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AT&T will launch NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) to meet the growing needs of business customers for a wide range of IoT solutions. Our NB-IoT technology will complement our existing LTE-M network in the U.S. and Mexico.

IT support plays a vital role in modern business, with the need to get equipment fixed and employees up and running again as soon as possible being essential to keeping up with today’s 24/7 mobile business environment.

Sierra Wireless, a provider of integrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has released alpha samples of its next-generation mangOH® open source hardware platform.

Kyocera announced that it has signed a license agreement with Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH, a subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, a global supplier of technology and services.

Microsoft is making the right noises about creating a comprehensive cloud ecosystem to support utilities deploying IoT. Microsoft says it is investing US$5 billion (€4.05 billion) in the Internet of Things (IoT) over the next four years. Antony Savvas reports on the opportunities being created. 

The Fog Computing Market size is set to exceed US$700 million (€567.51 million) by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Increasing penetration of cloud computing platforms is fostering the fog computing market growth.

Hortonworks, Inc., a provider of global data management solutions, has introduced Hortonworks Operational Services to help customers manage big data deployments and more quickly maximise the value of their data.

InfiNet Wireless, the global provider in fixed broadband connectivity, announced that it will be showcasing its latest solutions for uncompromised connectivity at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018.

Antenova Ltd, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules, is showing a brand new pair of high performing 4G/LTE antennas which are suitable for PCBs as small as 60mm, at the consumer electronics show CES. The two antennas can also be used in 3G and MIMO applications.

Spirent Communications plc., the provider in GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) testing solutions, announced the opening of new research laboratories to develop systems to be used in future devices and applications.

The technologies that will empower the smart cities of the future are refreshingly free of controversy. The concept itself is an easy sell: after all, who doesn’t want buildings to be greener, energy networks more efficient, traffic congestion and pollution reduced?

At Blockchain Expo North America, Information Builders, a provider in business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data management solutions, announced the launch of iWay 8, its suite of solutions for data application creation and business-to-business (B2B) integration.

VeloCloud™ Networks, Inc., the Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN™ company, announced VeloCloud Outcome-Driven Networking™, a transformative approach to liberate IT teams from tedious manual processes and enable higher levels of network automation based on stated business outcomes.

In the Internet of Things industry, many systems integrators and application developers are facing obstacles when developing and testing security solutions in their applications. Due to IoT market fragmentation, the personalisation of a small volume of Secure Elements can be challenging for an industry used to deal with billions of devices in a consolidated market.

Hyperconvergence is a relatively new marketing term, says Bob Emmerson. Unfortunately, it can come across as a hyped-up version of regular voice/data convergence, which became an overused term many moons ago. 

Skilful voice impersonators are able to fool state-of-the-art speaker recognition systems, as these systems generally aren’t efficient yet in recognising voice modifications, according to new research from the University of Eastern Finland. The vulnerability of speaker recognition systems poses significant security concerns.