The ITU has adopted new regulations to govern frequency allocations for the many planned constellations of nano-satellites for IoT such as those from Australian companies, Fleet Space and Myriota, and other non-geostationary satellites. “The agreement reached at WRC-19 establishes regulatory procedures for the deployment of non-geostationary satellites, including mega-constellations in low-Earth orbit (LEO),” the ITU said. […]
HomeGrid Forum touts ‘optical’ G.Hn for smart homes and cities
The HomeGrid Forum says visible light communication (VLC) – light beams modulated according to its G.Hn standard is set to be the next major innovation in realising the full potential of both the smart home and the smart city. The G.hn standard is already used for communication over powerline, coax, twisted pair and plastic optical […]
New Zealand number two by IoT penetration. Really?
A few news outlets became very excited by some stats presented in a just released ITU report. They claim the ITU report shows Sweden as having the highest IoT penetration, with New Zealand a distant second. Australia did not even make the top 20, but the figures don’t bear close scrutiny. Here’s how MediaPost’s ioTDaily ConnectedThings reported […]
Singapore joins ITU smart city trial
Singapore has joined the ITU’s two-year pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of the ITU’s key performance indicators for smart sustainable cities. The ITU aims to develop an internationally standardised set of of the indicators that can be used as the basis of a Global Smart Sustainable Cities Index. The pilot project will test and […]
ITU sets up IoT Study Group for smart cities
ITU sets up IoT Study Group for smart cities The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has established a new ITU-T Study Group to address the standardisation requirements of IoT technologies, with an initial focus on IoT applications in smart cities. According to the ITU, the new group, ITU-T Study Group 20: IoT and its applications, including […]
