Huawei and the City of Weifang also agreed to move forward with the establishment of an NB-IoT innovation center
Huawei and the government of Weifang City, in China, have launched "IoT Weifang", an IoT city demo based on NB-IoT technology and Huawei OceanConnect IoT platform.
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Bringing the IoT to health care one use case at a time
While vaccines save millions of lives each year about 1.5 million children die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Some factors that contribute to the availability of vaccines...
The sensors continuously measure and record tire temperature and pressure, which is paired with other vehicle data
Goodyear has launched an intelligent tire trial in cooperation with Tesloop, a city-to-city mobility service that exclusively uses Tesla electric vehicles. Goodyear is implementing wireless sensors in its...
At least five additional German cities have already signed smart parking deals with the telco
Deutsche Telekom is working with the city government of Bonn, in Germany, to implement a smart parking initiative in the city.
The telco said its Park and Joy app will enable...
Nestlé works with B&R to connect legacy production systems into a smart factory
According to recent projections from research firm Netscribes Inc., the global market for smart factory solutions will hit an annual value of $74.8 billion by 2020, which reflects a 10.4% compounds annual...
The vision is for smart manufacturing applications to be supported by a dedicated 5G network slice
5G is about a lot more than simply higher mobile data rates. The ultra high capacity and ultra low latency of 5G could support a wide range of valuable...
Smart city projects are being executed through partnerships between government agencies and private investors, according to a recent study
Governments are exploring revenue sources to finance smart cities given the high amount of financial resources needed to implement smart city projects, according to a recent...
Advances in IoT, broadband mobile with LTE and 5G, and cloud-native computing in scalable, high performance applications have stimulated the development of a new class of edge computing solutions for deployment ‘closer’ to users at the ‘edge’ of service provider networks.
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Enterprises in multiple sectors such as retail, transportation, healthcare and manufacturing are connecting infrastructures and facilities into their IT environments more completely now than ever before. Municipalities, emergency teams and public-sector agencies are also equipping their vehicles and facilities to provide better services as...
The continued growth of LTE and the emergence of IoT are stimulating development of new applications that require different business and architectural models for delivery of services.
This overview is part of a previous Analyst Angle program consisting of a webinar and report.
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According to a recent survey, 80% of respondents said they are already investing or looking to invest in smart water infrastructure
U.S. water utilities expect to invest $8.3 billion in smart infrastructure over the next ten years, according to a study of Washington, DC-based smart...
A GSMA study forecast the nation will reach 428 million 5G subscribers by that time
China is expected to represent 39% of global 5G connections by 2025, according to a new study by GSMA Intelligence and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)....
Asset tracking and fleet services are key IoT-based supply chain management use cases
The internet of things (IoT) is having a huge impact in the way companies approach supply chain management. Supply chain management refers to the management of supply chain activities to maximize customer...
Fleet management solutions continue to gain traction in the internet of things (IoT) space
According to a recent report from Swedish research firm Berg Insight, fleet management and mobile resource management is the most popular use case for major cellular IoT deployments globally in terms...
4 reasons IoT on wheels is accelerating and will be bigger than the connected car market
With headline-grabbing bells and whistles, the growing cult around connected cars is understandable. The booming market for connected services is expected to hit $250 billion—it’s undeniably hot.
Wearables, the connected...
LTE-M and NB-IoT enable capabilities for asset tracking, smart meters and other key IoT applications; plus drones controlled over commercial LTE networks
Many industry watchers, including me, have referred to massive-scale internet of things (IoT) as the killer app for forthcoming 5G mobile networks. But...
For Target, keeping it fresh is about more than the produce aisle - the company purposely changes its store layouts on a regular basis.
"To remain relevant to its guests over time, Target continually reinvents its stores, including layout, presentation and merchandise assortment, to create...
The research firm said V2X still needs a credible installation strategy
ABI Research said V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communicaitons is finally gaining momentum in the smart mobility industry, with a growing number of initiatives, trials and product launches.
The search firm said the cellular technology, which is being...
Several vertical industries and enterprises are already taking advantage of the internet of things ecosystem, which is experiencing a rapid evolution. Research firm Frost & Sullivan has made a number of IoT predictions that are taking shape in 2017.
“The internet of things is already...
The industrial “internet of things” is reshaping a variety of vertical industries as companies around the globe harness technology to increase efficiencies and cut costs. Manufacturing is one of those verticals; here’s an overview of five IoT manufacturing use cases.
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These connections will represent more than half of global devices and connections by that year.
M2M connections that support Internet of Things (IoT) applications are expected to be more than half of the total 27.1 billion devices and connections by 2021, according to a recent...
Nearly 70% of Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives stall a the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage, according to a recent study by Cisco.
The study also revealed that only 26% of companies have had an IoT initiative that they considered a complete success, while a...
The vendor will deploy its Zero Site pole solution to offer 4G, 5G and IoT use cases into industrial grid management
Real estate and infrastructure firm Landmark Dividend has selected Swedish vendor Ericsson to provide its Zero Site communications platform and communications infrastructure at sites...
Street lights are playing a key role in the development of today’s smart cities. With digital networks and embedded sensors, smart street lights can collect and transmit information that helps authorities to monitor and respond to different circumstances, from traffic and air quality to...
