Huawei working with Barcelona on smart city initiatives
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has signed a Letter of Intention (LoI) with the Barcelona City Council to collaborate in facilitating investment for innovative new technology projects in the Spanish …
Sigfox hits magic sub-dollar mark for trackers in chase for one billion connections
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailImprobable as it seems, the chase might just be on. Having told Enterprise IoT Insights in the summer it has set a bonkers 2023 target of one billion IoT collections, …
Oracle expands Chicago Lab with new tech for construction, utility firms
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Oracle is expanding its Chicago Innovation Lab, which would allow more organizations to explore new technologies and strategies to bolster their digital transformation efforts, the firm said in a …
BehrTech strikes deal to simplify IT/OT integration in industrial IoT charge
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBehrTech, licensee of the new MIOTY low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology, has announced a deal to integrate business and operations data for enterprises seeking to deploy sensor and analytics solutions. BehrTech …
‘Spending like the Jetsons, living like the Flintstones’ – the trouble with smart-city 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Lord Mayor of Dublin cut through the glad-handing and future-selling on the main stages at Smart City Expo World Congress 2019 in Barcelona yesterday (November 20), revealing at once …
Sigfox intros private networking, closes on 15 million subs, claims big tracking contracts
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT network provider Sigfox will enable private ultra-narrowband networks from early 2020, starting in France, it has announced. The company said it is on track to pass 15 million connected …
A ‘thin-layer’ OS is the only way to disruptive change in smart cities, says Siemens
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTearing down departmental data silos in cities remains the dream for smart cities, and yet it is still out of reach. German industrial giant Siemens told Smart City Expo World …
Mastercard doubles smart cities club, with new joiners from US, Brazil, Australia
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMastercard has more than doubled the intake of smart cities to its City Possible programme, convened at the end of last year to foster public-private collaboration in the smart cities …
‘Smart cities that fail to master AI will be left behind,’ says Singapore
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSingapore, ranked the smartest city in the world in certain polls, has warned cities they must get a handle on artificial intelligence (AI) if they are to succeed as ‘smart …
Nokia counts 120 private LTE customers, widens spectrum support, intros new devices
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNokia has deployed private LTE networks with more than 120 customers across multiple industries and geographies, it has revealed. The Finnish vendor said it had deployed almost two in five …
