
Huawei heads new IIC testbed on critical and non-critical LTE for metro trains
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has announced a new testbed to show the feasibility of adapting LTE for the urban rail sector. The new project is being led by Huawei, …

Operators are best placed to serve Industry 4.0 with 5G slices, says Huawei
Huawei said today at a London launch event for new 5G gear that it would prefer to go via the operator community to serve the Industry 4.0 movement, using slices …

Does AI need to be regulated? Views from the World Economic Forum
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used in a variety of applications, including automated analysis of video captured by security cameras or to assess the quality of items moving down …

Huawei working with Barcelona on smart city initiatives
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has signed a Letter of Intention (LoI) with the Barcelona City Council to collaborate in facilitating investment for innovative new technology projects in the Spanish city, …

Huawei tests 5G with AI-powered sensors, systems and drones for smart farming
Telecoms vendor Huawei has partnered with Chinese agricultural technology supplier XAG on a series of experiments to explore the application of 5G and AI in agriculture. XAG is also an …

Huawei, China Unicom, China Eastern Airlines launch smart airport project
Huawei Technologies, China Unicom and China Eastern Airlines have launched a 5G-based smart travel service system at Beijing Daxing International Airport. The partners said that 5G smart travel service system …

Zigbee certified IoT products and platforms passes 3,000-mark with Amazon
The 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 …

China tests self-driving vehicles in a mountain highway in Shandong
China is currently testing self-driving and connected vehicles in a mountain highway in eastern Shandong province, South China Morning Post reported. The local Qilu Transportation Development Group earmarked a 26-kilometer-long …

5G to reach 58% of global population by 2025: Huawei
5G technology will be available to 58% of the world’s population by 2025, which will create new business models, services and applications for customers and enterprises, according to Huawei’s Global …

“NB-IoT is cheap in China – from as little as $3 per module,” says Huawei
Cellular IoT technologies are expected to take the lion’s share of the low-power wide-area (LPWA) market, but it has been a bumpy start – outside of China, at least. Rival …