Amazon joins Zigbee board to push open standards in smart home, smart city
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmazon is to take a seat on the Zigbee Alliance board of directors. The Zigbee Alliance said the decision shows the IoT market is convening around its technology as a …
Zigbee claims record sales with surge in lighting, meters and climate control
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAnnual 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailYou 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWi-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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBy 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailConnecthings 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAs 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhat 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?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhat 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 …
