Partner content Optimizing IoT power consumption 12th May 2020 One of the greatest barriers to IoT technology is the implementation of sustainable, functional deployment. The multifunctionality of the Internet of Things (IoT) comes at a cost in terms of power. While traditional battery power is the most obvious solution for remote applications, it’s not always economical. First, battery capacity may be insufficient for emerging […]
Partner content Smart city joins the ranks of the ‘rationalized’ 12th May 2020 Google parent company Alphabet cancelled its ambitious smart city project in Toronto, Ontario, last week. It cited the “unprecedented economic uncertainty” of the Coronavirus pandemic as the root cause. Dubbed ‘Quayside’, the project envisioned a complete transformation of a twelve-acre, former-industrial stretch of Toronto waterfront into a futuristic city. Here the cars would be self-driving, […]
News Motorola Solutions sees COVID-19 dip in enterprise LMR but claims no LTE cannibalization 11th May 2020 Motorola Solutions saw a notable decline in land-mobile-radio (LMR) sales during the first quarter and expects a much bigger drop during the second quarter amid the COVID-19-driven economic collapse, but the company is confident in the future of its mission-critical offerings when the pandemic is over, CEO Greg Brown said last week. Speaking during Motorola […]
Partner content Cost and COVID-19 hit driverless investment, Bosch says 7th May 2020 Automakers had already been backing away from investing in higher levels of autonomous technology citing costs as the main barrier to market adoption. According to automotive supplier giant Bosch, this is now being compounded by growing uncertainty over how the Coronavirus fall-out will affect the ride-sharing, ride-hailing and car-sharing models that many had placed so […]
News Newscan: The miracle of the Internet not breaking during COVID-19 pandemic 7th May 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations The miracle of the Internet not breaking during COVID-19 pandemic Why didn’t COVID-19 break the Internet? The coronavirus pandemic is breaking the Internet Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, national security Cell towers in Canada attacked over COVID-19 conspiracy theories So far, 77 cell-phone towers have […]
Audio CBRS: Bob Plaschke outlines promising options to leverage 3.5 GHz spectrum 6th May 2020 Bob Plaschke, a longtime advocate of wireless broadband technologies and former CEO of Sonim Technologies, describes potential use cases and capabilities for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum at 3.5 GHz to support enterprises’ private LTE systems delivering connectivity for a host of applications, from general Internet access to Internet of Things (IoT) […]
Partner content Facing up the driverless-car barriers 5th May 2020 Over the next decade connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are expected to generate millions of dollars for the global economy. At least, that’s what’s currently predicted by many people in the industry. Yet the expectation that they will be on our roads next year in 2021 is considered to be too optimistic with human drivers […]
Partner content How mobile sensing empowered West Des Moines with critical road network data 5th May 2020 Navigating roads during the winter weather months can be quite hazardous for drivers on our roadways. In fact, 17 percent of all vehicle crashes happen during winter conditions. to solve this problem, communities need to improve road weather data accuracy to increase safety and efficiency. From limited budgets and increasingly severe weather events to meeting the […]
News Motorola Solutions announces Safe Schools platform 1st May 2020 Motorola Solutions this week announced Safe Schools, a platform that leverages multiple technologies—voice, data, analytics and video—into an integrated solution that is designed to make educational campuses safer and operationally more efficient. John Zidar, senior vice president of Motorola Solutions’ global enterprise and channels business, said many technology components within Safe Schools, but the new […]
Partner content Seven types of data guiding COVID-19 decision-making as we move from response to recovery 30th April 2020 The rate of spread of COVID-19 varies from state to state, with some successfully flattening the curve while others still await peak infection levels. As governors wrestle with how and when to begin reopening businesses and easing shelter-in-place orders, they must lean on reliable, accurate, and timely data to take decisive action that will ultimately […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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