BROWSING: ESG

Asia-Pacific self-storage giant StorHub taps Unabiz for LoRaWAN-based ESG system

Sigfox-owner Unabiz continues to push rival low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technology LoRaWAN as a connectivity platform for major IoT projects, confirming a deal with Singapore-based engineering group GreenA Consultants to deploy a LoRaWAN sensor system for StorHub Self Storage Group (StorHub), billed as Asia...

More AI, ESG, LEO – Keysight on 2024 (Reader Forum)

Mark Pierpoint, vice president of strategic innovation and partnerships at Keysight Technologies gives his view of the year ahead in telecoms and tech; he discusses the opportunities and challenges with artificial intelligence (AI), environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives around energy transition, and the...

‘We’ll ask how the economy ever ran offline’ – pressure to fast-track ambient IoT

There is a niche committee vote this week at a meeting of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to decide whether ‘ambient’ IoT, to enable energy-harvesting in battery-less cellular devices, should be included as a work item in development of the Release 19 of...

The ESG implications of AI technology (Reader Forum)

Throughout 2023, we’ve witnessed an explosion of interest in AI technology catalyzed by the advent of ChatGPT. With both promise and peril, this new wave of artificial intelligence sparked a dichotomous public discourse – some hailing AI as the key to a transformative future,...

Do not underestimate the value of your cellular network base-station antenna (Analyst Angle)

For Communication Service Providers (CSPs), the mobile network must ensure ubiquitous coverage and provide the necessary capacity to its users. Base station (BTS) antennas are more than just “components of the network” that connect the end users “to” the mobile network. All cellular traffic...

Well, technically… Fixed Wireless Access is a key sustainability tool: Qualcomm’s Angela Baker (Ep. 101)

Qualcomm's Chief Sustainability Officer Angela Baker discusses the role that Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) will play in helping rural environments leverage advancements in sustainability. She also shares details about Qualcomm's approach to FWA and how policy and technology work together to address sustainability issues. https://soundcloud.com/rcrwirelessnews/well-technically-fixed-wireless-access-is-a-key-sustainability-tool-ep-101/s-Ewq4G8YouS4?si=5c9110fa540042e0b69ece045fea29be&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

When did reporting on sustainability become a competition? (Reader Forum)

Many companies, including telecom operators, have been voluntarily producing annualenvironmental, social and governance (ESG) reports based on various standards for some time. The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) largely guides ESG reporting, with other metrics and standards added over time....

Nokia puts private LTE to work in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The thing about new private cellular, and all the Industry 4.0 pyrotechnics that might burst from it, is that it is not just about shifting boxes and optimising business. There is ostensibly a very neat – and very convenient, cynics might suggest – environmental...

Meeting ESG targets with LoRaWAN (Reader Forum)

The second best thing to making a full-circle pivot to zero emission is to reduce your current footprint – with miles that are not driven, flights that are not taken, and energy that is not consumed. Indeed, while we transition to a completely emission-neutral...

EY and Software AG make deal to combine and unleash ‘apps, devices, data, clouds’

Professional services company Ernst & Young Global (EY) has announced a partnership with Germany-based enterprise data and analytics company Software AG to help enterprises with digital change in India and Germany, initially, rolling out to other markets. The partnership is focused on digitalisation, process...

Will 5G Change the World? Nicole Robertson, Nokia (Ep. 53)

https://soundcloud.com/rcrwirelessnews/will-5g-change-the-world-nicole-robertson-nokia-ep-53 Will 5G Change the World is presented in partnership with NETSCOUT. White Paper In the 5G Era, the Customer Experience Matters , and Here' s What to Do About It | NETSCOUT Download Blog Is Private 5G Network Right for Your Company? Read Case Study Healthcare Company Assures Private 5G LTE Environment...

Australian supermarket chain Coles deploys Sigfox tracking for poultry supply chain

Australian supermarket chain Coles is running track-and-trace of its poultry supply chain, based on an IoT tracking and monitoring solution by pallet pooling company Loscam and local Sigfox operator Thinxtra. The pair has attached sensors to 4,500 poultry ‘bins’ (containers) moving between its suppliers’...

Why sustainable sourcing must be at the heart of an ESG strategy, and how telcos can reap the benefits (Reader Forum)

Who’d have thought that two decades after the connectivity boom at the turn of the century, sustainability and net-zero would be the key drivers of innovation within the telecommunications industry? It stands to reason that one of the most technologically advanced sectors on the...

Go big, or go home – private 5G for smart warehousing (five takeaways)

Analyst house ABI Research, in association with US network design and services firm Betacom, has put out a white paper about private 5G in warehousing, and Enterprise IoT Insights has had a quick read and (borrowed and stolen and) come up with five takeaways...

Unabiz supplies Finland-made Sigfox air quality sensors to Singapore care homes

Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities (THKMC), a voluntary welfare organisation in Singapore, has deployed a number of air quality sensors from IoT provider Unabiz, via Finnish Sigfox operator Connected Finland, at two care homes in Singapore following a corporate social responsibility (CSR) assessment to...

Most enterprises will turn to 5G IoT – report

CSPs are predicted to see more growth in 5G IoT than LTE, as well as low-bandwidth connectivity via NB-IoT and LoRaWAN Enterprises are increasing Internet of Things (IoT) deployments because they’re meeting or exceeding Return on Investment (ROI), according to Omdia’s most recent IoT Enterprise...

Spending on ESG consultancy services to jump 32.3% per year to $158bn in 2025

Spending on (mostly tech-linked, commonly IoT-linked) business services to streamline and manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance will grow to $158 billion in 2025, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32.3 percent. Analyst house IDC said most of the money –...

Hybrid clouds susceptible to zero-day exploits, finds survey

Hybrid cloud complexity creating security challenges Container security company Capsule8 recently released a survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) in November 2017 exploring trends in hybrid cloud security. Among these trends, the survey found the complexity of hybrid cloud environments is making it difficult...

Cybersecurity skills shortage exacerbating data breaches

New report finds lack of cyber skills is increasing data security threats An acute shortage of security analysis, investigation skills, application security skills and cloud computing security skills is inflaming the number of data breaches, according to a recent report titled ‘The Life and Times...