South Korean carriers increase presence in the smart factory field
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail South Korea’s telecommunications operators have launched new smart factory solutions with the aim of helping manufacturers overcome the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Korean news service Yonhap …
Football trials real-time BLE-based tracking and analytics ahead of new season
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailReal-time Bluetooth-based sports analytics is coming to football (soccer), says Finnish duo Wisehockey and Quuppa after putting their real-time locating system (RTLS) to the test in their home country. Player …
Ready, set, OnGo! CBRS to unleash Industry 4.0 in US, says Nokia (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAnyone who has used a public Wi-Fi hotspot for more than the occasional web browsing and emailing knows how unpredictable it can be. Wi-Fi’s lack of predictability has held back …
Phoenix Contact intros first industrial router for private 5G – with Ericsson and Quectel
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGermany-based industrial IT hardware company Phoenix Contact has produced the first industrial 5G router for private networks, using a 5G module from China-based Quectel, and with impetus and testing from …
Nordic and Qorvo team up on dual-mode BLE and UWB for short-range IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChipset makers Nordic Semiconductor and Qorvo have said they will collaborate on dual-mode IoT products running low-power short-range Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra wideband (UWB) technologies, they have announced. …
Ericsson offers industrial 5G trial kits via operators, starting with DT in Germany
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwedish network vendor Ericsson is offering trial kits of private industrial 5G networks to enterprises via its mobile operator customers. It has confirmed Deutsche Telekom in Germany as its first …
Sigfox opens in Puerto Rico with mission to make “next smart country”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT network provider Sigfox has expanded into Puerto Rico via a service provider agreement with local private equity firm, The Phoenix Fund. The new Sigfox Puerto Rico operation will also …
Salesforce and Siemens bundle office IoT tools to help enterprises go back to work
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSalesforce and Siemens have bundled their workplace management tools in a new IoT suite to help businesses reopen after lockdown and embrace new practices for physical workplaces, as a so-called …
Qualcomm offers ‘plug-and-play’ smart cities package on a subscription
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailQualcomm is working with Maryland-based systems integrator Infinite Computer Solutions to offer a ‘plug-and-play’ smart cities package on a subscription. The pair claim to have compiled an “end-to-end” IoT solution …
Bemis mixes Sigfox and BLE for indoor and outdoor tracking of smart shopping carts
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor three years Bemis Manufacturing had been looking to engineer a smart shopping cart. It had cycled through various IoT technologies only to draw a blank each time, with coverage …
