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Ericsson ‘fingerprints’ radio network to enhance NB-IoT, LTE-M positioning

Swedish 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 initiative will have implications for both the consumer and enterprise space, it said. However, the...

Telstra inks IoT deal with Arduino

  Under the agreement, Telstra will soon launch Arduino’s new IoT developer board in the Australian market   Telstra has signed a partnership with open source hardware and software ecosystem company Arduino aimed at boosting internet of things growth in Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, Telstra...

OSIsoft brings PI System to AWS with ‘quick start’ and ‘integration’ tools

OSIsoft's PI System is now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company has launched a suite of products to enable industrial players to more easily run and manage its data management platform, which unites data from operational and information environments, on AWS. These...

Six steps to build a custom IoT chip – as directed by Arm (Pt 2)

The sense to design and build a custom system-on-chip (SoC) is plain, we understand from an earlier companion piece. As we also understand, from the first part of this post, the process of IoT chip design is logical, much like constructing a printed circuit...

Industrial IoT product round-up, featuring u-blox, Analog Devices, Altair, Eurotech

In a flurry of activity, the makers of modules, chips and embedded systems have announced a number of product and service initiatives to extend, simplify and secure industrial IoT systems; u-blox, Analog Devices, Altair Semiconductor, and Eurotech appear. IoT maker u-blox unveils multi-band NB-IoT module,...

Cellular IoT to hit 4.1bn connections by 2024, slower CAGR of 27% – latest Ericsson stats

The number of cellular IoT connections, comprising NB-IoT and LTE-M technologies, will reach 4.1 billion in 2024. As reference, the new forecast reckons the number of cellular IoT connections, mostly of machines, will outrun the total number of 5G connections, mostly of people, by a...

LoRaWAN roundup: Senet in the Gulf, Actility and Microchip, Semtech’s Indian IIoT boost

Amid a recent flurry of announcements around LoRa technology and the LoRaWAN protocol, US IoT company finds itself helping out with smart city solutions in the Persian Gulf, microcontroller maker Microchip has integrated with Actility's ThingPark network to accelerate IoT deployments, and Semtech, itself,...

Nokia supplies UAVs, LTE, AI for disaster recovery in the Philippines

Nokia is providing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), portable LTE networks, and artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics tools to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to help with disaster recovery. The drone solution is a major component of Nokia’s non-profit Nokia Saving Lives (NSL) initiative, supported by...

Deutsche Telekom gets ready for LTE-M launch next year

The German carrier is working with partners to develop LTE-M solutions German carrier Deutsche Telekom confirmed plans to launch LTE-M technology in 2019, the telco said in a statement. The company, which is already working in the development of LTE-M solutions, recently announced the finalists of...

Vodafone claims European ‘firsts’ in live tests of cellular for cars and drones

Vodafone has completed the first live tests in Europe of a full cellular system for both short and long-range vehicular communications, as well as for monitoring and managing multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the same air space. The UK operator teamed with Jaguar Land...

Deep fiber critical to occupant safety & future-proofing commercial office buildings

With more than 5.6 million commercial buildings in the U.S., it is critical for commercial real estate building owners and landlords to provide a robust connectivity infrastructure that enables officials to respond in emergencies. Among the top priorities, according to the Safer Buildings Coalition,...

San Diego and Current deploy 1,000 more street-light nodes, new smart city apps

The City of San Diego has extended its smart street lighting network with another 1,000 sensor nodes, and new applications for parking, traffic and public safety. San Diego has worked with Current, the GE-owned lighting firm, on the project. AT&T is providing the LTE connectivity...

Huawei intros smart city platform, calls it only “full-stack” system for cities

Huawei has launched a digital platform for smart cities, claiming at the same time it is already working with 160 cities in over 40 countries on smart city solutions. Huawei called it the first “full-stack digital platform”, bringing together cloud, connectivity, and device technologies. The...

China tells Europe it is better than it thinks, as industry debates AI arms race

Chinese giant Alibaba told a packed-out room at Electronica 2018 in Munich, in Germany, yesterday that Europe is well placed in the emerging tech arms race against China and the US, specifically for development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. UK universities and German corporations,...

Dell EMC and Nokia to lead smart city collective on barge project in Delft

The City of Delft, in the Netherlands, has appointed Dell EMC and Nokia as the leading parties in a public-private partnership to introduce semi-autonomous barges on the city’s underused canals to reduce traffic on its congested streets. The pair will provide compute, storage, data...

Cities should focus first on what works, says Itron, as it kicks off smart-city challenge

Cities should focus on what works, and hurry up, if they are to bring intelligence to their operations, Liberty Lake IoT provider Itron told Enterprise IoT Insights. The company has just kicked off a smart city challenge in the UK, focused on the cities of...

Autonomous vehicles to drive massive growth for semiconductor industry, says NXP

The automotive market is driving massive growth in the semiconductor industry, with the value and complexity of semiconductors in vehicles set to jump in the next years as higher-level automation, electrification, and 5G technologies are introduced on roads, NXP Semiconductor told Electronica 2018 in...

WNDUK installs 1,000 base stations in the UK for IoT services

  WNDUK, in partnership with French IoT specialist Sigfox, aims to reach 2,000 base stations in the coming months   U.K. firm WNDUK has installed 1,000 base station for the provision of its IoT service in partnership with French IoT provider Sigfox. The U.K firm said that this...

AT&T will carry almost half of US cellular IoT connections by 2025: Study

  The telco is expected to end this year with a market share of 53% in this segment   AT&T is forecasted to reach 48% of total cellular IoT connections in the U.S. market by 2025, according to a recent study by Counterpoint Research. The telco is also...

ZTE, Qualcomm to launch LTE-V2X technology in China next year

  The two companies are working to develop both roadside units and onboard units supporting this technology   Chinese vendor ZTE is strengthening its strategic investments into the transportation and automotive market, the company said in a statement. ZTE is in the process of developing both roadside units...

Ericsson builds NB-IoT network with DISH, develops 5G-driving trucks with Telia

DISH Network has selected Ericsson as the first supplier for its narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) radio access and core network, including radio frequency design. Florida based SBA Communications said it is supplying towers for the new network. Meanwhile, the Swedish vendor has also confirmed it has...

Nokia signs with Infosys for IIoT solutions, China Unicom for BMW smart factory

Nokia has announced an alliance with Indian multinational Infosys to develop industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions, and a deal with network operator China Unicom to deploy a private LTE set-up for BMW in China. The Infosys collaboration and China Unicom contract are the latest missives...

Nokia unveils Future X framework to help unlock “trillions” of industrial IoT dollars

Nokia has grouped its industrial IoT solutions into a new architectural framework and enterprise division, called ‘Future X for industries’. The strategy is designed to drive faster digital transformation of asset-intensive market sectors, and Nokia business within them. The announcement comes as the Finnish outfit...

AT&T inks deal with Prevas to develop IoT services for vertical markets

Prevas will provide IoT services to companies within the automotive, defense, energy, healthcare, and engineering industries   AT&T has signed an agreement with Swedish IT and engineering company Prevas for the development of internet of things offerings and connected services for global industries and vertical markets. Under...