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Five stops on the federal road map toward botnet resilience

Cybersecurity road map aims to support more secure and resilient IoT development for consumer, enterprise and government users If there is a path to a digital world that is more secure and resistant to botnet attacks, what would that path look like? A newly published U.S....

Orange launches commercial LTE-M network in France

The French carrier expects to launch LTE-M in Spain and Romania by end-2019   French telecom operator Orange has announced the commercial launch of its LTE-M network in France. Orange already launched its LTE-M network in Belgium in May 2018. The carrier also confirmed plans to launch LTE-M networks in Spain and Romania by the end...

Five reasons to bet (now) on a fourth industrial revolution

“The kaleidoscope has been shaken; the pieces are in flux.” It is a phrase written for the political age, almost two decades ago. But as an analogy for ground-shaking change, it suits the mad-paced technology market’s face-off with industry particularly well. For the technology market...

Analyst Angle: Rebutting a rebuttal: Who’s the king of IoT silicon?

Editor’s note: On June 22, RCR Wireless News published a contributed piece from analyst Mike Krell of James Brehm & Associates LLC titled “Analyst Angle: 5 reasons Qualcomm is soon to be anointed king of IoT silicon.” Following that, Georges Karam, president and CEO...

Smart Cities Week DC: Partners have to ‘marry the city’

Smart cities and vendors are navigating new technologies and relationships WASHINGTON, D.C.--Public-private partnerships are seen as being key to smart city initiatives, and cities and vendors have to navigate -- and often, create -- new types of relationships, procurement processes and funding mechanisms that go...

Spotlight on AT&T: The remote control of everything

AT&T IoT chief discusses integrated offerings Chris Penrose, president of internet of things solutions for AT&T, is passionate about the value the IoT can create for both businesses and individuals. During a meeting with reporters at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, Penrose showed...

Sequans CEO rebuts analyst’s designation of Qualcomm as “king of IoT silicon” (Reality Check)

Editor's note: On June 22, RCR Wireless News published a contributed piece from analyst Mike Krell of James Brehm & Associates LLC titled "Analyst Angle: 5 reasons Qualcomm is soon to be anointed king of IoT silicon." Here the Georges Karam, president and CEO...

Nokia CEO discusses Industry 4.0 and what it means for society

What does an automated world mean for the workforce? Rajeev Suri, chief executive officer of Nokia, has been consistently spreading the Industry 4.0 message in meetings with customers, employees and during major industry events. He followed suit last week at Mobile World Congress Americas in...

New IoT security standard launching in September

IoT security is top-of-mind for governments, enterprises Speaking during a Fortinet event in Singapore last week, the U.K.-based Centre for Strategic Cyber Space and Security Science (CSCSS) announced that it is planning to launch a new IoT security standard in September 2018. The organisation's Asia-Pacific Executive...

Qualcomm turns to IoT to drive growth

Qualcomm sees opportunity in enterprise, industrial and consumer IoT During its analyst day in San Diego, Qualcomm Technologies' executives discussed the company's overall strategy to build IoT momentum, including that it reaches more than 9,000 customers across its channels. Now reaching 20 times the number...

Arm launches Pelion IoT, closes acquisition with Treasure Data

Arm looks to move IoT from pilots to production Treasure Data, an enterprise data management company, has been acquired by Arm for an undisclosed sum, adding to its internet of things (IoT) ecosystem. This announcement follows the company's recent acquisition of Stream Technologies which was...

Using the IoT to fix the food chain

IoT telematics solution takes cost out of grocery delivery Farmdrop, an ethical grocer based in London, has seen double-digit improvements in driver behavior and fuel consumption thanks to the implementation of the internet of things (IoT). Using a custom-tailored solution, Farmdrop tapped services from Geotab...

SoftBank looking to bring AI to shared IoT services

The sharing economy is something of a disruptive trend that's reshaping the way people purchase goods and services—with access to bike sharing, ride hailing apps and shared vehicle services like Zipcar, owning a vehicle isn't really necessary or, depending on a number of variables,...

Kagan: Don’t let Hilton wireless Digital Key lock you out

Many hotels like Hilton are doing something new. The cutting edge can be exciting, but it does come with risk. I want to teach you an important lesson about using your iPhone or Android smartphone as your key to open your hotel room door....

Analyst Angle: Effective management of Wi-Fi networks to enable the smart home

With the proliferation of devices, the home is rapidly becoming a dense environment requiring a new level of Wi-Fi performance and coverage. The wireless footprint of these devices varies considerably and, unless some order is established, is a sure way towards an inconsistent Wi-Fi...

Sprint approaching enterprise IoT with one-stop-shop strategy

Sprint IoT push includes a dedicated core The internet of things is driving digital transformation for enterprises in a variety of sectors by creating new revenue streams and decreasing operating expenses through actionable data insights. To address this market segment, Sprint Business, the operator's enterprise-facing...

Industrial transformation will put impact of consumer digital in the shade, says GE

The digital transformation of industry will be more dramatic than transformation of the consumer retail and media markets, reckons General Electric. “We have seen how retail has been remade, how media has been remade, how telecoms has been remade. The winners and losers in...

How the IoT is enabling smart buildings

Smart buildings create a win-win for owners, occupants The continued perpetuation of internet of things (IoT) implementations is bringing to life digital transformation across nearly all enterprise and industrial verticals. In the case of smart buildings, in-building connectivity, IoT sensors and cloud-based data analytics are...

CBRE CEO: Technology has to embedded in commercial real estate

Commercial real estate industry has to keep up with pace of technological change LAS VEGAS—The pace of technological change is only going to continue accelerating. As such, keystone industries like commercial real estate have to keep pace to realize internal and client-facing efficiencies, as well...

Ensuring IoT interoperability at the network edge

Linux Foundation's EdgeX Foundry dedicated to edge IoT interoperability As the diverse internet of things (IoT) continues to drive digitalization efforts for a variety of consumer, enterprise and industrial services, ecosystem stakeholders are working to distribute compute and storage functionality from centralized data centers out...

How airports, like miniature smart cities, offer multi-sided IoT use cases

For 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 waste collection and traffic management to private retail and mission-critical controls. Threading new airports with...

Nokia Technologies president resigns following close of digital health sale

Digital health wearables unit returned to Withings co-founder as Nokia focuses on B2B In 2016 Nokia Technologies spent $190 million to acquire consumer-facing health wearables firm Withings. After standing up a digital health business unit, Nokia has now sold the company back to Withings co-founder...

Infrastructure key to enabling intelligent edge computing

AWS exec lays out four principles guiding edge computing vision According to Satyen Yadav, general manager, IoT and edge services, Amazon Web Services, the network edge is all around us—at our homes, along our roadways, at the hospitals we visit and at the manufacturing facilities where...

Understanding MulteFire for industrial IoT

MulteFire brings flexible business models for operator, venue or neutral host ownership As MulteFire gains industry traction and moves toward initial commercialization with an eye on enabling internet of things-type applications, let's take a look at some of the basics of the technology, as well...