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 …
Why short-range and wide-area IoT make a marriage of perfect convenience
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailShort-range wireless technologies such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), notably, are suited for widespread sensor networks for monitoring all sorts of processes. The chips are cheap and robust, their battery …
Potentially billions of IoT devices at risk from Ripple20 attacks – major brands are flagged
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSecurity experts have identified a series of 19 vulnerabilities, given the name Ripple20, in a small software library integrated into “hundreds of millions”, and potentially billions, of IoT devices that …
“The future is a workbench, not a platform” – LoRa leader TTN on how to hit pay-dirt in IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT platforms are not a panacea for the complex inter-workings of industrial IoT systems. They are over-the-top interfaces, which just introduce another layer of complexity to the market. The IoT …
Deutsche Telekom intros LTE / LoRa access controls to help retailers regulate footfall
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDeutsche Telekom is offering a sensor-based people counting solution and alert system to retailers in Germany manage in-store traffic volumes and social distancing as they reopen after lockdown. The solution …
Vodafone deploys camera-based Covid-19 alert system at Wasps rugby club
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPremiership rugby club Wasps has installed a thermal imaging camera from Vodafone UK at its training facility to safeguard players, staff, and visitors as they return to training during the …
Three in five enterprises want operators involved in their 5G setups, finds Nokia poll
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew research from Nokia says one third of enterprises in the energy, manufacturing, cities, and transportation sectors are already using 5G to drive industrial performance and digital change. Three in …
Zeetta strikes global private 5G distribution deal with openRAN specialist Stordis
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK-based Zeetta Networks has struck a deal with Germany-based open networking specialist Stordis to develop and distribute its management software for private LTE and 5G networks to enterprise resellers globally. …
RF Connect, CommScope and Druid team up on private LTE for Covid-19 doctors
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA first principle of private cellular in shared or unlicensed spectrum is LTE-based networks can be quickly deployed in emergency scenarios. This is the idea with various network-in-a-box solutions, which …
IoT goes from ‘nice-to-have’ to ‘need-to-have’ in Covid-19 era, says LoRa Alliance
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT-based sensor technologies will become increasingly essential as a means to track and monitor such things as location, distance, and presence in the post coronavirus (Covid-19) era, according to the …
