Irish postal company and fleet operator An Post Mails & Parcels (An Post) has contracted Irish Sigfox operator VT Networks to equip and monitor “several thousand” roll cages and containers for parcel processing and distribution. The state-owned logistics firm said the move, to embrace connected IoT tracking, is part of its transformation strategy, to go…
US-based industrial networking company Itron has signed with local electricity provider Borås Elnät in Sweden to swap-in 46,000 smart electric meters and layer-in sensors and analytics across its grid infrastructure. Borås Elnät operates in the city of Borås in Västra Götaland County, in Sweden. Itron will handle project management and implementation for the industrial IoT…
California-based industrial AI developer Foghorn has closed $25 million in a series C round of funding, led by LS Corp, part of $25 billion South Korean industrial conglomerate LS Group. It said the new funds will accelerate growth among industrialists seeking digital change in East Asia, in particular. Forte Ventures also joined the round, along…
Amsterdam-based LoRaWAN group The Things Network (TTN) has instructed the IoT community at large to draw strength, as a collective working with open technologies, from its apparent weaknesses as a “vulnerable” loose-knit faction locked in innovation projects. Wienke Giezeman, co-founder and chief executive at TTN, said IoT connectivity – along with IoT sensors and IoT…
Amsterdam-based LoRaWAN group The Things Network (TTN) has instructed the IoT community at large to draw strength, as a collective working with open technologies, from its apparent weaknesses as a “vulnerable” loose-knit faction locked in innovation projects. Wienke Giezeman, co-founder and chief executive at TTN, said IoT connectivity – along with IoT sensors and IoT…
A band of research organizations and industrial companies have formed the MIOTY Alliance to promote telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB), commercialized as MIOTY, as an alternative low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology to the likes of LoRaWAN and NB-IoT in the industrial IoT and smart cities markets. MIOTY (a portmanteau of MY IOT) uses the recent TS-UNB specification from…
Germany industrialist Bosch has set out a ‘code of ethics’ around the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) in its connected products, which says humans should be the arbiter of any AI-based decisions. The firm has issued a set of guidelines, a number of ‘red lines’, which make clear AI decisions “that affect people” will not…
Verizon and Emory Healthcare have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test 5G use cases that could transform the healthcare industry, the U.S. carrier said in a release. As part of the partnership, Verizon lit up the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) with its 5G Ultra Wideband service. The carrier claimed that…
IoT infrastructure provider LORIOT has partnered with local networking and security system integrator Layer3 to deploy LoRaWAN in Nigeria for smart city and smart building solutions. Layer3’s cloud infrastructure will allow private and public sector organizations to access and maintain control of the data generated by their IoT networks, it said. Shatse Kakwagh, the company’s…
German company Bosch has consolidated its activities centered on the Internet of Things (IoT) into a new subsidiary. With some 900 associates, Bosch.IO covers a wide range of IoT services including consulting, implementation and operation. “With Bosch.IO, we are strengthening our position as a leading IoT company,” said Bosch Board of Management member Michael…
