Zigbee claims record sales with surge in lighting, meters and climate control
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAnnual shipments of Zigbee chipsets will reach one billion by 2023, mostly in smart home sensors, accounting for 85 per cent of IEEE 802.15.4 mesh network devices. Half a billion …
Top IoT protocols
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailYou could, perhaps, be forgiven for characterizing the situation with IoT protocols as semi-chaotic, with competing systems jostling for market share. In a way, it’s reminiscent of the Fieldbus wars, …
Qualcomm enhances Wi-Fi mesh networking platform
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailWi-Fi routers have the potential to become smart home hubs, but they will need to manage more than just Wi-Fi. Next generation routers that use Qualcomm silicon and software will …
All about the European Commission’s new 5G action plan
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe European Commission has proposed a new 5G action plan aiming to ensure 5G is fully deployed across the European Union by 2025. On the occasion of European Commission (EC) president …
Smart cities key to reaching sustainable development goals
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailBy signing the “Montevideo Declaration”, policy makers from around the world made smart cities a core element in reaching the U.N.’s sustainable development goals. With 70 percent of the world …
Interoperability standards are key to smart cities
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailConnecthings CEO: Smart cities can learn lesson from missteps of smart home market Can you believe that next year marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the first iPhone? …
ZTE completes tests of key 5G wireless technologies
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAs part of China’s official 5G testing, ZTE has completed tests of a number of key 5G wireless technologies. While a 5G standard has yet to be fully specified, a …
Solutions to creating indoor positioning systems
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailWhat are indoor positioning systems? Indoor positioning systems (IPS) are the indoor equivalent of what GPS offers outdoors: visibility. They are able to locate people and objects inside buildings, usually using …
What is Zigbee and where does it fit into the IoT?
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailWhat is ZigBee? ZigBee is a low-power wireless local area network (WLAN) specification that was designed to provide small amounts of data using very little power, with most connected devices …
Funding, business case top IIoT adoption challenges
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailFunding and identifying the right business case are the top challenges to IIoT adoption. IIoT understanding is however growing fast. Awareness of industrial IoT (IIoT) has been improving fast, with …
