AT&T strikes deal with Toyota, walks the line on crunch C-V2X / DSRC debate
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAT&T has slipped out a minor announcement about LTE connectivity on latest-model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks in the US, starting from the fall, just as the technology and …
Vodafone simultaneously launches NB-IoT and LTE-M networks in New Zealand
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe carrier said it already operates 1.6 million IoT connections in New Zealand Vodafone New Zealand has launched its NB-IoT and LTE-M networks in the country, which will allow users …
Vodafone claims European ‘firsts’ in live tests of cellular for cars and drones
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone has completed the first live tests in Europe of a full cellular system for both short and long-range vehicular communications, as well as for monitoring and managing multiple unmanned …
Failure to back C-V2X will cost Europe, warn Vodafone, Ericsson and BMW
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone, Ericsson, and BMW have warned the European Commission (EC) its current stance on vehicular communications, which precludes 5G technologies in favour of a single purpose Wi-Fi variant, will throw …
Vodafone announces NB-IoT network expansions in Spain, Germany
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The U.K-based telecom group recently announced plans to double the size of its NB-IoT footprint in Europe by end-2019 Vodafone Spain said that its national narrowband internet of …
Vodafone implements NB-IoT to develop smart vineyards in Spain
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Vodafone will use its new “Sensing4Farming” platform for the NB-IoT project with Bodegas Emilio Toro Vodafone has signed an agreement with Spanish wine producer Bodegas Emilio Moro to …
Vodafone to double the size of its European NB-IoT network
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Vodafone announced plans to deploy new infrastructure in the U.K., Romania and Hungary Vodafone has confirmed plans to double the number of European sites in its narrowband Internet …
Sprint, Vodafone call on Arm to embed and secure IoT connectivity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOperators Sprint and Vodafone have backed Arm’s integrated SIM (iSIM) technology to help the internet-of-things (IoT) market reach scale. Sprint confirmed it is working with fellow Softbank companies Arm and …
European cellular IoT market to grow 384% by 2023, but telcos warned of LoRa, Sigfox
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe European market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, from 86 million at the end of 2017, according to ABI Research. This growth, …
AT&T among 15 operators to commit to GSMA’s IoT security guidelines
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMobile operators from every region have backed the GSMA’s new IoT security guidelines. AT&T is the only US operator so far to have committed to the GSMA measures; it is …
