Blogs

IoT and environmental sustainability: Helping cities to be greener than ever

The climate crisis is high on the UK’s agenda right now. This follows the country’s recent 2050 net-zero emissions target pledge, various Extinction Rebellion street protests and the UK recording the longest period without burning coal since the Industrial Revolution. (more…)

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September 6, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

New Zealand City of Dunedin selects Telensa to deliver smart street lighting for 15,000 LEDs

Telensa, the provider of connected lighting and smart city data applications, has announced that its smart streetlight system has been selected by Dunedin City Council (DCC) as part of a contract with Broadspectrum to upgrade Dunedin’s streetlighting network. (more…)

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September 5, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Low power IoT service revenues to exceed $2.6bn by 2024, as operators seek new revenue streams

A new study from Juniper Research found that service revenues from low power IoT technologies will exceed $2.6 billion (2.3 billion) by 2024; rising from only $290 million (263 million) in 2019, a growth of 800% over the next 5 years. Low power IoT technologies include low-priced wireless connections that deliver low bandwidth and power saving features suited to asset monitoring. (more…)

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September 4, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

The smart city in a digital world

This is an insightful, informative book that takes a critical, informed look into a technology-driven development from a social sense perspective. It questions the belief that creating smart cities is primarily about applying smart technologies to urban environments. (more…)

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August 29, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

oneM2M hosts IoT workshop in India as the country continues with Smart Cities Mission

As the Government of India continues to deliver on its vision to build Digital India with ambitious programmes such as 100 smart cities, oneM2M, C-DOT, TSDSI and ETSI will bring together key Internet of Things (IoT) actors for a conference at the C-DOT campus, in New Delhi. (more…)

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August 27, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Paris partners with Nodle to track public furniture and urban structures to reduce theft

Nodle.io, an Internet of Things (IoT) and connectivity network provider, is partnering with the City of Paris, France to deploy 3,000 Bluetooth-enabled benches and other urban installations in new Métro stations and parks. (more…)

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August 22, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Take control of your project with COM-CFHB6

Aaeon, an industry provider of embedded computing, announces the COM-CFHB6 Computer-on-Module. Featuring the 8th and 9th Generation Intel Core Processors, it is built to bring flexible computing to any embedded project. (more…)

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August 20, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Adoption of TALQ Smart City protocol widens as nine companies and 10 products certified

The TALQ Consortium certifies 10 smart city products as TALQ compliant. Following a successful plug-fest event in Valencia, Spain, three Central Management Software (CMS) and seven Outdoor Device Networks (ODN) have demonstrated interoperability by implementing the TALQ Version 2. (more…)

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August 13, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Latin America, APEJ, and MEA to sprint in industrial transceiver procurement as global market thrives

With an estimated 6.6% year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth projected for 2019, the industrial transceiver market is likely to be governed by a few peculiar factors closely associated with the demand and revenue scenario in global landscape. So says a report on the Industrial Transceivers Market prepared by Future Market Insights. (more…)

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August 9, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Here partners with UK’s Citi Logik to help cities analyse urban movement

Here Technologies, a global provider of mapping and location platform services, has partnered with Citi Logik, a U.K. mobility analytics company. The two organisations will integrate the Here real-time traffic and speed data into Citi Logik’s SaaS solution, CitiAnalytics. (more…)

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August 7, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello