Smart Cities

Recently at Intertraffic, Libelium presented the new version of Waspmote Plug&Sense! Smart Parking, the solution for Smart Cities that allows citizens to detect available parking spots.

Sanctions lifted the Iranian CIT market will be liberalised and thus offers tremendously growing chances for business. The ongoing digitalisation will change all walks of life in Iran as well as the way of doing business which is again a strong motor for growth.

Management of thousands or millions of internet connected devices is posing a major obstacle to the success of the Internet of Things (IoT), claims IoT pioneer DevicePilot (previously called 1248).

SIGFOX, a provider of dedicated communications service for the Internet of Things (IoT), and Thinxtra, an IoT network operator, announced the establishment of a partnership to extend the SIGFOX IoT network to Australia and New Zealand.

The IoT Tech Expo Internet of Things (IoT) conference and exhibition further extends its speaker line-up for the upcoming event in Berlin, Germany on June 13-14.

SIGFOX, a provider of global communications service for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced that Roswell Wolff has joined the company as president of SIGFOX-APAC.

Nedaa, Professional Communication Corporation, the Dubai Government security networks provider, and its approved technology provider Esharah Etisalat Security Solutions, have commissioned Nokia to deploy a smart city solution based on a 5G-ready next-generation network.

oneM2M, the global standards initiative for machine-to-machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), has published updated editions of its Release 1 global specifications. The development aims to enable IoT interworking and create a foundation platform to interconnect IoT devices and applications.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Silver Spring Networks, Inc. have announced a partnership to develop a networked LED street lights solution, helping to cut costs and simplify connected lighting componentry for luminaire manufacturers.

The Wireless Broadband Alliance signed a formal agreement with United Cities and Local Governments Committee of Digital and Knowledge-based Cities (UCLG-CDC) to work closely together on the development of connected city initiatives.

At CeBIT 2016, Huawei has debuted its Connected City Lighting solution, claimed to be the industry’s first Internet of Things (IoT) lighting solution with multi-level intelligent control.

A new Leaderboard report from Navigant Research examined the strategy and execution of 16 leading smart city suppliers, providing industry participants with an objective assessment of these companies’ relative strengths and weaknesses in the global market.

The big news before Mobile World Congress was the announcement of Cisco’s agreed offer of US$1.4 billion to purchase, Jasper, the California-based IoT services platform provider.

Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies provider, Aeris announced its expansion into India and the appointment of Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar as the president of Operations for Aeris India. The appointment took effect in February 2016.

The ZigBee Alliance, a non-profit association of companies creating, maintaining and delivering open, global standards for the low-power wireless Internet of Things (IoT), announced the addition of two vice chairmen to its executive committee, Musa Unmehopa and Jean-Pierre Desbenoit.

It was an amazing display of innovation once again at the recent WT | Wearable Technologies Conference SPAIN in Barcelona. Twenty-five finalists in IoT and M2M innovation were selected from almost 400 submissions from across the globe.