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General Motors set to expand OnStar with Verizon and Globetouch

Verizon is partnering with Globetouch in an effort to make it easier for automakers to integrate cellular connectivity. General Motors will use the service to expand its OnStar connected car service. The Globetouch platform manages user profiles and diagnostics, collects device and user data for...

The role of MulteFire in industrial and enterprise IoT

MulteFire delivers the reliability and security of LTE without licensed spectrum and addresses key internet of things use cases The internet of things (IoT) is seen as a key driver of digital transformation in a wide range of enterprise and industrial segments, but IoT success...

Analyst Angle: Nokia Cloud Packet Core

The continued growth of LTE and the emergence of IoT are stimulating development of new applications that require different business and architectural models for delivery of services. This overview is part of a previous Analyst Angle program consisting of a webinar and report. Download the report Download...

Rogers Communications launches connected car offering

The Canadian telco’s connected car offering is built by Chinese vendor ZTE Canadian communications firm Rogers Communications has launched a connected car product in the local market. Built by Chinese vendor ZTE and powered by Mojio's open platform for connected cars, the Rogers Smart Drive...

Embedded software drives enterprise IoT

Platforms like Twilio and Kandy could fuel enterprise IoT The internet of things represents a huge opportunity for wireless carriers, but getting enterprise customers to choose cellular connectivity requires more than just a reliable network running low-power protocols. Carriers also need to support IoT applications,...

Bosch, Daimler demo driverless parking in Germany

The demo took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum parking garage in Stuttgart German companies Bosch and Daimler have carried out a demonstration of driverless parking at the Mercedes-Benz Museum parking garage in Stuttgart, Germany. The two companies said that the pilot solution is the world’s first-ever...

Projections support fleet management as key IoT use case

 According to Berg Insight, the number of active fleet management systems in the region had reached 6.7 million at end-2016 The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in North America was 6.7 million at the end of the 2016, according...

Rogers Communications launches connected car offering

 The Canadian telco’s connected car offering is built by Chinese vendor ZTE Canadian communications firm Rogers Communications has launched a connected car product in the local market. Built by Chinese vendor ZTE and powered by Mojio's open platform for connected cars, the Rogers Smart Drive...

Five edge computing use cases

Get ahead with the edge Internet-connected devices for phones, tablets, sensors, security cameras and vehicles have produced a mountain of data to mine and analyze. On a global scale, the cloud is an indispensable part of this process. Unfortunately, as the distance between the cloud...

KT Corp, LG Uplus launch nationwide NB-IoT network in Korea

The NB-IoT network currently covers Seoul, major metropolitan areas as well as small towns South Korea’s KT Corp and LG Uplus have jointly established what they claim to be the world’s first nationwide commercial NB-IoT network, local press reported. The two Asian telecoms operators had started...

Miami-Dade approves projects to deploy 300 smart traffic signals

California-based Econolite expects to start installing the new smart signals next month Miami-Dade County has recently approved a project to install smart traffic signals at some of the county’s roadways. California-based company Econolite Control Products won the $11.1 million contract with Miami-Dade to expand a...

Siemens launches digitalization, IoT hub in Singapore

The new digitalization hub will develop IoT solutions and help the country become a smart nation German company Siemens announced the establishment of a digitalization hub in Singapore to develop innovative products in the internet of things (IoT) space. Supported by the Singapore Economic Development...

Baicells simplifies small cells by solving for power and backhaul

Meet Baicells. A former Huawei fellow started the company in 2014, and gained significant traction with carrier China Mobile, the largest service provider, by subscribers, in the world. Now, Patrick Leary, president of Baicells North America, is ready to take on the lucrative U.S....

Five edge computing use cases

Get ahead with the edge Internet-connected devices for phones, tablets, sensors, security cameras and vehicles have produced a mountain of data to mine and analyze. On a global scale, the cloud is an indispensable part of this process. Unfortunately, as the distance between the cloud...

SoftBank invests in IoT platform for energy sector

SoftBank said the company will provide its IoT platforms based on big data analysis and predictive technologies Japanese telecoms group SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement of investment in Encored, a provider of energy IoT platforms. The Japanese firm said that following the investment the...

Samsung inks agreement with America Movil to develop IoT, 4.5G

The new agreement will cover initiatives in Mexico as well as other Latin American markets Korean company Samsung Electronics and Latin American mobile telephony giant America Movil have signed a letter of intent to develop a series of projects across Latin America including initiatives in...

GE Digital CEO talks smart manufacturing at HEB summit

GE Digital discusses how smart technologies can improve food processing AUSTIN, Texas--Stephan Reimelt, president and CEO of GE Germany and Austria, gave a presentation titled “From Automation to Smart Manufacturing” at this year’s HEB Vendors Summit. HEB is an American supermarket chain based in San Antonio,...

Arrow Electronics partners with IBM to grow IoT business in APAC

The firm has integrated IBM's Watson IoT platform and IBM Cloud services into its service offering Arrow Electronics has integrated IBM's Watson internet of things (IoT) platform and IBM Cloud services into Arrow's ideation-to-production services. With this new offering, Arrow's customers in Asia Pacific will...

SoftBank invests in IoT platform for energy sector

 SoftBank said the company will provide its IoT platforms based on big data analysis and predictive technologies Japanese telecoms group SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement of investment in Encored, a provider of energy IoT platforms. The Japanese firm said that following the investment the...

HEB, GE Digital discuss digital transformation of food industry

HEB and GE Digital embrace digital transformation in effort to build best in class food plants AUSTIN, Texas--Greg Flickinger, vice president of manufacturing operations at HEB, discussed how a partnership between HEB and GE Digital is driving digital transformation in a presentation at this year’s...

Comcast to launch enterprise IoT service in 12 U.S. markets

Comcast's enterprise IoT service was initially launched in October 2016 in Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area Comcast announced plans to expand its enterprise internet of things (IoT) service, dubbed machineQ, to 12 major U.S. markets. MachineQ is an enterprise IoT network service and...

Google targets the enterprise segment with new Glass offering

Google said a limited number of companies have been testing the new product over the last two years Google has unveiled the new version of its Google Glass product called Google Glass Enterprise Edition. The new glasses have seen improvements to the design and hardware...

Dell highlights customer wins as it look to the future of the IoT

Dell dedicated IoT unit claims 'industry's broadest" internet of things solution portfolio Armed with results from several sweeping internet of things (IoT) projects, Dell Technologies, in a new report, sees a future totally reshaped by the combination of software, big data, compute power and smart,...

Peoples Electric Company launches smart building solutions

The smart building offering includes smart lighting and building automation solutions U.S. company Peoples Electric Company, an electrical and building controls contractor, has launched its Unity Connected Building Intelligence smart lighting and smart building automation solution. The company said the new solution offers a single...