TS-UNB pioneer BehrTech gets $3m grant for Canadian Industry 4.0 lab
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Canadian government has awarded $3 million (CAD) to IoT connectivity provider BehrTech, an early exponent of telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB) technology, to build an industrial IoT lab at its headquarters …
IoT slumps 18% with Covid-19 impact – but rallies around ‘new normal’ in mid-term
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailShort-term impacts from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on the burgeoning internet-of-things (IoT) market will see an 18 percent slump in new wide-area connections in 2020 compared with previous forecasts. However, …
Li-Fi fixes shortcomings of 5G for industrial IoT, says Industrial Internet Consortium
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIn research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Farid Bichareh, smart factory chair at the Industrial Internet Consortium and chief technology officer at …
Miami-Dade deploys IoT solution from Itron for waste water management
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMiami-Dade County in southeastern Florida in the US has deployed an IoT solution for waste water management to mitigate regulatory issues, prevent sewer overflows, improve water quality, and ensure safety …
Bluetooth SIG and DiiA look to streamline BLE mesh and DALI control in smart lighting
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe trade groups representing Bluetooth technology and the DALI smart-lighting interface are working together to promote their technologies as complementary IoT standards for commercial indoor lighting systems. The Bluetooth Special …
UK to develop 300km of public roads for live-testing autonomous vehicles
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWork has started in the UK to develop 300 kilometres of public roads for live testing of connected and autonomous vehicles. The new UK test environment, running from Coventry to …
Three-tiered private 5G offer emerges as telcos embrace vertical, unlicensed bands
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNetwork operators are looking to segment their private LTE and 5G offers for enterprises into gold, silver, and bronze tiers to distinguish between standalone systems using slices of public networks, …
Qualcomm intros compatibility tests for tethered 5G XR headset-handset combos
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailQualcomm has launched a certification programme for combining augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) devices and Snapdragon-based 5G smartphones. The programme will approve tethered AR and VR devices for …
Telenor creates silo-busting Nordic Hub to drive regional 5G and IoT business
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNorwegian telecoms group Telenor has created a new silo-busting enterprise 5G and IoT office to stimulate collaboration between its Nordic operations. The new Nordic Hub will take a ‘lean’ approach …
LoRa community hails “unique piece of silicon” as dual-mode IoT comes of age
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe developer community working with LoRa-based IoT solutions took stock of Semtech’s new LR1110 module at a virtual meet-up last month, and declared it a “pretty unique piece of silicon”. …
