BROWSING: Internet of Things (IoT)

Smart City Challenge finalists take part in Google initiative The U.S Department of Transport has partnered with Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, to develop Flow, a data and analytics platform designed to create a management and monitoring system for public transportation. Flow...

Smith Micro breaks down challenges and offers potential solutions to industrial Internet of Things deployments Over the last few years, no other emerging technology trend has captured our imagination and spurred innovation quite like the “Internet of Things.” From health monitoring wearable technology to connected...

Sequans is first to market with LTE Cat M Monarch chipset The massive scale of the Industrial Internet of Things—billions of connected devices and sensors seamlessly communicating—is enabled only by low-cost components able to run in the field for years without requiring maintenance. To support that...

SK Telecom said it will invest $84 million over 2 years on IoT plans SK Telecom bolstered its support for the “Internet of Things,” announcing plans to build a nationwide low-power wide-area network this year, developing IoT-dedicated modules and upgrading its IoT platform. The moves...

The solution uses a GIS-based management system Huawei, looking to grow its industrial "Internet of Things" portfolio, launched a smart city connected lighting solution designed with multilevel intelligent control. Huawei said its solution connects street lamps to the IoT and adopts a GIS-based management system, enabling...

AUSTIN, Texas – Following its January debut at the Consumer Electronics Show and a stop last month in Spain for Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm brought its Invisible Museum to South by Southwest Interactive. The splashy exhibit, on the heart of Austin's famous party-friendly 6th Street...

Philips street lighting management system to use Vodafone’s M2M platform Vodafone and Philips Lighting signed an agreement for the provisioning of connected lighting and smart city services. Under terms of the deal, the two companies will enable city authorities worldwide to implement wirelessly connected street...

Panelists: A huge amount of data doesn’t necessarily equate to a useful application AUSTIN, Texas – Wearable product developers this week discussed key challenges to driving adoption of the consumer-facing "Internet of Things" during the South by Southwest Interactive conference. Josh Gunkel, a senior developer with...

The telecoms industry has always been open to innovation and new ideas. The industry spends money and resources, encouraging incubators and innovators to develop new ideas in digital innovation. This innovation has seen incredible leaps forward since the advent of the Internet, with mobile...

SXSW panel: smart cities use intelligent infrastructure to keep up with urbanization AUSTIN, Texas – “Cities are on the rise,” proclaimed Harvard University's Rosabeth Moss Kanter during a panel discussion at this week's South by Southwest event. “Technology is the big hope.” Kanter, chair and director...

Smart City Challenge finalists competing for $50 million in support of transportation innovation AUSTIN, Texas – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the seven finalist cities in the Smart City Challenge funding completion. Austin, Texas, was among the seven finalists, with Foxx making...

Austin is a laboratory for IIoT 5G innovation and a microcosm of the global trend towards urbanization Known to many as home to South by Southwest, barbecue, live music and 6th Street revelry, Austin, Texas, has emerged as a “laboratory for innovation” according to...

Google opened its pay-as-you-go mobile service to the entire country and discounted the network's flagship handset, the LG Nexus 5X. Google's Project Fi, which relies on Wi-Fi with cellular backup from the Sprint and T-Mobile US networks, was initially available by invitation only before...

On February 22-25th, the 2016 Mobile World Congress was held in Barcelona, Spain. Leading global operators, standards organizations, open source communities, analyst institutions, partners and media outlets gathered to discuss the future development of the Telco industry. A key theme of Huawei Services was...

Initiatives like Germany’s Industrie 4.0 and Made in China 2025 seed regional IoT economy The "Internet of Things" promises to connect 20 billion previously unconnected objects by 2020. As the IoT takes shape, some global regions, largely due to government-led planning, are emerging as likely...

Central Texas Angel Network (@CTANAngels), Virgo Capital (@virgocapital) and Angelspan (@AngelSpanInc) join Austin Coding Academy (@AustinCoding) for timely discussion on the tech bubble Tech bubble forum discussion is hosted by Austin Coding Academy and broadcasted by RCR Wireless News. Topics include: Are tech companies overvalued? Is IPO the new "down round"? What do...

AT&T, Telit, ARM, F-Secure talk IoT during Mobile World Congress The "Internet of Things" promises to change the way we all live and work, according to myriad discussions during the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. Consumer and industrial use cases are taking shape...

Lurie talked 5G and IoT with Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg during Mobile World Congress 2016 AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie told Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg the really exciting thing, to him, about "5G" technology "is what it does for ." Lurie made the comment at the...

Ericsson showcases autonomous cars concept equipped with data-driven infotainment The vision for autonomous cars is a society with no traffic, no accidents or fatalities on the road, and maybe even no need to own a vehicle – perhaps your city will deploy a fleet and...

Eagerly anticipated in the communications ecosystem is The Telecom Council's annual Innovation Showcase. This year, on March 18 in the Juniper Aspiration Dome, 20 early-stage communication start-ups, selected by telco judges for their innovation, momentum, viability and management will meet with strategic fitting telcos, vendors, investors and potential...

Redknee is an IIoT technology enablement platform processing 3 billion to 4 billion transactions every hour Redknee Solutions (TSX: RKN) CEO Lucas Skoczkowski provides RCR Wireless News with an overview of how Redknee enables industrial IoT solutions as well as an update on the progress the company...

Google calls it a learning experience; chalks collision with bus up to sandbags in the road In pursuit of an autonomous driving future, Google has run its self-driving cars through extensive road testing. But, in a first of its kind accident, one of the Google...

CHICAGO, IL -- Today, NextGen Global Resources will announce that it's broadening its offerings to include capabilities for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Evolution. Since opening its doors in 2009, NextGen has done things a little differently from traditional staffing firms. Specializing in...

AT&T adds support with Vodafone to GM divisions in Europe; expands Audi, signs Porsche in NA AT&T Mobility continues to bolster its worldwide connected car presence, announcing a handful of deals with European automakers at this week’s Mobile World Congress event. The domestic telecom operator...