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AT&T partners with Honeywell to deliver connected aircraft and freight solutions

AT&T and Honeywell announced they are collaborating to deliver internet of things (IoT) technology to aircraft and freight solutions in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Australia. AT&T said its global connectivity and IoT solutions combined with Honeywell’s technology offerings will help...

GSMA tallies 48 mobile IoT networks are available worldwide

37 operators have launched commercial NB-IoT A total of 48 commercial narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M had been launched worldwide as of the end of April, according to recent statistics by the GSMA. Some of the 37 operators that have launched NB-IoT include: Three (Hong Kong),...

IBM launches innovation center in Abu Dhabi

IBM’s new facility will focus on IoT, AI, blockchain and quantum computing   IBM has launched a new innovation center in Abu Dhabi which will mainly focus on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, blockchain, security, analytics, internet of things and quantum computing. IBM’s Innovation...

Two years after spending $190 million on Withings, Nokia selling digital health business

Nokia says move reflects focus on business-to-business and licensing activities In May 2016, Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia spent $190 million to acquire Withings, a maker of connected devices focused on consumer health care. After announcing in February an internal review of its digital health...

Verizon’s IoT sales climb 13%, twice its total Q1 revenue growth

US carrier Verizon saw its revenues from ‘internet of things’ (IoT) based services climb 13 per cent in the first quarter, compared with a year ago, almost double the rate of growth across all of its operations. In total, the company reported consolidated growth of...

Microsoft intros triple lock to secure IoT devices at the network edge

Microsoft has announced a new platform to secure ‘internet of things’ (IoT) devices. Dubbed Azure Sphere, it layers in three levels of enhanced IoT security, in its chip, operating system (OS) and cloud. Most significantly, Microsoft has introduced a new “cross-over class” of chip, or...

General Motors working on IoT-based fleet management

The agreement will enable the deployment of fleet management for U.S. businesses Fleet Complete, a global IoT provider of mission-critical fleet management, asset and mobile workforce solutions, announced an agreement with General Motors accelerate the delivery of IoT-enabled services on OnStar-equipped 15 MY and newer...

Deutsche Telekom to expand presence in fleet management

DT will offer fleet management solutions from IoT provider Fleet Complete Deutsche Telekom has announced a partnership with IoT solutions provider Fleet Complete to expand its presence in the fleet management space in the German market. Through this partnership. Deutsche Telekom will provide a complete...

MulteFire for industrial IoT and enterprise in-building use cases

Private LTE is a major MulteFire opportunity With the coming release of its 1.1 specification, the MulteFire Alliance has focused on the internet of things (IoT) as the market entry point for the emerging technology, which deploys LTE solely in unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum. Nokia...

AI for IoT focus of NVIDIA, Arm partnership

NVIDIA combining AI architecture with Arm machine learning platform Two leaders in the machine learning/deep learning field have joined forces to push artificial intelligence (AI) into the quickly growing ecosystem of devices that comprise the internet of things (IoT). Announced during the recent GPU Technology...

Telefónica tightens up Azure integration to improve IoT streaming

Telefónica is offering tighter control and integration with Microsoft’s Azure IoT suite, to enable its enterprise customers using public clouds to more easily connect and manage their IoT devices. The Spain-based carrier said customers connecting IoT devices to the Azure IoT Hub, Microsoft’s IoT management...

Ericsson, Telecom Italia to launch 5G lab in Genoa

Industry 4.0 and the internet of things among focus of 5G lab Telecom Italia (TIM) and Ericsson have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Municipality of Genoa, the Liguria region and Liguria Digital to launch a 5G digital lab to explore the benefits of...

Manchester launches three smart city trials

Leaders said projects based on CityVerve smart city incubator The Manchester City Council has selected three companies to carry out smart city initiative trials across the U.K. city. The new trial projects are being launched through CityVerve, which is Manchester’s smart cities demonstration platform. The...

Sigfox expanded coverage by 50% in the U.S. market last year

Sigfox will increase coverage in Chicago, Seattle, Las Vegas, New York City and Boston during 2018 IoT connectivity provider Sigfox said it has reached a 50% increase in coverage in the U.S. market during 2017. The LPWAN network operator has also expanded its ecosystem of...

Kagan: Why Sprint chose Synchronoss Technologies for transformation

The number four wireless carrier, Sprint, has selected Synchronoss Technologies to lead them in their digital transformation to help prepare for growth going forward. This is the kind of thinking every company needs to have now as going digital becomes the focus from here...

How Microsoft is helping India clean up the Ganges river

Indian firm TechSpan is using the Microsoft IoT platform to monitor the quality of the water, among other parameters Microsoft IoT solutions are helping the government of India to clean up the Ganges, which has been the holy river of India for centuries. Stretching nearly...

How smart cities ‘give back’ time to residents

Mobility, public safety, healthcare and other connected services will save residents of smart cities 125 hours per year, study says A new study produced by Juniper Research and commissioned by Intel takes at look at how internet of things technologies leveraged to create smart cities...

Verizon network exec calls 5G ‘absolutely transformational’

Millimeter wave will support 5G use cases including eMBB and massive IoT Carriers have invested heavily in the R&D that will result in the launch of commercial 5G services as soon as later this year. Seeking ROI on those investments, the industry-wide goal is rapid...

Sigfox adds new European market with IoT network in Switzerland

The IoT connectivity provider aims to cover 60 countries with its technology by the end of the year European firm Cellnex Telecom and Heliot, Sigfox's operator in Switzerland, have signed an agreement to rollout what it claims to be the first internet of things (IoT)...

Inside AT&T’s smart cities strategy

Officials focused on smart cities use cases as market, awareness matures Since launching its Spotlight Cities program in 2016, AT&T has moved from sponsoring pilot-type projects to working with municipal leaders on more large scale, paid engagements, according to Mike Zeto, general manager, AT&T Smart...

Kagan: Privacy is only an illusion in a connected home

Every coin has two sides. We’ve been talking for so long about all the coming benefits of wireless smart homes, connected homes and connected offices. And it’s true, there are many incredible advancements in this space. However, there is an important warning I want...

TIM inks 5G, IoT deals with Qualcomm, Huawei

The Italian telco is also showcasing smart factory capabilities through a previous collaboration with Ericsson BARCELONA- Italian mobile operator TIM and Qualcomm Technologies have signed an innovation and business cooperation agreement in several initiatives such as 5G and digital transformation in Italy and Brazil. With the...

5G to reach 1.2 billion connections globally by 2025, GSMA says

The GSMA estimates that IoT connections will total 25 billion by that year BARCELONA- 5G networks will reach 1.2 billion connections by 2025, accounting for 14% of global mobile connections by that time, according to a recent report by the GSMA. The report also forecasts that...

Ericsson CEO on 5G: Not just what and why, but how

Enhanced mobile broadband use case will lead 5G deployments, CEO says Ericsson President and CEO Börje Ekholm kicked-off Mobile World Congress 2018 by providing an update on the network infrastructure giant's plans to deliver 5G equipment this year in an effort to help service providers support...