ThingWorx, a PTC® (Nasdaq: PTC) business and an Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, announced that Etisalat, a Telecommunications provider operating in the Middle-East, Africa and Asia, has signed a Group Framework Agreement to deploy the ThingWorx IoT Development Platform to enable new innovative IoT and M2M services throughout the regions that it serves.

Self-optimising network specialist Reverb Networks has delivered more strong results during a recent SON implementation in one of Tunisia’s most popular mobile networks.

Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) announced that its Calliope LTE chipset platform has been certified compliant by Verizon Wireless.  Calliope is an LTE category 1 chipset platform optimised for the design of devices for the Internet of Things. 

With the buzz surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), one might think that everything from sneakers to servers is now connected in a seamless fashion. In the world of consumer technology, this capability isn’t too far from the truth, with near ubiquitous Wi-Fi and an increasing emphasis on social shareability of even the most mundane of tasks.

Telit, an enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the introduction of a Pan-European coverage with enhanced performance, one roaming price for all operators. Features include seamless roaming across Europe as well as Russia and Turkey;

The global market for smart electricity meters returned to double-digit year-over-year growth of 10 percent in 2014 after a brief market slowdown in 2013, according to the latest market update from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight.

As we’ve seen through store closures from the likes of B&Q, brick-and-mortar stores have suffered in comparison to e-commerce sites from having limited space for products, high overheads and less personalisation. The result is that these physical stores have to some extent turned into showrooms while orders and transactions are often made online.

Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association that champions the development of the converged wireless broadband ecosystem has announced the establishment of a Connected City Board. The Board aims to help deliver the vision of Connected Cities being pursued by a growing number of cities from around the world.

Data Science Central announces the promotion of Bill Vorhies to Editorial Director for the Data Science Central Network (DSC).

OriginGPS announced that Geoforce, an international provider of asset management solutions for oil and gas and other industries has integrated OriginGPS technology into its GTx series of GPS tracking devices to minimize GPS power consumption while reducing the time to first fix (TTFF) to make it easier for customers to track their assets, even in harsh environments, remote locations and in [...]