BROWSING: IoT

Critical-edge 5G workloads for industrial IoT — what stays and what goes?

The grand combined promise of 5G networking and edge computing for enterprises is to max out the performance, reliability, and security of mission- and business-critical Industry 4.0 systems.But which workloads should always stay on-prem, for reasons of security and performance, and which can be...

‘The end of batteries’ – high-volume OPV-IoT smart factory to open in France

France-based startup Dracula Technologies, offering low-light energy-harvesting solutions for passive (battery-less) LoRaWAN-based IoT connectivity, has confirmed its new smart factory will start “high-volume” production in “early 2024”. The new 2,500 metre-square facility, in Valence in southeastern France, is to be fully automated, with capacity...

“Billions of new 5G devices” – Nokia hails UK RedCap field tests with BT, MediaTek

Nokia has hailed RedCap “successful” trials with telecoms firm BT Group and module maker MediaTek in the UK. Without saying much about the tests themselves, the trio took the opportunity to talk up the potential of reduced capability (RedCap) 5G to benefit both business...

Smart meter data is stuck, says UK report – strangling innovation, sustainability

Not enough is being made of smart meter data in the UK, despite one of the most expansive and productive metering rollouts in Europe. The existing system for regulation and management of energy data is strangling tech innovation and sustainability drives, says Energy Systems...

Huawei highlights RedCap momentum as commercial pilots expand

Huawei said that RedCap connections are expected to exceed 100 million within the next three years DUBAI- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology has already entered large-scale commercial use at a global level as over 10 carriers from seven countries have piloted the technology, Chinese...

DT, AWS, VMware demo global private 5G and edge compute platform

In a major show of industry collaboration, Deutsche Telekom has combined with AWS and VMware, plus Mavenir and Dell, to develop a global private 5G network and edge compute platform for enterprises. The new proof of concept is dubbed a “globally distributed enterprise network”,...

Honeywell reorganises around “megatrends”, puts bigger focus automation

US energy and automation conglomerate Honeywell has reorganised its business into four separate units, with enhanced focus on industrial automation, in order to realign with what it perceives as three global economic “megatrends” – being automation, aviation, and energy. The firm has folded its...

FloLIVE and Kigen claim solution for permanent IoT roaming in Turkey

IoT MVNO startup FloLIVE claims to have solved the challenge of IoT roaming in Turkey, one of several major markets to impose restrictions on permanent roaming. The London-based firm has worked with SIM specialist Kigen and local telco provider Protahub to enable globally-provisioned eSIMs...

The eSIM / eUICC equation – in sum: eSIM = MFF2 + eUICC

As a matter of record, commonly missed, it is worth noting that eSIM and eUICC are different technologies. Asked about the application of eSIM (and iSIM) in smart metering, specifically, Neil Bosworth, head of vertical segments and IoT products at Telit Cinterion, wants this...

Shake your market maker – why smart meters matter (part 2)

Note: this the second part of an introduction to a forthcoming editorial report on smart meters, covering how ‘IoT has changed up a gear in the utilities market’. The report will be available next month. RCR Wireless will host a webinar on the same...

Why meters matter – why smart meters are the best of IoT (and deserve more love)

Note: this an introduction to and reduction of a forthcoming editorial report on smart meters, covering ‘how IoT has changed up a gear in the utilities market’. The report will be available next month. RCR Wireless will host a webinar on the same subject...

Volt Active Data Webinar: Speed Matters: Deep-Dive into the Importance of End-to-End Latency for Edge and IoT Use Cases

In a world that is becoming increasingly digitally connected and transformed, speed is king. Whether it's the time it takes for a webpage to load, a video to buffer, or a transaction to be processed, latency plays a crucial role in user experience and...

Software AG completes €2.6bn sale to US private equity firm Silver Lake

US private equity firm Silver Lake has secured over 85 percent of the share capital and voting rights of Software AG, the second biggest Germany-based provider of business software after SAP. A press note from Software AG put its total share in the firm...

Siemens joins with machine maker DMG MORI to boost Industry 4.0 ecosystem play

Siemens is offering a digital twin from Germany-based DMG MORI for machine tool processing on its Xcelerator marketplace for industrial-change applications. The announcement is significant, arguably, because it brings together two of the leading Germany-based protagonists in the global Industry 4.0 game, in the form...

Siemens’ home-made private 5G is go (finally) – in home of Industrie 4.0, at least

Siemens has stuck out a press release to declare the open availability of its private 5G system for industrial-grade networking in Germany, the original home of Industrie 4.0. Is that news, really? The German industrial behemoth’s in-house 5G project has been one of the...

Editorial Webinar: Critical edge workloads for industrial IoT — what stays and what goes?

The grand combined promise of 5G networking and edge computing for enterprises is to max out the performance, reliability, and security of mission- and business-critical Industry 4.0 systems.But which workloads should always stay on-prem, for reasons of security and performance, and which can be...

Sigfox-parent Unabiz sells large LoRaWAN network to major mall in Singapore

Meanwhile in other Sigfox news, Sigfox-parent Unabiz has sold a large-scale LoRaWAN network to a major shopping mall in the northeast of Singapore. NEX, a seven-storey shopping mall at the Serangoon bus station, located where the city-state’s Northeast and Circle metro lines cross, has...

Mexican Sigfox operator WND gets boost from local VC luminary

Another shot-of-life for ultra-narrowband IoT technology Sigfox, on life support 18 months ago, until Singapore-based firm Unabiz plowed-in money, reinvented its business model, embarked on a charm offensive, and breathed new life and hope into its ailing ecosystem. The news this week from the...

Postcards from the edge | Cloud-to-edge consistency is everything, says AWS

ACHTUNG! THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO JOIN THE WEBINAR ON CRITICAL 5G EDGE WORKLOADS ON SEPTEMBER 27 (TOMORROW). JOIN HERE – IT'S FREE, AND NOT-TO-BE-MISSED! You know the drill by now; you know the questions. Here is the response from AWS, with the latest...

SOLiD and ASOCS produce open-RAN private 5G for Industry 4.0 in CBRS

US-based in-building cellular connectivity provider SOLiD has combined with Israeli edge-cloud and private cellular software company ASOCS to deliver an Open RAN solution for private 5G and industrial IoT networks in the developing Industry 4.0 sector. Their solution, targeted at private 5G deployments in...

Enabling private networks – secure roaming between private and public networks

Hybrid private networks extend the controls and policies of IoT devices in local 4G and 5G networks into wider macro coverage. In other words, they enable IoT devices registered on private enterprise-owned networks to roam securely off-site on public carrier-owned infrastructure. They effectively stretch...

TotalEnergies taps Unabiz for Sigfox IoT sensors in service stations in Europe, Africa

Multinational energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies has appointed the French division of Singapore-based Unabiz to install Sigfox-based IoT sensors in motorway service stations in Europe and Africa in order to monitor the temperature control of refrigeration units. Unabiz France has already deployed around 3,000...

Deutsche Telekom integrates LoRaWAN and satellite cellular into global IoT offer

Deutsche Telekom is offering non-cellular LoRaWAN, as well as satellite-based cellular IoT, as part of its expanded global IoT proposition for connecting data-only embedded SIMs (eSIMs) in both low-power (LPWA) and also high-power wide-area IoT applications. It said it has integrated distributed LoRaWAN “more...

Orange Belgium inks connectivity deal with Flemish government

Orange said that 75,000 SIM cards and 9,500 cards for machine-to-machine and IoT services will be activated for Flemish administrative offices Orange Belgium has signed an initial five-year agreement to provide mobile connectivity and IoT services to the Flemish government, the telco said in a...