Reliance and Cisco Jasper launch Internet of Things services throughout India

Reliance Group, India’s private sector business house, has formed a strategic partnership with Cisco Jasper for the launch of a new venture, UNLIMIT. This is solely dedicated to providing Internet of Things (IoT) services to enterprise customers throughout India.

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LPWAN panel says the tech’s success lies in the business case

A key feature of the LPWAN World Forum held in London (November 10-11), were the stimulating expert panels. As Jeremy Cowan reports, the speakers opted to focus on the business case for low-power wide area networks (LPWAN) more than the technology. 

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Sierra Wireless announces the availability of the FX30, a small, programmable and rugged IoT gateway

Sierra Wireless, a provider of fully integrated end-to-end solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, announced the availability of the FX30, the industry’s smallest, most flexible and rugged programmable cellular gateway.

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How to enable smart city innovation with LPWA

INTRODUCTION If you think of a routine incident such as a car accident on a city street at night, you can start to see how the Internet of Things (IoT) can power a new generation innovation that will enhance public safety and improve quality of life.

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Audio industry set to capitalise on new role at centre of the smart home, says new report

Voice recognition technology is shaking up the CE industry, broadening the horizons of speaker vendors and reinventing the audio device as the gatekeeper of voice, smart home and machine learning.

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UNICEF makes venture capital investments in emerging market tech start-ups

UNICEF announced its first portfolio of investments in open source technology solutions including tools that improve connectivity, real time data collection, identity technology and learning.

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Orange supports global enterprise demand for IoT solutions in Brazil with Portoseguro Conecta

Orange and Porto Seguro Conecta are collaborating to support IoT (Internet of Things) projects in Brazil to meet the demand from multinational corporations.

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GoPro’s slide underscores that IoT isn’t about the ‘Things’

In the Internet of Things (IoT) there is a single critical point: To make money, don’t look to the margin earned from selling your device. Turn instead to the potential for paid and perpetual recurring services that are “unlocked” by your device as the surer bet for long-term monetisation success. In other words, succeeding in

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Why the telecoms industry must get a grip on the Internet of Things

Establishing a solid telecoms network that can cope with the capacity and coverage required to power the Internet of Things (IoT) is a serious challenge telecoms companies need to address within the next 12 months if they are to keep pace with the rapid evolution of digital technologies.

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Smartphone VR to claim over half of VR device shipments by 2021, says Juniper

A new Juniper Research study has forecasted that there will be nearly 60 million smartphone VR headsets shipped in 2021, an increase of around 240% on an expected 16.8 million this year.

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Trileuco to use PodsystemM2M connectivity in extreme adventure Tracktherace platform

The Internet of Things (IoT) affects almost every market imaginable and the adventure sports sector is no exception. With the announcement today that Spanish software company Trileuco has agreed to include PodsystemM2M’s connectivity

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IoT for Home Appliance

HOW HOME APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS CAN MAXIMISE THEIR ROLE AND REVENUES IN IoT The arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT) is radically altering the businesses of home appliance manufacturers as new opportunities open, widening their potential far beyond simply selling appliances to consumers.

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Companies must counter DDoS attacks via webcams and routers with a strategic approach

After the biggest DDoS attack of all time was reported in late September, cyber-criminals wasted no time in mounting their next operation. Less than a month later, a further broad-based attack crashed major online services including Twitter, Spotify, Netflix and PayPal.

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Minkels expands its micro data centre portfolio driven by the IoT

Minkels, part of the publicly traded company Legrand, recently introduced its first micro data centre, the MatrixCube. The company has now announced a second, more compact micro datacentre for the first quarter of 2017, the MiniCube.

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Why smart devices and apps won’t make a smart home market

Recent analyst and market reports make for unimpressive reading when it comes to consumer adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) smart home devices. Data released from the Deloitte Mobile Consumer Survey 2016 in September is just one example, which highlights how consumer ownership of connected devices has stagnated since 2015.

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ZigBee Alliance issues statement on security in recent lightbulb hack

The ZigBee Alliance is in continuous communication with its member companies to develop and maintain its suite of market-relevant standards for the IoT. The Alliance is aware of the issues raised in the Weizmann Institute /

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