
Google makes private 5G play – with Betacom, Boingo, Celona, and others
Google Cloud has followed hyperscale mega-rivals Microsoft and AWS into the private 5G market with a bunch of specialist vendor and channel partners, starting with Betacom, Boingo Wireless, Celona, Crown …

European Commission selects 100 cities for smart city initiative
The smart city and climate-neutral initiative will receive 360 million euros of Horizon Europe funding The European Commission (EC) announced the 100 EU cities that will participate in the …

The pandemic pattern for IoT is set to repeat – in utilities, buildings, logistics (ABI on 2022)
Covid-19 caused supply-chain disruptions across vertical industries. The pandemic deepened market uncertainty and severely impacted the adoption of IoT. Healthcare was the main exception, as the global crisis expanded IoT …

Is neutral host the killer app for enterprise 5G? (Reader Forum)
Recent FCC rules establishing the commercial use of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum within the 3.55 to 3.7GHz range (band 48) is driving enterprise interest in the use …

Buy more 5G kit or miss your CO2 targets – says 5G kit vendor, in warning to Europe
Industrial 5G and IoT – or at least, the digital pyrotechnics sprung from 5G and IoT networks – can help the planet reduce carbon emissions, reckons the tech and telecoms …

Covid-fighting IoT-powered self-disinfecting door handles are coming
A Swiss startup has produced a self-disinfecting door handle that integrates an IoT module and platform to count and monitor usage, and signal for refills. The product, available in 2021 …

SK Telecom, Omron Electronics develop 5G robot to fight COVID-19
South Korea’s largest telecommunications operator SK Telecom, together with Omron Electronics Korea, has developed a 5G-powered autonomous robot to fight COVID-19. Featuring technologies such as 5G, AI, autonomous driving …

Giving construction the IoT treatment could help save the planet (Reader Forum)
As our collective awareness of the environment continues to grow due to climate change, our surroundings and the way we interact with them are changing dramatically. Buildings and infrastructures are …

ThoughtWire intros IoT automation apps for building owners and healthcare providers
Canadian IoT platform provider ThoughtWire has produced five new applications for building owners and healthcare providers to manage connected “people, systems and things”. ThoughtWire has introduced two new applications as …

UK strikes £420m ‘bytes and mortar’ deal for smart construction of new buildings
The UK government has announced a £420 million joint investment in ‘bytes and mortar’ to use digital technologies in ‘smart construction to develop new techniques for sustainable and rapid house …