UK to release 6 GHz and 100 GHz spectrum for Wi-Fi in smart homes, offices, factories
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK regulator Ofcom is proposing to make 500MHz of contiguous spectrum in the lower 6 GHz band available for unlicensed indoor Wi-Fi and low-power outdoor Wi-Fi usage. It has also …
Amazon trumps Google in smart home sales; smart lighting tops growth forecasts
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe smart home market in Europe continued to grow in the third quarter of 2019, reaching almost 23.8 million units, an increase of 18.1 per cent compared to the same …
Amazon, Apple, Google combine to develop new smart-home connectivity protocol
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance have announced a working group, under the name Connected Home over IP, to develop and promote a new, royalty-free connectivity standard to increase …
KT to make massive investments to become an AI company
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Korean telecommunications company KT announced plans to invest 300 billion won ($257 million) over the next four years to become an artificial intelligence (AI) company, Korean press reported. The Korean …
Zigbee certified IoT products and platforms passes 3,000-mark with Amazon
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe number of certified Zigbee IoT products and platforms in the market for smart homes and cities has passed 3,000, according to the Zigbee Alliance. The alliance’s certification programme seeks …
Georgia Power unveils first smart neighborhood in Atlanta
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Georgia Power, the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company, and homebuilding company PulteGroup announced the opening of what it claims to be Atlanta’s first Smart Neighborhood. Leaders from Georgia …
In plain sight – how smart homes risk enterprise IoT, and why nothing is being done (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWith the rise of connected devices in homes and offices spiralling upwards, Paul Hague, chief executive at UK cybersecurity firm BlackDice, says enterprises are letting vulnerable home devices onto their …
Deutsche Telekom intros NB-IoT-connected bins for sensitive documents
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDeutsche Telekom has teamed up with logistics company Rhenus and the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (Fraunhofer IML) to develop an NB-IoT connected smart bins for disposing of …
Amazon, Comcast, NXP, Schneider develop Zigbee interoperability updates
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Zigbee Alliance is coordinating efforts from the likes of Amazon, Comcast, Landis+Gyr, NXP, Osram and Schneider Electric to make smart home and IoT products easier to develop, deploy, and …
Panasonic and Toyota pool home and car tech in ‘smart town’ joint venture
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailJapanese firms Panasonic and Toyota have agreed to form a new smart cities joint-venture that combines the former’s expertise in the home gadgetry market and the latter’s work in the …
