Ahead of the Connected Insurance USA 2019 event, Jeremy Snyder, chief operating officer at Avinew tells IoT Now’s Jeremy Cowan how IoT is having a positive impact on the insurance industry – and what’s holding things back.

As the IoT sector continues to develop and innovate, there is a potential benefit and efficiency gained as well. One of the areas where IoT has specifically developed and grown is the smart city. As we move forward in this 21st Century, surviving in the technological world, everything we need should be smart.

Very often an Internet of Things (IoT) environment behaves normally, it does what its designers intended it to do. However, from time to time things go wrong, says Will Cappelli, CTO EMEA and Global VP of Product Strategy at Moogsoft, events can take place which indicate that the platform is not behaving in a way which was anticipated or desired.

Cloud-based cybersecurity software vendor, Osirium Technologies plc , has announced two new contract wins. The unnamed customers are one of the UK’s main providers of travel and transport services, and the UK division of a global provider of financial services.

Infinera and Telia Carrier have completed what is said to be an industry-first production network field trial demonstrating autonomous intelligent transponder (AIT) technology.

As one wag put it at last year’s Mobile World Congress, “There sure are a load of mobile phones at this car show.” While drivers focused on the cars in Barcelona this year, the industry has been diving into the details of vehicle autonomy. And, as with so much at MWC19, says Jeremy Cowan, 5th Generation (5G) mobile communications is at the heart of it.   

Mercedes-Benz customers can now take advantage of verified third-party automobile services and applications, courtesy of connected car platform company, High Mobility.

Taoglas, a provider of IoT and automotive antenna and RF solutions, has completed its acquisition of ThinkWireless, Inc., an antenna provider that specialises in the design, development and production of combination antenna systems for the commercial vehicle market.

Don’t you hate it when someone criticises your driving? Why are we going this way? Slow down! Speed up! Don’t let that car push in!

Trollhättan sounds like a typical Swedish city – beautiful, creative and progressive. Only one thing lets it down, but let’s ignore that for now, says Nick Booth.