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NEC has announced that it is the company to test the new global oneM2M service layer standard in its Cloud City Operation Centre (CCOC) solution to enable M2M and Internet of Things (IoT) device interoperability in a live smart city programme. The news comes a few days after Korean network operators LG U+ and SK

KORE Wireless, has partnered with Xiamen Four-Faith Communication Technology Co Ltd, to promote its cellular M2M solutions.

According to a new report from the research firm Berg Insight, shipments of connected wearables reached 19.0 million in 2014, up from 5.9 million devices in the previous year. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 54.7 percent, total shipments of smartwatches, smart glasses, fitness & activity trackers, people monitoring & safety devices and

The momentum of the Internet of Things is growing strongly and its transformative power starts to appear clear to many industries. Certainly, there are challenges to be faced in terms of technologies and business models, but the Internet of Things (IoT) industry is committed to unveiling the enormous potential of the IoT vision. Saverio Romeo of Beecham Research

A range of high performance industrial managed Ethernet switches that are certified for use in trackside and onboard rail, as well as offshore marine applications, are now available from Industrial Data Communication and M2M specialist M.A.C. Solutions (UK) LIMITED.

Mobistar, a subsidiary of Orange at the recent M2M event in Brussels, has announced that it has already connected more than 1 million M2M machines or objects – ranging from vending machines to vehicles. 55% of its M2M SIM cards are installed on machines within Belgium while the remaining are installed on machines operated across the

Arqiva and SIGFOX, has launched the first sites in the rollout of their IoT network across ten of the UK’s largest cities. The network will make it simple and affordable to connect millions of “things”, helping cities and businesses to improve services, reduce costs and protect property and people.

The International M2M Council (IMC), has announced  that Aeris Communications, a Silicon Valley-based machine-to-machine (M2M) technology and service provider, has become the latest member of the new trade association and will also be joining the IMC Board of Governors. The IMC mission is to increase the number of M2M communications technology driving the growth of

Anna Vega discovers how women are contributing to the Internet of Things (IoT).

Autodesk, Inc., has announced that Autodesk® PLM 360, a cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) service, is enjoying strong uptake among companies creating the network-connected devices that are powering the Internet of Things (IoT).

A topic that has been heavily discussed this year, and one that is sure to impress us further in 2015, is the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT). Gartner’s definition of the IoT is, take a deep breath… “The network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states

Elevator Engineering Services (EES UK), has adopted a telematics solution from Masternaut to reduce costs.

Eutech Cybernetic has chosen Orange Business Services secured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Flexible Computing Express to host and manage iVivaCloud™, its innovative smart city service platform.

AXSEM and SIGFOX, has announced that AXSEM’s system-on-chip (SoC) with an AX8052 microcontroller has been certified SIGFOX Ready™ for two-way connectivity.

Service providers can’t know the future so it must be made easy to add and integrate new features. David Friedman, co-founder and chief executive of Ayla Networks, tells M2M Now why it’s time to stop attempting to re-invent the wheel, endlessly writing specific software for specific applications and devices, and instead turn to easily-configurable, end-to-end platforms that can scale up massively as M2M

In a recent webinar for the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), Machina Research contributed to the presentations and discussions around the topic of “Putting the Industrial Internet to Work.” Shared here are some of those thoughts.