BROWSING: IoT

Note, this is the third part of a wide-ranging interview with AT&T President of IoT Solutions Chris Penrose; for the first instalment go here. AT&T has used the line before: it is a ‘master systems integrator’, it says. There is a job to create order...

  Through a deal with the city of Waco, the local utility will install 45,000 modules and 12,000 leak sensors   Itron has signed a contract with the city of Waco, Texas to install Itron’s OpenWay Riva IoT solution, including smart water communication modules and leak sensors. Itron...

  The Release 1.1 specification adds support for eMTC-U and NB-IoT-U, as well as support for additional spectrum bands   The MulteFire Alliance announced the completion of its Release 1.1 specification that is optimized for the internet of things. Adding support for eMTC-U for moderate data-rate applications in...

Sigfox is looking to add a half a dozen territories to its global footprint by the end of this year, and pass the 70-mark by the end of next. Its top priority in 2019 is to open operations in China, India, and Russia, as...

Note, this is the second part of a wide-ranging interview with AT&T President of IoT Solutions Chris Penrose; for the first instalment go here. In all, AT&T has connected 48 million devices around the world. It counts 2,000 different “types of deployment” down the years....

The greatest challenge for Chris Penrose, president of IoT solutions at AT&T, is just to order and manage the multiplying opportunities afforded by the advancement of machine connectivity and intelligence. For Penrose, the key is that business is repeatable, and his resources within the business...

  The new offering uses Verizon’s ThingSpace platform and is powered by Amazon FreeRTOS   Verizon has launched a new internet of things development toolkit using the carrier’s ThingSpace platform and Amazon FreeRTOS, an operating system for microcontrollers. Verizon’s ThingSpace platform allows developers, OEM manufacturers, and system integrator...

Swedish vendor Ericsson is looking at ways to employ artificial intelligence to enable advanced “fingerprinting” of mobile radio networks to enhance the positioning resolution of LTE-M and NB-IoT devices. The initiative will have implications for both the consumer and enterprise space, it said. However, the...

Ensure Your Wireless Infrastructure is Ready to Ride the Next Technology Wave Over the last few years enterprises have been radically transforming. Buildings are becoming smarter and how people work is evolving. These changes can be attributed to several factors, including the changing face of...

The promise for operators of 5G networks is in selling augmented connectivity solutions to enterprises, and not to consumers, Vodafone told The Great Telco Debate in London this week. But the operator community must guarantee 5G services, offered on network slices to industrial operatives, if...

  Under the agreement, Telstra will soon launch Arduino’s new IoT developer board in the Australian market   Telstra has signed a partnership with open source hardware and software ecosystem company Arduino aimed at boosting internet of things growth in Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, Telstra...

AWS IoT SiteWise is a managed service that collects, structures, and searches IoT data from industrial facility devices   Amazon Web Services has announced four new services and capabilities to strengthen internet of things applications. AWS IoT SiteWise is a new managed service that collects, structures, and...

Don’t believe the hype: 5G still likely won’t happen in 2019. Many of the 5G announcements that are getting buzz are just marketing talk. There has actually been only a few tiny deployments of 5G, and those are pre-standard. There are still too many moving...

The sense to design and build a custom system-on-chip (SoC) is plain, we understand from an earlier companion piece. As we also understand, from the first part of this post, the process of IoT chip design is logical, much like constructing a printed circuit...

The internet of things is hitting its stride and will shift from mere connections to "tangible value and monetization," according to Cisco's newly released Visual Networking Index forecast through 2022. While Cisco expects the internet to reach 4.8 billion human users by the end of...

The German carrier is working with partners to develop LTE-M solutions German carrier Deutsche Telekom confirmed plans to launch LTE-M technology in 2019, the telco said in a statement. The company, which is already working in the development of LTE-M solutions, recently announced the finalists of...

When the cloud first popped up on our radar several years ago, there was plenty to get excited about. However, in those early days there was also plenty to be concerned about. We didn’t know what to be on the lookout for. There were...

Siemens-owned software company Mentor Graphics has released a new design platform for engineers to twin and test printed circuitboard (PCB) prototypes virtually, before they are put into production, as the basis of embedded systems in assorted IoT devices. The new platform, called Xpedition, provides the...

The LPWAN provider is targeting apps like energy and fluid management, on-site tracking, geo-fencing, waste control, environmental metering France-based business communications provider Orange Business Services has launched its IoT Connect Anywhere, a low-power wide area network (LPWAN) connectivity solution, in markets including Hong Kong, Asian...

The new smart traffic initiative will expand the coverage to 60% of Dubai’s roads network Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has approved a $161 million project with the main aim of improving and upgrading the smart traffic systems in Dubai. This decision by the RTA...

  Learn more at the MulteFire Open Day – Bay Area, December 4 in San Jose The Internet of Things (IoT) will connect billions of devices but will require new approaches to wireless connectivity to meet the demands for capacity, coverage and reliability. Industrial IoT is...

Once a successful proof-of-concept has been established, what’s next? The day after creating a proof-of-concept of your custom IC, you might ask “Now what do we do?” It is time to make your idea real and start developing a system prototype. This white paper covers...

Once a successful proof-of-concept has been established, what’s next? The day after creating a proof-of-concept of your custom IC, you might ask “Now what do we do?” It is time to make your idea real and start developing a system prototype. This white paper covers...

  We are entering a new intelligent era. Under the development of new technologies like AI, cloud computing, big data, 5G and Internet of Things, we will truly realize the Intelligent Connection of Everything. In previous industrial revolutions, people have liberated their physical strength. In the...