According to Ericsson's new study, service providers still lack of a clear strategy to target the IoT business opportunity
Revenue growth is currently the biggest driver for telecom service operators seeking to enter the internet of things space, but most of these companies lack of...
The ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market is being undermined by complexity, as well as challenges with security, reckons UK-based micro-processor firm Arm, as it confirmed deeper integration with IBM’s Watson.
“The market hasn’t come as far as we’d hoped; it is pretty fragmented – by...
Wearables boost net adds, IoT revenues up 13% YOY for Verizon
Verizon reported net losses in mobile phones and tablets running on its network during the first quarter, but those numbers were more than offset by growth in other types of connected devices...
Dutch authorities are working with the Talking Traffic Partnership to deploy a nationwide smart traffic initiae
The Dutch government has implemented a smart traffic project in association with the Talking Traffic Partnership.
The government said that over 1.2 million road users are now able to receive...
Farming is wasteful and resources are dwindling. The role of the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) in smart agriculture has never been so important, says Monsanto. They provide the only way the sector will change its ways and feed future generations.
Smarter...
Chinese e-commerce giant says the acquisition allows it to strengthen its presence in the cloud-based IoT space
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is looking to expand its operations in the cloud-based internet of things market through the acquisition of compatriot microchip maker Hangzhou C-SKY Microsystems.
Alibaba highlighted...
German software company Software AG reckons the industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) has reached a tipping point. Enterprises have bought into its promise, and are starting to carry through on tech blueprints to connect to improve efficiencies and productivity.
“We see a turning point in the industry,...
Telia says site sensors are connected to NB-IoT and LTE-M networks
Nordic operator Telia Norway has partnered with Norwegian firm Effera to develop digitalization solutions for the construction industry.
The two partners said the new solutions will allow the efficient running of construction sites, with controls...
Mobile workforces present unique connectivity challenges when compared to a traditional office environment. Traveling along bumpy roads, traversing service areas, and powering devices using a vehicle battery are factors requiring special considerations and planning.
A total solution should take into account all aspects of virtual...
The need for interoperability
Network interoperability has become increasingly important in the telecommunications industry with the emergence network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined network (SDN). These sorts of technologies have freed customers from vendor lock-in by replacing proprietary hardware with open source software, which allow...
Partnership initially focuses on European markets including Germany and Austria
Orange Business Services and Siemens have teamed up to foster the adoption of internet of things (IoT) solutions in the industrial sector.
The partners said that their initial plans are to develop asset tracking and asset-monitoring...
The good news
The Internet of Things is just beginning to take off, and the growth is happening separately in both the consumer and smart home space, as well as in vertical and industrial markets like cities, factories, campuses, and worksites. McKinsey Global Institute estimates...
Initiative will focus on applications including public safety, smart transit and autonomous cars
Nokia and Smart City Capital are launching a joint program to help Canadian cities fund and reduce the risks associated with smart city initiatives.
With available project funding from Smart City Capital exceeding...
What drives the capacity beast? Traffic!
According to GSMA, 4G mobile connections surpassed one billion in 2015. Additionally, 3 billion LTE devices are expected to ship by 2020, doubling the quantity in 2017. Although 4G connections represented only 26% of mobile connections in 2016, they...
IoT platform provider Actility has been appointed by Öresundskraft, a regional energy and fibre broadband provider in Sweden, to help it build out an open-access LoRaWAN network, starting in the town of Helsingborg, and rolling out across the country.
Öresundskraft has established a new ‘city...
Qualcomm has recently inked an agreement to set up a factory to produce processors for IoT applications in Sao Paulo
Qualcomm Technologies and Ericsson announced plans to implement internet of things (IoT) infrastructure and solutions in the areas of agriculture, vehicle and asset tracking and...
Finnish operator DNA has debuted an ‘internet of things’ (IoT) platform for enterprises in its home country to launch national and international IoT services of their own. DNA’s new platform uses Cisco Jasper’s ‘control center’ product, providing enterprises with control over their IoT connectivity...
For years, 2G and 3G networks have provided businesses with appropriate connectivity — and ROI — for IoT applications. However, the cellular connectivity landscape is changing, as 2G and 3G will be phased out in favor of LTE technologies in the coming years. We...
The fragmented IoT market is hard to understand for enterprises and hard to navigate for operators. Swedish vendor Ericsson says its new IoT 'accelerator' can help both sides. Enterprise IoT Insights chats with Jeff Travers, head of IoT at Ericsson, about the challenge to...
COLLEGE PARK, Md.--The telecom and tech industry tends to focus on the positive aspects of smart cities -- but panelists at the recent Wireless Connect event grappled not only with the potential good of smart cities but the unintended consequences.
Some of the interest in...
Finnish duo Nokia and Telia have combined with US chip-maker Intel to run a series of 5G smart factory tests using a trial 5G radio access network, operating in the 28 GHz frequency band.
The 5G smart-factory tests used a video application to monitor and...
As we found with the recent Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica situation, companies and organizations across multiple sectors are collecting, managing, utilizing and processing vast amounts of consumer data every single day. This data, often stored across personal and company devices, is increasingly being accessed for...
NEW YORK--As the internet of things (IoT) continues to take shape, working toward projections of tens of billions of new networked devices by the end of the decade, there need to be some major changes to how service providers approach billing and network resources.
Senior...
Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has won a deal to supply its technology agnostic IoT platform into BAE Systems’ manufacturing facilities. The rollout is part of BAE Systems’ large-scale programme to standardise and automate its manufacturing operations.
Tapestry Solutions’ enterprise sensor integration (ESI) software platform has...
