Press Releases

ZTE and velcom jointly announce Belarus’ first NB-IoT commercial deployment

ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, and velcom, a branch of A1 Telekom Austria Group, jointly announced the deployment of the first scaled commercial Narrowband IoT(NB-IoT) network in Belarus. (more…)

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December 27, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

IDC forecasts worldwide spending on digital transformation technologies to reach $1.3tn in 2018

Worldwide spending on digital transformation (DX) technologies (hardware, software, and services) is expected to be nearly $1.3 trillion (€1.09 trillion) in 2018, an increase of 16.8% over the $1.1 trillion (€0.93 trillion) spent in 2017. A new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Digital Transformation Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC) (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Smart audio hardware revenues to exceed $10bn by 2022, as audio brands challenge amazon echo

A new report by Juniper Research found that revenues from smart audio devices like the Amazon Echo and Sonos One will grow from an estimated $2.5 billion (€2.11 billion) in 2017 to over $10 billion (€8.42 billion) by 2022, as more audio brands integrate voice assistants into their devices. (more…)

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December 26, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Preparing for the new EU data laws in the IoT space

Another day, another story of a cyber breach hits the news. Recent reports suggest that Uber was one of the latest victims, with 2.7 million people in the UK being affected by a cyber attack that took place in 2016, says Steven Farmer of Pillsbury Law. (more…)

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France’s NodOn to show range of smart devices for homes at CES 2018 and introduce Bluetooth Mesh

With major partners from the building sector, NodOn® is growing fast with two complete range of smart devices using the well-known technologies Z-Wave® and EnOcean®. This year at CES the company will talk about its innovation spirit and will present the first complete range of Bluetooth® Mesh devices for smart home. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Samsung launches an Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) 1.3 certified system-on-Module

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) 1.3 certification for the Samsung ARTIK™ 05x series of modules, the first system-on-module family to be certified using new OCF standards for trust and connectivity for IoT. (more…)

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December 22, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

ARM System-On-Modules go virtual to spawn rapid IoT realisation

The IoT revolution places the same pressures on electronic design realisation to that conventionally of military embedded systems; where (the reduction of) Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) is the critical driving force behind each new development, says Rory Dear, managing director of DSL. (more…)

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Shipments of cellular M2M terminals to reach 13.7 million by 2022, says Berg Insight

Berg Insight, the M2M/IoT market research provider, released new findings about the market for cellular M2M terminals. About 4.9 million cellular M2M terminals were shipped globally during 2016, an increase of 28.0% from the previous year. (more…)

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December 21, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Clas Ohlson selects PTC FlexPLM retail solution to support it’s growth strategy

PTC announced that Clas Ohlson, a retail company offering a wide range of products and services, will implement PTC’s market-leading FlexPLM® retail solution to manage product development of all product categories and improve collaboration between its offices in Sweden and external suppliers. (more…)

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December 20, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Five key trends lie ahead in retail technology

London-based Detego, a UK software company behind various Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives in fashion retail has unveiled five defining key trends that will earmark the retail technology scene in 2018 and beyond. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde