Category Archives: IoT Building News

Siyata Mobile launches In-Vehicle cellular IoT device with Verizon

  Canada-based firm Siyata Mobile announced the commercial launch of the company’s flagship Push-to Talk LTE Uniden UV350 in-vehicle cellular IoT device in partnership with Verizon. The UV350 provides its enterprise customers with a dedicated in-vehicle Push-to-Talk (PTT) cellular solution built for the specific requirements of commercial vehicles. Features such as in-cabin noise cancellation, increased cellular signal coverage, sound…

Nokia deploys private LTE in underground NORCAT mine in Canada

Nokia has installed a private LTE network in an underground mine belonging to NORCAT in Ontario, in Canada. The work has been carried out with Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN). NORCAT is a technology and innovation centre headquartered in Sudbury, in Ontario. It provides health and safety training for the mining…

Stockholm recruits Itron to manage smart-city streetlighting

The city of Stockholm in Sweden is to deploy a software platform from Itron to manage its streetlights, according to the US-based industrial networking company. Itron has signed a contract with Stockholm to deploy its Streetlight.Vision (SLV) platform. SLV delivers asset management, analytics and control capabilities. It is being used by around 500 communities to…

IoT connections to reach almost 25 billion globally by 2025: GSMA

  IoT connections will reach almost 25 billion globally by 2025, up from 12 billion in 2019, according to a new report by the GSMA. “The business case for IoT is shifting from just connecting devices to addressing specific problems or needs with solutions to collect, process and integrate data from multiple sources, which can…

Industry 4.0 at tipping point for telcos – the story that would have been told (but for coronavirus)

Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona in February is the major venue and the key date for the telecoms industry. Yes, the cards have been dealt, but the show works as a useful barometer of its high mood. It kick-starts the season, effectively, after the new-year lull.  This has been particularly notable as the promise…

Sunderland preps vendor-tender for UK’s first city-owned neutral host 5G network

The city of Sunderland in the UK is looking to establish a ‘strategic consortium’ and procure a “strategic delivery partner” to establish the country’s first city-owned ‘neutral host’ network for 5G and fibre. It wants to lease space on the network to mobile operators and develop its own smart city services.  The city council has…

Huawei heads new IIC testbed on critical and non-critical LTE for metro trains

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has announced a new testbed to show the feasibility of adapting LTE for the urban rail sector. The new project is being led by Huawei, alongside the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). The testbed will evaluate usage of LTE to support communications in metro systems, carrying multiple…

T-Systems bundles Senet’s LoRaWAN airtime and support for US enterprises

The US arm of T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom’s digital services division, is bundling LoRaWAN connectivity plans and hardware offers from US-based Senet with its own IoT platform. Senet said it had struck a deal for T-Systems to resell its network connectivity plans and IoT solutions with the German firm’s Cloud of Things IoT platform for application…