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Internet of Things (IoT)

• March 31, 2023 31 Mar'23

  Parliamentary committee maintains criticism of UK space comms strategy

  Even as satellite broadband industry rockets, report from Commons Science and Technology Committee criticises continued failures in key technical areas

• March 30, 2023 30 Mar'23

  Connected drivers gain most from V2X with prior knowledge of capabilities

  Study reveals attitudes towards common traffic issues and complications, and a number of potential benefits of vehicle-to-everything technology

• March 29, 2023 29 Mar'23

  Faroese Telecom, Ericsson set European 5G mmWave downlink speed record

  Telco serving self-governing North Atlantic Ocean archipelago reveals details of 5G mmWave text aggregating 800MHz of 5G mmWave spectrum in n258 and 40 MHz of 4G FDD spectrum to achieve downlink speed of 5.9Gbps and upload speed of 1.6Gbps

• March 28, 2023 28 Mar'23

  Kore looks to build first IoT hyperscaler status with Twilio IoT acquisition

  Global provider in IoT connectivity-as-a-service acquires customer engagement platform firm’s IoT business unit

• March 27, 2023 27 Mar'23

  Brent hails open access era for West London telecoms

  Leading telecoms infrastructure provider announces long-term agreement with London council as part of bid to ensure improvements in mobile coverage and capacity across the borough

• March 24, 2023 24 Mar'23

  5G drives connected car surge

  Study predicts total number of car connections will soar from 279 million in 2022 to 829 million in 2030 as 5G connectivity adds more value because of additional applications it will enable, especially under the banner of C-V2X

• March 22, 2023 22 Mar'23

  Goggo Network and Oxbotica team to bring autonomous deliveries to Europe

  Autonomous vehicles logistics firm to introduce autonomous vehicle software developer’s operating system in its fleet of on-road autonomous electric vehicles across Europe

• March 21, 2023 21 Mar'23

  Riedel Networks, Kalaam collaborate to connect motorsports

  Digital services firm teams with international customised network provider to support real-time data transfer and broadcasting for one of the most active and data-driven sports in the world

• March 21, 2023 21 Mar'23

  BT gets on Wavelength to bring 5G, cloud to mobile businesses

  Long-term, multi-million-pound investment gives leading UK telco’s business customers access to edge computing services, combining EE mobile network’s 5G and 4G network infrastructure with cloud services from Amazon Web Services

• March 16, 2023 16 Mar'23

  mu Space to distribute OneWeb capacity in mainland Southeast Asia

  Multimillion, multiyear deal to provide satellite services in Asia, including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia, with LEO technology to connect those in the remotest parts of the region

• March 15, 2023 15 Mar'23

  Qualcomm aims to become one-stop shop for IoT development

  Mobile technology giant announces intention to become dedicated destination for developers across the IoT space

• March 14, 2023 14 Mar'23

  UK regulator gives green light to 5G mmWave development

  Amid concerns by potential service providers and technology firms that the UK is in danger of falling behind other countries in enabling next-gen mobile services, Ofcom opens up over 6GHz of mmWave radio spectrum for mobile technology

• March 13, 2023 13 Mar'23

  8x8 aims to transform XCaaS customer engagement with AI

  Cloud comms platform provider claims revolutionary AI-driven enhancements to core XCaaS platform, including a platform-wide integration with OpenAI

• March 09, 2023 09 Mar'23

  Nokia lands African deals for iSIM, AVA software for Egypt smart city

  Comms tech provider announces African deployments as Airtel plans to roll out iSIM secure connect technology in several countries while it also joins partnership to enable smart city dwellers in Egypt to use the internet to order, activate and pay ...

