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There are billions of IoT devices across the globe – from Google Homes and Amazon Echos to Ring Doorbells, Fitbits, Nest heaters, and more. And they are not just for …

Digitalization probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about concrete. But Thomas Concrete Group recognized that digital transformation through IoT enablement would be an important …

There is a burgeoning consensus that Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) and wireless capabilities will combine to unlock standards-based, scalable, and highly flexible use cases. Resting on the foundation of open …

A major threat to efficiency across industries lies in mechanical downtime. When a machine stops running, it means the work stops, cutting into the time window that dictates a job’s …

In 2017, Kurt Busch was suddenly a man in a hurry. He had a lightbulb moment watching his youngest child talk with his iPad, and in that instant saw an …

Fabio Belloni, co-founder and chief commercial officer at Quuppa, explores the relationship between RTLS and IoT in the manufacturing industry and how organisations can reap the benefits. The market for …

Despite being hailed as a breakthrough technology, NB-IoT connectivity has so far failed to live up to its initial hype, with delayed deployments, and connections currently in the millions, rather …

Among the many things we’ve learned during the era of Covid-19 is the importance of efficient, reliable, and always-available healthcare services. The urgency of the pandemic has not only spurred …

Consumer marketing of 5G feels ubiquitous right now. While the advantages of 5G are certain to eventually deliver significant benefits to consumer devices, applications, and the people who use them, …

According to a new study, IoT has made the top of the list of the most important technologies of 2021. Additionally, the market for commercial and industrial IoT is booming, …

The bar for digitally enabled manufacturing services keeps rising and will be boosted by the investments made during 2020. While companies race to innovate, it is important to remember that …

It’s hard to believe that at the start of last year some people were still openly questioning whether IoT was real, or if it would ever arrive in any significant …

After initially taking a massive hit on IoT spending across the globe, Covid-19 is actually offering more opportunities for the industry as it bounces back. The need for remote technology …

The Covid-19 pandemic has deeply disrupted existing ‘just-in-time’ models of supply chain management and manufacturing. Around the world, many production lines ground to a halt in 2020, and a light …

2020 was a disruptive and also exceptional year for connectivity, as the world grappled with remote working, social distancing and lockdown mandates. While the pandemic brought many challenges, it emphasized …

The most important watchword in 2021 will be diversification. This will be key to growth for the mobile industry in the 5G era, on multiple levels. In the past, cellular …

The race to make 5G a viable platform for Industry 4.0 has shifted up a gear with the availability of shared CBRS spectrum for private wireless networks, and private 5G …

Technologies have always tended to converge. Smartphones are an example of this: a phone merged with a media player and a camera to create something unique, which performs multiple tasks …

Industry 4.0 is here, and private wireless is enabling industry verticals to capitalize on the promise of this ‘fourth industrial revolution’. 2021 will see a major transformation in automation of …

2020 has been a year of reckoning with a devastating human toll. Technology was a silver lining. It has helped us – as people, businesses and societies – to cope …

2020 was a year that no person or company will ever forget. The Covid-19 pandemic changed everything. Overnight, people, communities, businesses and public sector organisations were faced with a health …

2020 has seen the greatest acceleration of digital transformation and automation in history. As the world looks to emerge from Covid-19, the reality that this will not be the last …

A year of unprecedented disruption and change has come to a close. Ahead lies an exciting 2021 when life will presumably get back to something like normal and long-pent-up economic …

Abel Mayal, senior vice president of technology and marketing at Airspan Networks, offers six pointers on the year ahead for 5G networking developments in the broad enterprise sector. 1 | …

As IoT deployments continue to scale and solution requirements become more predictable, the market will recognize the clear distinction between carrier-grade low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks and those that fail to …