Five steps on the road to industrial 5G – licences / fees (step #3)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThis article, in five parts, is continued from Step 2, about spectrum and regulation; Step 2 can be found here. “Once frequency usage fees have been clarified – a significant …
HPE opens IoT development centre in India as part of $500m investment
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has opened a new ‘customer experience centre’ in Bangalore (Bengaluru), in India, to offer IoT solutions to customers and partners from across industries. The facility, on …
Volvo signs with China Unicom to develop 5G for smart traffic, autonomous driving
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChina-owned Volvo Cars is working with China Unicom to develop 5G based communications between cars and infrastructure in China. The two companies have agreed to work together to research, develop …
21 European capitals to collaborate on high-impact smart-city services
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTwenty one of Europe’s capital cities are to participate in a new initiative to accelerate development and delivery of “high impact” digital services. The two-year scheme, by Bloomberg Philanthropies, will …
Siemens and Arm combine on chip design for autonomous vehicles
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSiemens and Arm have struck a deal around computing and sensor design for connected and autonomous vehicles, to help the automotive industry develop more complex platforms for in-car and between-car …
Hyundai talks flying cars and smart cities; ties-up with Uber for flying taxis
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor a time, electronics shows were dominated by handheld devices. The biggest and most glam stands belonged to smartphone makers. It seems almost passé now, and more interesting for it, …
BMW puts 5G in driving seat at CES with in-car and between-car connectivity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBMW is pushing in-car 5G connectivity at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 in Las Vegas. The German car marque reckons its forthcoming iNEXT electric crossover, scheduled for launch in …
Toyota unveils plans to build prototype city of the future in Japan
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Japanese company Toyota unveiled plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. Called the Woven City, …
Walmart intros pick-and-pack robots to automate drive-thru grocery collections
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWalmart has put automated pick-and-pack robots to work at a so-called ‘supercenter’ in Salem, New Hampshire. The new system, called Alphabot, is live in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse-style extension at its …
Verizon and HERE join 5G, edge, mapping in new traffic collision avoidance system
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUS carrier Verizon and Dutch mapping company HERE are pairing 5G connectivity and multi-access edge computing (MEC) with location data and autonomous vehicle knowhow as part of a co-innovation exercise …
