BROWSING: IoT

Reader Forum: Device management challenges in the industrial Internet of Things

Smith Micro breaks down challenges and offers potential solutions to industrial Internet of Things deployments Over the last few years, no other emerging technology trend has captured our imagination and spurred innovation quite like the “Internet of Things.” From health monitoring wearable technology to connected...

Swisscom moves to deploy nationwide IoT network

Swisscom expects initial phase to be ready by year-end Swisscom said it’s currently deploying a nationwide network designed to support the “Internet of Things,” with the initial roll out scheduled for year-end. The network is set to use technology based on the Low Power Wide...

SK Telecom IoT plans include nationwide LPWA network

SK Telecom said it will invest $84 million over 2 years on IoT plans SK Telecom bolstered its support for the “Internet of Things,” announcing plans to build a nationwide low-power wide-area network this year, developing IoT-dedicated modules and upgrading its IoT platform. The moves...

Huawei launches smart city connected lighting solution

The solution uses a GIS-based management system Huawei, looking to grow its industrial "Internet of Things" portfolio, launched a smart city connected lighting solution designed with multilevel intelligent control. Huawei said its solution connects street lamps to the IoT and adopts a GIS-based management system, enabling...

Wearables need better services, experts say at SxSW

Panelists: A huge amount of data doesn’t necessarily equate to a useful application AUSTIN, Texas – Wearable product developers this week discussed key challenges to driving adoption of the consumer-facing "Internet of Things" during the South by Southwest Interactive conference. Josh Gunkel, a senior developer with...

The Telecommunications Industry: Calling IoT’s Number (sponsored content)

The telecoms industry has always been open to innovation and new ideas. The industry spends money and resources, encouraging incubators and innovators to develop new ideas in digital innovation. This innovation has seen incredible leaps forward since the advent of the Internet, with mobile...

Smart cities ‘bringing sexy back’ to traffic infrastructure

SXSW panel: smart cities use intelligent infrastructure to keep up with urbanization AUSTIN, Texas – “Cities are on the rise,” proclaimed Harvard University's Rosabeth Moss Kanter during a panel discussion at this week's South by Southwest event. “Technology is the big hope.” Kanter, chair and director...

DoT announces Smart City Challenge finalists during SxSW

Smart City Challenge finalists competing for $50 million in support of transportation innovation AUSTIN, Texas – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the seven finalist cities in the Smart City Challenge funding completion. Austin, Texas, was among the seven finalists, with Foxx making...

Austin, Texas: Where IIoT 5G technology sparks fly

Austin is a laboratory for IIoT 5G innovation and a microcosm of the global trend towards urbanization Known to many as home to South by Southwest, barbecue, live music and 6th Street revelry, Austin, Texas, has emerged as a “laboratory for innovation” according to...

IoT economy regional market outlook

Initiatives like Germany’s Industrie 4.0 and Made in China 2025 seed regional IoT economy The "Internet of Things" promises to connect 20 billion previously unconnected objects by 2020. As the IoT takes shape, some global regions, largely due to government-led planning, are emerging as likely...

5G and IoT will shape telecom discussion in 2016

On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside Mobile World Congress 2016 to dissect the big themes of "5G" and the "Internet of Things." Clips feature conversations with Ericsson CEO Hans Vestburg, AT&T Mobility President Glenn Lurie,...

Test and Measurement: 4 major trends impacting software testing

TechNavio said the growing use of mobile applications is one of four major trends impacting the software testing market, with the other three being the emergence of vertical-specific testing services, the increased use of cloud-based software testing and a shift toward increasingly automated testing. The...

IoT taking shape; 5G to enable next-gen use cases

AT&T, Telit, ARM, F-Secure talk IoT during Mobile World Congress The "Internet of Things" promises to change the way we all live and work, according to myriad discussions during the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. Consumer and industrial use cases are taking shape...

AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie calls 5G an IoT enabler

Lurie talked 5G and IoT with Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg during Mobile World Congress 2016 AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie told Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg the really exciting thing, to him, about "5G" technology "is what it does for ." Lurie made the comment at the...

Mobile World Congress 2016: What you need to know

RCR Wireless News editors recap the highlights of Mobile World Congress 2016 Mobile World Congress 2016 was a jam-packed show with a huge emphasis on the future of "5G" and the "Internet of Things." 5G is moving into the trial phase, which will help inform...

The Telecom Council’s 2016 Innovation Showcase

Eagerly anticipated in the communications ecosystem is The Telecom Council's annual Innovation Showcase. This year, on March 18 in the Juniper Aspiration Dome, 20 early-stage communication start-ups, selected by telco judges for their innovation, momentum, viability and management will meet with strategic fitting telcos, vendors, investors and potential...

Nokia bullish on 5G; enables VR, IoT, massive scale

Nokia Networks executives stressed during Mobile World Congress last week that "5G" isn't just marketing hype, but rather that innovative new use cases and commercialization may be here sooner than the industry thinks. Although still prestandardized, 5G trials and partnerships are developing in earnest. RCR...

NextGen Global Resources to Broaden Talent Offerings to Cover Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Evolution Capabilities (sponsored content)

CHICAGO, IL -- Today, NextGen Global Resources will announce that it's broadening its offerings to include capabilities for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Evolution. Since opening its doors in 2009, NextGen has done things a little differently from traditional staffing firms. Specializing in...

IoT race heats up at MWC 2016

Carriers race against dedicated low-power networks BARCELONA, Spain – Mobile World Congress is all about the newest wireless technologies, but this year the end of an old technology is driving conversations around the "Internet of Things." Second-generation networks are being decommissioned to make room for...

ZTE, TeliaSonera ink IoT agreement

The two companies will initially offer telematics solutions BARCELONA, Spain – Chinese ICT solutions provider ZTE signed a strategic agreement with Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera to jointly target the "Internet of Things" market. Under terms of the agreement, ZTE and TeliaSonera will collaborate in the IoT...

5G, IoT and devices set to shine at MWC 2016

MWC set to showcase latest in 5G technology advances, IoT and some high-profile device launches The mobile telecom world is set to again convene in Barcelona, Spain, for the annual Mobile World Congress event, with this year’s festivities expected to feature a strong dose of...

Volvo, Ericsson partner on high-bandwidth in-vehicle applications

Volvo and Ericsson are teaming up to add experiential in-car technology designed to provide the infotainment passengers want in a future of autonomous vehicles. At the Consumer Electronics Show last month, the two companies announced an joint research and development initiative around intelligent, high-bandwidth in-vehicle...

LTE for IoT: Sequans launches LTE Cat-M chipset

Verizon chip partner first to announce lower cost Cat-M solution for IoT LTE is typically marketed as a high-speed, high-bandwidth technology, but not everyone sees it that way. French chipmaker Sequans has spent the last several years focused on slower, low-power LTE chipsets with the...

Report: APAC leading industrial Internet of Things market growth

Top industrial Internet of Things vendors are Cisco, GE, IBM, Intel, RTI, Rockwell Automation The Asian-Pacific region will lead market growth related to the industrial "Internet of Things," which is expected to be worth $54 billion in that market by 2020, according to a new...