Maersk backs India trucking platform, as maritime sector spies $38bn in digital change
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDigital transformation of the global maritime freight industry is gathering pace. A new report claims digital change in the shipping industry will expand in value-terms by around 10 per cent …
Vodafone and IBM put National Express on digital highway with IoT, 5G, AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone and IBM have won a contract with UK based transport company National Express to upgrade its IT infrastructure, and prepare it for the “next wave of transformation” with 5G, …
Nokia, Telia marry 5G and AI in pollution pilot, as Nordic leaders rally around green tech
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFinnish telecoms duo Nokia and Telia have equipped 5G-connected drones with computer vision technology to monitor environmental conditions in the Baltic Sea. A pilot solution is being used to track …
Metering is at the “heart” of the energy transition, says IoT maker EDMI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEDMI, owned by Osaki Electric Company in Japan, has major smart metering deals with water, gas, and electric utilities in Asia and Europe. The Singapore-based company makes IoT modules for …
Smart waste management: four cases, four venues, four applications
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail1 | THE SHOP Supermarket chain Tesco has used IoT sensors to monitor bins in Slovakia, where it operates 150 stores, and employ over 9,000 people. It has worked with …
‘Rural broadband is a global issue’– farm equipment firm AGCO on connecting agriculture
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA new smart farming initiative in Brazil, called ConectarAGRO, is seeking to make use of LTE and 5G connectivity, as well as satellite and microwave technologies, to enable 500,000 farms …
Differences of trust and security in IT and OT systems – and their interplay in IIoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHats off to the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), which continues to publish comprehensive and constructive guides on how to design, deploy, and manage digital change systems in highly individualistic ‘vertical’ …
Itron to connect 240,000 smart electricity meters in Western Australia
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailItron has a deal with givernment owned utility Western Power in Australia to connect around 240,000 electricity meters. Western Power, in Western Australia, will gain visibility into the operation of …
Operators will struggle to monetize 5G, NB-IoT, LTE-M in M2M market, says report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCellular M2M value-added service revenues will account for only 14 per cent of the total revenues gained on the top of straight cellular M2M connection revenues, in the next five …
What is ‘co-creation’ in IoT (with doughnuts), and what can 5G providers learn from it?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe enterprise IoT sector has moved up a gear, out of the lab and onto the ‘shop floor’, because the various parties involved have hit upon a way to collaborate …
