Telefónica, Deloitte-backed 5G accelerator launches UK smart-city competition
UK-based 5G consortium 5PRING, which includes Telefónica and Deloitte, has partnered with local authorities in the West Midlands in the UK, a regional focus of the UK government’s developing 5G …
Mars brings in Microsoft and Accenture to drive smart manufacturing, supply chain
Mars is working with Microsoft and Accenture to bring new IoT and AI solutions to its manufacturing and supply-chain operations. The work is part of an expanded deal with Microsoft …
‘If you could deploy LoRa on a Sigfox network…’ – the case for low-power IoT crossover
Note this story is continued from a previous post, asking if it is ‘time for Sigfox and LoRaWAN to call a truce – and team up’. The previous entry can …
Manufacturer WEG tests private and public 5G with Nokia and Anatel in Brazil
Brazilian electronic equipment manufacturer WEG is working with the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) and Finnish network vendor Nokia on parallel Industry 4.0 testbeds using public and private 5G networks …
Massive IoT tech MIOTY wins Fraunhofer prize for ‘outstanding scientific achievement’
The Fraunhofer Society, the largest application-oriented research organisation in Europe, has given its annual prize for outstanding scientific achievement to the novel low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology MIOTY, being lined up …
Itron, Microsoft combine on ‘performant’ cloud-based smart meter management
Industrial IoT provider Itron, specialising in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solutions for utilities, is working with Microsoft to provide cloud-based meter data management (MDM) services to customers. The pair have …
Private 5G will ‘eclipse’ traditional telecoms – Quortus on its first 2,000 networks
“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 …
Zigbee Alliance drops Zigbee brand, intros Matter as IKEA-backed smart home tech
The Zigbee Alliance has rebranded as the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) to manage a developing portfolio of connectivity brands based on the short-range Zigbee standard. Alongside, it has announced a …
AmericanPharma taps Sequans for LTE-M monitoring of Covid-19 vaccines
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 …
Panasonic splashes $5.6bn on Blue Yonder to develop ‘autonomous supply chain’
Japan-based electronics company Panasonic has acquired US supply management company Blue Yonder outright for $5.6 billion. The deal, completed last month and slated to close shortly, saw Panasonic acquire the …
