Across Europe, cities are racing to make themselves smarter, writes Ricky Cooper, the vice president of EMEA and APAC and Digital Reality. By harnessing the power of computing, networks and big data, their aim is to improve living standards for citizens and reduce the impact of urbanisation on the environment. (more…)
January 19, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Asit Goel, a senior vice president at NXP shares his predictions for the trends that will drive further development of IoT in 2016. (more…)
December 17, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
Since we started talking about Software Defined things , we have moved, along with the rest of the IT industry, from using the narrow term SDN to the broader SDx. This has allowed us to use one acronym to encompass software-defined networking, data centres, storage, server and any yet to be developed technologies that are all software-defined. What we didn’t anticipate was the Software Defined City, writes Chris Gabriel, the UK CTO of Logicalis.
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December 4, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
Event date: September 15-17, 2015
Washington
Between swelling populations, growing pressure on natural resources and the strain on aging infrastructure, cities face no shortage of challenges today. But in these challenges lie incredible opportunities — opportunities to go beyond the problems to make communities more livable, workable and sustainable. (more…)
August 6, 2015
Posted by: IoT global network
M2MAPPS: Avner: Greenlet Technologies markets a “demand response” solution that is sold to utilities and power aggregators. Can you outline the core functionality?
AVNER COHEN : Our demand response solution allows both utilities and consumers to control and monitor the energy that’s used by their appliances. (more…)
January 14, 2014
Posted by: IoT global network
The next phase of Zigbee innovation is here, and it’s built for scale, reach and reliability.
Following the introduction of Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi, the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s new sub-GHz connectivity solution, we are excited to announce the opening of the Product Certification Program for Zigbee sub-GHz (Suzi).
This marks a significant step forward in enabling the industry to bring standardized long-range, low-power, and interoperable IoT products to market, backed by the trusted Zigbee ecosystem.
September 3, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
August 17, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the global industry body dedicated to driving the seamless and interoperable services experience of Wi-Fi across the global wireless ecosystem, has announced the publication of the “Wi-Fi HaLow for IoT: Japan Field Trials Report”. The report marks the completion of the WBA’s Wi-Fi HaLow Phase 3 field trials in Japan and validates Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) as a scalable, long-range connectivity solution for real-world IoT deployments. More importantly, it signals the growing maturity of Wi-Fi HaLow as a powerful wireless foundation for the next generation of connected environments.
April 30, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
The LoRa Alliance, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for internet of things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), has announced that its members have surpassed 125 million global deployments of LoRaWAN end devices. This marks a significant step, underscoring the rapid and sustained adoption of the leading LPWAN standard. With a 25% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) across its ecosystem, LoRaWAN has proven its maturity and scalability as it enters this exponential growth phase. Additionally, the Alliance noted that when factoring in the largest networks with multi-million-device deployments, some vendors are achieving CAGRs as high as 50%.
December 11, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
IDEMIA Public Security, a provider of secure and trusted biometric-based solutions, has signed a cooperation agreement with SAMI Advanced Electronics, a regional contributor in the electronics industry in Saudi Arabia, to drive innovation in travel, transportation and smart mobility across the Kingdom.
October 21, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber