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LTE smart meters set for large deployment in the Netherlands

French firm Sagecom to provide smart meters with mobile LTE Cat1 technology to utility companies Dutch power networks operator Enexis Netbeheer has started to deploy French firm Sagemcom’s smart meters with mobile LTE Cat1 communication technology. The French firm said this massive rollout follows achievements in...

ZTE uses edge computing and IoT for smart parking solution

The smart parking service includes indoor-outdoor navigation, smart car finding and capability open service (COS) ZTE has launched its new indoor intelligent navigation, smart car seeking solution, which uses the QCell indoor coverage solution, mobile edge computing (MEC) and IoT terrestrial magnetism detection to provide smart...

Silver Spring Networks to deploy smart meters in Washington

Under the contract, the company will connect nearly 47,000 customers with smart meters Silver Spring Networks announced a contract with Grant County Public Utility District (Grant PUD) for the deployment of smart meters. Grant PUD is a public power corporation that generates and sells electricity...

Huawei partners with Canadian IoT firm on smart city projects

Under the partnership, Huawei and BeWhere plan to develop M-IoT LPWA, NB-IoT and LTE-M applications Chinese vendor Huawei recently entered a partnership with Canadian industrial internet of things (IoT) solutions provider BeWhere, to develop M-IoT LPWA, NB-IoT and LTE-M applications to enable the deployment of...

Chicago smart lighting project to connect 250,000 street lights

 Under the smart lighting contract, Ameresco will use IoT technology provided by Silver Spring Networks U.S. company Ameresco announced it has been contracted by the city of Chicago as part of a municipal smart lighting project meant to modernize city infrastructure. Ameresco said it will...

Telefonica sees smart city, e-health as drivers for IoT growth

Telefonica CTO talks NB-IoT, LTE-M, smart city deployments, and notes, "5G will be triggered by IoT SHANGHAI--Spanish telecoms group Telefonica is seeing growing opportunities in a number of specific IoT uses cases in the domestic market including smart cities and e-health, among others, the operator’s...

Dubai: Inside one of the world’s smartest smart cities

From automated lighting systems that serve as platforms for environmental and traffic sensors to internet-connected trash bins that measure waste levels to optimize the collection process while further providing concealment for wireless infrastructure, internet of things technologies are helping shape smart cities around the...

SAS uses IoT, real-time analytics to create a smart campus

The IoT project is planned for SAS headquarters in North Carolina Analytics company SAS is in the process of creating a “smart campus” at its headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. Through the implementation of SAS real-time analytics, the smart campus project will improve energy usage...

Smart cities target of Panasonic, TransitScreen IoT offering

Under the new partnership, both firms will bring advanced IoT solutions to smart cities in the country Panasonic Corporation of North America and TransitScreen have signed a strategic alliance to bring advanced IoT applications to smart cities around the U.S. Under this new partnership, both companies...

How is the IoT making cities safer?

From predictive crime applications to police monitoring, public safety IoT is driving governmental innovation The internet of things is already offering benefits for private companies across the globe, but the adoption of these technologies by government institutions and agencies is also going through a rapid...

Canadian city adopts smart metering from IoT firm Sensus

Sensus deployed its iPERL smart metering  solution and the FlexNet network for the city of Okotoks, Alberta The town of Okotoks, in Alberta, Canada, has selected Sensus to replace and upgrade the city’s water infrastructure with a smart metering system, a key IoT vertical use...

10,400 new smart meters coming to India in major enterprise order

The smart meters will be deployed by Indian utility Tata Power in Mumbai U.K. firm CyanConnode Holdings, a specialists in narrowband radio mesh networks that enable internet of things (IoT) communications, has won a new purchase ordersfor 10,400 smart meters from Larsen & Toubro (L&T),...

Huawei shares its IoT initiatives in the Middle East

Huawei is seeing increased opportunities for internet of things (IoT) projects in the Middle East. Safder Nazir, regional VP, digital industries, for Huawei's enterprise business in the Middle East, told Enterprise IoT Insights that countries in this region are diversifying their economies and moving...

Alliant Energy, Sensus use IoT for smart grid modernization

Under the deal, the utility will add Sensus’s FlexNet solution to create a smart grid for power and natural gas in Iowa Power company Alliant Energy Corp. has signed an agreement with Sensus to add the latter’s FlexNet communication system to Alliant Energy’s power and...

Connected lighting as a platform for smart city sensors

New enLight smart city tool allows local governments to measure and monitor air quality from sensors mounted on lighting British company enLight has announced the launch of its new Smart Cities Pilot Kit, designed to help councils and local authorities to monitor air quality. The...

How to build a smart city from the ground up

Any city willing to deploy a smart city strategy needs certain basic elements such as broadband internet, a network of sensors and internet of things (IoT) platforms. There is no doubt that these are key components of any smart city implementation. However, the development...

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...

Philips wins smart lighting contract in Norwegian IoT project

Expanding its smart lighting partnerships, the Dutch company will provide more than 18,000 LED street lights Philips Lighting announced that it will develop a smart lighting project in 11 municipalities in southern Rogaland in Western Norway. Under the agreement, the Dutch company will deploy more...

Deloitte, Hewlett Packard Enterprise launch new IoT offering

  The two firms announces IoT portfolio for manufacturing, retailers, workplace and sport venues Deloitte and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have announced a new Internet of Things (IoT) offering for corporate customers. The joint IoT offering includes a turnkey IoT solution for manufacturing; smart retail solution to...

Kuwait leveraging IoT for smart electricity and water metering

In $72 million deal, Zain, with partner Ericsson, will install and operate the IoT smart systems for a seven-year period Middle East telecommunications operator Zain has signed an agreement with the government of Kuwait for the development of IoT-based interconnectivity support of the country’s smart meters...

Smart parking seeing global interest as beneficial IoT use case

See how smart parking is being used in the U.S., China Germany Smart parking has emerged as a major IoT use case, perhaps for a number of reasons. First off, the technology components aren't that difficult or complex in terms of deployment and management. It...

London leaders look to leverage IoT to address transportation

If you've ever had the pleasure of taking an approximately $125 cab ride from London's Heathrow Airport to the Canary Wharf area, your drive from one side of the metropolis to the other will likely serve as a reminder of how traffic congestion impacts...

Finnish operator Elisa joins smart city initiative

The Nordic telco signed a letter of intent with the city of Tampere Finnish mobile operator Elisa has signed a letter of intent with the city of Tampere, in Finland, to join the city’s smart city initiative. In the first phase, Elisa will build fiber and...

GE Current pushing smart cities with beacon firm Connecthings

Connecthings operates a global network of over 130,000 beacons for smart cities applications French firm Connecthings, which operates a global network of over 130,000 beacons in public spaces, has partnered with GE's company Current,  to encourage the use of the intelligent environments platform in smart cities. Connecthings...