Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. It is continued from a previous instalment, which can be found here. The full report, including additional content, is available for download here. The contest is liable to turn into a scuffle at any moment,…
Enterprise IoT adoption progressing but challenges remain SAN FRANCISCO–As enterprises of all stripes look to cut costs, automate processes, increase efficiency and agility and otherwise successfully make good use of their data, adoption of internet of things technologies has markedly accelerated in the past year, according to Lakshmi Mandyam, vice president of product management for…
EDMI, owned by Osaki Electric Company in Japan, has major smart metering deals with water, gas, and electric utilities in Asia and Europe. The Singapore-based company makes IoT modules for utilities, to provide the management platform for smart meter devices, connectivity, and data. EDMI struck a deal with UK-based chip design and IoT company Arm…
Cloud native communications software specialist Metaswitch announced that Cubic Telecom, a connectivity management software provider for the automotive and IoT industries, has selected Metaswitch’s VoLTE solution to provide automotive enterprises with geo-redundant solutions for intelligent connected cars. This new agreement allows Cubic’s connected car solution to support new technologies as 3G voice services are transitioned out, the…
Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have announced a strategic partnership to jointly serve industrial enterprise customers with campus networks. The German carrier said that the new solution will support diverse use cases on manufacturing shop floors, or at logistic centers, airports and harbors. A campus network is a mobile network for a defined area and for…
1 | THE SHOP Supermarket chain Tesco has used IoT sensors to monitor bins in Slovakia, where it operates 150 stores, and employ over 9,000 people. It has worked with waste management specialist Sensoneo to deploy sensors in eight 1,100-litre garbage bins at its stores in Myjava and Zlate Moravce. The contents of these bins…
Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. It is continued from a previous instalment, which can be found here. The full report, including additional content, is available for download here. Let’s take another look at the numbers, as a way further into…
Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. It is continued from a previous instalment, which can be found here. The full report, including additional content, is available for download here. A billion, by 2023? ABI has Sigfox down for 431 million by…
China is currently testing self-driving and connected vehicles in a mountain highway in eastern Shandong province, South China Morning Post reported. The local Qilu Transportation Development Group earmarked a 26-kilometer-long highway for autonomous driving and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, in cooperation with partners including Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies and China Mobile, one of the country’s largest mobile…
A new smart farming initiative in Brazil, called ConectarAGRO, is seeking to make use of LTE and 5G connectivity, as well as satellite and microwave technologies, to enable 500,000 farms to connect machinery, deploy robots and sensors, and engage precision mapping. US agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO Corporation is involved in the project, alongside the Brazilian…
