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Canadian city adopts smart metering from IoT firm Sensus

Sensus deployed its iPERL smart metering  solution and the FlexNet network for the city of Okotoks, Alberta The town of Okotoks, in Alberta, Canada, has selected Sensus to replace and upgrade the city’s water infrastructure with a smart metering system, a key IoT vertical use...

10,400 new smart meters coming to India in major enterprise order

The smart meters will be deployed by Indian utility Tata Power in Mumbai U.K. firm CyanConnode Holdings, a specialists in narrowband radio mesh networks that enable internet of things (IoT) communications, has won a new purchase ordersfor 10,400 smart meters from Larsen & Toubro (L&T),...

Huawei shares its IoT initiatives in the Middle East

Huawei is seeing increased opportunities for internet of things (IoT) projects in the Middle East. Safder Nazir, regional VP, digital industries, for Huawei's enterprise business in the Middle East, told Enterprise IoT Insights that countries in this region are diversifying their economies and moving...

Alliant Energy, Sensus use IoT for smart grid modernization

Under the deal, the utility will add Sensus’s FlexNet solution to create a smart grid for power and natural gas in Iowa Power company Alliant Energy Corp. has signed an agreement with Sensus to add the latter’s FlexNet communication system to Alliant Energy’s power and...

Connected lighting as a platform for smart city sensors

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...

How to build a smart city from the ground up

Any city willing to deploy a smart city strategy needs certain basic elements such as broadband internet, a network of sensors and internet of things (IoT) platforms. There is no doubt that these are key components of any smart city implementation. However, the development...

Silver Spring Networks touts benefits of smart lighting

Smart lighting is the current killer app for smart cities, Silver Spring Network exec says Sean Tippett, director of business development and IoT for Silver Spring Networks, said that the deployment of an smart lighting and control system provides an ideal platform for multiple smart...

Philips wins smart lighting contract in Norwegian IoT project

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...

Deloitte, Hewlett Packard Enterprise launch new IoT offering

  The two firms announces IoT portfolio for manufacturing, retailers, workplace and sport venues Deloitte and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have announced a new Internet of Things (IoT) offering for corporate customers. The joint IoT offering includes a turnkey IoT solution for manufacturing; smart retail solution to...

Kuwait leveraging IoT for smart electricity and water metering

In $72 million deal, Zain, with partner Ericsson, will install and operate the IoT smart systems for a seven-year period Middle East telecommunications operator Zain has signed an agreement with the government of Kuwait for the development of IoT-based interconnectivity support of the country’s smart meters...

Smart parking seeing global interest as beneficial IoT use case

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...

London leaders look to leverage IoT to address transportation

If you've ever had the pleasure of taking an approximately $125 cab ride from London's Heathrow Airport to the Canary Wharf area, your drive from one side of the metropolis to the other will likely serve as a reminder of how traffic congestion impacts...

Finnish operator Elisa joins smart city initiative

The Nordic telco signed a letter of intent with the city of Tampere Finnish mobile operator Elisa has signed a letter of intent with the city of Tampere, in Finland, to join the city’s smart city initiative. In the first phase, Elisa will build fiber and...

GE Current pushing smart cities with beacon firm Connecthings

Connecthings operates a global network of over 130,000 beacons for smart cities applications French firm Connecthings, which operates a global network of over 130,000 beacons in public spaces, has partnered with GE's company Current,  to encourage the use of the intelligent environments platform in smart cities. Connecthings...

To improve road safety, Nevada is eyeing a statewide V2V network

U.S. V2V network firm Nexar signed a collaboration agreement with the Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility The Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility (Nevada CAM) and Nexar, a technology company providing vehicle-to-vehicle network technologies for preventing road collisions and enabling autonomous mobility, have announced a strategic...

Telstra inks smart city agreement in Australia

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...

Landmark selects Ericsson to deploy multi-application pole solution

The vendor will deploy its Zero Site pole solution to offer 4G, 5G and IoT use cases into industrial grid management Real estate and infrastructure firm Landmark Dividend has selected Swedish vendor Ericsson to provide its Zero Site communications platform and communications infrastructure at sites...

How are street lights enabling smart cities?

Street lights are playing a key role in the development of today’s smart cities. With digital networks and embedded sensors, smart street lights can collect and transmit information that helps authorities to monitor and respond to different circumstances, from traffic and air quality to...

Smart parking continues to expand with cloud platform

The Scout smart parking platform includes new analytics capabilities and a redesigned user interface U.S. parking technology solutions provider NuPark has unveiled its next cloud-based smart parking management platform dubbed Scout. The new version will allow parking professionals to gain greater efficiency, access, and better visibility...

Leveraging LoRaWAN for a smart city initiative in Africa

The project, located in Rwanda’s capital Kigali will provide a blueprint for additional smart city projects in Africa Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat will deploy LoRaWAN infrastructure around the city of Kigali, in Rwanda to support the city’s flagship smart city project. Inmarsat said...

New nano gas sensor designed for smart city and home use cases

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,...

City of Milwaukee plans to deploy smart parking meters after trial

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...

Smart parking IoT use case embraced by carmaker SEAT

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...

Internet of things, lighting and LED players form IoT-Ready Alliance

The IoT-Ready Alliance will focus on the creation of a common standard for IoT-enabled lighting fixtures A group of internet of things (IoT) companies, lighting and LED driver manufacturers and other industry groups have established the IoT-Ready Alliance with the main aim of creating a common...