Smart Utilities
Quantela, T-Mobile partner to create greater value for cities, utility providers across US
Billerica, United States – Digital infrastructure provider, Quantela Inc. announced a new alliance agreement with T-Mobile to combine T-Mobile’s existing IoT assets and cellular connectivity with Quantela’s established smart city software and hardware solutions to bring a more competitive IoT offering to the US market which will open the doors for accelerated city digitisation.
Read moreMonarch Tractor debuts electric, driver-optional smart tractor
Livermore, United States – Monarch Tractor, maker of the MK-V, the fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor, announced the tractors are coming off the Founder Series production line at its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Livermore, California. The rollout comes less than two years since Monarch unveiled its tractor that combines electrification, automation, and data analysis
Read moreGridX, SEW partner to boost utility industry, deliver ‘superior’ customer experiences
GridX, the enterprise rate platform provider to modern utilities, and SEW, the provider of digital customer and workforce experience platforms to utilities, signed an agreement to integrate GridX with SEW’s Digital Customer Experience (CX) platform – Smart Customer Mobile (SCM). Combining GridX’s ability to tell customers the exact value of their clean energy decisions with SEW’s customer
Read moreYandex debuts smart devices with Alice in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s local retailers have begun selling Yandex’s smart home devices and Stations with Alice. Purchasers of a smart speaker will receive a Yandex Plus subscription.
Read moreadhoc smart waste solution deploys Nordic’s nRF9160 SiP for cellular IoT cloud connectivity
German-based company adhoc networks has released a smart waste management solution capable of measuring fill levels in waste containers. This allows waste management businesses such as government bodies or private companies to better allocate rubbish collection resources and avoid overflow. The ‘adhoc smart waste’ device uses built-in optical sensors to monitor the fill levels of
Read moreTelefónica Tech debuts smart helmets in collaboration with LIVALL
Madrid, Spain – Telefónica Tech strengthens its value proposition with the creation of a product category, sustainable mobility, which will include the portfolio of the preventive security technology company LIVALL. To this end, both companies have signed an agreement whereby Telefónica Tech becomes a partner of LIVALL to provide global IoT connectivity to its smart helmets and
Read moreMasonite announces five new M-Pwr Smart Doors home builder partners
Tampa, United States – Masonite International Corporation, a global designer, manufacturer, marketer and distributor of interior and exterior doors, announced the expansion of its M-Pwr Smart Doors home builder portfolio with the addition of five new builder partners. Masonite M-Pwr Smart Doors are the residential exterior doors to integrate power, LED welcome lights, a video
Read moreMilesight IoT and Actility partner up to facilitate LoRaWAN deployments
China and Paris, 21 September 2022 – Milesight, the AIoT solution provider, and Actility, the world specialist in IoT connectivity solutions, announced a partnership to facilitate the deployment of IoT use cases for indoor air quality (IAQ), smart buildings, smart offices, smart cities, smart agriculture, and many other verticals.
Read moreNordic-powered smart utility access cover offers anti-theft protection and detects open/close events
Oslo, Norway – China-based Jian-IOT has launched a smart utility access cover that can detect when the cover has been opened or closed, records water level and temperature data, identifies any damage, and includes an anti-theft system that tracks the current location of the device. The ‘Integrated Intelligent Manhole Cover’ employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to both act
Read moreNeosensory launches new hearing loss solution, outperforming hearing aids
San Mateo, United States. 09 August, 2022 – Neosensory, a technology company designing solutions for hearing health, is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest solution: a wristband for people with hearing loss to experience speech without hearing aids or invasive surgery. Clarify is a ground-breaking wristband and the first alternative to hearing aids and sound amplifiers
Read moreZoning systems in smart buildings – Part I
Working in an office can be fun, sociable and productive. But if the temperature isn’t right, it can make work uncomfortable, and is likely to lead to lower outputs and higher absenteeism. It’s a familiar feeling for most of us you’re always too hot or too cold, regardless of the season. Traditional heating ventilation and
Read moreSmarter building monitoring and optimisation power by IoT
Jersey & London – JT IoT and learnd announce partnership to empower more efficient and sustainable building management by combining learnd’s Open Data Platform with JT IoT’s global connectivity. This will allow building engineers and experts to gain enhanced real-time data from all data sources within each estate no matter where in the world the building
Read moreIteris secures VDOT contract for smart mobility, safety, sustainability programmes
Richmond, VA. 19 July 2022 – Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a new contract by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for smart mobility, safety and sustainability programmes, representing continued demand for Iteris’ platform as a service offering and mobility consulting services in a
Read moreNew Thread 1.3.0 wireless protocol improves seamless connectivity in smart homes, buildings
San Ramon, California. 19 July 2022 – The Thread Group, an industry alliance enabling IoT convergence, and addressing challenges around security, energy footprint, and architecture at the network layer, announced the next iteration of its wireless networking protocol, Thread 1.3.0, now enabling Matter. Building on previous iterations, Thread 1.3.0 is fully backward compatible, opening up
Read moreFIWARE Foundation and AWS join forces to make digital cities smarter and sustainable
Berlin, 12 July 2022 – FIWARE Foundation, the non-profit organisation that encourages the adoption of open standards implemented using Open Source technologies for the development of smart solutions on a global basis proudly announces today that Amazon Web Services (AWS), the comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, has joined FIWARE Foundation as a Platinum Member. This
Read moreThunderSoft joins SOAFEE SIG, working with partners to define software architecture and reference design for future vehicles
Beijing, China. 4 July 2022 – ThunderSoft, the operating system products and technologies provider, has officially joined the SOAFEE SIG (Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge Special Interest Group) as a voting member. With its technical strength in Smart Vehicles and AIOT, ThunderSoft will strengthen the group’s software ecosystem as it continues to define a
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