

Verizon 5G efforts could leverage KT’s millimeter wave technology Verizon Wireless will work closely with Korea Telecom as part of its effort to lead the development of a “5G” standard. …

Driven by strong IoT investment, revenues projected to grow at 16.1% CAGR from 2015 to 2019 U.S. investment into the “internet of things,” including hardware, software, services and connectivity spending …

Regulators and self-driving car manufacturers are facing a moral dilemma: should self-driving cars save passengers or pedestrians when they crash? A new study reveals how end users feel about the …

IoT startup Resin.io focuses on devops for the industrial internet of things Seattle-based Resin.io, an IoT startup focused on devops management, raised $9 million in Series A funding round with …

Predictive maintenance (PdM) is a key industrial internet of things use case, according to analyst As the industrial internet of things brings automation to an array of verticals, the as-a-service …

Enterprises harnessing the IoT will need to strike a careful balance between security and power consumption Amid all the buzz about the arrival of low power wide area (LPWA) connectivity …

In addition to 5G, the deals cover IoT, cloud, network virtualization and CloudRAN Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica has signed 5G development agreements with Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei. The European telco …

French boiler manufacturer e.l.m. leblanc has selected Sigfox to connect over 100,000 boilers in France to enable predictive, remote maintenance and remote management. E.l.m. leblanc, a French boiler manufacturer part …

Andrew Entwistle of New Street Research says the internet of things, and its relationship to 5G, doesn’t present ‘any business case for a telecoms operator’ Going against the mainstream industry …

Ericsson will upgrade MTS network to support LTE-U, IoT Russian mobile operator MTS and Swedish vendor Ericsson have successfully tested a 5G technology solution – LTE-U (LTE-Unlicensed) – by aggregating …

Samsung and Intel are teaming up on an industry-wide IoT strategy initiative to develop strategic recommendations on IoT for U.S. policy makers. Samsung made its ambitions in the internet of …

$40 million in Smart City Challenge funding to support transportation Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown on Tuesday said Columbus, Ohio, was the winner of the Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge; …

Samsung CEO describes vision of ‘human-centered’ internet of things Samsung Vice Chairman and CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon today announced the Korean technology giant will invest $1.2 billion over the next four …

MegaFon said its 5G trial achieved internet speeds of more than 1 Gbps Russian mobile operator MegaFon demonstrated mobile internet speeds of more than 1 Gbps during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum …

Deploying wearables in the workplace may seem like a logical step for businesses but concerns over privacy make workers wary of their use. Using wearables in the workplace is only but a …

Connected vehicles are part of the Huawei smart city portfolio Chinese ICT services provider Huawei signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SamTech Middle East, a regional systems integrator specializing …

Stockholm tops Ericsson’s Networked Society City Index 2016, a global smart city index measuring both sustainable urban development and ICT maturity in 41 cities around the world. Ericsson’s global smart …

‘Secure connectivity’ is the common thread in smart city technologies AUSTIN, Texas–With an addressable market comprising virtually every city and town on the planet, carriers and service providers are adapting …

Swisscom and Ericsson aim to launch commercial 5G in 2020 Swiss mobile operator Swisscom has partnered with Swedish vendor Ericsson to launch the ‘5G for Switzerland’ initiative in collaboration with local …

UK manufacturers lack understanding of Industry 4.0, a new survey found. This could put UK manufacturing at risk of being left behind as other countries embrace Industry 4.0. While a …

Ericsson 5G plans now include “software-driven” Plug-ins designed to allow carriers to tap current LTE networks to support next-gen use cases Ericsson continues to push both its software and “5G” …