45 million 5G small cells will be installed by 2031

After years of waiting, 5G is finally here. 5G not only greatly improves network experiences for mobile consumers, but more importantly, will bring digitalisation into every industry, revolutionising our society. However, this vision will not be realised without small cell…

ETSI releases IoT testing specifications for industrial automation

The ETSI committee on Methods for Testing and Specifications (TC MTS) has recently completed a first set of seven standards addressing the testing of the IoT MQTT and CoAP protocols, and the foundational security IoT-Profile. “These new standards fill the…

Crosser enables IFS customers to create value from their IoT data

Crosser, a low-code platform for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has announced a new partnership with IFS, the global cloud enterprise applications company. The combined solution will empower joint customers to turn machine data into actionable insights. The raw asset…

The fourth industrial revolution – changes and challenges

Between 1760 and 1840, the first industrial revolution moved from hand production to using steam and waterpower.   From around 1871 -1914, the second industrial revolution came about due to the prolific building of railroads and factory electrification. It was…

Embedded machine learning for industrial applications

Over the last few years, there have been countless predictions of how our lives are about to be transformed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). All this comes at a cost, with the worldwide market forecast to grow…