Honing one of the points he made last week during his final pitch to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler kicked off the Smart Cities Innovation Summit by stressing the importance of creating and sharing open, standardized data as the smart city...
Honing one of the points he made last week during his final pitch to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Austin Mayor Steve Adler kicked off the Smart Cities Innovation Summit by stressing the importance of creating and sharing open, standardized data as the smart city...
Deal will position VimpelCom to provide IoT, mobile entertainment and mobile financial services using Ericsson IT solutions
International telecom group VimpelCom signed a software partnership with Ericsson valued at more than $1 billion.
The partnership encompasses a complete overhaul of VimpelCom’s information technology infrastructure across 11 countries. The...
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica’s internet of things (IoT) business unit signed an agreement with global provider of technology platforms and solutions PTC to implement the latter’s ThingWorx IoT platform.
The Spanish telco said that ThingWorx will bring application development, connectivity and analytics capabilities to its...
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica’s internet of things (IoT) business unit signed an agreement with global provider of technology platforms and solutions PTC to implement the latter’s ThingWorx IoT platform.
The Spanish telco said that ThingWorx will bring application development, connectivity and analytics capabilities to its...
The U.S. Department of Transportation, Vulcan Industries and AT&T will fund Smart City Challenge winner
Mayors of the seven finalist cities taking part in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge made clear that, if their city wins, the $40 million in federal funding...
The U.S. Department of Transportation, Vulcan Industries and AT&T will fund Smart City Challenge winner
Mayors of the seven finalist cities taking part in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge made clear that, if their city wins, the $40 million in federal funding...
Imagining the "city of the future" is becoming easier to do thanks to recent examples of smart cities innovation. Common urban challenges like traffic, energy and waste reduction are all targets for technology-based solutions. The "internet of things" is at the center of this...
The IoT could make the spectator experience safer, less stressful and more rewarding
As the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament kicks off in France this week, European governments and security forces are on high alert. As well as the usual risks associated with gatherings of...
How the internet of things could make the spectating experience safer, less stressful and more rewarding
As the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament kicks off in France this week, European governments and security forces are on high alert. As well as the usual risks associated...
The Internet of Things depends on three pillars, the silicon (in the device itself), the software (in the application that uses it) and the communication (providing the connectivity that allows it all to work). A look at the used cases across industry verticals reveals...
Bringing intelligence closer to the end user: What is mobile edge computing and why is it important?
Mobile Edge Computing is a network architecture concept that offers application developers and content providers cloud-computing capabilities and an information technology service environment at the edge of the mobile network.
This...
Bringing intelligence closer to the end user, what is mobile edge computing and why is it important?
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a network architecture concept that offers application developers and content providers cloud-computing capabilities and an IT service environment at the edge of the...
Huawei said smart parking solutions would generate revenue opportunities for municipal governments
Chinese vendor Huawei and U.K-based telecoms group Vodafone completed the first trial on commercial networks for pre-standard NB-IoT smart parking in Spain.
Following a smart metering trial in Spain last November, the two companies began...
Nearly half of IT budgets will be dedicated to IoT development and implementation by 2020 as IoT services adoption continues to grow.
IT budgets are in for a significant transformation as Internet of Things (IoT) services become a top priority for businesses. By 2020, IoT should...
On this week’s Carrier Wrap we speak with PwC to discuss the burgeoning internet of things market and potential impact from U.S. government policy
Few telecom market segments have garnered as much attention over the past year as the “internet of things,” which in its...
More than 100 companies suggest ways US government can help advance the IoT
Many industry watchers feel the U.S. is slipping behind other countries, particularly Germany and China, in creating a unified national strategy for development of the "internet of things." But federal leaders, in...
More than 100 companies suggest ways U.S. government can help advance the IoT
Many industry watchers feel the U.S. is slipping behind other countries, particularly Germany and China, in creating a unified national strategy for development of the Internet of Things or IoT. But federal...
The growth of the "internet of things" as it relates to the emergence and development of smart cities can take one of two directions. It can proceed upon the current fragmented path. Or, it can proceed on a more efficient and beneficial a standardized...
The growth of the "internet of things" as it relates to the emergence and development of smart cities can take one of two directions. It can proceed upon the current fragmented path. Or, it can proceed on a more efficient and beneficial a standardized...
Vodafone upgrading core, radio networks for NB-IoT services
U.K. telecom group Vodafone plans to focus on narrowband-"internet of things" trials during the rest of the year ahead of plans for a commercial launch of the technology next year, said Vodafone research and development director Luke Ibbetson in...
Vodafone upgrading core, radio networks for NB-IoT services
U.K. telecom group Vodafone plans to focus on narrowband-"internet of things" trials during the rest of the year ahead of plans for a commercial launch of the technology next year, said Vodafone research and development director Luke Ibbetson in...
In increasingly congested and crowded cities, timely information and communication can be the difference between deadlock and dynamism
Until recently, smart city solutions often seemed more like “slideware” than real services to improve the quality of life of citizens and the productivity of urban businesses....
In increasingly congested and crowded cities, timely information and communication can be the difference between deadlock and dynamism
Until recently, smart city solutions often seemed more like “slideware” than real services to improve the quality of life of citizens and the productivity of urban businesses....
