Press Releases

BlueX licenses CEVA Bluetooth low energy IP for ultra-low power BX2400 wearable system on chip

CEVA, Inc., a licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors for smarter, connected devices, reports that BlueX Microelectronics, Hefei Co., Ltd. (BlueX) has licensed and deployed CEVA’s RivieraWaves Bluetooth low energy technology in its new BX2400 Bluetooth 5 compliant wireless integrated circuit (IC). (more…)

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June 29, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Philip von Senden new as managing director of Robycam Germany GmbH

Philip von Senden will lead the newly founded Robycam Germany GmbH as managing director. Together with joint managing director Stefan Breder, von Senden will establish the new company in the market. Robycam Germany GmbH manages all rental and sales of Robycam cable camera systems. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Strategic alliance offers powerful wireless infrastructure solutions for smart buildings

Belden Inc., a global provider of signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, and JMA Wireless, a provider of wireless communication solutions, have signed a strategic alliance. This aims to deliver complete smart building solutions. (more…)

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June 27, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

People Power awarded US$4.5mn grant from USA’s National Institute on Aging for caregiver study with UC Berkeley

People Power, Internet of Things (IoT) software company providing white-label IoT solutions for energy, security and care services, has received first year funding of a research grant expected to total US$4.5 million (€3.86 million) over three years. (more…)

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New waveform for 5G Low Power Wide Area networks in the IoT shown by Leti

Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, reports that field trials of its new Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technology, a waveform tailored for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, showed significant performance gains in coverage, data-rate flexibility and power consumption compared to leading LPWA technologies. (more…)

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Smart city, smart energy and IoT leaders team up to unlock markets with launch of uCIFI Alliance

An international alliance of market leaders from across the smart city, smart energy and IoT network sectors joined cities and utilities in announcing they will develop an open source, multi-transport wireless networking technology and data model that will unlock these markets by eliminating the dependency on proprietary solutions. (more…)

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Vasona Networks and F5 partner to scale virtual mobile edge computing deployments

Vasona Networks, Inc, which provides mobile edge solutions for better user experiences and network capital efficiency, announced a partnership effort with F5, which makes apps go faster, smarter and safer for the world’s service providers. The companies will work together to power virtual multi-access edge computing (MEC) deployments for mobile operators at scale. (more…)

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IEEE adopts OpenFog reference architecture as standard for fog computing in IoT, AI and 5G

The OpenFog Consortium’s OpenFog Reference Architecture for fog computing has been adopted as an official standard by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA). The new standard, known as IEEE 1934™, relies on the reference architecture as a universal technical framework that enables the data-intensive requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. (more…)

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Voice assistants used in smart homes to grow 1,000%, reaching 275mn by 2023, says Juniper Research

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the adoption of voice assistants such as Alexa and Google Assistant will be a key factor behind smart home growth, with 275 million voice assistant devices used to control smart homes by 2023. This is up from an estimated 25 million in 2018, a growth of 1,000%. (more…)

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June 26, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is certified for Intel NUC to ease IoT device development and deployment

Canonical and Intel® are have announced that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is now certified on selected Intel® NUC Mini PCs and boards. This partnership will aid device manufacturer’s and their developers to a smoother path to the development and deployment of IoT devices. (more…)

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June 25, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde