The operator is partnership the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Forest Research to explore monitoring technology and trees' role in fighting climate change.

The business unit has added new services to help reactivate public spaces and better understand new patterns of behavior and mobility.

The operator group also claims IoT will help business customers save 350 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) by 2030 – equalling the UK's carbon emissions in 2019.

AWS has honed the service for its own use before making it available generally – as it did with AWS itself. IoT is facing a mighty disruptor.

The Swiss operator has chosen Comarch's 'out of the box' IoT Connect Platform to store, sell, connect, monitor and manage IoT devices.

The wholesale carrier joined forces with tech provider Avnet Silica, which will embed 2G, 3G, 4G,  NB-IoT and LTE-M/Cat-M1 connectivity via BICS’ global SIM for Things IoT solution.

In the last year, 5G has emerged from the fog of hype into the comparative normality of the marketplace, but respondents feel there are still a number of serious concerns about the technology, writes Graeme Neill.

Ford and its consortium partners have received UK government backing for 5G to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.



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The operator says it will be the world's first open platform for IoT and will come into being as a separate entity 1 July, and launched commercially in the second half of 2020.

It uses the LoRaWAN, long range, low power tech in peer-to-peer network with cryptocurrency.

Orange Business Services has signed an agreement to use the Italian broadband company's infrastructure to provide value added services.

Orange International Carriers and Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier are carrying out proofs of concept (PoC) on key performance indicators and IPX HUB breakouts.

Deutsche Telekom’s ‘traffic light’ system, placed at store entrances, counts customers entering and leaving shops and restaurants.

BT has launched two new programmes to help drive the UK’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions and contribute to a green Covid-19 recovery.

Annual shipments of NB-IoT modules in Europe and North America reached close to 5 million units in 2019, according to research from IoT analyst firm Berg Insight.

The Hub is part of an ongoing regional reorganisations and is accompanied by changes to top management.

The DEA, or Energistyrelsen, will offer one licence, on terms designed to ensure the spectrum is used effectively throughout the country.

Telefónica UK (O2) is moving its legacy Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) infrastructure to an Adaptive IP network provided by Ciena.

What a difference a year makes. This time last year, 5G deployment was just getting underway in earnest. Now the technology is all over the globe, but there were signs deployment could be slowing, even before COVID-19.