IKEA, a new player in a not-so-new market
Searching for new sources of revenue is in the DNA of Internet service providers. One of the most explored areas –certainly thanks to the help of equipment manufacturers- has been the creation
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Smart village goes for LoRa
With the numerous announcements from major mobile operators regarding the deployment of IoT networks, especially Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) ones, one may wonder if there is room for smaller players. This kind of networks requires a relatively small
What’s in the smart city for the technophobic?
Digital technologies are a major vector for the transformation of our lives: they change the way we access information, the way we communicate with one another, the way we consume -be it virtual content or physical goods-, the way
Why smart services need better -not just more- data
In the last decade, an incredible amount of innovative digital services were made available to the consumer, improving their quality of life. Most of these services rely on the ability to collect, store and/or analyze data that was previously
IoT in licensed spectrum: a game changer?
If you’re following the news regarding the Internet of Things, chances are you’ve come across some reading material on NB-IOT lately. After the launch of the ‘Mobile IoT Initiative’ by the GSMA last August to promote the use of
Where will the next Smart City rise?
If you ask someone to name a Smart City, they will probably give you one of the following:
- Songdo (South Korea)
- Amsterdam (Netherlands),
- Masdar (UAE),
- Stockholm (Sweden),
- Lyon or Nice (France),
- Barcelona (Spain).
Whether the city is on this
Are fixed networks obsolete in the Smart City era?
Every day we read articles describing how wireless sensor networks will drive change in cities all around the world, bringing connectivity to street furniture, vehicles, utility networks and so on… In particular numerous Smart City enthusiasts regularly praise low power
Falling in Love with Stockholm All Over Again
Last week I spent two and a half days in Stockholm, doing interviews and meeting various public officials and private businesses with the aim of updating the White Paper we published in 2013 entitled Stockholm’s Stokab: A Blueprint for Ubiquitous