Utilities

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

As readers of this site will know, when Bluetooth was originally invented by Ericsson, Nokia, Intel and Toshiba, it was intended to act as a way of providing cable-free connections between computers with mobile phones, PDAs, printers and other computer peripherals. The story goes that Bluetooth was given its name, because of Harald Bluetooth, the

Internationally renowned Smart IoT speakers share their views of the industry ahead of what is claimed to be the world’s largest IoT event.

Applications are created and deployed in OT domains. They operate in IT domains, alongside or incorporated in mainstream business processes like ERP. Seamless integration between these disparate worlds is a mandatory IoT requirement.

Renesas Electronics, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the development of a new video processing circuit block for use in automotive computing system-on-chips (SoCs) in future autonomous vehicles.

Studying the fossil record, evolutionary biologists have theorised an event called the Cambrian explosion. During a relatively short period, the diversity of animal life seems to have rapidly increased from predominately single-cell organisms to a much wider variety of complex organisms.

Low power radio provider, Radiometrix, said that it has delivered a boost for designers of solar or battery-powered telemetry systems with a new high-sensitivity narrow band receiver that can be kept “always on” without drawing excessive power.

One of the most daunting tasks for any platform or device vendor in the smart home market is identifying which type of company offers the best opportunity for long-term success – security providers, multiple service operators (MSOs), smart home specialists, do-it-yourself (DIY) smart-home systems or utilities.

A number of trends will be visible at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. Here Dr Kevin Curran of Ulster University, describes some of the features.

At CES this year, one of the key topics has been Internet of Things adoption. The IoT has gone from an industry buzzword to a very real phenomenon affecting every one of us.

Aidon has signed a contract with Smart Strøm Østafjells (SSØ) for the delivery of a turn-key Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project.

The last 30 years of technological development has taken individuals and societies into the information era. The Internet and then the rapid adoption of mobile technologies and devices has affected all realms of our daily lives.

Cyan announced a follow-on order for a further 5,000 meters from Larsen & Toubro to expand the deployment of Cyan’s smart metering solution at Tata Power Mumbai (Tata Power).

Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. announced the availability of MultiConnect® mDot™ Box, a portable, handheld LoRa® end-point device ideal for LoRa site surveys, and MultiConnect® mDot™ EVB, a developer board perfect for rapid LoRa proof of concept creation.

MEMSIC Inc. announced the launch of a new product family, the MTLT series of Inclination and Tilt Sensors.

CLK Enerji, Turkey’s energy utility, has selected Oracle Utilities solutions to transform and modernise its billing systems and improve service quality for its customers across all areas of its business.