Nicholas Fearn
Gothenburg joins smart cities bandwagon
Gothenburg in Sweden has become the latest European city to develop a LoRa wireless network as part of a smart cities project rolling out across...
Germany trumps US in IIoT investment
Industrial IoT (IIoT) technologies are taking over the world right now, and Silicon Valley is one of the leading global centres for connected tech...
3GPP standardises NB-IoT technology for rollout
Telecoms body 3GPP has finalised the standardisation of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology.
As a result of this, network operators and technology firms will...
GE makes digital and IoT push in Europe
GE is spearheading its industrial IoT operations by hiring new staff and by opening a new office in Europe.
GE's 'Digital Foundry' is based in Paris,...
Bluetooth 5 will offer big benefits for the IoT
The next version of Bluetooth (Bluetooth 5) will offer a whole host of improvements, including increased range, speed and broadcast messaging capacity. And this...
UK manufacturers neglecting the benefits of IoT
UK manufacturers aren’t actively investing in IoT technologies, according to a report published this week.
The SAP study polled 100 senior executives working in the British...
Nokia targets lucrative connected home with new IoT platform
Mobile communications giant Nokia has launched a new IoT platform.
'IMPACT' lets operators, enterprises and governments roll-out and scale new IoT services without compromising on...
NSA wants to monitor the Internet of Things
America’s National Security Agency (NSA) is looking at ways it can collect data from the ever-growing amount of internet-connected devices.
According to tech firm Cisco,...
HPE and GE chasing Industrial IoT through new partnership
Tech giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise and GE have joined forces to find ways to connect industrial machinery to the Industrial IoT.
This week, the companies...
Symantec unveils smart system to protect connected cars
Cyber-security firm Symantec has unveiled an anomaly detection system for connected cars to fight against zero-day attacks and other issues.
The system means Symantec is bringing...
US bank Citibank using iBeacons in NYC branches
Retail banking firm Citibank has begun using iBeacons to help it forge new interactions and experiences with its customers.
The company is piloting iBeacons, which pick...
Cisco and IBM team up to drive edge analytics for IoT
Tech giants Cisco and IBM are partnering in a bid to deliver intelligent data analytics by combining their respective IoT capabilities.
IBM is merging the strength...