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Huawei reinvents itself as industry cloud enabler

Huawei wants to play a leading role as industry cloud enabler, the Chinese ICT vendor revealed at Huawei Connect 2016. Best known as a telecommunications equipment vendor and handset manufacturer, Huawei revealed a new strategy that places the cloud, or more specifically the industry cloud, at...

How Telefonica is evolving from 4G to 5G with ZTE

Network infrastructure partner ZTE said business with Telefonica generated revenue of $446 million in 2015 MADRID – Chinese telecommunications services provider ZTE Corporation expects 5G technical trial with Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica to start within the next few months, ZTE General Director for the Telefonica Global...

Schindler partners with Huawei on connected elevator solution

 Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler has entered a partnership with Huawei on a global connected elevator solution. Swiss elevator and escalator manufacturer Schindler runs 1.5 million elevators and escalators globally, enabling one billion elevator rides every day. Within five years, these should all be connected, following...

ZTE completes tests of key 5G wireless technologies

As part of China’s official 5G testing, ZTE has completed tests of a number of key 5G wireless technologies. While a 5G standard has yet to be fully specified, a number of key 5G wireless technologies have already been identified and tests are multiplying as...

Ranking the world’s top smart cities

Mass urbanization is straining resources in metropolitan areas and having a direct impact on quality-of-life for residents. This global trend is prompting increasing investment in solutions designed to transform high population density areas into smart cities. Smart cities is a somewhat nebulous term--it can include a...

ZTE unveils five-year ICT strategy

The new ZTE strategy takes into account trends including virtuality, openness, intelligence, cloudification and IoT Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has unveiled its M-ICT 2.0 strategy that will guide the company for the next five years. According to the company, the M "encompasses multiple dimensions, capturing...

Huawei unveils OpenLab in Singapore

The Chinese company also inked a deal with NCS and Tyco to create smart city solutions Chinese telecommunications services provider Huawei has officially opened its Southern Pacific OpenLab in Singapore to foster ICT innovation. The lab is an open end-to-end ICT Infrastructure platform where partners can...

Sigfox adds Colombia to its global IoT network

Following the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, Sigfox claims to cover 57 percent of Latin America’s territory. Sigfox’s international expansion shows no signs of slowing down. The IoT operator has now announced the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, together with...

Vodafone Australia to carry out 5G lab tests this year

Ericsson and Huawei partnering with Vodafone on 5G testing Australian mobile telephony operator Vodafone announced plans to carry out lab trials of 5G technologies on its network by the end of the year, local press reported. Acting Chief Technology Officer Kevin Millroy said that the telco...

China goes up a gear

China’s carriers compete vigorously to meet strong demand for the IoT China and the internet of things (IoT) may be a match made in heaven. This week, China Telecom, the country’s leading fixed-line carrier, reported a 303% increase in IoT subscriptions in the year to June...

Nutonomy beats Uber to launch world’s first self-driving taxis

Nutonomy has launched the world’s first public trial of self-driving taxis in Singapore, beating Uber to it. Self-driving taxis powered by Nutonomy hit the streets of Singapore today, as the first autonomous driving taxi service trial in the world. The cars used in the trial...

Tele2 strengthens internet of things division with acquisition

The Swedish operator acquired internet of things security firm Kombridge Swedish telecommunications company Tele2 Group announced that Tele2 IoT has closed a deal to acquire compatriot internet of things company Kombridge, which specializes in security services, connected device management and application management for IoT applications and...

Alligators at the airport: 10 Gig network feeding IoT innovation in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Travelers arriving at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport are getting an eye opening experience. Visitors are surprised to see toothy alligators and snapping turtles at the Tennessee Aquarium – located nearly 10 miles away. It’s part of a live streaming video experience showcasing Chattanooga, Tennessee’s powerful Internet of...

5G connections to reach 690 million by 2025 – report

Despite likely fragmentation on the road to 5G, the number of 5G connections is expected to reach 690 million by 2025, says Strategy Analytics. The number of 5G connections will reach 690 million by 2025, according to a new forecast by Strategy Analytics. This means 5G...

SK Telecom to develop connected car with SOCAR in Korea

SK Telecom will work with the car-sharing company on connected car services Korean telecommunications company SK Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with compatriot car-sharing company SOCAR,to cooperate in the connected car business. Under the terms of the agreement, SK Telecom and SOCAR will...

Sony and Tepco plan joint smart home services

Sony and Tepco could start bringing smart home services to millions of Japanese households as soon as next year. Sony Mobile Communications and power company Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings (Tepco) said both companies are looking into offering joint smart home services starting next year....

Intel and GE CEOs discuss industrial IoT

Intel devices will use GE Predix industrial IoT cloud platform for smart manufacturing During the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was joined on stage by GE CEO Jeff Immelt to discuss how the companies are working together to develop industrial IoT...

M1, Nokia to deploy NB-IoT in Singapore in 2017

In addition to narrowband IoT, Nokia and M1 plan HetNet deployment to face increasing data demand Singapore telecom services provider M1 Limited (M1) and Nokia have signed a strategic partnership to roll out a nationwide commercial NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) network by the first...

Deutsche Telekom, SK expand 5G alliance to speed up deployment

Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom are expanding their 5G alliance to include more operators and vendors around the globe. Deutsche Telekom (DT) and SK Telecom announced they are expanding their 5G alliance to include more operators and vendors from USA, Asia and Europe. The goal...

BT to collaborate with Nokia on 5G

Nokia is already testing 5G radio equipment at BT Labs in Suffolk U.K. telecommunications company BT and Finnish vendor Nokia have signed a research collaboration agreement on 5G technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, the two firms will work together on potential customer use cases for...

Uber and Volvo partner on self-driving cars

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 on the road by 2021, car-hailing service provider Uber is actually planning to let customers...

Telenor to deploy internet of things network in Norway

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 in several Norwegian cities. The telco said that Norwegian startups and students will get cost-free access...

ZTE and China Unicom to research 5G, IIoT solutions

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 on joint 5G and industrial internet of things (IIoT) innovation. Under the terms of the strategic...

AT&T partners with industry leaders for faster 5G deployment

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 says preliminary discussions on the project are underway with China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel,...