Companies

InterDigital, Inc., a mobile and video technology research and development company, has announced a successful pilot to demonstrate the benefit of 5G edge solutions for Industry 4.0 applications. These use Amazon Web Services (AWS) Wavelength on the UK’s Vodafone 5G network.

Woven Capital, L.P. has invested an undisclosed sum in Ridecell Inc., a platform powering digital transformations and IoT automation for fleet-driven businesses.

MultiTech Systems, Inc., a global supplier of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, services, and solutions, has acquired Radio Bridge. Radio Bridge is a Minnesota-based designer and manufacturer of long-range wireless sensors for the Internet of Things (IoT) industry using the LoRaWAN wireless standard.

Today’s industrial factory is a finely tuned-collection of equipment. Each piece is doing its part to run efficiently and achieve maximum output, says Edel Griffith, Industrial ASIC marketing manager, Dialog Semiconductor. But like any other well-built system, factory equipment eventually exceeds its lifetime.

Global IoT connectivity provider, Eseye, has appointed Edwin Zayas to its management team, as channels and alliances director.

Fuze, the cloud-based communications provider for the modern global enterprise, announced the results of a new global study of 8,800 workers, which reveals that as flexible work is increasingly viewed as an expectation for the working world, attitudes continue to vary widely across industries, roles and geographies.

The Internet of Things is transforming businesses, cities and industries everywhere. By enabling multiple remote devices to communicate and exchange data, it has the power to exploit interconnected technology to the full. Its data-driven insights can help create new business opportunities, predict trends to improve customer reactivity, and vastly improve monitoring and maintenance to drive

Berg Insight estimates that global cellular IoT module shipments increased by 14% to a new record level of 303 million in 2020. Annual revenues grew slower at 8% to reach US$3.4 billion (€2.79 billion).

The PC market in the United States grew 73% year on year in Q1 2021, with total shipments of desktops, notebooks, tablets and workstations exceeding 34 million units. Notebooks and tablets led the way with impressive growth, while desktops lagged amid weak demand during the pandemic.

On stage at the Vuforia Live Virtual Event, PTC has released the new Vuforia Instruct out-of-the-box offering from the Vuforia Enterprise Augmented Reality (AR) Suite.

The UK government is now running trials of electric scooters (e-scooters) in London. New guidance has been issued listing the rules for the general public who are using e-scooters within the trials.

Datto Holding Corp., the global provider of cloud-based software and security solutions purpose-built for delivery by managed service providers (MSPs), reintroduced its Virtual SIRIS (vSIRIS) data protection software.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity for many organisations in realising the benefits that it can bring to their business while ensuring a better work-life balance for their employees, says Yash Mehta, an IoT and Big Data Science specialist.

Internet of Things (IoT) technology has the power to transform your business, whatever industry you’re in. It can help collect and leverage data, streamline business operations, improve customer service and give you unprecedented visibility of your supply chain, assets and operations.

The European Commission has selected a consortium of companies and research institutes to study the design of the future European quantum communication network, EuroQCI (quantum communication infrastructure). It will enable ultra-secure communication between critical infrastructures and government institutions across the European Union. 

Capgemini and Orange announced their plan to set up a new company named “Bleu” that will intend to provide a “Cloud de Confiance” service which will meet sovereignty requirements of the French State, public administrations and critical infrastructure companies with privacy, security and resiliency needs as determined by the French State.