In the coming years, internet of things (IoT) infrastructure will become unmanageable and impossible to secure effectively, with attackers discovering a growing number of abandoned, network-connected devices and subsequently compromising them. Organizations will find themselves unable to patch, update and operate a range of IoT devices that will be phased out of production by manufacturers…
Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric Corporation‘s Nagoya Works facility in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture has begun a demonstration test of a local 5G system, the company said in a release. Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has allowed the company to test this local 5G system in a limited area and operating with a…
Telekom Slovenije is to build a 5G test network at the Port of Koper (Luka Koper) in Slovenia as a platform for new automation and intelligence tools to bring greater efficiency to port and shipping operations. The European Union (EU) backed project, which goes under the title 5G-LOGINNOV, covers installation of various devices, sensors, analytics…
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will accelerate rollout and takeup of narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), which is building a head of steam already. NB-IoT passed 100 million connections in January on the back of a continuing surge in China, according to the GSMA, and is on track to catch LTE-M as the dominant IoT-dedicated cellular standard by…
Peachtree Corners in Georgia in the US has launched a fleet of remote controlled electric scooters that can be delivered to customers and returned to parking spots by tele-operators – working from an office in Mexico City. These twin challenges – to locate scooters for usage, and return them for safe parking, charging and cleaning…
In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Hendrik Witt, chief executive at enterprise AR solution provider Ubimax, to discuss the opportunities and challenges with AR in the industrial space. Here is the interview, in full; the new report – Industrial AR, and the rise of the workers…
The University of California, Berkeley and NTT announced a partnership to carry out a connected campus pilot project. The initiative will leverage technology to transform the UC Berkeley Parking and Transportation Department by analyzing patterns, easing traffic congestion and increasing pedestrian safety in the Bancroft Way area of campus. The pilot will incorporate NTT’s…
Telekom Slovenia (Telekom Slovenije) has hailed the rollout of its 5G-connected smart factory in Slovenia, deployed with local industrial networking provider Iskratel, claiming it is making rapid headway to define its 5G-geared Industry 4.0 proposition for the wider market. The state-owned network operator is following the Deutsche Telekom model with so-called ‘campus networks’ for industrial…
AI-based models facilitate a transition to automated operations using machine vision data Underpinning the grand vision of a more efficient, productive, sustainable Industry 4.0 is the ability to use sensors of all types to collect information from the physical world. This sensor data can be fed into software powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning…
In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Justin Paul, director of marketing at Zeetta Networks, to discuss the challenges with AR (and VR) setups in the industrial space, as well as Zeetta Networks’ involvement in the UK’s 5G-ENCODE project. Here is the interview, in full; the new…
