Huawei and China Mobile build “world’s biggest” IoT management platform
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHuawei and China Mobile have announced a new cloud-based platform for mobile operators to enable and manage ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) connections, promising easy scalability, rapid development, and higher returns for IoT …
Zigbee claims record sales with surge in lighting, meters and climate control
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAnnual shipments of Zigbee chipsets will reach one billion by 2023, mostly in smart home sensors, accounting for 85 per cent of IEEE 802.15.4 mesh network devices. Half a billion …
China Mobile, Huawei demo remote vehicle control via CV2X and ‘5G Era LTE’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe demo, carried out during MWC Shanghai, used vehicles provided by Chinese manufacturer SAIC China Mobile, together with Huawei and Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company SAIC, have jointly demonstrated …
The IIoT intervew: “Edge computing is the death of the cloud as we know it,” says IIC
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhere is the edge of the data network, where compute power increasingly resides? This is the question industrial operatives are asking, as they look to combine advanced connectivity technologies and …
IIC releases industrial-grade ‘cookbook’ for edge computing
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has issued a white paper with practical guidance on edge computing in industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) settings. The publication seeks to define edge computing architectural functions …
Huawei releases new internet of vehicles platform, smart airport solution
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHuawei expects its OceanConnect IoV platform to enable the digital transformation of automobile manufacturers Huawei announced the release of the OceanConnect “internet of vehicles” (IoV) platform, which will enable intelligent …
Huawei launches new double-capacity Release-14 NB-IoT solution
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Chinese vendor said the new product doubles the cell capacity of previous terminals Huawei has launched what it claims to be the world’s first 3GPP Release 14-based commercial NB-IoT …
How airports, like miniature smart cities, offer multi-sided IoT use cases
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor technologists, airports in general, and the planet’s busiest ones in particular, are like smart cities in microcosm. They encapsulate a head-spinning array of services and applications, covering everything from …
‘5G suits the mission-critical world,’ says IHS Markit
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIncoming 5G technologies will put industrial applications front and centre, and enable new functionalities in critical communications, according to IHS Markit. The research house told Enterprise IoT Insights at Critical …
Time to treat GDPR as the world’s first global privacy law (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhile personal data breaches keep cyber security in the headlines, the topic of privacy lacks the drama of a high-profile hack. That is a shame, since privacy and cyber security …
