BICS looks to build bridges between telecoms operators and the IoT market
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailInternational carrier services company BICS has gone from a useful clearing house for airtime to a close strategic partner for communications providers of every type. Importantly, the company can bring …
Sigfox outlines ‘Zero-G’ strategy to underpin 5G/IoT ecosystem, secure global coverage
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT networking company Sigfox has big plans for 2019. Every IoT company does, of course, but the French firm has set a target to secure ‘global’ coverage by setting up …
Three use cases only workable with URLLC-flavoured 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFurther to last week’s sub-polemic on the wrongheaded marketing of 5G services, it is worth considering, again, just how transformational the next generation of mobile technology could be – and …
Sprint, Peachtree Corners to build smart vehicle test track using IoT, 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Sprint said the new track will enable the trial of advanced automotive technology Sprint announced a collaboration project with the city of Peachtree Corners, Georgia for the development …
Why 5G is a slow-burning enterprise saga – and Verizon’s criticism of 5G marketing doesn’t go far enough
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail“The potential for 5G is awesome,” Verizon chief tech officer Kyle Malady wrote in an open letter this week, in protest at the early marketing of rather middle-of-the-road ‘5G’ services …
AT&T intros smart lights in Vegas, 5G for Dallas Cowboys, $250k for IoT startups
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLas Vegas is working with network operator AT&T and IoT provider Ubicquia to trial a new smart street-lighting solution that makes use of existing lighting infrastructure. In a flurry of …
South Korea completes works in K-City autonomous driving testing zone
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe government said the development of this project required an investment of $11 million South Korea has completed the development of K-City, an unpopulated city for autonomous vehicle testing based …
What is Society 5.0? Japan’s model for a digitally-inspired ‘imagination society’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail“The kaleidoscope has been shaken, the pieces are in flux.” It is a phrase written for a different time, and another sphere – a generation ago, which seems like a …
The IoT interview (pt1): “We have to focus on what scales and repeats,” says AT&T
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe 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. …
Ericsson ‘fingerprints’ radio network to enhance NB-IoT, LTE-M positioning
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwedish 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 …
