From smart buildings to intelligent buildings

Xavier Mongin, Global Director for the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Government, Defense, Smart cities & Smart Buildings writes how smart buildings will become intelligent Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing humanity today. We are already seeing many of its…

BT trials reflect MNOs’ consciousness around sustainability

Following BT trials into energy-saving cell sleep technology, last month the Group announced it had implemented this technology across its EE mobile sites nationwide. Cell sleep technology works by putting particular 4G LTE capacity carriers to sleep when they are…

Insight SIP Bluetooth Module picked for counting devices

Eco-Counter has opted for Insight SiP’s ultra-miniature RF Bluetooth module for its EVO series of counting devices. Eco-Counter is a provider of solutions for accurately counting pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas, parks, and natural open spaces. There is a…

STMicroelectronics unveils image sensors for cameras

STMicroelectronics has launched a comprehensive suite of plug-and-play hardware kits, evaluation camera modules, and software to streamline development with its ST BrightSense global-shutter image sensors. This ecosystem allows developers of mass-market industrial and consumer applications to achieve superior camera performance…

WBBA releases recommendations to support 5.5G and 6G

The World Broadband Association (WBBA) has released Technical Recommendations for networking evolution in the 5.5G era, aiming to meet the rising demand for ubiquitous 10 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) access across businesses, campuses, and homes. Network 5.5G (Net5.5G) outlines the next-generation data…

Harada Industry partners with UnaBiz on vehicle tracking solution

Harada Industry, a provider of automotive antennas, is partnering with UnaBiz, a provider and integrator of Massive Internet of Things (IoT) services, to develop a vehicle tracking solution and in-vehicle antenna based on Sigfox 0G technology for the automotive sector.…

Plintron wins MVNOs Awards for third year in a row

Plintron won the MVNOs Awards 2024 at the MVNOs World Congress in Brussels on June 25, 2024. Plintron was awarded at the MVNOs World Congress for the third year in succession. This award recognises a solution provider that has successfully partnered with…

mioty Alliance updates specification for LTN

The mioty Alliance is pleased to announce the release of ETSI TS 103 357-2 V2.1.1, an important update to the TS-UNB protocol specification for Low Throughput Networks (LTN). This latest version, published in June 2024, marks a significant advancement in…

Pelle Svensson from u-blox shares how Wi-Fi 6 is shaping hospitals

Wi-Fi is continuing to evolve as Wi-Fi 4 came out in 2009; Wi-Fi 5 debuted in 2013 and Wi-Fi 6 came out in 2019. This kind of progression is typical for the industry, explained Pelle Svensson, Segment Manager, Connected Health…

Agri IoT to become an essential tool against climate change

Agritech refers to a growing field of applying technology to improve agriculture; while Agri IoT relates to the specific application of IoT technologies to create smart farming. Sensors, cameras and drones are technologies being deployed to gather data on parameters…