BROWSING: IoT

Do drivers care about connected car infotainment options?

Airbiquity recently held a webinar to discuss findings from a Nielsen and SBD study that looked at the implications of infotainment solutions to auto buyers. In other words: Does infotainment actually drive customer loyalty? Automotive OEMs are working to pack more and more infotainment features into...

Q&A with LitePoint: Small cells, 5G, IoT and more

Adam Smith is a 15-year veteran of working with radio frequency aspects of wireless testing and has been with test company LitePoint since 2012. He recently took over as director of marketing for LitePoint, and spoke to RCR Wireless News about his perspective on a number...

EMEA: Steering smarter in the connected car

Hoffmann-Krippner is working with Guttersberg Consulting to bring its SensoFoil sensing technology to the connected car market. The technology is designed to allow the driver's touch on the steering wheel to be "sensed" and ultimately alert the driver and/or the vehicle itself to take...

Reader Forum: The mobile Internet of Things

As the “Internet of Things” grows, mobile phones are becoming personal controllers that connect consumers through Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee and other personal area networks to home control – cameras, smart watches, glasses, fitness trackers and even smart clothing. Because of that connection, the volume...

EMEA: Sierra Wireless expands in Europe with MobiquiThings acquisition

Sierra Wireless announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MobiquiThings in a move to expand its presence in the European market. The acquisition is expected to be completed by August. Although Sierra Wireless is a well-known name in the world of embedded...

Test and Measurement: Dekra acquires AT4 Wireless

German-based Dekra, which specializes in safety and certification, has acquired Spanish testing company AT4 Wireless to boost its offerings for "Internet of Things" testing. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. AT4 has labs in the U.S., Spain, Chile and Taiwan and nearly 300 employees;...

IoT potentially worth $11T by 2025

Interoperability and making the most of big data analytics are key to realizing full economic potential of IoT According to a new report from research firm McKinsey Global Institute, the economic value of the "Internet of Things" could be worth between $3.9 trillion and $11.1...

EMEA: IoT analytics in the cloud

Aeris has announced a new addition to its existing portfolio of machine-to-machine/"Internet of Things" services; AerVoyance – an analytics solution provided from the cloud to help customers manage their connected device programs in a more efficient way. Aeris collects information from nearly 1 billion IoT events per...

Redknee to boost IoT plans with Orga acquisition

Redknee said the $42.5M deal will bolster real-time monetization, subscriber management Toronto-based billing software provider Redknee Solutions said it plans to acquire privately held Orga Systems for approximately $42.5 million in a move to bolster its real-time monetization and subscriber management offerings targeting the growing...

IoT Innovation – Episode 4: The UX failure in IoT so far

Stuck in the car or video blocked at work? Check out the IoT Innovation podcast: This week IoT Innovation is hosted by Nicholas Napp, who's joined by guest Richard Banfield, CEO and co-founder of Fresh Tilled Soil, a Boston-based user experience company. Napp and Banfield discuss the...

EMEA: Huawei Innovation Day round two

MUNICH – Building on the update from the first day of Huawei Innovation Day, the second day was all about the connected world. Topics included connected cars, smart cities and wearables. The connected car Audi presented on the topic of the connected car, talking about the...

IoT Innovation – Episode 3 – Trends, Views and Analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo_I92gfzMY Ben Wood - Chief of Research at CCS Insight the UK based consulting and analysis team explores the type of companies now interested in IoT (among other areas), some of the current and future most interesting technology trends and also he shows off some...

Cisco ups its game in SDN, IoT and Wi-Fi

As the world's largest maker of switches and routers prepares for a change in leadership after 20 years, the company is upping its game in three of the hottest areas in wireless: SDN, "Internet of Things" and Wi-Fi. This week at Cisco Live, the company announced an...

SK Telecom launches open IoT platform

The telco aims to implement the platform in a smart city trial in Busan South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, has launched an open "Internet of Things" platform dubbed ThingPlug, with the main goal of boosting the IoT ecosystem. The operator said that the...

Reality Check: Grappling with growing ‘insecurity of things’

I have never seen a situation quite like it in my 22 years in the high-tech industry. I am referring to the sudden and more intense focus by executives on data security, digital trust and intrusion protection. During my meetings with clients in the past...

Looking to IoT, team uses Wi-Fi to power a camera

Prototype uses Wi-Fi for power without detracting from data throughput With an eye on Internet of Things applications, a research team at the University of Washington Seattle’s Sensor Systems Labs have developed a method to use Wi-Fi to power a camera. The tech is called power-over-Wi-Fi...

AT&T and IBM use IoT to address water woes

Smart water pipes alert to leaks before small problems become big ones WASHINGTON – Even among the rank partisanship of Washington, D.C., one thing no one will disagree with is that the nation’s civil infrastructure needs urgent attention. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the...

Analyst Angle: Intelligent buildings and the Internet of Things

Intelligent buildings are a unique segment in the “Internet of Things,” an industry that has several different types of use cases for connected technology. For example, energy management and how demand response work in a building. Security is another area, such as video surveillance...

IoT enabling the elderly and disabled

Smart Solutions tech uses eye control to change the TV channel, call a nurse or adjust temperature WASHINGTON – Smart Solutions, an Alabama-based company, has embraced the "Internet of Things" as a way to help improve quality of life for the elderly and disabled. Company owner...

Reality Check: Telcos have all that customer data – now what?

More than 75% of all mobile phones used in the United States are smartphones, according to ComScore’s most recent MobiLens report. That’s 184 million Americans using Web-connected devices every day. A major component of smartphone use is the reliance on over-the-top services offering users...

IoT, 5G, NFV predicted to shape the future of telecom

IoT will require 5G, NFV NICE, France – Predictions are always a tricky proposition, even more so in the telecom market where unpredictable change is the name of the game. Despite the inherent risk, Ken Dilbeck, VP of collaboration research and development at the TM...

Reader Forum: VAS 2.0 – monetizing the 4th wave in mobile networks

The role of mobile phones today has evolved beyond a general-purpose communications tool to become an extension of a user’s persona and everyday routine. New revenue opportunities for mobile operators will only increase as customers want and expect more services from their phones –...

Coders: Episode 12 – Google IO 2015 and a simple Arduino project

Yesterday's Google IO keynote gives us plenty to talk about, with updates on Project Loon, Android Wear, and the introduction of cloud testing, an IoT solution for developers, Android M, Google Photos and more. Android M is particularly notable for the introduction of system-level support...

Reader Forum: Spurring IoT growth with on-demand connectivity

Our world is exploding with new connected devices designed to simplify and improve modern living – connected cars, smart homes, wearables and even objects like toothbrushes and umbrellas. The rise of the “Internet of Things” – smart objects and machines connected and controlled via...