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ESCRYPT and GlobalSign to join Infineon Security Partner Network with smart factory solutions
With ESCRYPT Embedded Security and GlobalSign, the Infineon Security Partner Network (ISPN) welcomes new partners.
Read moreAT&T and Sierra Wireless pilot LTE-M modules for IoT to help cut costs, improve device performance
Sierra Wireless and AT&T will pilot next generation LTE-M network technologies this autumn. The pilot programme aims to spur LTE network connections for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Read moreThe lightbulb is dead, long live the smart bulb
The era of the humble, dumb lightbulb may soon be over. These days smart lightbulbs are being made for home and business, and look set to make a significant contribution to the smart home.
Read moreHuawei unveils its cloud strategy of enabling an ‘Intelligent World’ with ecosystem partners
More than 20,000 ICT industry leaders and experts from over 120 countries and regions gathered in Shanghai for the first HUAWEI CONNECT, Huawei’s largest-ever integrated conference for the global ICT ecosystem.
Read moreHow can you ensure end-to-end interoperability between products and services?
In July Actility, a provider of low power wide area (LPWA) networking and the company behind the ThingPark LPWA IoT platform, launched the ‘ThingPark Approved’ programme. Actility also welcomed the first partners to achieve ThingPark Approved status. Here, Jeremy Cowan of IoT Now asks Christophe Francois, vice president Ecosystem at Actility how to ensure service
Read moreVR Headset sales grow faster than expected as awareness grows and content improves
Global sales of dedicated virtual reality (VR) headsets will grow to 21 million units by 2020 — a tenfold increase over 2016.
Read moreOnline purchases via Apple Pay and Android Pay to reach US$8bn by 2018
New findings from Juniper Research claim that the value of digital and physical goods purchased through mobile ‘OS-Pay’ platforms will increase by fifteen times in the next two years.
Read moreWaning enthusiasm for full-touch smartwatches to be offset by smart analogue watches
CCS Insight’s latest global forecast for smart wearable devices confirms the continued momentum of wrist-worn technology.
Read moreTIM and Samsung launch the first smartwatch in Italy with integrated eSIM
TIM and Samsung, in collaboration with Gemalto, launched the first smartwatch in Italy with an integrated embedded SIM (eSIM), representing the evolution of the SIM Card and mobile devices.
Read moreEnsuring security and reliability in smart meters
GSGF published a report on the cyber security issues in smart meters and the associated advance metering infrastructure.
Read moreCommunicating data in the IoT – part 2
In part 1 of this article we looked at how new ultralow-power RF transceiver technologies are bringing class-leading range performance and high resilience to interference sources.
Read moreInstalled base of fleet management systems in Europe will reach 10.6m by 2020, says Berg Insight
The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in Europe was 5.3 million in Q4-2015, according to a new research report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight.
Read morePlagued by high failure rates Apple’s iOS loses smartphone performance battle to Android devices
Apple has lost its habitual ‘leader’ position to Android in the eternal smartphone performance battle. This is according to the Q2 2016 State of Mobile Device Performance and Health report released by Blancco Technology Group.
Read moreManufacturing moves from tech silos to synchronised factories to demand-driven factory of the future
Production has stopped and no one is scurrying around to take care of the flashing red lights. An event that at one time would have caused serious downtime is now only a blip, thanks to the evolution of manufacturing technology.
Read moreRevenue from smart audio hardware to increase from $1.4 billion to $5.5 billion by 2020
A new study by Juniper Research has found that revenue from smart audio hardware will more than triple over the next four years, rising from an estimated $1.4 billion this year to over $5.5 billion by 2020.
Read moreWorld’s first NFC payment ring powered by Infineon’s contactless security chip
Whether at the beach, on the daily jog, or at the gym: from now on, everyone can carry money discreetly on the body.
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