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AT&T to integrate Cisco Kinetic into its smart city proposition

AT&T is looking to integrate Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities platform into a number of its own city-focused solutions, notably its Smart Cities Operations Center (SCOC) proposition, which collects data from multiple departments and services in a centralized dashboard. Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities is a...

AT&T signs Caterpillar in global IoT management deal

AT&T has struck a multi-year deal with U.S.-based Caterpillar to supply IoT connectivity and management services across its international markets. Caterpillar, manufacturer of construction and mining equipment and industrial power solutions, is using AT&T’s LTE-based internet of things (IoT) services to connect and manage...

Deutsche Telekom intros payment app for smart city services

Deutsche Telekom has invited smart cities to offer its new white-label contactless payment application, City Pass, as a way for residents to pay for municipal services. The Germany based network operator unveiled the open platform concept at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Based on blockchain...

Smart water management offers quick RoI

While many aspects of the smart city vision seem distant and over-hyped, solutions for smart energy and water management are not only technologically ready to go today, but offer attractive business cases to the generally risk averse utility sector. Trevor Hill, CEO of water management...

GSMA says 41 mobile IoT networks are available worldwide

The GSMA said this growth is supported by 34 IoT labs globally The GSMA announced that a total of 23 mobile operators have commercially launched 41 mobile IoT networks worldwide across both NB-IoT and LTE-M technologies. The GSMA highlighted that this growth is supported by 34...

Using the IoT to create a ‘digital city’

New Nokia offering combines IoT, secure analytics, public safety A combination of IoT sensors feeding data into analytics engines, along with other connected assets, can unlock actionable insight that leads to better municipal operations and improved quality of life for urban residents--that's the vision of...

Ericsson takes on diabetes monitoring with IoT solution

Bluetooth and LTE will provide connectivity for IoT wearable Altair Semiconductor, a provider of LTE chipsets, has partnered with Ericsson and Sony Mobile to demonstrate a new concept for an LTE-M/Cat-M1-powered diabetes monitoring in an IoT wearable form factor that will be showcased during the...

Nokia launches blockchain-driven sensor solution

Nokia wants to give its carrier customers new ways to monetize their existing network infrastructure. The company's new portfolio of smart city solutions is about selling software and services that make mobile infrastructure more valuable to municipalities and thereby open up new revenue opportunities...

Inside Audi’s smart manufacturing strategy

A Q&A with Werner Hamberger of Audi AG Steering Digital Production Industrial leaders are implementing smart manufacturing strategies with the primary goal of improving operational efficiency and gain more value from business. One of the companies that has embraced digital transformation is German carmaker Audi....

Mentor looks to streamline embedded IoT for Industry 4.0

Cloud-integrated software framework accelerates time-to-market for IoT devices Whether its an asset tracking platform meant to follow materials across a production floor or a light monitor that helps lower energy consumption in an industrial facility, at the heart of every internet of things (IoT) device...

DT takes on ‘smart wine’ and other use cases in IoT push

IoT vision includes a "sensor for everything" From smart refrigerators that let you know when it's time to pick up more milk to connected cows that are easily tracked by farmers, the internet of things (IoT) is all about using web-connected sensors to gain real-time...

How carriers achieve global scale for IoT

IoT use cases include supply chain management, transport and health care For carriers looking to sell internet of things (IoT) products and services to global enterprises, how do they achieve global scale connectivity outside the boundaries of their physical network footprint? In the case of...

Move to a High-Level Synthesis Flow to Remain Competitive

In the world of IC design, the RTL flow prevails. But today’s competitive market for state-of-the-art image processing, high-bandwidth communication, and computer vision and neural computing solutions demand another level of abstraction. RTL design and verification does not allow companies in these markets to...

Zamboni works with Digi International on customized IoT product

Connected ice re-surfacer represents an IoT product-as-a-service Name two companies that make ice re-surfacers. I'll wait. Seriously though, Zamboni is the gold-standard in ice re-surfacers--the things that smooth out skating rinks between periods in a hockey match, among other uses--so much so that the machine...

Bosch opens IoT hub in Berlin, adds smart manufacturing capabilities

Bosch has recently announced the creation of a new business unit focusing on Industry 4.0 solutions Bosch announced the opening of an internet of things (IoT) hub in Germany’s capital Berlin, where the firm aims to bring together its global efforts in the IoT field....

Nokia re-evaluates its digital health unit

Less than two years after putting the pieces together for a business unit to serve the digital health space, Nokia is re-evaluating the status of that business. In a brief statement, Nokia said it has initiated a strategic review of its Digital Health business, which...

AT&T focuses on connected pallets to improve logistics

AT&T is working with U.K. firm RM2 to provide connected and reusable pallets AT&T is implementing internet of things (IoT) technology to develop connected pallets, with the aim of reducing the use of traditional wooden pallets, which pose a number of environmental and economic challenges...

Accenture opens IIoT innovation center in Italy

The new IIoT center in Modena will allow customers to apply manufacturing analytics and predictive maintenance Accenture has announced the opening of an industrial internet of things (IIoT) innovation center in Modena, Italy. The new IIoT facility will offer clients the possibility to explore, test...

Qualcomm takes on IoT at the edge with services, SDK

While the internet of things, particularly projections of connected devices, comes with a lot of hype, it's also creating very real business value across a variety of enterprise and industrial verticals. But getting IoT right isn't easy. As industry analyst Mike Krell has said,...

Samsung CTO leaves to lead Google’s IoT initiatives

Goal is to align consumer and enterprise products to tell "IoT story of Google" Former Samsung CTO Injong Rhee, who joined the Korean tech giant in 2011, announced in a LinkedIn post that he has taken on the new role of entrepreneur-in-residence to lead Alphabet...

GE signs smart factory agreement with Korean steelmaker Posco

The new smart factory platform aims to improve steel mill’s production efficiency South Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with General Electric (GE) to develop a smart factory platform that is expected to improve steel mill production efficiency and prevent...

Three smart traffic initiatives in North America

Smart traffic management is a system wherein centrally-controlled traffic signals and sensors regulate the flow of traffic through the cities in response to specific demand levels. This type of implementation allows cities to reduce traffic congestion by smoothing traffic flows and prioritizing traffic in...

Sigfox expands IoT connectivity services offering to 45 countries

Sigfox additions include Hungary, Switzerland, UAE, Malaysia and South Korea French IoT connectivity service provider Sigfox has expanded its global network to 45 countries, after Hungary and Switzerland became the latest European markets to offer Sigfox’s LPWAN connectivity. Hungary's Omnicell IoTnet and Switzerland's Heliot will be...

3 precautions for using wireless IP security cameras (Reader Forum)

Traditional analog CCTV camera systems are quickly losing favor, and IP cameras are taking their place. This is mostly because analog cameras produce low-resolution video while IP cameras produce high-resolution digital footage. Additionally, an IP camera allows for two-way communication between the camera and...