Another seven states have also greenlighted automated vehicle platooning with certain restrictions
A total of 9 U.S. jurisdictions have already authorized automated vehicle platooning, according to a study by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
The states that have already given a green light to truck platooning are...
The legislation stipulates the creation of a task force to evaluate best ways to boost precision agriculture in American farms
The U.S. House of Representatives passed this week the Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act, which has the main goal of establishing a Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
The Spanish government plans to initially award a total of 200 megahertz in the 3.6-3.8 GHz band
Spain will begin auctioning spectrum in the 3.6-3.8 GHz band on July 18, the Economy Ministry said.
The country’s four leading operators, Movistar, Vodafone, Orange and Masmovil, will bid...
Agreement backed by a group of Nordic vendors and telcos including Ericsson, Nokia, Telenor and Telia
The prime ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have signed a letter of intent to foster the development and adoption of 5G technologies.
“The Nordic region is one...
The trial will have three phases, and will initially focus on the potential for truck platooning on the UK’s major roads.
The U.K. government confirmed it has allocated £8.1 million ($10.4 million) to carry out track platooning trials. Officials explained that the platoonin trials will...
The government said IoTÂ will allow local firms to maximize added value in the industry
The Japanese government urged domestic manufacturers to use internet of things (IoT) and other technologies to alleviate serious workforce shortages, Japanese press reported.
“Actively making use of IoT and other digital tools...
Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium
The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...
Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium
The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...
What is FirstNet?
The First Responder Network Authority is an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration created to provide emergency responders with a nationwide, high-speed, broadband network dedicated to public safety. FirstNet claims it will provide a single interoperable platform for emergency...
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A talk about the smart city with Ericsson's Beverly Rider
AUSTIN, Texas--In a big-picture talk about the smart city on Monday, Beverly Rider, vice president of enterprise IoT and smart cities for Ericsson, spoke to RCR Wireless News at Galvanize in Austin, Texas.
Rider began the discussion...
The projected status of the world's water supply and quality in the next decade looks bleak: widespread shortages, difficulties growing food for a booming global population and billions exposed to diseases caused by poor sanitation. These anticipated outcomes result from the combination of wasted freshwater...
"Connecting" rural farming to accommodate a booming global population
Connected and precision agriculture, which heavily revolves around providing low-income rural farming areas with mobile networks for access to the internet, is becoming a necessity for the stability of those areas, as well as to accommodate...
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This week IoT Innovation host Chris Hare is joined by James Brehm of James Brehm & Associates, based in San Antonio, Texas.
James and Chris talk about how the...
Hindustan Times | August 16, 2011
India's Directorate of Enforcement is investigating the country's top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel for suspected violations of foreign exchange rules, a junior finance minister said on Tuesday.
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tw telecom | August 11, 2011 | Press Release
AUSTIN, Texas – August 11, 2011 – tw telecom, (NASDAQ: TWTC) a leading
provider of managed services, including Business Ethernet, converged and VPN solutions for
enterprises and large organizations across the U.S. and globally, today announced it has
been...
Economic Times | August 14, 2011
NEW DELHI: The government is seeking legal opinion to cancel as many as 83 telecom licences for the failure of service providers to roll out their networks as per their agreements between 2006 and 2008, officials have said.
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AT&T has teamed up with Juniper Networks on a new mobile security platform which it claims will better protect customer devices from security threats.
Security has become a big buzz word in mobile, with firms scrambling to add protection to their mobile services either through...
AT&T has teamed up with Juniper Networks on a new mobile security platform which it claims will better protect customer devices from security threats.
Security has become a big buzz word in mobile, with firms scrambling to add protection to their mobile services either through...
Hindustan Times | August 10, 2011
In order to curb the nuisance of unsolicited commercial SMSs, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is considering imposing termination charges on commercial SMSs.
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Full article here via Hindustan Times
Reuters | August 11, 2011 | Michael Martina
(Reuters) - Authorities in China's southwestern city of Kunming have identified another 22 unauthorized Apple retailers weeks after a fake of the company's store in the city sparked an international storm.
China's Administration for Industry and Commerce in...
Daily Star | August 10, 2011 |Â Abdullah Mamun
The government yesterday finalised the process of how it will charge four mobile operators -- Grameen-phone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell -- for renewing their licences for the next 15 years.
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Financial Times | July 26, 2011
Former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja, who is facing trial in India's biggest corruption scandal, has told a court that prime minister Manmohan Singh knew of key decisions during the auction of 2G spectrum in 2007-08, and was therefore also...
Wall Street Journal | July 25, 2011 | R. Jai Krishna
The Indian government will announce a new telecommunications policy by October, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said. India's telecom regulator had recently submitted its recommendations on the policy, and the minister said the Telecom Commission...
Economic Times | July 26, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip & Rohini Singh
The government could move to a 'unified licence' regime under a planned radical overhaul of telecom rules, potentially dismantling walls between different types of communication services but at the same time risks...
