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Sensors and data analytics underpin smart manufacturing initiatives Smart manufacturing is a process that utilizes internet-connected machinery to monitor the overall production process. The main goal of smart manufacturing is to identify opportunities for automating manufacturing operations and use data analytics to improve the overall...

New enLight smart city tool allows local governments to measure and monitor air quality from sensors mounted on lighting British company enLight has announced the launch of its new Smart Cities Pilot Kit, designed to help councils and local authorities to monitor air quality. The...

Smart parking and mobility partnership envisions integration of sensors to enable autonomous parking Cisco and French company Valeo have signed a cooperation agreement to develop strategic innovations in smart mobility services. The collaboration between the two firms enables vehicles equipped with Valeo smart parking technology...

Michigan road agencies and General Motors R&D division are collaborating in the connected and automated vehicle space by demonstrating smart signal technology In collaboration with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Macomb County Department of Roads, the GM development vehicles were able to...

ITT Inc. and Weather Telematics will targets verticals in North America and other territories including China Canadian company Internet of Things (ITT Inc.) has signed a letter of intent to acquire Ottawa-based Weather Telematics, which specializes in predictive artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicle solutions. Weather Telematics...

Expanding its smart lighting partnerships, the Dutch company will provide more than 18,000 LED street lights Philips Lighting announced that it will develop a smart lighting project in 11 municipalities in southern Rogaland in Western Norway. Under the agreement, the Dutch company will deploy more...

See how smart parking is being used in the U.S., China Germany Smart parking has emerged as a major IoT use case, perhaps for a number of reasons. First off, the technology components aren't that difficult or complex in terms of deployment and management. It...

IoT development kits are key for those developers willing to launch new IoT prototypes through a quick and easy process. Several companies such as Intel and Telit have already launched IoT development kits. The chipmaker’ IoT kit is optimized for rapid prototyping and provides all...

The city is working with IoT firm Sensus on remote water level monitoring The city of Lakeland, in Florida, has selected Sensus for the implementation of  IoT technology to monitor lake levels to prevent flooding. “Maintaining balanced water levels is critical to avoid flooding in residential areas...

French IoT firm Actility will carry out the deployment in partnership with local company Blink Services French company Actility, which specializes in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) and Blink Services, a Swedish company offering connectivity through open networks, LoRaWAN and smart city solutions, confirmed...

The utilities offer smart grid services in the Colorado, Kansas and Washington Honeywell said it will provide three power providers in the U.S. with managed smart grid services as a way to more simply manage very technical smart grid networks, and enable improved electricity service and...

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...

Infiswift will provide the platform while Chinese company UEC will sell and integrate enterprise IoT solutions for the Chinese market California-based Infiswift, an enterprise internet of things (IoT) platform provider has announced a partnership with Chinese IT conglomerate United Electronics Company (UEC) to integrate and deploy...

The company has unveiled a new sensor which can be integrated with IoT devices U.S. provider of nano gas sensors AerNos is seeing a huge market for its recently launched nano gas sensor in smart city and smart home deployments in the United States, Europe,...

Three companies are currently carrying out smart parking pilots in five areas across the city The city of Milwaukee announced plans to replace old parking meters with new smart parking meters, which will allow authorities to implement different parking rates, the local CBS affiliate reports. The...

SEAT and Saba will work to provide new smart parking related functions Spanish carmaker SEAT and compatriot urban mobility solutions provider Saba have signed an agreement to provide new services to the vehicle mobility ecosystem including smart parking. Under the terms of the agreement, SEAT will add Saba...

Philips will work with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to focus on smart lighting initiatives The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Philips Lighting Export to implement smart lighting initiatives in the emirate. "This MoU will provide the...

Italian utility Enel is expanding smart meter initiatives to Romania Italian utility Enel announced plans to expand its smart meter program in Romania with the expected roll out of more than 150,000 smart devices in the country during 2017. The European firm had rolled out a...

The Spanish internet of things specialist already has 40 cloud platforms integrated with its IoT gateway Spanish wireless sensor maker Libelium has added new partners to its internet of things (IoT) ecosystem, which focuses on IoT verticals including utilities, smart cities and agriculture. The Spanish firm said...

ABI Research said most of the projects are related to smart lighting, meters, buildings and transportation The governments in China, Japan, and South Korea are currently leading the deployment of smart city initiatives in Asia, according to a recent study by ABI Research. The report revealed...

The European aircraft manufacturer will work with IoT firm Sensolus on geolocation and asset tracking services. Airbus selected the Stickntrack geolocation and asset tracking services from Belgian startup Sensolus to optimize its supply chain. The move is set to allow the European aircraft...

ZTE has been deploying IoT applications based on LoRaWAN protocol since 2016. U.S.-based Semtech, which is a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced a deal with ZTE to develop low-power, wide area network gateways using Semtech's LoRa devices and wireless RF...

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Envision Energy is using an internet of things analytics platform to improve the efficiency of its wind turbines. The solution was provided by ParStream, a German startup that was acquired by Cisco Systems at the end of 2015. Envision focuses on producing...

A local water utility water utility tested connectivity management of a telemetry solution for residential water meters. Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica, Chinese vendor Huawei and global supplier of intelligent energy and water metering solutions Kamstrup have successfully deployed their first project with real user’s data...