BROWSING: IoT

University students win a Thrive X prize for IoT beekeeping concept that helps beekeepers SALINAS, Calif. — A team of engineering students from Santa Clara University was honored by Thrive X at the recent Thrive AgTech demo day for their labor-saving beekeeping concept that uses the...

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...

A group of internet-of-things (IoT) companies has established an alliance with cities and utilities to develop an open source wireless interface and data format for low-power wide-area (LPWA) solutions in the smart city and smart energy markets. It also wants to  The non-profit uCIFI Alliance...

The market value for environmental gas sensors will be worth more than $3 billion by 2028, according to a new report from market research company IDTechEx. Most growth will come from internet-of-things (IoT) applications in smart cities, smart homes, as well as running on...

SoftBank will join Dublin City Council's smart city programme and its Docklands District testbed with a remit to make the “opportunity of smart city technology a reality.” The pair have struck a deal to exchange information and knowledge about smart city solutions, exploring trials,...

The two firms said the new partnership combine Belden’s solutions with JMA Wireless’ DAS, antennas and basebands Belden, which focuses on mission-critical signal transmission, has made a strategic alliance with wireless infrastructure provider JMA Wireless for complete smart building solutions. The two partners said each company’s...

Sixteen mobile network operators around the world have agreed to use a common security framework for the internet of things that was developed by the GSMA. According to the GSMA, carriers which have signed on to use its GSMA IoT Security Guidelines include AT&T, China Mobile,...

San Jose-based ADLINK has said its MXE-110i industrial ‘internet-of-things’ (IIoT) gateway has been selected by Michelin and Softbank as part of the first tyre monitoring system to be deployed in Japan. Michelin’s cloud-based ‘tyre pressure monitoring system’ (TPMS) features sensors that monitor air pressure and...

The practicalities of implementing decentralised blockchain governance, and the fear it raises within the supply chain about a lack of control, remain major stumbling blocks for the technology, said a panel from the food industry at Blockchain Expo in Amsterdam. The distributed ledger technology remains...

According to a new report by Global Market Insights, China is currently the dominant player in this market due to strict government regulations Revenues from the wireless fire detection systems market are expected to reach $500 million globally by 2024, according to a recent research...

The carrier is currently testing its Mobi self-driving robot using its LTE network in New York Sprint, working with Adaptive Motion Group (AMG), is starting to deploy its "Mobi" self-driving robot -- designed to charge electric buses, cars and industrial vehicles in New York City. Sprint...

The maturity of LTE is increasingly enabling commercial mobile network operators to offer mission-critical, rather than best-effort, infrastructure and services, according to Patrik Ringqvist, principal solutions architect for Ericsson North America. Ringqvist, who focuses on critical communications, said that he considers "mission-critical" to be "the...

Viavi Solutions has added the capability to emulate massive numbers of internet of things devices to its TeraVM offering, as the company continues to reap the benefits of its acquisition of Cobham's test and measurement operations. The new offering enables operators to investigate how their...

When new business opportunities come up, you need to be able to jump on them. Today, it’s voice over LTE (VoLTE) but in the very near future it will 5G, IoT, and whatever comes next. In all cases, that means building a dynamic network...

HPE CEO on importance of edge computing: 'Data is our most valuable asset' While there's variation in how you define the edge—is it a consumer device, an enterprise LAN, a physical location, all three?—there's clearly consensus that it's going to be a big deal, as...

US carrier AT&T has confirmed it will launch a narrowband ‘internet-of-things’ (NB-IoT) network in the US early next year, and in Mexico by the end of next year. Its support for NB-IoT will run in parallel with its existing LTE-M network. AT&T said the...

As the internet of things continues to gain momentum, Congress is looking at how to assess the state of the industry and its relationship with federal agencies, via a new bill that focuses on answering a relatively simple question: In the IoT space, who...

The consumer sector will lead IoT spending followed by insurance and healthcare Global internet of things (IoT) spending will experience a compound annual growth rate of 13.6% between 2017-2022 and reach $1.2 trillion in 2022, according to a recent study by research firm IDC. "The IoT...

5G entering the trough of disillusionment The hype cycle is a tool developed by Gartner to help understand how particular technologies are regarded in terms of the reality of expectations as compared to how the technology is used over time. There are five phases: the...

  Traditionally, development kits and advanced toolsets allow designers to quickly and efficiently leverage new technologies. Integrating and aggregating In-Building wireless architectures is one of those areas where development expertise can help engineering teams rapidly and seamlessly adopt new technologies and bring them to market...

Telit’s module enables the deployment of LTE CatM1 and NB-IoT technologies IoT specialist Telit announced that its Telit ME910C1-J1 module is being used in a field trial of a delivery service application implemented by Japanese telecommunications firm NTT DoCoMo. Telit said that the ME910C1-J1 features Telit’s...

AT&T planning San Jose 5G launch in first half of 2019 Noted tech hub San Jose, Calif., certainly has the attention of AT&T and Verizon. Today both companies announced agreements with the city centered on massive build out of small cells and implementing a variety...

  According to Gartner, the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow to 26 billion interconnected devices by 2020. This means plenty of unchartered territory for a mobile carrier industry looking to keep up with this growing trend. So, what’s the best way to adapt to the industry-wide changes...

Cellular ‘internet-of-thing’ (IoT) connections will reach 3.5 billion by 2023, from around 0.6 billion million today, with compound annual growth of 30 per cent per year, according to Ericsson, with most take-up in the industrial and automotive markets. In total, Ericsson predicts 19.8 billion...