BROWSING: IoT

EMEA: Is M2M finally ready for prime time?

Last week London was host to M2M World Congress. The presenters were an interesting mix of network operators, hardware and software vendors and industry analysts approaching this space from many different angles. There was smart home, smart city, connected car and retail applications in the...

Coders: Episode 8 — Apple Watch development, Microsoft Build roundup

This week on Coders I speak with Brian Mueller, the developer behind the Carrot line of apps for iPhone and Apple Watch. His line of apps are named Carrot from "carrot and stick," and the humorous content in the fitness, to-do and weather apps...

LIS2015: Keeping up with the evolution of LTE

DEL MAR, Calif. – The continued evolution of LTE is providing fertile ground for the testing industry, and features including carrier aggregation and Voice over LTE were the focus of the first day of this week's LTE Innovation Summit. Olga Shapiro, program director for the...

EMEA: Accenture’s take on IoT for the digital consumer

Earlier this year Accenture released its "Digital Consumer Survey" taking a look at how consumer views are changing in this new connected world. Focusing on how the "Internet of Things" will impact these views, 24,000 consumers in 24 countries were surveyed in order to...

Defense consultant thinks IoT will shape cybersecurity

More connected devices equates to more cybersecurity exposure, more risk WASHINGTON – Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the nation's largest management consulting firms that is well known for its broad range of experience on cybersecurity, has predicted that a new and more comprehensive approach will...

Driving connected car profits for telecom and automotive

There’s no denying the fact that the connected car is one of the hottest topics in the telecommunications and automotive industries. Although within the connected car topic there are a great many sub-topics that still require discussion in order to reach an appropriate outcome. For...

Intel to invest $24M in Chinese accelerator

Intel also spends $16M on IoT and $13M on angel fund WASHINGTON – At the Intel Developer Forum last week, the company announced plans to spend $24 million on a mass-market accelerator program in China. Intel claims the program is designed to allow Chinese innovators and...

IoT to power a smart business district in Shanghai

International investment to use IoT to connect major world hub WASHINGTON – Dutch firm NXP Semiconductors announced on March 27 it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Digital China Holdings, an IT services company, and B.M. Holding Group, a real estate development firm, with...

EMEA: Semtech and KPN taking LoRa to the IoT market

Solutions to power the IoT RCR Wireless News covered the recent announcement of the LoRa Alliance and resulting go-to-market activities of IBM Research and Semtech. After meeting with Semtech and KPN, there is more to the story now than just the Alliance discussion. Semtech, a supplier of analog...

Affirmed Networks snags LG U+ NFV, virtualized EPC deal

NFV deal said to enhance South Korean operators network agility, LTE-U plans South Korea telecom operator LG U+ is pushing forward with plans to deploy network function virtualization technology on its network, announcing a deal with Affirmed Networks to deploy an NFV-based virtual evolved packet...

EMEA: Bristol’s open programmable smart city

Bristol Is Open is developing an open programmable city. The project is a collaboration among technology companies, media and telecommunications companies, universities, local communities, and local and national government. In addition, a new organization has been developed to provide management and oversight to this joint venture...

Reality Check: Will the IIoT trend live up to the hype?

Remember the dawn of the Internet? Remember all the skeptics who didn’t see its transformational genius? Remember how it became enormous? It’s happening again. What’s happening involves the Internet, of course, but in a newly emerging context. I am referring to a phenomenon called the industrial...

EMEA: IBM Research enables ‘Internet of Things’

IBM Research and Semtech announced a new technology based on low-power, wide-area networks targeting machine-to-machine and the "Internet of Things." The technology is said to offer an alternative to the use of cellular or Wi-Fi. The technology is based on long-range wide-area networks, using a...

EMEA CEOs: Wirepas believes for IoT, the ‘thing’ is the network

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Teppo Hemiä, CEO of Wirepas, to learn more about the company’s offering and vision for the "Internet of Things." This IoT vision at the simplest level is that the "thing" is the network. An intriguing concept. Wirepas...

#TBT: AT&T, T-Mobile US price war; Son claims Sprint a broadband savior … 1 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 the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! AT&T Mobility gives...

Reader Forum: How MNOs can seize opportunities with data and the IoT

In most cases, the management structures of mobile network operators have yet to grasp the value proposition of the "Internet of Things" as they have been historically hyper-focused on competing according to who can offer the lowest price for handling megabytes. But in the...

EMEA: Embedded World highlights IoT

This week Nürnberg was host to Embedded World, three days of embedded system technology companies showcasing construction elements, modules, full systems, operating systems and software. With roughly 900 exhibitors from more than 35 countries, this is the world’s largest trade fair for the embedded...

HP helps network operators monetize IoT

Hewlett-Packard today announced its "Internet of Things" platform, which will enable network operators to manage IoT sensors. This solution will provide vertical applications on M2M devices, have the ability to analyze the collected data regarding the performance of these applications via a secure cloud infrastructure...

EMEA CEOs: Where will wearables go from here?

RCR Wireless News recently spoke with Christian Stammel, CEO of Wearable Technologies about the state of the wearables industry and the possibilities for the future. The good news is that there are still many opportunities for innovation yet to come. However, the bad news...

EMEA: Nokia Networks powers 5G IoT

The "Internet of Things," 5G and security are all hot topics. Nokia Networks has pulled them all together in announcing its vision for secure IoT connectivity via 5G that will be demonstrated at the upcoming Mobile World Congress event. There are many statistics in the public...

Reader Forum: The role of mobility in creating a smarter field workforce

As field-based work becomes increasingly complex and time-sensitive, more businesses are focusing on mobile solutions integrated with back-end field-service solutions to help manage field operations and provide their mobile workforces with the real-time knowledge to make better, more intelligent decisions in the field. Recent research...

Jawbone takes on IoT

When you think of Jawbone you don’t think of the "Internet of Things." You think of fitness trackers, speakers and headsets. If this is your view of Jawbone, like mine used to be, you’d be wrong. The company has a vision for IoT and is well...

Wi-Fi sheep possible in rural IoT experiment

Equipped with a hefty research grant, a professor in the U.K. is taking a novel approach to bringing Wi-Fi coverage to rural Wales: sheep outfitted with collars that transmit an Internet signal. Professor Gordon Blair from Lancaster University was awarded about $267,000 from the Engineering...

Sigfox raises $115M for IoT networks

Sigfox investment from industry and telcos Sigfox, which specializes in "Internet of Things" and machine to machine networking, this week announced a round of funding that brought in $115 million. The company plans to use the new financing to deploy dedicated IoT networks in Europe, Asia...