BROWSING: Healthcare

US private cellular provider Geoverse has partnered with Houston-based enterprise tech provider WCI Technologies to deliver its private LTE and 5G core networking solution to the energy, healthcare, and education sectors. The pair will deliver shared and licensed LTE and 5G infrastructure in the...

The Scotland 5G Centre, a government-sponsored research centre with the universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, has opened a private 5G network testbed in Dumfries in the south of Scotland, to be followed by a second private 5G showcase before the year is out in...

The city of Sunderland in the northeast of England is bidding to be the “UK’s most advanced smart city” following an agreement between the city council and UK-based telecoms system integrator BAI Communications to build a new “5G centric network” to accelerate adoption of...

Vodafone and Deloitte have teamed up on a virtual centre for digital healthcare. The new facility, called the Vodafone Centre for Health with Deloitte, combines the former’s healthcare solutions and the latter’s healthcare consultancy practice. The two will collaborate, they said, to simplify access...

    A new report by smart building specialist Honeywell showed that 94% of surveyed healthcare facility managers considered that remote management is key for operational efficiency. The report also stated that 25% of the surveyed managers currently have such a system in place, but 26% plan...

Japanese tech giant NEC has announced a new digital healthcare and life science business, as part of its stated mid-term strategy to develop new business units to drive growth for the company in the period to 2025. It wants to grow company revenues by...

Telstra Health, the digital healthcare business of Australian telecoms provider Telstra, has said it is poised to acquire Sydney-based medical software company MedicalDirector for $350 million. It follows the firm’s announcement last month it is to acquire a majority stake in Adelaide-based PowerHealth, a...

Kajeet: Extending connected healthcare into homes without the internet is impossible For more on the state of connected healthcare, download this free report. Kajeet is perhaps best known as a mobile virtual network operator and MVNO enabler. The company was founded on a core mission of...

If connected healthcare becomes a primary delivery method, what about the 3 billion unconnected people? For more on the state of connected healthcare, download this free report. Lack of access to reliable broadband internet service is a global problem. At the end of April, Data Reportal...

Virtual patient interactions and remote patient monitoring are key connected healthcare use cases The primary use case for connected healthcare is currently telemedicine--a patient interfacing with a medical professional via videoconference. Meeting with a medical professional using a desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone hinges on...

Eseye surveyed U.S. and U.K. enterprise decision makers on the state of IoT during the coronavirus pandemic? A good deal of the commentary around the acceleration of IoT and other technology solutions during COVID-19 is somewhat anecdotal and based on the perspectives of individuals serving...

Federated Wireless has signed with Intel to use its Smart Edge platform to pursue private network trials using CBRS spectrum in the education sector in the US. The move is part of Intel’s drive to push edge networking in sundry enterprise sectors. The firm...

KPMG: "As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, we’ve witnessed a major shift of momentum into large-scale digital transformation, and this has caused healthcare leaders to desire a comprehensive digital strategy… In a conversation with Enterprise IoT Insights, KPMG Managing Director, Emerging Technologies, Michael...

  Canadian smart cities and buildings firm Kontrol Technologies announced that its Kontrol BioCloud technology has delivered a real-time detection of the coronavirus from its completed pilot in the Middle East. The successful testing was completed as part of Kontrol's Middle East pilot with a laboratory...

Santa Clara IoT tracking company Roambee has acquired Switzerland-based cold chain monitoring outfit Modum, which specialises in the pharmaceutical market. Roambee said the deal will help it to “dominate the real-time cold chain visibility space”. The transaction fee was not disclosed. The acquisition is Roambee’s...

Internet of Things (IoT) spending in Europe is expected to reach $202 billion in 2021 and will continue to experience double-digit growth through 2025, according to a recent report by IDC. Despite the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IoT market still experienced growth,...

  South Korean telecom operator KT has signed an agreement with the country’s top science and technology university to establish a research institute for artificial intelligence (AI) and software development, local news agency Yonhap reported. Under the terms of the agreement, KT will cooperate with the...

“It will take time, but this provision of untethered enterprise value will eclipse the standard consumer telecoms market.” So says Mark Bole, chief executive at core networking provider Quortus. It sounds almost fanciful, that such a global infrastructure might ever be doubled, and even...

AmericanPharma Technologies, a provider of technology for healthcare and biopharmaceutical products, has developed an LTE-M based monitoring Covid-19 vaccine shipments and storage in the US. It has partnered with France-based IoT chipset and module maker Sequans Communications on the solution. The firm is using IoT...

Vodafone has said it is to supply infrastructure and solutions, using cellular and IoT tracking and monitoring technologies, to support Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. Vodacom, the company’s operating company in Africa, is working with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) on a ‘home-grown’...

Nokia has deployed an NB-IoT network for mobile network operator Saudi Mobily in the 800 MHz band in Saudi Arabia. The pair said they have connected more than 4,000 sites, with radius coverage of 20 kilometres per cell. The software on Mobily’s existing LTE base...

Sweden-based Telia has launched a private LTE and 5G network solution for enterprises in Norway using its licensed spectrum, otherwise used for its public network services. It follows the launch of the same service in Sweden in September. Telia is offering to install a...

  The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) announced it has crossed the one billion square foot mark of spaces enrolled in the WELL Health-Safety Rating. IWBI said that the milestone was achieved in nine months. ?We launched the WELL Health-Safety Rating in June 2020 in response to...

Among the many things we’ve learned during the era of Covid-19 is the importance of efficient, reliable, and always-available healthcare services. The urgency of the pandemic has not only spurred innovation and progress but has shined a bright light on the promise of healthcare...