Transport for London hands out first drone licence for railway maintenance
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailTransport for London (TfL) has appointed UK civil engineering firm Lanes Rail to carry out maintenance work on the London Underground network using drones, as their usage in industrial settings …
Two-thirds of IoT networks running Lora, Sigfox; one third running smart-city apps
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailUnlicensed networks, mostly based on LoRa and Sigfox, make up two-thirds of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks today, according to a study of 100 LPWA networks by IoT research firm ON …
Smart cities offer brightest hope for carriers, says former AT&T chief
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailGlenn Lurie, the former president of AT&T Mobility, reckons smart cities are the single most promising new market for network operators. Lurie, now chief executive at US-based software provider Synchronoss Technologies, …
AT&T to integrate Cisco Kinetic into its smart city proposition
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAT&T is looking to integrate Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities platform into a number of its own city-focused solutions, notably its Smart Cities Operations Center (SCOC) proposition, which collects data from …
AT&T signs Caterpillar in global IoT management deal
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAT&T has struck a multi-year deal with U.S.-based Caterpillar to supply IoT connectivity and management services across its international markets. Caterpillar, manufacturer of construction and mining equipment and industrial power …
Smart cities enablement dominates AT&T CES news
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailNew AT&T solution remotely monitors road and rail infrastructure According to the American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, nearly half of bridges in the United States are …
AT&T launches LTE-M network in Mexico
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAT&T launched LTE-M technology in the U.S. market in May 2017 AT&T has completed the necessary network software upgrades to support the deployment of its LTE-M network in Mexico. This …
AT&T certifies Sequans Cat M1 chipset
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAT&T has certified Sequans’ Monarch IoT chipset, which supports both LTE Category M1 (Cat M) and narrowband IoT in a single device. AT&T customers who deploy modules that use one …
Friends in high places: AT&T’s cloud partnerships boost IoT business
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAT&T has more IoT devices on its wireless network than any other U.S. carrier, and the company sees partnerships as a key driver of its success. The carrier has leveraged …
AT&T replaces IoT sensors with cameras
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAT&T moves 186 petabytes of data across its networks each day, and 53% of that is video traffic. Most of it is downstream video – content that subscribers download or …
