The installed base of connected vending machines grew by 18% in 2014

The global installed base of connected vending machines grew by 18.4 percent to 1.16 million units in 2014. Around 0.56 million of these machines have been installed in North America,

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Silver Spring Networks aims to speed innovation and competitiveness through Bristol’s smart city programme

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. has announced that it has been selected for the ‘Bristol is Open’ smart city programme, a joint venture between Bristol City Council and the University of

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Frost & Sullivan identifies ‘disruptive opportunities’ for the Internet of Things

The massive potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to stoke convergence and collaboration worldwide has been reined in by the lack of data security and interoperability among devices and

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Inmarsat takes off with BGAN-powered Bebop drone from Parrot at CABSAT

As part of its open technology strategy announced in January, Inmarsat, has announced that the Parrot Bebop Drone has been certified for use over the Inmarsat network, joining the CAP

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SpeedCast partners with Thuraya to expand satellite mobility product portfolio

SpeedCast International Limited (“SpeedCast”), telecommunications service provider, has announced it has established a distributor agreement with Thuraya Telecommunications Company (“Thuraya”), Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator. The new agreement brings new

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Huawei and G&D to partner on global e2e connectivity for the Internet of Things/M2M services

Huawei and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have signed an alliance to jointly promote global connectivity services. The services are intended to remove the entrance barrier for device makers, aiming to

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Leading M2M Event Grows into IoT Evolution Conference & Expo in Las Vegas

TMC and Crossfire Media announced today, M2M Evolution Conference & Expo, will expand in Las Vegas to an even bigger and more inclusive event, the IoT Evolution Conference & Expo.  The

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Ooredoo and Ericsson launch cloud-based M2M platform in Indonesia

Ooredoo’s Indosat and Ericsson have jointly launched a cloud-based machine-to-machine (M2M) platform in Indonesia. The platform, Ericsson Device Connection Platform (DCP), uses innovative technologies suited to developing markets, which create

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SRETT and Telenor Connexion jointly address a global health concern

100 million patients in the world are affected by sleep apnea syndrome. The disorder is characterised by pauses in breathing during sleep and this can cause drowsiness during the day

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Driverless cars: the future fleet

Following news that the government has the green-light for trials of driverless cars in the UK, Venson Automotive Solutions’ says fleet managers could benefit from considering the future of their

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Farsens unveils evaluation board for the ANDY100 RFID IC for battery-free wireless sensors

The Spider from Farsens S.L., San Sebastián, Spain is an evaluation board for the ANDY100 UHF RFID IC. The chip harvests radio frequency energy from commercial UHF RFID readers and

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Stream Technologies expands management team with industry veterans poised to disrupt and transform the market

Stream Technologies, has announced the expansion of its management team in order to accelerate the commercialisation and globalisation of its award-winning IoT-X.

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Telefónica I+D and KT join forces to consolidate FIWARE as the IoT standard

Telefónica I+D has announced a new partnership with the Korean operator KT Corporation to strengthen the FIWARE platform as the de facto standard for the development of solutions and services

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LoRaWAN solution to be deployed by four operators, say Semtech and Actility

Semtech Corp. has announced that Actility, Low Power Wide Area Network solution provider, has been selected for deployment by four operators, including Swisscom and NKE Electronics, for LoRaWAN™ deployments.

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Huawei proposes new “Maximising Network Energy Efficiency” methodology to building greener MBB networks for a better connected world

Huawei proposed its “Maximising Network Energy Efficiency” methodology at MWC 2015, a new approach to help customers improve network energy efficiency and maximise operation profit.

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Stream Technologies joins the ThingWorx Ready Partner programme to offer unified access connectivity for Internet of Things applications

Stream Technologies, has announced it has joined the ThingWorx Ready™ Partner programme. The ThingWorx Ready Partner programme allows hardware and software companies to integrate their product with the ThingWorx IoT

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