BROWSING: sensors
Five easy pieces – how to get a tune out of Industry 4.0
This is not a definitive guide; this is not an exact science. But the logic is plain – to present a sensible way to think about devising an Industry 4.0 system that hits the mark. Because, when novel technology is brought to market by...
5G-Advanced to improve performance aspects of 5G: SoftBank
The SoftBank executive noted that he expects 5G-Advanced technology to gradually be implemented into commercial network equipment after 2025
The main features of future 5G-Advanced networks are expected to include further improvements in the fundamental performance aspects of 5G, such as coverage, capacity and mobility,...
The future of IoT-based security to protect lives (Reader Forum)
Property crime is the most common type of criminality in the U.S. There are 2.5 million burglaries annually in the U.S., 66% of which are home invasions, while the other 34% affect small businesses. Yet only 25% of Americans have a home security system...
Quickening scale with LoRaLAN, says LoRaWAN stalwart – TTI passes million mark
IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona is not just about cellular, of course. But its proximity in the calendar, as January turns to February, to the city’s big MWC monster-mash at the end of the month – and the closer alignment of their...
Well, technically… ‘thing’ is an intentionally vague term: RAIN RFID Alliance’s Aileen Ryan (Ep. 85)
The RAIN RFID Alliance's newly appointed President Aileen Ryan shares advice for woman looking to advance their careers and also the growing role of RAIN RFID technology in an increasingly connected world.
Sony preps “first” LTE-M/NB-IoT chipset – as “most advanced” cellular IoT solution
Sony Semiconductor Israel has introduced a new dual-band low-power cellular IoT chipset solution which it claims is the “first” to combine the both LTE-M and NB-IoT in a single integrated modem. The new ALT1350 chipset also supports satellite (non-terrestrial; NTN) connectivity, plus cellular, satellite-GNSS,...
Actility, Milesight partner to facilitate LoRaWAN deployments
Actility noted that Milesight LoRaWAN gateways are ideal for interconnecting and relaying messages between various sensors and the network server efficiently and reliably
Chinese IoT solutions provider Milesight has signed a strategic partnership with French firm Actility, a provider of IoT connectivity solutions, with the...
Europe on fire – an €8.5bn problem with a €900k solution (the case for IoT in wildfires)
Some of the most interesting IoT use cases on the conference circuit in the past months have been about wildfire monitoring. Through the heat of summer, as parts of Europe burned, smart people from clever companies took to the stage at various events to...
NNNCo launches IoT network in Australia’s Gold Coast City
NNNCo said that the new IoT network has the capacity to support more than 600,000 IoT sensors
Australian IoT operator National Narrowband Network Co. has launched its IoT network for the business community of the city of Gold Coast, the company said in a release.
The...
Frankfurt Airport appoints NTT to deliver “Europe’s largest private 5G network”
Frankfurt-based airport operator Fraport, which operates Frankfurt Airport in Germany, has commissioned IT service provider NTT to build the “Europe’s largest private 5G campus network” (so-far announced), it has said. Work on the project will begin in the third quarter, with network tests in...
IoT spending in Asia-Pacific to reach $436 billion in 2026: IDC
According to IDC, China will represent 60% of the regional IoT spending in 2022
IoT spending in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is forecasted to reach $436 billion in 2026, growing at a CAGR of 11.8% during the 2021-2026 period, according to a new report by...
Telit opens its new global headquarters in California
Telit said that the new Irvine office will also serve key projects and customers in the region
Global IoT specialist Telit announced the opening of its new global corporate headquarters in Southern California.
The new office is located in the City of Irvine, in Orange County’s technology...
Ericsson, BT ink deal to provide private 5G networks in the UK
Private networks enable new applications and IoT capabilities such as asset tracking, predictive maintenance and connected sensors
BT and Ericsson announced a new partnership to provide commercial 5G private networks for the UK market, the latter said in a release.
The two companies have signed a...
General Motors deploys Cisco wireless backhaul technology for vehicle testing
The Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul for vehicle-to-trackside connectivity enables General Motors engineers to capture data from vehicle sensors in real time
General Motors is the first auto manufacturer to deploy Cisco wireless backhaul technology for real-time, high-speed performance testing of pre-production vehicles. Deployed at...
SAS helps improve vaccine cold chain integrity with IoT analytics
The NC Collaboratory turned to SAS Analytics for IoT and Microsoft Azure for this project
The North Carolina Collaboratory and analytics specialist SAS are using IoT analytics and sensor data from vaccine storage freezers to strengthen cold chain integrity and improve dosage delivery, particularly to...
Utilities are starting to benefit from initial 5G use cases: Telit
The Telit executive said that artificial intelligence can transform utilities customer engagement as well as their operations
Companies operating in the utility sector are starting to see the benefits of certain initial use cases enabled by 5G technology, Jitender Vohra, director of carrier relations at...
SoftBank Robotics partners with UnaBiz to integrate IoT sensors, robotics
This alliance is part of SoftBank Robotics’ roadmap to implement an IoT system onto a unified smart facility management platform
SoftBank Robotics Group (SBRG) has announced a partnership with IoT provider UnaBiz, with the aim of integrating IoT sensors and robotics in building management and...
Smart buildings to reach 115 million in 2026: Juniper Research
Juniper Research found that the global shipments of sensors used in smart buildings will exceed 1 billion annually in 2026
The number of buildings globally deploying smart building technologies will reach 115 million in 2026, an increase from 45 million in 2022, according to a...
AWS collaborates with ARC to support the ‘Internet of Battlefield Things’
ARC said the partnership aims to help shape the future of ground warfare with weapons sensing and other technologies
Armaments Research Company (ARC) announced a collaboration with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Federal Small Business Team with the aim of helping shape the future of...
LoRaWAN, que je t’aime – Orange reaffirms LoRa affair, keeps the WAN in LoRaWAN
Mobile operator Orange has reaffirmed its support for LoRaWAN in France “until at least 2027”, committing to maintain the non-cellular technology as a terrestrial IoT network with nationwide coverage in the country of its birth – even as cellular 5G expands as an IoT...
US Ignite wins contract to deploy IoT sensor network for US military base
US Ignite said that the advanced IoT network will enable base leadership to monitor conditions and collect data in real time
US Ignite has secured a $3.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Engineer and Development Center (ERDC) to design and deploy an Internet of...
Ericsson, Airtel deploy NB-IoT sensors to monitor air pollution in India
Ericsson had previously deployed similar NB-IoT sensors for air pollution measurement in Delhi
Ericsson, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) and Bharti Airtel have collaborated with the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) to deploy NB-IoT sensors in the city of Jaipur with the aim...
Vodafone Business launches MyFarmWeb service in Europe
Vodafone Business takes on precision agriculture
Vodafone Business announced that it piloting a new service that could accelerate the digitization of farming across Europe by providing farmers with a mobile app linked to agricultural IoT sensors.
Five European pilot farms in Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain...
Amazon intros LoRa bridge device to move Sidewalk from smart homes to smart cities
We are a little slow off the mark with this one, but there was a notable missive last week from Amazon about IoT network-building in the US, as the firm announced a new LoRa bridge device, by its own smart-home security subsidiary Ring, to...