Cast your mind back to the winter of 2014. The UK was at a complete standstill because of unexpected snow. Thousands of cars were left on the side of roads as the public was forced to trudge home in the freezing cold, the thought of being back in their home with the central heating on full blast the only thought encouraging them to keep on walking, writes Martin Woolley, the Bluetooth SIG technical programme manager. Alas! Nearly half way home they realised that they forgot to set the timer for the heating. If only they could set the timer remotely. (more…)

April 29, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos earlier this year the theme was the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a theme that the founder of the WEF, Klaus Schwab, had a great deal of investment in, both as an engineer and as a German, writes Dirk Paessler, the chief executive of Paessler. (more…)

April 20, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Cambridge, UK, Taipei City, Taiwan – December 15, 2015 – The Weightless SIG today announced availability of feature-rich Weightless-P technology tailored to deliver on the promises of premium ubiquitous wide area IoT connectivity: fully acknowledged 2-way wireless link, adaptive data rates up to 100kbps, scalable cellular-inspired network technology to deliver higher capacity than existing LPWAN technologies and on unique features.

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April 19, 2016

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The Internet of Things is arguably the most nebulous concept in modern computing – or in modern society, writes Dr. Hongwen Zhang, the CEO and co-founder of Wedge Networks. (more…)

April 16, 2016

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Event date: 29-30 June 2016
London Olympia

Insurance Telematics 16 is the only event to focus on how to unlock embedded telematics data to define connected insurance strategies. The event will provide insurance leaders with key access to a wide range of vehicle and original equipment manufacturers, with a focus on forming and developing the relationships needed to drive success providing the next generation of Unified Business Identifier (UBI) products. (more…)

April 5, 2016

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Event date: May 10-11 2016
The Hague, The Netherlands

Introducing the latest event into the Mobile 360 Series! In contrast to our other regionally-focused Mobile 360 events, this one is entirely devoted to the topic of privacy and security across the global mobile enterprise ecosystem. (more…)

March 31, 2016

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The purpose and goal of oneM2M is to develop technical specifications which address the need for a common M2M service layer that can be readily embedded within various hardware and software, and relied upon to connect myriad devices in the field with M2M application servers worldwide. (more…)

March 30, 2016

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IEEE’s core purpose is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE has more than 426,000 members in more than 160 countries, in excess of 50% of whom are from outside the United States. (more…)

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ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, is involved in standardising many of the technologies that work together to connect things in the Internet of Things (IoT). (more…)

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Today more than 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas – and this is expected to grow to over 65% by 2050. Of the urban dwellers, writes Phani Pandrangi, the chief product officer of Kii, one in eight live in so-called mega cities – those with more than 10 million populations – and the rest in cities of different sizes, of which the fastest growing ones are the ones with 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants, located in Asia and Africa.   (more…)

March 28, 2016

Posted by: George Malim