NXP pushes industrial IoT with $1.8bn deal for Marvell’s connectivity assets
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDutch firm NXP Semiconductors has completed the $1.76 billion acquisition of the wireless connectivity assets of Bermuda chip firm Marvell Technologies. The cash deal, agreed at the end of May, …
‘You need a villain in the piece’ – private LTE threat to carriers is overplayed, says Nokia
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWill carriers be ousted, or forced to cede ground, in the enterprise market with the rise of private networking and the liberalisation of spectrum in the 5G era? Nokia thinks …
Secrets of the production line – the ‘cloak and dagger’ of industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe pursuit of cheaper, faster, and more varied production is intensifying. Factories are bustling with innovation experiments, as industrialists are availed of ever-more sophisticated digital tools. But the manufacturing sector …
McRock Capital gets funding for Industrial IoT projects
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Canadian investment company McRock Capital has held an initial closing on its second venture capital fund, McRock Fund II LP, dedicated to investing in the Industrial Internet of Things …
What is ‘co-creation’ in IoT (with doughnuts), and what can 5G providers learn from it?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe enterprise IoT sector has moved up a gear, out of the lab and onto the ‘shop floor’, because the various parties involved have hit upon a way to collaborate …
Money, money, money etc – five benefits of smart factories and industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIn the end, it comes down to customer satisfaction – which, in the end, comes down to money. However you spin it, smarter industrial operations make better products, more efficiently, …
In plain sight – how smart homes risk enterprise IoT, and why nothing is being done (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWith the rise of connected devices in homes and offices spiralling upwards, Paul Hague, chief executive at UK cybersecurity firm BlackDice, says enterprises are letting vulnerable home devices onto their …
The Industrial Internet Consortium inks deal with the Trusted IoT Alliance
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the Trusted IoT Alliance (TIoTA) announced they have signed an agreement to work together to advance their shared interests in the industrial internet field. Under the …
Private networks, indoor positioning and analytics – Nokia’s recipe for industrial change
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor Nokia there are three critical technologies for enabling digital transformation of the supply chain, and all of the points along it, including the production, transportation, and storage of goods. …
Nokia and Industry 4.0 country-mates seed private LTE/5G testbed for cargo ports
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThree Finnish industrial-change specialists, including telecoms vendor Nokia, have banded together on a collaboration project to construct a private LTE test network for developing industrial IoT applications for shipping ports …
