
Vodafone opens LTE band for private usage, as EU races US on spectrum innovation
Vodafone is the first network operator in the UK to sub-license unused LTE / 4G spectrum under UK regulator Ofcom’s new spectrum policy, which seeks to bolster rural and indoor …

Smash-proof guitars and ‘insane’ amounts of data – Sandvik, the smartest little tool-house in Sweden (pt2)
Note, this is continued from a previous article, called: ‘Greta dislikes you, but we like Greta’ – Sandvik on industrial revolution and the smartest little tool-house in Sweden. Go here …

Three cases for combining Wi-Fi and LoRaWAN connectivity
Buildings and transportation use cases are well served by combining unlicensed Wi-Fi and LoRaWAN, according to a new white paper from the two organisations responsible for developing and promoting the …

Secrets of the production line – the ‘cloak and dagger’ of industrial IoT
The pursuit of cheaper, faster, and more varied production is intensifying. Factories are bustling with innovation experiments, as industrialists are availed of ever-more sophisticated digital tools. But the manufacturing sector …

Digital twins of 500 smart cities by 2025, says report
Digital twins of smart cities will number 500 by 2025, from a handful today, according to ABI Research. The concept of digital twins will start move from smart factories, where …

‘Greta dislikes you, but we like Greta’ – Sandvik on industrial revolution and the smartest little tool-house in Sweden (pt1)
“The world is changing, and changing extremely fast,” explains Swedish manufacturer Sandvik at PI World 2019 in Gothenburg this week. The firm, a ‘lighthouse’ smart manufacturer for the World Economic …

Air France deploys RFID for baggage tracking at French airports, starting in Paris
Air France will track all bags at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags from 2020. Around eight million pieces of baggage will be tagged each year, …

Gatwick’s ‘smart airport’ ambitions take flight as Vodafone rolls-out 5G
Vodafone has deployed a high speed, high capacity fibre optic network at Gatwick Airport in the UK to support 5G services, and enable higher levels of automation and intelligence in …

Big Mac and AI: McDonald’s drives-thru deal for second AI firm in six months
McDonald’s has announced a deal to acquire Silicon Valley speech recognition startup Apprente for an undisclosed fee. It is the burger chain’s second acquisition of an artificial intelligence (AI) software …

Nokia joins with DoCoMo and Omron to test industrial 5G for ‘layout-free’ factories
Nokia has agreed with NTT DoCoMo and Omron to run a series of joint field trials of 5G at production sites in Japan to assess the reliability of industrial 5G …