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WND on 2021: Wider adoption, faster returns – so how do you make IoT pay?

After initially taking a massive hit on IoT spending across the globe, Covid-19 is actually offering more opportunities for the industry as it bounces back. The need for remote technology is increasingly apparent as the pandemic continues to rage, with opportunities ranging from the...

The trouble with co-creation in industrial IoT – why cities and telcos are dragging their heels on digital change

All this talk about a (industrial) revolution, and sometimes stuff gets left out. Scratching around for news last week, looking through half-written pieces from last year, this jumped out; about the Industry 4.0 market’s struggle to knock heads together in the name of ‘co-creation’,...

Dominion Energy to test private LTE in Virginia

Dominion Energy's Virginia subsidiary has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to test a private LTE network at 900 MHz. According to documents filed with the FCC, the power company plans to test private LTE under two scenarios over a two-year period: A...

New York Power Authority to test private LTE

The largest state public power organization in the U.S. received permission from the Federal Communications Commission this week to experiment with private LTE at 900 MHz for use cases ranging from IoT to drone inspections at a hydro-electric power plant. The New York Power...

Cellnex, Everynet ink deal to rollout IoT networks in Italy, UK and Ireland

  Telecommunications infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom and IoT connectivity company Everynet have put together a deal to jointly promote the roll out of new internet of things networks in Italy, the U.K. and Ireland. These IoT networks, based on LoRaWAN technology, will be deployed on Cellnex’s...

Nokia, Optus to provide IoT solutions to Australian industry customers 

  Australian operator Optus has selected Nokia’s IMPACT IoT platform to provide device management and data collection capabilities to customers in multiple industry segments in Australia, Nokia said in a release. Nokia’s IoT Device Management Platform (DMP) will enable Optus to provide its customers with simple...

Landis+Gyr and Vodafone embed global IoT connectivity into meters and grid assets

Swiss energy management company Landis+Gyr has signed with UK-based Vodafone to connect smart meters and smart grid applications to 400-odd mobile networks in 180 countries using Vodafone’s network and roaming partnerships, as well as its IoT device management and services portfolio.  The partnership, formalised as...

Aveva to buy OSIsoft for $5bn to service ‘largest digital-change projects in history’

UK based software company Aveva, majority owned by France based automation specialist Schneider Electric, has struck a deal to acquire US data management outfit OSIsoft for $5 billion. OSIsoft is backed by Japan-based tech firm Softbank. The pair said they will “service the largest...

Energy sector urged to get behind LTE – first with carriers, then with licences

The energy industry should consider the LTE family of cellular technologies, including NB-IoT, LTE-M, and 4G and 5G, to spur their longer-term Industry 4.0 ambitions, according to analyst house Guidehouse Insights. The energy market must start experimenting with cellular right away, it says, with...

Nokia signs with LS Electric to supply IoT analytics to Korean utility market

South Korea based electric power equipment company LS Electric has signed up Finnish vendor Nokia to supply an analytics-based asset management platform to local power utilities. LS Electric, a division of Seoul-based conglomerate LS Group, wants an IoT and AI solution to enable customers to...

Unlocking the benefits of the industrial internet of things (Reader Forum)

The industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) is here to stay. Many heavy industry companies in fields such as engineering, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing are accelerating their adoption of digital transformation journeys due to recent global events. The barriers to adopting IIoT technology has also...

Puloli taps Qualcomm to expand private standalone NB-IoT offer for critical industry

US-based private NB-IoT network operator Puloli is offering IoT modules based on Qualcomm’s multi-mode 9205 LTE modem to critical industries, as part of its as-a-service industrial networking offer. Last July, San Francisco-based startup Puloli secured a minor 1 MHz paired chunk (2 MHz in total,...

Demand for LoRaWAN smart water networks rises in COVID-19 crisis, says Senet

Low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT technologies like LoRaWAN are proving their worth as connectivity technologies for smart water preservation and management during periods of change and crisis, including in the current COVID-19 crisis. Smart connectivity networks are enabling improved management of water and other utilities during...

Chinese smart meter firm Hexing bundles Arm Pelion and Wi-SUN for global push

Chinese smart metering firm Hexing is bundling the Pelion IoT platform, from UK-based silicon design company Arm, and low-power Wi-SUN connectivity into its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), as it seeks to expand into Southeast Asia, India, South America, and Europe. Hexing is offering Wi-SUN based...

Verizon opens new 5G Lab in London

  Verizon has opened a new 5G Lab and production studio in London to support its international business and media customers, the U.S. carrier said in a release. This new opening represents the company’s first 5G-enabled facility outside the United States. The lab, which is now open...

Verizon, Honeywell help utilities to accelerate deployment of smart meters

Verizon has inked an agreement with Honeywell with the aim of helping utilities speed up the deployment of new communication-enabled, intelligent sensors and controls for the smart electric grid, both firms said in a release. Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon will integrate its...

Oracle expands Chicago Lab with new tech for construction, utility firms

Oracle is expanding its Chicago Innovation Lab, which would allow more organizations to explore new technologies and strategies to bolster their digital transformation efforts, the firm said in a release. Since its launch last year, the Lab has helped construction organizations explore and test solutions...

Tech, Wi-Fi companies back broader unlicensed use at 6 GHz; public safety and utilities balk

As the Federal Communications Commission considers whether, and how, to utilize spectrum at 6 GHz for unlicensed use, a group of tech and Wi-Fi companies that includes Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Google has thrown its support behind providing additional room for Wi-Fi to grow. In...

pdvWireless rebrands amid continued focus on private LTE for utilities

The company formerly known as pdvWireless has a new name -- Anterix -- but its focus on using 900 MHz spectrum to support private broadband LTE networks for the utilities industry remains the same. Anterix officially began trading yesterday under a new Nasdaq ticker symbol:...

Should utilities be like Amazon and Netflix? The intelligent edge, and where it’s going (Reader Forum)

Why can’t utilities be more like Netflix or Amazon? It’s a question you see posed in a growing number of articles and analyst reports, arguing that utilities should be more customer-centric and quicker to adapt to new technologies. But I’ve got a different question for...

Arm wins major meter management deal, “pulls in” Pelion customers in retail, logistics

Arm is going after energy providers and device makers after striking a deal with Singapore-based EDMI, manufacturer of IoT modules for utilities, to provide the management platform for smart meter devices, connectivity, and data. EDMI, owned by Osaki Electric Company in Japan, has major smart...

APEJ region to lead in terms of IoT spending in 2019, IDC says

  China and South Korea are the top markets in terms of IoT adoption within the region, according to the study   Spending on the internet of things in the Asia/Pacific region excluding Japan (APEJ) is forecasted to reach $381.8 billion by 2022, according to a new...

European IoT market revenues to expand by 19.8% y-o-y in 2019: IDC

  Germany, France and the U.K. will be the markets with the highest level of IoT adoption in 2019   Revenues for the European internet of things market are forecast to increase by 19.8% year-on-year to reach $171 billion in 2019, according to a recent report by...

US to lead global IoT spending in 2019, IDC predicts

  IDC said global IoT spending will reach $745 billion this year   Internet of things spending in the United States is expected to reach $194 billion this year, according to a recent study by IDC. China will be the second-largest market for IoT, with annual spending of...