BROWSING: IoT

ETSI plugfest to test smart transportation in November

ETSI plugfest to feature live road tests in Italy A two-week live test event in Livorno, Italy, will put intelligent transport systems from a number of global companies on the road and under scrutiny for interoperability and standards conformance. The plugfest, focused on vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure...

Top 5 industrial internet of things use cases

The industrial IoT has already proven its versatility with deployments going live in a number of enterprises, showing off dozens of different use cases. But a few key uses consistently present themselves within the same trade, and even throughout different industries. Top 5 industrial IoT...

Amsterdam’s canals to test autonomous boats

A fleet of autonomous boats will start navigating the canals of Amsterdam next year following a research collaboration between AMS and MIT. The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) in the Netherlands and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. have joined...

CCA Annual Convention deep lineup focuses on policy, 5G and IoT

CCA event set for strong carrier participation from T-Mobile, Sprint, focus on policy, 5G and the IoT The Competitive Carriers Association is taking its annual convention to Seattle this year, hosting a number of keynotes and educational sessions heavy on policy issues and the growing...

Edinburgh Airport uses sensors to keep travelers informed of security line wait times

Edinburgh Airport, the busiest airport in Scotland, partnered with BLIP Systems to use sensors and give its travelers visibility of real-time wait duration throughout the airport, including the dreaded security line. The airport serviced 11 million travelers last year and is nearing 12 million this...

Telenor Connexion IoT group expands global partner program

The Swedish IoT provider has added 10 new partners so far this year Sweden-based IoT provider Telenor Connexion has expanded its global partner program in a move to make easier for its customers to bring their connected products and services to market. So far this year,...

Edinburgh Airport uses sensors to keep travelers informed of security line wait times

Edinburgh Airport, the busiest airport in Scotland, partnered with BlipTrack to use sensors and give its travelers visibility of real-time wait duration throughout the airport, including the dreaded security line. The airport serviced 11 million travelers last year and is nearing 12 million this year....

Reader Forum: For CSPs IoT, NFV and SDN is era of growing opportunity and risks

As the telecommunications space evolves to serve new segments like IoT and use new technologies like NFV and SDN, security remains a critical challenge This is a time of great opportunity for communications service providers. Demand for all sorts of cloud-based services is on the...

Reader Forum: IoT wireless design challenges – testing makes a difference

In today’s multitrillion-dollar IoT market, establishing a test-oriented environment for RF is a critical investment in the success of a product Without a doubt, the “internet of things” is going to be huge. A 2015 McKinsey Global Institute report states the economic impact for IoT...

Stackable, IoT-enabled dumpster homes to address urban housing crisis

From dumpster to smart home AUSTIN--Jeff Wilson, CEO and founder of KASITA, moved from a modern, comfortable, 3,000 square-foot home to a 33 square-foot dumpster. His inspiration for the drastic, unconventional change came from a UCLA study that tracked the movements of 32 middle class families throughout...

Analyst Angle: Smart cities in the age of 5G

5G, smart cities and IoT were significant themes at the recent CTIA Super Mobility 2016 event and collocated Tower and Small Cell Summit At CTIA Super Mobility 2016, the entire expo floor was transformed into a fully connected smart city with the entire wireless...

Stackable, IoT-enabled dumpster homes to address urban housing crisis

From dumpster to smart home AUSTIN--Jeff Wilson, CEO and founder of KASITA, moved from a modern, comfortable, 3,000 square-foot home to a 33 square-foot dumpster. His inspiration for the drastic, unconventional change came from a UCLA study that tracked the movements of 32 middle class families throughout...

Deutsche Telekom connected home platform to integrate with Amazon Alexa app

Amazon said Alexa, Echo and the Echo Dot services are available in Germany and the United Kingdom German operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) confirmed its non-proprietary platform for connected homes Qivicom will be integrated with the Alexa app from Amazon. With this new service customers will soon...

#TBT: Cell industry hits 20M users; connected car market begins … this week in 1994

Mobile operators claim 20M users, adding 17,000 per day, while the connected car market begins to take shape … 22 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from...

How data management unlocks the internet of things

Use cases for analyzing data ATLANTA – Ron Bodkin, founder and president of Think Big, hosted a panel titled "The key to unlocking value in the internet of things? Managing data!" at the Teradata PARTNERS 2016 conference in Atlanta, and emphasized that a variety of data...

T-Mobile IoT plans target AT&T 2G shut down

With AT&T’s plans to shutter its 2G network set for year-end, T-Mobile is offering free SIM cards and service in attempt to lure connections T-Mobile US is looking to exploit AT&T Mobility’s upcoming plans to shutter its 2G network in an attempt to bolster its...

How data management unlocks the internet of things

Use cases for analyzing data Ron Bodkin, founder and president of Think Big, hosted a panel titled "The key to unlocking value in the internet of things? Managing data!" at the Teradata PARTNERS 2016 conference in Atlanta, Georgia, and emphasized that a variety of data is...

Ericsson, Qualcomm and others partner to license IoT technologies

InterDigital, ZTE, KPN join Ericsson and Qualcomm in group called Avanci to license standard-essential, patented tech to IoT companies The idea behind Avanci, comprised of telecom companies with vast (and essential) patent holdings, is to create a one-stop marketplace where a single license buys access...

Analyst Angle: Smartphone innovation will increase in the run-up to 5G introduction

Innovation in cellular and other supporting technologies as well as in applications will sustain the rate of smartphone improvements Press and industry analyst response to the recent announcement of the iPhone 7 has been lukewarm. For example, The Economist notes the “main novelty” is it...

Teradata releases accelerators aimed at expediting the IoT

IoT accelerators focus on deployment and maintenance ATLANTA--Teradata highlighted the company’s late August release of four accelerators built to speed up the transformation of IoT data to actionable insight during its PARTNERS 2016 conference. The company’s “Analytics of Things Accelerators” (AoTAs) were created from successful...

Teradata analytics database easily deployed on leading clouds

Teradata analytics easily transferable to leading clouds Teradata today announced Teradata Everywhere at its PARTNERS 2016 conference in Atlanta. Teradata Everywhere brings the massively parallel processing analytics database to multiple public clouds, managed cloud and on-premises environments including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Teradata Managed...

Teradata analytics database easily deployed on leading clouds

Teradata analytics easily transferable to leading clouds Teradata today announced Teradata Everywhere at its PARTNERS 2016 conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Teradata Everywhere brings the massively parallel processing (MPP) analytics database to multiple public clouds, managed cloud and on-premises environments including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure,...

What is the internet of things at nanoscale?

What is the internet of nanoscale things? Nanoscale technology is enabling the development of devices as small as one to a few hundred nanometers (10^-9 meters). To give a sense of scale, a strand of human DNA is roughly 2.5 nanometers in diameter. At this scale, a...

Case study: Siemens reduces train failures with Teradata Aster

Leading train producer uses big data Train operators are expected to never be late, having acute service and availability targets to meet. To fulfill those requirements, an efficient maintenance program is important, and data-enabled functionality is a must, according to Siemens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5lr57Vzro Reactive maintenance, as well as...