Press Releases

Velodyne joins Qualcomm smart city accelerator program

Velodyne Lidar, Inc announced it has joined the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program to promote using lidar technology in smart city solutions. (more…)

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December 23, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

New mobile application to help monitor diabetics’ health

Through the 3D immersive online platform “Smart City Taiwan 360”, the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) will showcase the solutions for smart cities developed by Taiwanese companies, as well as Taiwan’s leadership and technological capabilities via Smart City Taiwan 360 . (more…)

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December 22, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Edge computing investment by network operators to hit $8.3 billion by 2025

A new study by Juniper Research has found that network operator spend on MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) will grow from $2.7 billion (€2.22 billion) in 2020, to $8.3 billion (€6.83 billion) in 2025, as operators invest heavily in upgrading network capacities and infrastructure to support the increasing data generated by 5G networks. (more…)

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December 15, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Terbine and Flash Labs partner to bring distributed security to smart cities transactions

Terbine and Flash Labs Corporation U.S. affiliate of Hyundai BS&C announced a strategic partnership to bring blockchain based security to sensor data that moves within and between smart cities. (more…)

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December 10, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Nozomi and Chinook team to deliver OT and IoT security for industrial and critical infrastructure facilities

Nozomi Networks Inc.a specialist in operations technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) security, and Chinook Systems, Inc a provider of building automation and facilities consulting and commissioning services, have partnered to provide advanced cybersecurity solutions. The goal is to protect industrial and critical infrastructure facilities across North America. (more…)

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December 9, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Smart cities: Nothing new under the sun

Check out those images of the city of the future and most of them simply combine New York with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The electric vehicles are a rerun of what happened in 1880, says Dr Peter Harrop, chairman of IDTechEx. (more…)

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December 8, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Cross-Industry survey reveals 79% plan to adopt WBA OpenRoaming

According to a Wireless Broadband Alliance cross-industry survey of service providers, equipment manufacturers and enterprises, almost four out of five (79%) have adopted or plan to adopt the WBA OpenRoaming standard. (more…)

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November 19, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

How IoT can revolutionise parking

The Internet of Things (IoT) is already making a powerful, positive impact on our lives, with its various applications being identified as quickly as the technologies behind it are developed. (more…)

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November 9, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Smart city hardware market may top US$1.7trn, reports IDTechEx

Investors SpaceX, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Baidu, Toyota, Tesla, Hyundai, VW, LG, Apple, and Virgin are involved in smart cities in ways you may not expect. Their involvement spans making complete smart cities from scratch to robot shuttles replacing 10 types of vehicle, vertical take-off taxis, Hyperloop, vertical farming, battery elimination, solar and sensor everything, and structural electronics. (more…)

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November 5, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Partners offer ‘cost-effective cellular’ coverage of IIoT’s last mile

Trilliant, a global provider of revolutionary smart communications solutions in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), smart energy and smart city space, has agreed to partner with 1NCE to deliver low-cost cellular connectivity. This is designed to make last mile connections for low data IIoT and smart meter applications. (more…)

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October 19, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello