Connectivity

Around the world, we have fallen in love with our mobile devices. There are 10+ billion devices in circulation, we check them 58 times daily on average and 65% of Americans check their smartphones up to 160 times a day! We estimate that time spent unlocking using PINs and passwords equates to 41 minutes each week, or about 4 months of

Parkki, a French solution provider for Smart Parking for shopping malls, cities and businesses, has partnered up with Actility, global provider of IoT connectivity solutions, and currently deploys thousands of LoRaWAN sensors using Actility’s ThingPark Enterprise platform, allowing to determine the number of places left, to get directions to a free parking place and more.

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. has launched its Intelligent Infrastructure Solution designed to solve some of the most challenging and pervasive infrastructure problems. This new solution combines Velodyne’s award-winning lidar sensors and Bluecity’s powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) software to monitor traffic networks and public spaces.

ZEDEDA, the provider in orchestration for the distributed edge, announced an integration with Agora that provides customers in the oil and gas and renewable energy industries with full lifecycle management capabilities for their edge deployments as part of Agora’s overall IoT solution portfolio.

COVID-19 continues to have a significant impact on mobility services in both the US and Western Europe.

The global automotive industry is experiencing revolutionising changes with integration of IoT devices. Self-driving and connected cars are boosting demand for LiDAR sensors, as these helps self-driving vehicles identify obstacles in their path.

Enterprises can now benefit from global Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity from Verizon Business for mobile assets in 170 countries worldwide. This includes permanent roaming options in North America and Western Europe all on a single SIM.

Ticketing barriers are a pressure point in every public transport hub. Urban populations are growing, and operators and authorities need to deliver enhanced customer convenience while allowing effective crowd management.

The Trusted Connectivity Alliance (TCA) has published a new paper welcoming global standardisation efforts that have evolved integrated SIM functionality.

To accommodate remote work and improve efficiency, 85% of IT organisations are considering or already using the public cloud.

International communications enabler BICS has added private mobile networks connectivity to its SIM for Things solution. This latest enhancement to BICS’ solution builds on the recent addition of borderless 5G capabilities, announced in March.

HERE Technologies, the location data and technology platform, announced a collaboration with Siemens Healthineers, a medical technology company, to optimise aspects of logistics and supply chain operations for its Customer Services unit.

The new Jeep® Compass now also offers Amazon‘s Alexa Voice Service on-board. A feature added to Uconnect Services suite of connected services enabled by Ubigi, Transatel‘s cellular connectivity solution for connected cars.

Quuppa, a technology provider for real-time locating systems (RTLS) and indoor positioning systems (IPS), and Actility, global provider of LPWAN connectivity solutions, announce a deep technological cooperation for integration of their software systems and tracking devices made by Abeeway, an Actility Group company, specialised in fused multi-technology geolocation for the Internet of Things.

Like the majority of vaccines, the effectiveness of Covid-19 doses requires cold storage. This means supply chain players must take the necessary measures to ensure that storage conditions are maintained at the right temperature for the entire journey, from manufacturers to immunisation centre, says Benjamin Brown, client success manager at Sigfox

Vodafone and Google Cloud announced a new, six-year strategic partnership to drive the use of reliable and secure data analytics, insights, and learnings to support the introduction of new digital products and services for Vodafone customers simultaneously worldwide.