IoT connections to grow 140% to hit 50bn by 2022, as edge computing accelerates ROI, according to Juniper Research

New data from Juniper Research has revealed that the total number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) sensors and devices is set to exceed 50 billion by 2022, up from an estimated 21 billion in 2018.

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Nokia officially opens its Cloud Collaboration Hub in Singapore to help operators realise their cloud strategies

Nokia is strengthening its cloud and data centre services with the official launch of the first Nokia Cloud Collaboration Hub in Asia. Based in Singapore, the hub is an execution centre where multivendor cloud services from strategy, design, execution and delivery are provided.

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Momenta Partners welcomes Wim D’Hondt, strategy partner, in Montreal

Momenta Partners reported that it has appointed Wim D’Hondt as their newest strategy partner. Wim brings nearly two decades of experience in global tech advisory and management consulting. He’s guided a range of leading global Communications, Media and High Tech companies

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IoT leaves Trough of Disillusionment as operators figure out ‘how to build a network and a business’

For about two years the Internet of Things (IoT) has been in what Gartner’s Hypecycle refers to as the ‘Trough of Disillusionment’. So say three InterDigital executives talking to Jeremy Cowan of IoT Now at Mobile World Congress (#MWC18) in Barcelona.

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Nokia and EDF join forces to test IoT technology for industries

Nokia has been selected by French power utility EDF‘s R&D unit to test the performance of LPWA wireless networking technologies – key emerging standards for Internet of Things (IoT) device connectivity – to support critical operations for industries.

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Interdigital announces successful demonstration of 5G ready mmW wireless crosshaul transport

InterDigital, Inc., a mobile technology research and development company, announced the successful trial and evaluation of the company’s millimeter wave (mmW) EdgeLink™ 60GHz solution and Fast-Forward 70GHz solution that meets new 5G transport requirements as defined by the various 5G standardisation groups

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Why network slicing is a killer app for 5G

Network slicing, the idea of dividing available network capacity into slices that are designed and dimensioned to best serve specific users and applications, is seen as one of the greatest benefits of 5G because it allows the creation of dedicated networks for specific customers or customer groups. Mobile operators see this as one of their

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Book Review: Digitise or Die

This is a very big book. The review copy was a PDF file that ran to 251 pages. The title is somewhat dramatic but the author does make a convincing case for that statement, citing companies such as Kodak and Nokia. However that is a relatively easy task.

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Clear Blue Technologies and the Telecom Infra Project develop smart OpenCellular power management

Clear Blue Technologies Inc., the Smart Off-Grid™ company, and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), an initiative co-founded by SK Telecom, Intel, Nokia, Facebook and Deutsche Telekom in 2016, announced a collaboration as part of TIP’s OpenCellular project group

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AT&T, Ford, Nokia and Qualcomm launch cellular-V2X connected car technology trials in the US

AT&T, Ford, Nokia, and Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, are helping to accelerate the development of connected cars with the first announced Cellular-V2X (C-V2X) trials in the U.S.

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NG-PON2 can be the key for long-term success

Next-generation fiber technologies such as NG-PON2 represent a paradigm shift in the access space and a more certain path towards long-term success, according to Vincent O’Byrne, director of Technology at Verizon.

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IoT experts and stakeholders drive interoperable standards-based adoption at oneM2M India Industry Day

Industry-wide collaboration will be the driving force behind a global adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), according to IoT organisations and stakeholders who gathered in Bengaluru, India at the third oneM2M Industry Day, which was hosted by Telecommunications Standards Development Society India (TSDSI) in September.

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Nokia focuses on delivering carrier-grade networks for transportation, energy, public sector, finance, web services and healthcare

Nokia is strengthening its approach to serve key enterprise markets and large ‘webscale’ customers. As of September 1, 2017 Chris Johnson has joined the organisation from HPE to lead the push into vertical industries while company veteran Mike Calabrese will oversee the webscale and large enterprise customer segments.

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U.S. Cellular teams up with Nokia to provide self-service IoT device management portal to business customers

To enhance the wireless experience for business customers, U.S. Cellular has introduced “ConnectHQ,” a self-service portal that allows customers to manage connectivity to all of their wireless data devices in a centralised dashboard.

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The Industrial Internet Consortium and oneM2M partner on IIoT

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the organisation transforming business and society by accelerating the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and oneM2M, the global IoT standards initiative, announced they have agreed to work together to contribute to the creation and development of the Industrial Internet.

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oneM2M to host third Industry Day in India to advance worldwide IoT adoption

The global Internet of Things (IoT) standards initiative oneM2M and its partner Telecom Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI) bought the third oneM2M Industry Day to India.

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