The autonomous vehicle corridor will go from Detroit to Ann Arbor
Last week, Michigan announced that it is working with Cavnue, a subsidiary of Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, to explore the eventual development of a connected and autonomous vehicle (AV) corridor that would run more than...
South Korean’s government-affiliated Korean Expressway Corporation (KEC) has deployed built a network based on Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol for more than 306 km of its expressways. The LoRa-based network is viewed as the “first stage” in the country’s four-year Internet of Things (IoT) deployment...
Verizon is deploying real-time kinematic (RTK) satellite navigation on its 5G network in the US, to offer hyper-precise positioning with centimetre-level location accuracy for IoT tracking services, and notably development of drone deliveries and autonomous vehicles.
Standard GPS positioning affords location accuracy of three-to-nine metres;...
NTT Data, the business services division of NTT Group, is working with open RAN provider Mavenir to jointly develop a “complete range” of radio and core access solutions, plus data and device management platforms and analytics tools, for private 5G and 4G networks in...
Texas-based Apptricity has launched a long-range Bluetooth beacon capable of connecting sensors at distances of up to 20 miles outdoors, and up to 20 storeys indoors. It is presented as a low-cost alternative to LTE and satellite for long-range IoT connectivity, and a simpler...
Software AG has released a social distancing solution via its partners, including Dell Technologies and Tech Mahindra, to help companies navigate the complexities of virus spreading in the workplace. The solution is being piloted by food production facilities and process manufacturing plants “across Europe”,...
US tech giant Microsoft and Italian natural gas utility Snam are developing a hybrid cloud infrastructure based on Azure to raise the processing power within Snam’s IoT sensor network, to bring efficiency and flexibility to its operations. The deal will help to build the...
Note, this article originally appeared as a blog post on the Guidehouse Insights website; it is reprinted here with permission. The original article can be found here.
“La ville du quart d’heure” was a key theme for Anne Hidalgo during her successful reelection campaign for mayor of...
The city of Liverpool has just won a £4.3 million fund, topped-up to £7.15 million, from the UK government to build a private 5G network for local health and social care services, and other public bodies.
The project will establish a private millimeter wave...
UK telecoms firm BT has unveiled a new augmented reality (AR) demo as part of its ‘connected industry’ showcase at its Adastral Park science campus. The enhanced industrial IoT exhibit is one of nine functional digital-change showcases, arranged like a “Disneyland for industry decision...
The rail transport division of Japanese industrial conglomerate Hitachi Group has announced a deal to acquire UK-based rail technology firm Perpetuum for an undisclosed fee.
Perpetuum, based in Southampton, offers train monitoring solutions that combine IoT-based wireless sensors and AI-based data analytics to enable train...
European enterprises are divided about adoption of AI for digital transformation, with two-in-five embracing AI technologies and two-in-five disinclined to engage with them. But the remainder are interested, and the diversity of AI technologies being adopted suggests decent momentum.
This is the conclusion of a...
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for the full report, which is free to download. A webinar on the same subject,...
Ireland has put city administrators and neutral host networks at the centre of a new five-year roadmap to bring 5G connectivity to the nation, and to stimulate economic growth. Dublin City Council will lead a “market engagement exercise” through the rest of 2020 to...
The UK government has awarded £30 million to six new 5G testbeds, as part of a wider £200 million campaign to leverage 5G to energise the UK industrial sector, and as it seeks to open up UK telecoms supply chains.
The £30 million package from...
Nokia has announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), for research and higher education in science and engineering, to establish a new ‘centre of excellence’ for networked robotics, with a major focus on 5G-connected drones in smart agriculture and emergency services.
The...
Telefónica’s new digital-change unit, Telefónica Tech, has adapted its existing catalogue of IoT and big data solutions for the post-coronavirus recovery of the retail, tourism, hospitality, transport, and mobility sectors, it has said.
The Spain-based operator revealed a five-point reinvention plan at the end of...
Chinese city Xi'an has selected Hikvision for the deployment of an intelligent traffic management system, the latter said in a release.
"Xi'an's city walls make it impossible to increase the size of the urban area. So it was only through technology that we could allow the...
UK IoT networking company Wyld Networks has launched a Bluetooth and Wi-Fi based mesh solution to connect sundry consumer and enterprise devices together as a mechanism for localised content marketing, access control, and social distancing.
The firm said its new Wyld Mesh and Wyld Fusion...
In truth, Wi-Fi HaLow is not new. The solution, geared towards low-power mid-range IoT solutions, was announced back in 2016. But there is gathering momentum around it, with chips and devices in the latter stages of development and a queue of customers apparently lined...
While the UK decision to ban Huawei from national 5G infrastructure does not, as it stands, cover the China-based firm’s ability to supply private cellular to UK enterprises, it will effectively disrupt its involvement in the space – and its scope may yet expand...
Spanish infrastructure company Cellnex Telecom has acquired Finnish private networking specialist Edzcom for an undisclosed fee. The deal was announced in the company’s six-month business update for the period to the end of June, alongside the purchase of Arqiva's Telecommunications division in the UK...
UK based telecoms provider Vilicom has struck a deal with Danish power company Ørsted to design and deploy an LTE network at its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. On completion, in 2022, Hornsea Two will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
The...
Walmart Canada is investing $3.5 billion in digital transformation over the next five years, including to develop smarter stores and distribution centres, and to strike new deals with local tech firms. The investment covers internet-of-things (IoT) sensors, artificial intelligence (AI) software, and blockchain-based transportation...
