Sagemcom selects Sierra Wireless modules for smart meter deployment in the Netherlands

Sierra Wireless, announced that Sagemcom, a European communications equipment provider, has selected modules from Sierra Wireless for its smart meters to be deployed by Enexis in the Netherlands.

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Microsoft to kickstart consumer smart glasses market from 2017, boosting shipments to over 12 million by 2020

A study by Juniper Research shows that over 12 million consumer smart glasses will ship in 2020, with the majority of growth occurring after 2017. This is compared to less than a million devices shipped in 2016, from a variety of vendors.

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Renesas IoT platform expands with launch of ultra-low power microcontrollers and updated Synergy software

Renesas Electronics, a supplier of semiconductor solutions, announced the expansion of its Renesas Synergy™ Platform designed to accelerate time to market, reduce total cost of ownership and remove many of the obstacles engineers face when designing devices for the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Why the ‘Internet of Things’ is an outdated – and potentially damaging – term

In October 1989, a Sunbeam Deluxe Automatic Radiant Control toaster was hooked up to the internet and unveiled at the Interop conference in Las Vegas. Nearly ten years after that, the term ‘Internet of Things’ was coined – and has been in widespread usage ever since.

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Deutsche Telekom’s smart home platform grows to over 40 partners and adds energy-saving products

Deutsche Telekom has welcomed five new partners to its QIVICON smart home platform; Smappee, Plugwise, Grünspar, E WIE EINFACH and Stadtwerke Karlsruhe.

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Survey: What do consumers expect of their connected life in 2025?

The next ten years promise huge developments in technology and the connected world. The Internet of Things will be larger, mobile networks stronger and more far-reaching, and devices smarter and more powerful. 

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The tortoise and the hare of IoT

The UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser recently highlighted the opportunities IoT brings to the public sector: “The UK is well placed to be amongst the emerging world leaders reaping the benefits from the Internet of Things.”

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Managing the Internet of Everything

From smart buildings to intelligent production lines, organisations are rapidly adopting Internet connected devices to improve performance, reduce costs and transform customer experience. However, many of these Internet of Everything (IoE) implementations remain outside the corporate network – creating serious security concerns and constraining decision making.

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MultiTech’s IoT gateway uses LoRa to share data at WaterBit’s

MultiTech Systems, Inc., a global manufacturer of M2M and IoT devices, has launched a field trial with WaterBit, Inc. an agricultural services provider based in Sunnyvale, California.

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Ten things you may not know about the Internet of Things

When did we first start connecting things? A long time ago. Our ancestors were stringing together beads and shells around the time that language was invented.

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Nokia to showcase its 5G capabilites in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Nokia will be using Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to show how 5G applications run on its network infrastructure as operators explore the new business opportunities of an increasingly connected world.

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Up to 70% of global population will be mobile users, says 10th annual Cisco VNI mobile forecast

Since 2000, when the first camera phone was introduced, the number of mobile users has quintupled. By 2020, there will be 5.5 billion mobile users, representing 70% of the global population, according to the release of the Cisco Visual Networking Index™ (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2015 to 2020).

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Keeping smart homes safe and secure – Part 2

Active Assisted Living Elderly people represent an ever-growing proportion of the population. By 2025, there will be 820 million people aged 65 and older globally. The shift in demographics towards an ageing population will make it impossible to keep everyone who needs care in hospital. Fortunately, advanced bio‑monitoring systems and remote monitoring technologies make it

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Verizon certifies Gemalto’s first Cat 1 LTE M2M solution for IoT

Gemalto has announced its Cinterion® Cat. 1 LTE M2M module is Verizon-certified to connect to the largest 4G LTE network in the U.S.

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Keeping smart homes safe and secure – Part 1

Connected safety and security systems and devices with remote monitoring capabilities are expanding their share of the global smart home market. A survey in the UK in July 2015 identified security as the second most important of five key drivers for the connected home, after smart energy. The BI Intelligence research company estimates that by

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Verizon, Sequans announce LTE CAT M chipset acceleration for IoT

Sequans Communications S.A. and Verizon announced joint activities to accelerate commercial realisation of Category M (CAT M) LTE products based on the coming Release 13 of the 3GPP LTE standard. Release 13 defines new features such as extended coverage, lower data rate and lower power consumption called for by a new class of LTE applications

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