• March 09, 2023 09 Mar'23

  Eutelsat, Intelsat and SES, CFE ink multi-orbit contracts enhancing satellite connectivity

  Leading satellite operators add multi-orbit assets providing connectivity service for air, land and sea customers where demand is booming, and SES collaboration accelerates Mexican Government’s ‘internet for all’ initiative

• March 09, 2023 09 Mar'23

  Orange signs agreement with OneWeb to enhance and expand global connectivity

  Telco Orange partners with satellite operator OneWeb to improve and expand connectivity, particularly in rural and remote areas across Europe, Latin America and Africa, and enhance business offering with broadband and low latency solutions

• March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

  APAC IT leaders bullish on tech spending

  Over half of respondents in this year’s IT Priorities study have bigger IT budgets as they continue to make strategic investments in cyber security, cloud and automation, among other areas

• March 06, 2023 06 Mar'23

  MWC 2023: Dryad, Vodafone team to bring wildfire detection technology to Spain

  Berlin-based environmental IoT startup teams with leading operator to bring its wireless environmental sensor network to Spain, supporting the ‘ultra-early’ detection of wildfires across the country

• March 02, 2023 02 Mar'23

  MWC 2023: IBM and Nokia strike private 5G partnership

  Comms tech provider and IT giant become latest to address growing sector so that enterprises can benefit from secure, customised connectivity services enabled by a highly available 5G cloud network

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  MWC 23: Beacon Wi-Fi 6E gateway shines for Nokia

  Addressing the widespread roll-out of gigabit fibre powered by XGS-PON, comms tech provider unveils its first gateway supporting Wi-Fi 6E to provide premium, high-performance Wi-Fi in the home using high-capacity mesh networking.

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  MWC 2023: HPE boosts enterprise wireless offer with Athonet acquisition

  Acquisition aims to strengthen global edge-to-cloud company’s private networking capabilities to help enterprise customers accelerate 5G deployments and telco customers drive new revenue streams

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  MWC 2023: ICT infrastructure investment to drive Industry 4.0

  Study reveals how digital economy will account for more than half of global GDP by end of 2023 and how growth of 5G and intergenerational evolution of connectivity technology will increase global economic benefits by approximately 15%

• February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

  How APAC organisations can harness the power of IoT

  In a panel discussion moderated by Computer Weekly, industry experts from across Asia-Pacific discussed the use cases, challenges and future developments in the internet of things

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  Nokia bolsters mission-critical industrial edge capabilities

  Comms tech provider bolsters MX Industrial Edge to support the increasing processing needs of Industry 4.0, and unlock future business-critical AI and machine learning OT use cases

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  Orange and Vodafone work together to develop Open RAN sharing in rural Europe

  Open comms technology is being tested in Romania to provide real-life experience of operational model based on integration of multi-supplier hardware and software, paving the way for wider-scale deployments

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  UK HSE to launch regulatory sandbox for industrial safety tech

  The sandbox will see the regulator work with industry and tech startups to accelerate the development and adoption of a range of safety-related technologies, with a particular emphasis on data and analytics

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  Singtel eyes retailers with enterprise 5G offerings

  Singtel teams up with Apple’s enterprise solution partners to drive 5G adoption among retailers with industry-specific offerings aimed at improving retail operations and customer experience

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  Qualcomm intros platform to simplify, accelerate IoT across multiple industries

  Digital transformation platform combines edge and cloud technologies, coupled with API-first architecture and developer-friendly tools to simplify and scale the digital transformation

• February 20, 2023 20 Feb'23

  ServCity accelerates urban autonomous vehicle development

  Autonomous driving consortium creates blueprint for utilisation of city infrastructure

• February 17, 2023 17 Feb'23

  BT launches IoT national roaming network

  UK’s leading telco switches on dedicated internet of things frameworks for businesses across the UK, allowing them to keep smart devices connected wherever they are, using both its own EE network and those of other MNOs, where required

• February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

  Akamai eyes cloud market with Connected Cloud

  Akamai marks foray into cloud computing with a distributed cloud computing platform that is touted to make it easier for enterprises to get applications and data closer to their customers

