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Huawei: the smart city won’t happen overnight

Despite having ongoing deployments in over 100 cities, Huawei said it will take time until the smart city truly becomes a reality. Huawei smart city service is being deployed in more than 100 cities in over 40 countries in the world, said Joe So, chief...

Huawei presents new network architecture, cloud services

A network in the digital age should be "a network in the cloud for the cloud", said Huawei as it announced a new SDN-based network architecture. Huawei has launched Agile Network 2016, a SDN-based network architecture that promises to offer a network that is on-demand,...

Huawei adds communication platform to its safe city solutions

Huawei is expanding its safe city solutions suite with the launch of a new safe city integrated communication platform. Chinese ICT vendor Huawei has presented a new integrated communication platform part of its safe city solutions suite, which aims at enabling fast response from first responder departments...

Schindler partners with Huawei on connected elevator solution

 Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler has entered a partnership with Huawei on a global connected elevator solution. Swiss elevator and escalator manufacturer Schindler runs 1.5 million elevators and escalators globally, enabling one billion elevator rides every day. Within five years, these should all be connected, following...

Setting the record straight on 3GPP's LPWAN IoT standards

3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for the "internet of things": Narrowband IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the mix (and perhaps, confusion) of...

Setting the record straight on 3GPP’s LPWAN IoT standards

3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for IoT: Narrowband (NB) IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the mix (and perhaps, confusion) of already existing...

ZTE completes tests of key 5G wireless technologies

As part of China’s official 5G testing, ZTE has completed tests of a number of key 5G wireless technologies. While a 5G standard has yet to be fully specified, a number of key 5G wireless technologies have already been identified and tests are multiplying as...

Case study: Drones give data, visibility to French farming cooperative

Drones used in precision agriculture OCEALIA Group is a French farming cooperative with 7,200 members and nearly 900 employees. Since 2015, five drone operators have been flying the group's two AIRINOV multiSPEC 4C sensor-equipped SenseFly eBee Ag drones in order to gain valuable fertilization data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7wJX6hEP4 “The drone data is complementary to satellite...

Case study: Drones give data, visibility to French farming cooperative

Drones used in precision agriculture OCEALIA Group is a French farming cooperative with 7,200 members and nearly 900 employees. Since 2015, five drone operators have been flying the group's two AIRINOV multiSPEC 4C sensor-equipped SenseFly eBee Ag drones in order to gain valuable fertilization data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7wJX6hEP4 “The drone data is complementary to satellite...

Ranking the world’s top smart cities

Mass urbanization is straining resources in metropolitan areas and having a direct impact on quality-of-life for residents. This global trend is prompting increasing investment in solutions designed to transform high population density areas into smart cities. Smart cities is a somewhat nebulous term--it can include a...

Use cases: The many IoT applications of drones

Drones are a capitivating IoT example According to a report from retail research firm NPD group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million in sales. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is one of the best illustrations...

Sigfox adds Colombia to its global IoT network

Following the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, Sigfox claims to cover 57 percent of Latin America’s territory. Sigfox’s international expansion shows no signs of slowing down. The IoT operator has now announced the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, together with...

Solutions to creating indoor positioning systems

What are indoor positioning systems? Indoor positioning systems (IPS) are the indoor equivalent of what GPS offers outdoors: visibility. They are able to locate people and objects inside buildings, usually using a mobile device, like a smartphone or tablet. IPS relies on technologies like wall- or ceiling-mounted...

Nutonomy beats Uber to launch world’s first self-driving taxis

Nutonomy has launched the world’s first public trial of self-driving taxis in Singapore, beating Uber to it. Self-driving taxis powered by Nutonomy hit the streets of Singapore today, as the first autonomous driving taxi service trial in the world. The cars used in the trial...

Orion and SemperCon team for real-time IIoT fleet management

IIoT solutions for fleet management Orion Fleet Intelligence is an American fleet monitoring company with offerings designed to make fleet transportation more efficient, compliant and safe. For six years, Orion teamed with SemperCon, an app development company, to help it manage the backend development and integration of its...

Tele2 strengthens internet of things division with acquisition

The Swedish operator acquired internet of things security firm Kombridge Swedish telecommunications company Tele2 Group announced that Tele2 IoT has closed a deal to acquire compatriot internet of things company Kombridge, which specializes in security services, connected device management and application management for IoT applications and...

IIoT case study: Controlling driver safety through big data

A dangerous problem with an IIoT solution One in five American adults has at least one kind of disability, according to a 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, drawn from 2013 data, says the disabled are the largest minority group in North...

What is Zigbee and where does it fit into the IoT?

What is ZigBee? ZigBee is a low-power wireless local area network (WLAN) specification that was designed to provide small amounts of data using very little power, with most connected devices running off of a battery. Because of this, the open standard has been linked with...

5G connections to reach 690 million by 2025 – report

Despite likely fragmentation on the road to 5G, the number of 5G connections is expected to reach 690 million by 2025, says Strategy Analytics. The number of 5G connections will reach 690 million by 2025, according to a new forecast by Strategy Analytics. This means 5G...

Ingenu creates smart grid with island-wide RPMA coverage

Aruba's sole supplier of electricity turns to RPMA N.V. Elmar (or, in Dutch, Naamloze Vennootschap Electriciteit-Maatschappij Aruba), the sole provider of electricity to Aruba, turned to Ingenu to help deploy an RPMA-based network capable of creating a smart grid across the entire island. The grid was built...

Cisco provides Mazak with fog apps for factory maintenance

Cisco fog applications provide factory maintenance Machine tool provider Mazak teamed with Cisco to increase its manufacturing line availability and improve machine utilization through the use of fog applications. Mazak required a common, standards-based method to securely connect and receive value from the raw data in...

What is a smart stadium and will it get fans out of their homes?

A fight against the living room Stadiums are in trouble. In a 1998 ESPN poll, 54% of sports fans said they'd rather watch a game at the stadium than at home. By 2011, only 29% of respondents to the same poll said they preferred being...

Intel and GE CEOs discuss industrial IoT

Intel devices will use GE Predix industrial IoT cloud platform for smart manufacturing During the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was joined on stage by GE CEO Jeff Immelt to discuss how the companies are working together to develop industrial IoT...

How 5G will change the stadium experience

The need for better connectivity In a 2012 Cisco study, 44% of fans said connectivity is very important to their experience at a sports stadium. That number likely will continue to grow given the increasing demand for mobile phones, a market which currently has more than...