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The Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 are currently top of the list for both the digital economy and traditional industrial sectors. Indeed, localisation technology has become essential for either of these realms. In an interconnected world, constant and reliable localisation is crucial to the communications taking place among countless “things”. Satellite navigation is thus

Australia has set an ambitious national target to integrate smart energy by 2020. Australia’s annual electricity demand grew consistently during the period 1999 to 2009 by 2.5%. Experts believe that, Smart Grid systems produce multiple utilities and benefits. The overall societal benefit of their proposed Smart Grid strategy is 2 billion dollars over 15 years.

GreenPeak Technologies, the industry leading Smart Home semi-conductor/system company, and ZTE Health, a member of the world wide ZTE Group, have signed a partnership agreement to develop Smart Home applications and to provide smart solutions for the world’s aging population.

HX360 has announced the four companies selected as finalists in the HX360 Innovation Challenge competition. These companies, selected from an original field of eighty-three entries, will present their solutions live before a judging panel of senior health system executives, HIT executives and venture capitalists during the Innovation Challenge programme at the HX360 inaugural event. The four

Sweden-based HoistLocatel has announced its intention to acquire Swisscom Hospitality Services to create the European powerhouse in the provision of technology solutions to the Hospitality and Healthcare industries. The resulting company, Hoist Group, is set to become the European for convergent IP solutions in these sectors with a strong North American presence.

Who could fail to be excited by commanding an army of machines

OCEASOFT, a provider of sensor-based solutions for monitoring environmental parameters, has announced a unique, single-use temperature-tracking tool whose measurements can be read through isotherm wrapping or container walls via smartphones and tablets using Bluetooth technology.

Locamation B.V. is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Liaoning Construction of Power Transmission & Transformation Project Co. Ltd. (Liaoning) during an official ceremony in Shenzhen, China. The MoU confirms their exclusive cooperation for the supply of substation automation and smart grid technology for the Shenzhen Low Carbon

The City of Santa Fe recently chose Badger Meter’s BEACON smart water meter solution, for full installation across all their water meter endpoints, including both residential and commercial customers. The foundation for the project is a cellular-enabled smart meter, which can be installed and immediately used for the utility’s smart water network applications. The contract

Vodafone customers will soon be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at contactless terminals, it was announced. Following new agreements with Visa and Carta Worldwide, bank card payments via Vodafone Wallet will be enabled in European markets from the second quarter of 2015

The IQRF Alliance members PROTRONIX, CIS, and MICRORISC recently presented a complete solution for CO2, humidity and temperature sensor data collection and visualisation on the IQRF Cloud.

Since November 2013, the Grenoble area has been the scene of what is claimed to be a unique experiment. For 16 months, Bouygues Telecom and its international partners (Semtech, Sagemcom, Eolane, Adeunis and Kerlink) and industrial customers have been able to test the LoRa (Long Range) technology and assess its performance in real conditions. 

LogMeIn, Inc. has introduced Rescue Lens, a new video-aided support capability aimed at addressing the rapidly expanding world of connected products – and the new needs of today’s connected customer. As part of LogMeIn Rescue, the premier professional remote support solution, Rescue Lens delivers on LogMeIn’s new Support-of-Things initiative. Using a secure, live camera feed

It is almost a commonplace now that we – and our stuff – is making an awful lot of data. According to IBM, 90% of all data that there has ever been was produced in the last two years.

New challenges demand new end-to-end strategies – not just more technologies, says Oozi Cats, CEO of Telit Communications.

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association focused on driving the next generation Wi-Fi experience, has published a whitepaper supporting the deployment of Wi-Fi location based services (LBS) detailing the business drivers and opportunities for the technology. The penetration of Wi-Fi on mobile devices and proliferation of Wi-Fi networks makes it a key technology