• February 13, 2023 13 Feb'23

  Ericsson boosts indoor 5G capacity, precise location services

  Comms tech provider introduces suite of indoor hardware and software to make indoor 5G easier for enterprises with precise-location software that enables enterprise use cases such as asset tracking and tool positioning

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  SPTel launches Singapore’s first LoRaWAN network

  The LoRaWAN network and its solar-powered gateways will alleviate the need for businesses and IoT service providers to build their own network to hook up sensor devices

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  Cisco looks to Full-Stack Observability Platform to address demands of experience economy

  Experience is everything in the new world of work, as organisations disrupt their own business to get a full view on how networks ensure operations will be more important

• February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

  Cisco unveils toolkit for greater network visibility and control

  Tech giant introduces cloud services in Operations Dashboard to increase industrial asset visibility and provide industrial IoT customers with path to cloud automation for Operational Technology

• February 06, 2023 06 Feb'23

  Operator 5G revenue to 2027 to soar while 6G development emerges

  Research reveals hot streak for fifth-generation mobile communications, with revenues from networks set to double over the next four years, and identifies work needed to make sixth-generation a viable prospect

• February 06, 2023 06 Feb'23

  How artificial intelligence is playing a role in insect farming

  An AI engine developed by Singapore startup EntoVerse is helping cricket farmers improve yield by optimising environmental and other conditions

• February 03, 2023 03 Feb'23

  World's first self-driving bus gets in gear through UK government, industry funding

  UK government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Connected and Automated Mobility programme reveals funding for commercial self-driving passenger and freight services projects including self-driving bus service and autonomous taxis

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  Reaping green dividends with data management

  Getting data management right has been pivotal for Singapore IoT startup SensorFlow to optimise energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions for its hotelier clients

• January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

  Chinese IoT suppliers expose UK businesses to espionage and data theft

  Chinese companies supplying network components, known as IoT modules, post a greater long-term threat to UK security than the now banned 5G supplier Huawei, according to a study by a Chinese expert and former diplomat

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  Sateliot collaborates with Sensefinity for at-sea satellite 5G IoT

  Leading IoT provider for asset tracking teams with owner of low-Earth orbit nanosatellites constellation under 5G protocol to support at-sea connectivity

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Yorkshire Water taps Connexin for smart water delivery framework

  Leading north of England water provider reveals partners for its advanced customer metering programme to reduce leakage, improve services and help customers save money on their bills

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Benelux CIO interview: Richard Ventre, SHV Holdings

  In his role at Netherlands-based SHV Holdings, Richard Ventre is tackling the challenge of enabling a diverse set of digital transformations across a range of industries

• January 16, 2023 16 Jan'23

  SES and Du boost 5G enterprise comms with first satellite backhaul network

  Pervasive connectivity delivered via satellite accommodates Middle East telco’s 5G backhaul requirements over remote areas across the region

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  AWS opens first Australian Local Zone in Perth

  AWS’s first Local Zone in Australia will bring low-latency performance to companies such as Woodside Energy and Nearmaps

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  eSIM market to be worth over $4bn globally by end of 2023

  2023 set to be the year of embedded subscriber identity module as Google and Samsung look likely to emulate rival Apple, leading to a drastic increase in the number of smartphones with eSIM connectivity

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Juniper Networks and NEC charge up Wi-Fi user experience for Powerco

  Leading global IT and network transformation services provider and AI-driven networks selected by leading New Zealand gas and electricity distributor to design and deploy new Wi-Fi network infrastructure across nationwide sites

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  ‘Anomaly’ sees first UK space mission fail to reach orbit

  Despite optimism surrounding historic first attempt to launch satellites from UK, mission reaches space but falls short of reaching target orbit

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Launch window opens for UK’s first orbital mission

  All systems go for first space mission in UK as project partners announce the official opening of the Start Me Up launch window

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  Qualcomm enters space race with Snapdragon Satellite

  Mobile platform giant teams with satellite operator to claim world’s first satellite-based service, providing global coverage from pole to pole