
What is LEO, and how will LEO satellites transform the IoT sector?
Satellite connectivity, spurred by new projects from the likes of Amazon and SpaceX, will support 24 million IoT connections by 2024, bringing new competition to established IoT technologies like LoRaWAN, …

What is smart infrastructure? How IoT and 5G are making digital assets of everything
What is smart infrastructure? It sounds like a silly question, almost. But the rise of new digital technologies — spearheaded by IoT, AI, and 5G, as the tools of digital …

AT&T joins Qualcomm’s smart cities gang, as industry seeks closer collaboration
AT&T has joined Qualcomm’s smart cities accelerator programme, which now counts almost 70 members and met for the first time in San Diego last week. The initiative has been convened …

OT industry puts IT industry back in its ‘magic box’ in battle for IoT hearts and minds
The operational technology (OT) industry moved to shore up its position as the arbiter of industrial change at PI World 2019 in Sweden today by declaring that new-fangled digital technologies …

Nokia and Telefónica tie-up five-year private LTE deal with copper mine in Peru
The mining industry continues to recruit operators and vendors to deploy new industrial LTE and 5G networks on the promise of industrial change. Minera Las Bambas in Peru, the ninth …

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 …

Keysight to build test framework for 5G-ACIA, as momentum builds for 5G factories
Test company Keysight Technologies has joined the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) to establish a test framework for industrial 5G networks and applications, and to assure certification …

Amazon applies for new CBRS test license; AWS amps up IIoT work in private LTE
Amazon has applied with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a temporary license to work in the CBRS band in California to test and analyse the performance of new 3.5 …

Taoglas buys Irish IoT and AI design company Firmwave
Antenna company Taoglas has acquired Dublin-based hardware and software developer Firmwave to bring new internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its antennas and radio solutions, targeted at healthcare, …

Pressure on EU cities and law makers as car makers to triple EV production
European law makers must make good on the significant upswing in momentum among Europe-based car makers towards vehicle electrification by ensuring cities have proper infrastructure and incentives to change behaviour …