UK to develop 300km of public roads for live-testing autonomous vehicles
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWork has started in the UK to develop 300 kilometres of public roads for live testing of connected and autonomous vehicles. The new UK test environment, running from Coventry to …
Three-tiered private 5G offer emerges as telcos embrace vertical, unlicensed bands
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNetwork operators are looking to segment their private LTE and 5G offers for enterprises into gold, silver, and bronze tiers to distinguish between standalone systems using slices of public networks, …
Telenor creates silo-busting Nordic Hub to drive regional 5G and IoT business
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNorwegian telecoms group Telenor has created a new silo-busting enterprise 5G and IoT office to stimulate collaboration between its Nordic operations. The new Nordic Hub will take a ‘lean’ approach …
LoRa community hails “unique piece of silicon” as dual-mode IoT comes of age
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe developer community working with LoRa-based IoT solutions took stock of Semtech’s new LR1110 module at a virtual meet-up last month, and declared it a “pretty unique piece of silicon”. …
Telekom Slovenije deploys multi-slice 5G network to automate Port of Koper
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTelekom Slovenije is to build a 5G test network at the Port of Koper (Luka Koper) in Slovenia as a platform for new automation and intelligence tools to bring greater …
‘NB-IoT’s time has come,’ says GSMA, as it catches-up on LTE-M, reaches beyond China
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will accelerate rollout and takeup of narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), which is building a head of steam already. NB-IoT passed 100 million connections in January on the …
Peachtree Corners intros remote-controlled e-scooters – piloted from Mexico City
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPeachtree Corners in Georgia in the US has launched a fleet of remote controlled electric scooters that can be delivered to customers and returned to parking spots by tele-operators – …
NTT, Dell help UC Berkeley to implement connected campus project
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The University of California, Berkeley and NTT announced a partnership to carry out a connected campus pilot project. The initiative will leverage technology to transform the UC Berkeley Parking …
Mexico City completes mass deployment of LTE-connected video cameras
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMexico City has completed one of the fastest-ever integrated deployments of a connected city-wide surveillance system. The Mexican capital has seen 13,720 LTE-based video cameras installed in four months. Austin-based …
Las Vegas expands smart city project to manage traffic, control crowds, catch crooks
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLas Vegas has extended its smart-city rollout with Japanese group NTT to cover high-definition optical and audio sensors at 14 locations across the city. The extension follows an initial trial, …
