YOU ARE AT:Smart Cities, Vehicles & Transportation

BROWSING: Smart Cities, Vehicles & Transportation

GSMA, AECC rev up connected auto industry with new tie-up

The GSMA Open Gateway, a framework of universal APIs, is at the heart of the GSMA-AECC partnership The GSMA announced last week that the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) will tap into the telecom association's new enterprise-focused initiative called GSMA Fusion — enabled by GSMA Open...

Kagan: Indy Autonomous Challenge is off to the races at CES 2024

Wireless and AI fuel autonomous self-driving revolution at #CES2024 Racing is exciting. Cheering the drivers taking their race cars around the track at breakneck speeds. But what if there were no drivers? That’s right. Autonomous self-driving race cars are here, and they are being showcased...

NEC, VTTI combine private 5G and AI to improve road safety

The pair have created a roadway warning system to identify and then alert drivers and pedestrians to hazardous situations NEC Corporation of America (NEC) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) announced this week that they have created a roadway warning system that relies on private 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) to potentially...

Guangzhou Metro Group, China Mobile Guangzhou Branch and ZTE win GLOMO award at MWC

Barcelona, Spain - ZTE Corporation, a global provider of information and communication technology solutions, in partnership with Guangzhou Metro Group and China Mobile Guangzhou Branch, has been awarded the “Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy” for the joint project “5G-empowered Smart Metro in Guangzhou”...

Huawei, Tianjin Port Group to develop digital twin of the port

Huawei explained that the automation and intelligent upgrade of ports seek to achieve the optimal efficiency of the entire port system that includes machines, yards, vehicles, ships and goods Huawei and the Tianjin Port Group (TPG) have recently announced a cooperative project with the aim...

A note about Enterprise IoT Insights… last orders at the bar, the party is moving on

This is difficult to write. It is a pivotal moment for IoT, and we think – the team at Arden Media, publisher of RCR Wireless News and Enterprise IoT Insights thinks – that it will not survive. At least, not as we know it, or...

IoT tracking in the supply chain (pt 3) – roadmap errors and design issues

Note, this article follows directly from a previous post (January 25) – about how IoT solved the global supply-chain edge, which followed another entry (January 24) about why logistics is the hardest sector of all for IoT; all articles are taken from a new...

Connected car market expected to reach $225.16 billion by 2027: Report

North America contributed to more than one-third of the total connected car market share in 2019 Allied Market Research has published a report that established that the global connected car market generated $63.03 billion in 2019, and further estimated that the market will reach $225.16 billion...

Qualcomm and Audi announce initial C-V2X deployments on Virginia roadways

Qualcomm, together with Audi of America and the Virginia Department of Transportation  announced plans for initial deployments of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communication on northern Virginia roadways. In a press release, Qualcomm said that this technology will be provided by using the same portion of the...

Cradlepoint White Paper: A Sensible Approach to Smart City Projects

As Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices become more and more commonplace, the uses for such devices continues to expand. One of the key places they are appearing is as part of so-called “smart city” projects. The benefits of smart city technologies are apparent, but the sheer size...

Full steam ahead for rail industry innovation as Rajant and Wabtec partner

Mesh networking provides secure communications for rail industry Provider of mobile wireless mesh networks, Rajant, has entered into a partnership with the Wabtech Corporation to accelerate growth in the rail industry. The two companies are looking to usher in the next wave of innovation for...

Enhance your office walls with Keysight’s IoT poster

IoT spans from consumer apps such as smart homes, connected cars and wearables, to industrial apps covering energy systems, agriculture, mining, transportation, healthcare and more. This complimentary poster maps the various wireless protocols being used and evaluated to build out the IoT infrastructure.

Self-driving cars: A vision for safety (Reader Forum)

DoT Announces “Voluntary” Self-Driving Vehicle Safety Guidelines;  Industry Comments Will Likely Shape Upcoming Mandatory Regulations Hot on the heels of the U.S. House of Representatives’ unanimous passage of the SELF-DRIVE Act, intended to speed development of self-driving vehicles (i.e., vehicles that are equipped with “automated driving...

Nokia adds IoT testing, consulting

Nokia is expanding its internet of things business with a consulting service that it says will help network operators analyze opportunities in nine different verticals: the connected car, healthcare, logistics and transport, smart cities, utilities, agriculture, retail, smart homes and buildings, and connected industry...

Which companies are most vulnerable to IoT hacks?

Mid-size companies are embracing the internet of things, but are not always implementing security measures to protect their data. One in eight has been the victim of a cyber attack related to the IoT, according to a new study commissioned by Arctic Wolf, a...

Wish for wheels comes true in Colorado

Engineers love to build, so what better way for a group of engineers to give back to the community than by building together? That's probably what the Colorado Wireless Association thought when the group planned a volunteer event in partnership with Wish for Wheels...

Volvo sets timeline for autonomous car sales

Volvo and Nvidia seem to be feeling pretty good about their tests of Nvidia's Drive PX2 hardware for self-driving cars. Volvo said this week that by 2021 it will be selling autonomous cars that don't require driver intervention. As an automaker that has built its...

How IoT is improving road safety and driver behavior

With the advanced capabilities offered by internet of things (IoT) technology, a number of companies around the world are using this technology to improve road safety by minimizing car accidents and improve drivers’ behaviors with the main aim of saving lives. One of these firms...

Silver Spring Networks touts benefits of smart lighting

Smart lighting is the current killer app for smart cities, Silver Spring Network exec says Sean Tippett, director of business development and IoT for Silver Spring Networks, said that the deployment of an smart lighting and control system provides an ideal platform for multiple smart...

Small cell showdowns move to state legislatures

Wireless carriers and their partners are telling municipalities all over the U.S. that small cells can help them create smarter cities. But the dense downtown corridors and affluent suburbs in which carriers want to build are places that city councils want to manage very...

Smart city job one: sunset the silos

City officials and infrastructure vendors may come to the smart city challenge from different worlds, but they agree on at least one thing: cities can invest more effectively if they can break down the "silos" that keep different municipal departments from communicating regularly. Usually...

Smart Cities, Vehicles & Transportation

Smart Cities, Vehicles and Transportation: Closing remarks VIDEO LINK

Utilizing IoT for improved traffic safety, intelligent transportation and connected cars

Deep dive: Utilizing IoT technology for improved traffic safety, intelligent transportation systems and connected and automated vehicles Dave Sparks, Senior Research Scientist, Transportation Operations Group, Texas A&M Transportation Institute discusses the use of IoT technologies to improve traffic safety, transportation and connected vehicles at the...

Shaping driver behavior with machine learning

Shaping driver behavior with machine learning Bob Newkirk, Chief Advisor - IoT Market Development  https://youtu.be/8be_gydBJW8 Bob Newkirk heads strategy and partnerships for Tourmaline Labs, a leading-edge provider of connected-vehicle and driver-behavior intelligence. Telematics service providers (TSPs), insurance firms, auto OEMs, and others, now have the means to...