Press Releases

2G feature phones in emerging markets surge while saturated regions await 5G, finds Strategy Analytics

Strategy Analytics in its newly published report Global Handset Sales Forecast by 88 Countries and 19 Technologies: 2003 to 2023 finds that while the first 5G commercial handsets will go on sale from early 2019, sales will not begin to scale up until 2021 when volumes approach 5% of global handset sales. (more…)

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March 23, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

IoT company Allterco Robotics presented next-gen smart products for lighting and automated home

The IoT company Allterco Robotics presented its upgraded line of products for home and office automation – Shelly, in Frankfurt. The company is one of the exhibitors at the world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building services technology Light + Building, which is currently held in the German city (March 18-23, 2018). (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Diversey brings transparency to the laundry process with IntelliLinen

Diversey introduced its IntelliLinen laundry dispenser powered by Diversey’s Internet of Clean (IoC). The IntelliLinen system provides real-time and remote transparency of energy and water consumption, chemical accuracy, machine downtime and day-to-day operational costs to prevent costly disruptions and errors within laundry operations. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Edge computing adds virtualisation and hyperconvergence: Part 2

Part 1 of “Edge Computing Adds Virtualisation and Hyperconvergence” outlined a development that looks set to have wide-ranging implications for the future of IoT. That probably sounds like more hype, so let’s cut to the chase and take a look at an intrinsic issue that this development has addressed. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Qualcomm announces support for next-gen VR experiences with new Snapdragon 845 VR development kit

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), announced a new virtual reality development kit consisting of a wireless, standalone VR head mounted display (HMD), and a new software development kit (SDK) for the powerful Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ (more…)

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March 22, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Online lottery wagers to more than double, reaching $76bn by 2022, says Juniper Research

A new study from Juniper Research has found that online lotteries will be disrupted by the opening up of markets coupled with a drive towards mobile offerings. Wagers placed on online lotteries will increase from $29 billion (€23.48 billion) in 2017, to $76 billion (€61.53 billion) by 2022 with mobile devices accounting for more than half of this by 2022. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

How the IoT will get a boost with increased artificial intelligence presence

Sensors integrated into devices use the internet and offer a bulk of data that is extremely useful, says Danish Wadhwa. There are many reasons for transmitting sensor data but all reasons settle on a common assumption that is data can be mined and evaluated to generate actionable insights. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Middle East digital carrier, Zain Jordan, signs partnership agreement with EQUIIS

EQUIIS Technologies, a provider of secure mobile communications for the enterprise, and Zain Jordan, the digital carrier in the Middle East, and part of the Zain Group, has finalised their partnership agreement. (more…)

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March 21, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

GlobalPlatform and IoT Connectivity Alliance sign MoU to develop and support industry-wide standards for IoT security

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between industry associations GlobalPlatform and the IoT Connectivity Alliance (ICA). The two technical bodies will work to develop and promote a standardised approach to internet of things (IoT) security based on secure component technology. This will reduce the cost and streamline the development of large-scale consumer and industrial IoT deployments. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

New Arrow ARIS-EDGE-S3 kit simplifies development of battery-powered applications with compact TFT display

Arrow Electronics has extended its convenient and flexible ARIS (Arrow Renesas IoT Synergy) platform for developing Internet of Things (IoT) devices by introducing the ARIS-EDGE-S3, which packs extra compute performance and the opportunity to add a compact user interface for richer interactions. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde