Press Releases

Orange Digital Ventures invests in Android-based transaction device provider FAMOCO

Orange Digital Ventures is participating in a round of fund-raising of 11 million euros in the FAMOCO company alongside d’Idinvest, Hi Inov, SNCF Digital Ventures, BNP Paribas Développement, BPI-Ambition Numérique and business angels. (more…)

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February 24, 2017

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Learning from Small Smart Cities

Internet of Things, Big Data, Analytics, Self-Driving Vehicles, Drones and Artificial Intelligence have become the hype terms that describe the current most interesting technological developments under way that, according to many, are yet to redefine the way we live. (more…)

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February 21, 2017

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IoT standard protocol reaches maturity, v1.0 of OMA LightweightM2M is approved by Board of Directors

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) announced that the popular LightweightM2M (LwM2M) version 1.0 specification has moved from Candidate Release status to Approved Release status. (more…)

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February 17, 2017

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Manchester’s smart city project that wants to be a blueprint for cities worldwide

CityVerve, is a UK government-funded smart city demonstrator based in Manchester. Here, Jeremy Cowan talks to Nick Chrissos, head of Innovation Technology, Cisco UKI — Cisco is one of the 21 organisations which are part of the CityVerve consortium — to get an overview of the CityVerve project (more…)

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Embelin brings new solutions to Europe in five-year deal with Orange Business Services IoT connectivity

Equipment manufacturer and software developer, Embelin has signed a contract with Orange Business Services to provide global connectivity for its Internet of Things (IoT) products. (more…)

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February 16, 2017

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GSMA launches IoT Big Data Directory to support growth of innovative new IoT solutions

The GSMA has announced the launch of the ‘IoT Big Data API Directory’ that aims to make harmonised data sets from multiple sources worldwide available to developers and third parties, enabling them to create innovative new Internet of Things (IoT) services. (more…)

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February 15, 2017

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CCAB Connected City Blueprint helps local authorities and governments develop smart city plans

The Connected City Advisory Board (CCAB), a committee developed by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), has launched its first Connected City Blueprint. (more…)

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February 9, 2017

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Tvilight and Teleena to expand their current partnership for Tvilight’s Smart City projects

Teleena, a global IoT and MVNO enabler, and Tvilight, European provider of professional end-to-end street lighting control solutions, announced that the companies are expanding their current partnership. (more…)

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February 3, 2017

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ETSI launches new group to improve smart city interoperability

ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, has created a new Industry Specification Group on cross-sector Context Information Management (ISG CIM) for smart cities applications and beyond. (more…)

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January 17, 2017

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RPMA technology coming to Europe in 2017

RPMA (Random Phase Multiple Access) LPWAN (low power wide area network) technology was designed from the bottom up to optimise wide area connectivity for Machine-to-Machine and Internet of Things (M2M and IoT) devices. (more…)

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January 10, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil