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Deutsche Telekom expands NB-IoT footprint to 300 German cities

Deutsche Telekom said 150 firms are currently testing NB-IoT technology German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom said its NB-IoT network is already available at approximately 300 locations across Germany including Berlin/Potsdam, Cologne/Bonn, the Ruhr basin, Mannheim/Heidelberg and Stuttgart. Deutsche Telekom plans to complete the network's country-wide build...

Texmark Chemicals using IIoT to create refinery of the future

Texmark Chemicals is a Texas petro-chemical processing and manufacturing company that provides custom contract manufacturing (tolling) of specialty and high volume chemicals to many of the world’s leading chemical companies. The firm, working with partners, has deployed IIoT solutions to improve operational efficiency. Texmark is...

China Mobile to invest $300 million to boost IoT market

China Mobile plans to offer subsidies to IoT makers in order to foster the domestic IoT ecosystem China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, announced plans to invest approximately $300 million to subsidize IoT makers as part of a push to build...

Vodafone targets consumer IoT market with new solutions

The new IoT offering includes a connected car dongle, a 4G security camera, a pet location and activity tracker and a bag location tracker Vodafone has launched a new system targeting the internet of things (IoT) consumer market.The system, dubbed “V by Vodafone” will enable...

Sigfox partner deploys LPWA network in Hong Kong

Thinxtra said the LPWA network will have a total of 100 base stations by June 2018 Asian company Thinxtra has announced the launch of a territory-wide low-power wide-area (LPWA) network in Hong Kong that connects to French IoT connectivity provider Sigfox networks in 36 other...

Vodacom activates NB-IoT network in South Africa

Vodacom said its network was adding nearly 55,000 new IoT connections per month South African telecom group Vodacom confirmed its narrowband internet of things network is now operational in Gauteng. The telco said the commercial rollout of NB-IoT is expected to accelerate internet of things...

Telenor Connexion wins new IoT contract in Pakistan

The Swedish firm will make its IoT platform available for Telenor Pakistan’s enterprise customers Telenor Pakistan has selected Telenor Connexion as its partner for the development of IoT services in the local market. Under the terms of the agreement, Telenor Connexion’s IoT platform will now...

China Telecom partners on IoT with Bridge Alliance

The telco will offer IoT, M2M services to enterprise customers in Asia and the Middle East China Telecom signed an IoT business partnership agreement with Bridge Alliance, which would enable the Chinese telco to provide IoT and M2M services to multinational enterprise customers across Bridge...

Sensus launches FlexNet IoT network in the Middle East

The U.S. firm said the solution will contribute to smart city initiatives across the region U.S. utility technology provider Sensus has announced the launch of its utility-grade IoT communications network, FlexNet, in Middle East markets. The firm said that FlexNet, which operates in dedicated and licenses...

Vodafone tests NB-IoT in Dublin for smart city initiative

Vodafone said it will test NB-IoT applications with a number of partners U.K.-based telecoms group Vodafone has confirmed it is working with Dublin City Council (DCC) to test narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) sensors in the Docklands Smart District as part of the wider Smart...

Daimler demos automated snow removal at German airport

German car manufacturer Daimler AG carried out a demonstration of the application of automated snow removal operations at airports based on a specific customer requirement. The demo was carried out on the site of the former Pferdsfeld airbase, in Germany. "We are not just talking about...

Four elements needed to connect a trillion IoT devices

Director of Technology at Arm discusses what is required in a world of a trillion IoT devices Santa Clara, Cali. – Since Arm, a multinational semiconductor and software design company, was acquired by SoftBank for $32 billion last year, the business has stated it intends to...

Learn how the IoT is protecting reindeer from trains in Norway

The new IoT solution uses Globalstar’s satellite services and chipsets Globalstar Europe Satellite Services has implemented its technology for the development of the SaveMyReindeer solution. Developed by animal tracking specialist FindMy, this IoT solution is designed to prevent trains from colliding with reindeer in Norway’s...

Digital transformation needs insight from the edge to the cloud

With edge computing and cloud computing it's not an either/or scenario Data insight is seen as a primary driver of digital transformation--the process of bringing technology to bear on virtually any type of enterprise or industry in an effort to maximize efficiency, identify cost savings...

Chinese bike sharing company uses LoRa connectivity

Apart from this LoRa deployment, Ofo said it will continue to explore additional IoT technologies California-based Semtech Corporation announced that ofo, a Chinese bike sharing company, is equipping its bicycles with LoRa devices and wireless RF technology to complement its licensed spectrum connectivity options to...

Senet seeing traction for LoRa solution in utility sector

Senet VP: Cellular a potential disruptor of LoRA, but IoT space big enough to support competition CHICAGO--The internet of things (IoT) market is marked by a variety of competing connectivity types both standardized, like NB-IoT and LTE Cat M1, and those based on access like...

Dialog launches first NB-IoT network in South Asia

The telco said the new NB-IoT network required a software update to its existing LTE base stations Asian telco Dialog Axiata has launched a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) in Sri Lanka, what it claims to be the first network of its kind in South...

TIM launches NB-IoT network to cover 5,000 towns in Italy

The new network will fully cover TIM’s LTE footprint by January 2018 Italian telecommunications group TIM has announced the commercial launch of a narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) network which will cover 5,000 municipalities across the European country. The telco said the new cellular-based internet of things...

Agritech businesses to accelerate adoption of IoT, Inmarsat finds

According to a recent study, 62% of large agritech firms have already deployed IoT solutions The internet of things (IoT) will play a key role in helping the agriculture sector become more efficient and productive, according to a recent report commissioned by global mobile satellite...

KT investing in autonomous cars supported by 5G

New facility will use 5G to further test autonomous car use case Korean telecommunications operator KT has secured a license to build what it claims to be the world's first autonomous car cluster in Pangyo, in Gyeonggi Province. KT’s plans to deploy a core telecommunications...

How connected machinery improved Hitachi Construction’s business

Telenor worked with Hitachi on remote management of connected machinery in mining and construction verticals Japanese company Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), which manufactures products for the mining and construction industry was looking for a partner for the development and deployment of a remote management solution...

Three NB-IoT case studies

In June 2016, 3GPP finalized its Release 13 LTE Advanced-Pro specification, which included the fundamental technological features of narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) connectivity. Since then, the connectivity scheme has gained widespread attention and adoption from the global operator communities in support of use cases...

The kings of smart city connectivity: Sigfox vs. LoRa

If anything, the idea of a smart city in the conventional sense – where everyday infrastructure is connected up and joined together to bring new intelligence and innovation to city operations – has been made real by low-power wide area (LPWA) technologies. It is these...

Loriot, CRA to deploy LoRaWAN in the Czech Republic

The Swiss firm and local operator CRA had carried out a PoC of a LoRaWAN network in 2015 Swiss company Loriot, a provider of LPWAN and IoT infrastructure software, has been selected by Czech operator Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRA) for the deployment of a LoRaWAN network...