AT&T joins Qualcomm’s smart cities gang, as industry seeks closer collaboration
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAT&T has joined Qualcomm’s smart cities accelerator programme, which now counts almost 70 members and met for the first time in San Diego last week. The initiative has been convened …
Cleveland upgrades and connects entire streetlight network in just three days
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe city of Cleveland, in Ohio, has upgraded its network of 61,000 streetlights with connected LED lights. The work, which took just three business days, has also included installation of …
OT industry puts IT industry back in its ‘magic box’ in battle for IoT hearts and minds
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe operational technology (OT) industry moved to shore up its position as the arbiter of industrial change at PI World 2019 in Sweden today by declaring that new-fangled digital technologies …
Air France deploys RFID for baggage tracking at French airports, starting in Paris
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAir France will track all bags at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags from 2020. Around eight million pieces of baggage will be tagged each year, …
Nokia joins with DoCoMo and Omron to test industrial 5G for ‘layout-free’ factories
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNokia has agreed with NTT DoCoMo and Omron to run a series of joint field trials of 5G at production sites in Japan to assess the reliability of industrial 5G …
Siemens helps automotive startup build ‘closed-loop’ digital factory in record time
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA Vietnam-based startup car manufacturer, VinFast, claims to have built a “fully-digital” automotive factory with capacity for 250,000 cars a year, and flexibility to scale to more, from scratch in …
Department of Homeland Security kicks off smart city trial in St. Louis
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has launched a smart cities technology integration pilot in St. Louis, Missouri, in collaboration with both the city and the …
Sigfox strikes deal with manufacturer Alps Alpine to drive IoT volumes, slash IoT costs
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrance based IoT connectivity provider Sigfox has formalised its working relationship with Japanese electronics manufacturer Alps Alpine, part of Alps Electric, as a ‘global alliance’ to drive up manufacturing volumes …
Smart waste management: four cases, four venues, four applications
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail1 | THE SHOP Supermarket chain Tesco has used IoT sensors to monitor bins in Slovakia, where it operates 150 stores, and employ over 9,000 people. It has worked with …
‘Rural broadband is a global issue’– farm equipment firm AGCO on connecting agriculture
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA new smart farming initiative in Brazil, called ConectarAGRO, is seeking to make use of LTE and 5G connectivity, as well as satellite and microwave technologies, to enable 500,000 farms …
