Research firm Berg Insight says demand from automakers and the impending shutdown of older networks means the share of the global machine-to-machine communications (M2M) market using LTE and HSPA networks will more than double by 2018. The consumer market has embraced LTE since its worldwide rollout in late 2010 and 2011, with its faster speeds and more efficient use of power and network bandwidth, making it a boon for both users and wireless providers. Despite its advantages, only 20 per cent of M2M devices use LTE or HSPA connectivity, according to a Friday release from Berg Insight, and...
Some of the largest software and hardware makers in the world, including Microsoft Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Intel Corp., are choosing sides in a battle over communications standards as the world of connected devices evolves into an Internet of Things. Groups including the Qualcomm and Microsoft-backed AllSeen Alliance, the Samsung and Intel-supported Open Interconnect Consortium, and the U.K.-based HyperCat working group are all looking to define the way consumer gadgets talk to one another as more devices become connected to the Internet. This...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced on Thursday that it has reached an agreement to purchase SmartThings, a maker of a mobile platform that supports Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications and devices. Samsung said in a...
Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday it will be cutting its workforce by about eight per cent, or 6,000 workers, over the next year as it restructures to concentrate its efforts on specific areas such as data centres and cloud...
A new device from New Tork-based LittleBits Electronics Inc. claims to bring the Internet of Things to any device, according to a Wednesday news release. The company’s CloudBit has “the power to turn any object into...
Spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technology in Canada in 2018 will be almost four times what it was last year, according to a new report from International Data Corp. The report, commissioned by Telus Corp., said spending on...
The Canadian arm of Cisco Systems Inc. received the most government funding in Canada of any company last year, according to a list published by the Globe and Mail. The rankings published on the Globe's website Thursday showed Cisco received $220 million in funding. That was more than four times the $49 million the second-ranked company, aerospace component maker Héroux Devtek Inc., received, according to the list. The chart gave "expansion" as the reason for Cisco's funding. The amount of Cisco's funding, $220 million, was exactly the same as that Cisco and the...
Many companies are still trying to find the benefits in adopting the latest in machine-to-machine (M2M) communication technology, yet those that do see significant returns of their investment,...
In a report released Wednesday the International Energy Agency took aim at devices in standby mode, saying they waste billions of dollars worth of electricity each year through the use of inefficient...
Google Inc. is extending its Android operating system to cars and television sets, the company said Wednesday during its Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Customers can use the Android Auto service to connect...
Data transmitted over Internet protocol networks with devices in Canada will be about 2.4 times more in 2018 than what it was last year, according to a new report from Cisco Systems Inc. Highlights...
The market to provide technology and services related to the Internet of Things will rise to $7.1 trillion US by 2020, International Data Corp. said Tuesday. The research company said in a press...
Apple Inc. is planning on expanding into the Internet of Things and will announce a new connected-home platform next week, according to a report from the Financial Times. The paper reported that the platform will unify the...
Experts from industry and academia mostly agree that by 2025 the Internet of Things will be pervasive and ubiquitous while agreeing on little else in a new report from the Pew Research Center. The...
BlackBerry Ltd. announced Wednesday a number of initiatives it said will be the “cornerstone” of its “vision to offer end-to-end solutions for the Internet of Things.” The company said in a press release...
For many Canadians, signing up for insurance that monitors the way they drive is the first direct interaction they will have with machine-to-machine communications (M2M). Attendees at a one-day M2M Canada 2014 conference in Toronto in March compared M2M technology to science fiction and predicted it would lead a “revolution” in interconnectivity comparable in scale with the industrialization of Europe and North America in the 19th century, the Wire Report reported earlier this year. With usage-based insurance (UBI), for some drivers in Canada, the revolution is already here....
Canada’s big telecom providers have a lot to prove as service providers in machine-to-machine communication (M2M), according to Macquarie analyst Greg MacDonald. Companies such as Rogers...
TORONTO — The world’s most interconnected retail store isn’t in London, Paris or New York, Canadian Tire Corp. chief technology officer Eugene Roman said Wednesday, but in West...
Sierra Wireless Inc., a maker of components used in wireless networks, said Monday it has reached a deal to buy In Motion Technology Inc. for $21 million US in cash. Sierra is headquartered in...
Though all the possibilities that 4G wireless technology presents still haven’t been fully explored, industry experts gathered in Ottawa on Wednesday to look ahead at the next generation of wireless networks and discuss what...
Rogers Communications Inc. said it will provide one million “machine-to-machine” Internet connections and launch a new cloud data analytics product by the end of 2013. In a release Monday, Rogers said it will expand its traditional machine-to-machine business into the areas of “big data and analytics” and “professional and managed services.” The company said it expects the Canadian machine-to-machine industry to reach $1 billion in value within the next three years. "Internet is the foundation for a truly digital world and as our lives become...
Rogers Communications Inc. is joining with Wind Mobile’s parent company and other foreign wireless providers with the goal of developing “a single, global platform” for machine-to-machine technologies, Rogers...