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Red Bull will use AT&T network to connect coolers

Red Bull has extended its partnership with AT&T and will connect up to 1 million coolers to the AT&T network. Each time a customer opens and closes the door of a connected cooler, an embedded monitor will collect the data, which will be sent...

Red Bull will use AT&T network to connect coolers

Red Bull has extended its partnership with AT&T and will connect up to 1 million coolers to the AT&T network. Each time a customer opens and closes the door of a connected cooler, an embedded monitor will collect the data, which will be sent...

Toshiba, Huawei sign deal to develop smart factory solutions

Japanese firm Toshiba and Huawei to collaborate on the integration of NB-IoT for the development of smart factory solutions A cooperation agreement between Toshiba and Huawei will accelerate the commercial availability of NB-IoT solutions in a diverse range of vertical industries. Under the terms of a...

China Telecom expands NB-IoT coverage in Q1

China Telecom said it continued to expand coverage of its NB-IoT network across the country in the first quarter of the year. The company said that this technology allows a wide range of applications including smart parking and smart manufacturing, among others. The Chinese telco also...

Mesh networks support smart lighting

When outdoor lighting giant Schréder decided to launch a smart lighting division, the company didn't choose a low-power wide area network technology. Instead, Schréder's Owlet Nightshift went with Zigbee, a protocol typically used for smart home applications. Zigbee is a shorter range technology, but...

Cisco study reveals most IoT projects fail at the PoC stage

Nearly 70% of Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives stall a the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage, according to a recent study by Cisco.

Telstra inks smart city agreement in Australia

Australian telecommunications firm Telstra and the City of Joondalup in Western Australia have reached an agreement to carry out a trial of smart city applications using Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The telco said that the smart city trial includes IoT-enabled environmental sensors, smart bins...

Cisco study reveals most IoT projects fail at the PoC stage

Nearly 70% of Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives stall a the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage, according to a recent study by Cisco. The study also revealed that only 26% of companies have had an IoT initiative that they considered a complete success, while a...

What do carriers want from 5G?

New business models and lower costs per gigabit are goals for wireless carriers as the industry charges toward the next generation of wireless technology. But the carriers don't all see 5G the same way, and they don't all have the same priorities. As...

National Instruments integrates time-sensitive networking into Ethernet chassis

The internet of things is distributing intelligence to the network edge, and that means test and measurement solutions must also migrate to the edge. National Instruments is working to solve the synchronization and systems management challenges created by the distributed nature of IoT compute...

National Instruments integrates time-sensitive networking into Ethernet chassis

The internet of things is distributing intelligence to the network edge, and that means test and measurement solutions must also migrate to the edge. National Instruments is working to solve the synchronization and systems management challenges created by the distributed nature of IoT compute...

Qualcomm, China Mobile and Mobike to trial LTE IoT multimode

The trial will use China Mobile’s 2G/4G multimode network and Mobike’s smart lock, which is supported by the Qualcomm Technologies’ modem for IoT apps Qualcomm’s subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies announced plans to start the first eMTC/NB-IoT/GSM (LTE Cat M1/NB1 and E-GPRS) multimode field trials in China. The...

Landmark selects Ericsson to deploy multi-application pole solution

The vendor will deploy its Zero Site pole solution to offer 4G, 5G and IoT use cases into industrial grid management Real estate and infrastructure firm Landmark Dividend has selected Swedish vendor Ericsson to provide its Zero Site communications platform and communications infrastructure at sites...

VMware, Samsung join forces to launch combined IoT offering

VMware and Samsung Electronics have announced a collaboration agreement in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. Under the terms of the agreement, both firms said they will collaborate to expand end-to-end IoT solutions for industrial and enterprise customers.

VMware, Samsung join forces to launch combined IoT offering

The new solution combines Samsung Artik Smart IoT platform with VMware’s Pulse IoT center VMware and Samsung Electronics have announced a collaboration agreement in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. Under the terms of the agreement, both firms said they will collaborate to expand end-to-end IoT...

How are street lights enabling smart cities?

Street lights are playing a key role in the development of today’s smart cities. With digital networks and embedded sensors, smart street lights can collect and transmit information that helps authorities to monitor and respond to different circumstances, from traffic and air quality to...

Orbcomm targets key verticals in the Middle East with new IoT partnership

The IoT agreement targets verticals including transportation, oil and gas, maritime, mining and government Global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions Orbcomm has signed a strategic distribution agreement with machinestalk, a provider of IoT solutions based in Saudi Arabia, to provide Orbcomm’s...

From 5G to 6G: National Instruments shares a preview of the future

5G is not yet standardized, but wireless carriers know that if they wait to invest they will fall behind. AT&T is already building the systems it will use to test its future 5G networks. Meanwhile, engineers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have...

National Instruments launches LabVIEW NXG

National Instruments has launched LabVIEW NXG, a new version of its 30-year-old LabVIEW software. At the same time, the company has introduced LabVIEW 2017 and says it will continue to invest in both product lines. "As we go forward we are going to be merging...

LTE for IoT: Cat 1 vs. Cat M1

Mobile network operators have been supporting machine-to-machine traffic for years, and as the internet of things grows, the cellular industry wants to play a central role. Verizon Wireless and AT&T have upgraded their networks to support the latest generation of LTE for IoT, and...

Sony’s Altair will supply modems for AT&T’s newest IoT modules

Sony’s Altair Semiconductor will supply modem chips for AT&T’s $7.50 Category M1 LTE modules, which the carrier announced late last week. Altair was also AT&T’s modem vendor for its Category 1 LTE modules, which were priced at $14.99.

IoT module deal falls through

Shares of u-Blox are lower this morning after the Swiss company called off its deal to buy SIMCom's cellular module business. The two companies said they were unable to "close the deal as originally intended," but that they are parting amicably and will continue...

Sony’s Altair will supply modems for AT&T’s newest IoT modules

Sony's Altair Semiconductor will supply modem chips for AT&T's $7.50 Category M1 LTE modules, which the carrier announced late last week. Altair was also an AT&T modem vendor for its Category 1 LTE modules, which were priced at $14.99. "A&T has been a very strong...

KBR inks deal to develop IoT tools for oil and gas firms

The agreement includes IBM’s IoT, cloud computing, advanced analytics and cognitive business solutions for the oil and gas vertical KBR and IBM have recently reached an agreement to collaborate on the development of digital IoT products for customers in the oil and gas and petrochemical...