The trouble with co-creation in industrial IoT – why cities and telcos are dragging their heels on digital change
All this talk about a (industrial) revolution, and sometimes stuff gets left out. Scratching around for news last week, looking through half-written pieces from last year, this jumped out; about …
Cellnex, Everynet ink deal to rollout IoT networks in Italy, UK and Ireland
Telecommunications infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom and IoT connectivity company Everynet have put together a deal to jointly promote the roll out of new internet of things networks in Italy, …
Nokia, Optus to provide IoT solutions to Australian industry customers
Australian operator Optus has selected Nokia’s IMPACT IoT platform to provide device management and data collection capabilities to customers in multiple industry segments in Australia, Nokia said in a …
Landis+Gyr and Vodafone embed global IoT connectivity into meters and grid assets
Swiss energy management company Landis+Gyr has signed with UK-based Vodafone to connect smart meters and smart grid applications to 400-odd mobile networks in 180 countries using Vodafone’s network and roaming …
Aveva to buy OSIsoft for $5bn to service ‘largest digital-change projects in history’
UK based software company Aveva, majority owned by France based automation specialist Schneider Electric, has struck a deal to acquire US data management outfit OSIsoft for $5 billion. OSIsoft is …
Energy sector urged to get behind LTE – first with carriers, then with licences
The energy industry should consider the LTE family of cellular technologies, including NB-IoT, LTE-M, and 4G and 5G, to spur their longer-term Industry 4.0 ambitions, according to analyst house Guidehouse …
Nokia signs with LS Electric to supply IoT analytics to Korean utility market
South Korea based electric power equipment company LS Electric has signed up Finnish vendor Nokia to supply an analytics-based asset management platform to local power utilities. LS Electric, a division …
Unlocking the benefits of the industrial internet of things (Reader Forum)
The industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) is here to stay. Many heavy industry companies in fields such as engineering, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing are accelerating their adoption of digital transformation …
Puloli taps Qualcomm to expand private standalone NB-IoT offer for critical industry
US-based private NB-IoT network operator Puloli is offering IoT modules based on Qualcomm’s multi-mode 9205 LTE modem to critical industries, as part of its as-a-service industrial networking offer. Last July, …
Demand for LoRaWAN smart water networks rises in COVID-19 crisis, says Senet
Low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT technologies like LoRaWAN are proving their worth as connectivity technologies for smart water preservation and management during periods of change and crisis, including in the current …
