Ericsson appears to making a serious push into the IoT space in partnership with mobile network operators.
Telstra talks up IoT
The Internet of Things featured prominently in Telstra’s AGM presentation today, which probably came as something of a surprise to many in the audience, because IoT is not something that Telstra has said much about to date. Perhaps the most surprising piece of information, from CEO Andy Penn, was that “the Internet of Things … […]
Industry minister misses Industry 4.0
In one of his first speeches, Australia’s new industry minister has failed to acknowledge the importance of one of the biggest transformations to hit industry in decades: Industry 4.0 A few weeks ago I took issue with the Federal Government’s apparent inability to recognise the importance of the Internet of Things to agriculture. In Government […]
US Gov’t told to act on IoT research – Australia take note
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has called for “An urgent need for a targeted and coordinated government initiative similar to that which sparked the semiconductor revolution fifty years ago,” in order for the nation to realise the full benefits of the Internet of Things and big data and to build the foundation for future […]
How device manufacturers can profit from the Internet of Things
By Steve Beards, VP Asia Pacific and Japan at Flexera Software The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most significant events to hit the IT sector. According to Gartner, by 2020 there will be approximately 30 billion IoT devices in circulation. The question is: have device manufacturers implemented the changes […]
Capillary networks for IoT, where ZigBee, bluetooth, etc meet cellular
Today’s mobile networks support a wide range of machine to machine (M2M) applications but are ill-suited to many emerging IoT applications that require low bandwidth communication with static devices that are expected to operate for a decade or more on a AA battery. The cellular industry is evolving LTE to better meet the requirements of […]
Is Reps’ inquiry into smart infrastructure or smart ways to build infrastructure?
Question: what does ‘Smart ICT’ mean to you? I really don’t know, and a Google search did not throw up any clear and consistent definition. This is a bit of a worry because the Australian Government has launched an entire inquiry into “The role of Smart ICT in the design and planning of Infrastructure” without […]
IoT: Here or Hype, a talk on IoT at TelSoc
I’ll be giving a talk on IoT at TelSoc,the Telecommunications Association, in Sydney on 25 September. It’s designed for people not too familiar with IoT who see at as “the most over-hyped technology”. I’ll attempt to refute that, to present a guided tour to some of the key concepts and technologies of IoT, explain the distinction between […]
From the Internet of Things to the Economy of Things
IBM’s Institute for Business Value has produced an insightful and thought-provoking white paper. It argues that, just as the Internet disrupted information-based industries by making information indexable, searchable and easily tradeable, so too will IoT make many types of physical assets indexable, searchable and easily tradeable, with profoundly disruptive consequences. The white paper, The Economy […]
Ericsson and Korea’s SK Group plan global IoT platforms
Ericsson and Korea’s SK Holdings C&C (parent company of SK Telecom) have signed a MoU to develop a global collaborative ICT ecosystem, covering global IoT platforms, emerging ICT services and convergence security solutions, but it’s hard to find much information about Ericsson’s IoT platforms. Under the terms of the MoU, the two companies plan to […]
