Sainsbury’s turns to Amazon for cashierless tech
UK grocer Sainsbury’s has entered into a Faustian bargain with etail leviathan Amazon to power its new cashierless stores.
UK grocer Sainsbury’s has entered into a Faustian bargain with etail leviathan Amazon to power its new cashierless stores.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has launched some new software that claims to guarantee consistent low latency for things like VR and remote control.
A European consortium created to develop ways of maintaining seamless connectivity even when driving from one country to another has been showing off its work.
A new Tesco store trial called ‘GetGo’ uses similar technology to Amazon Fresh shops to automatically charge you for any stuff you walk out with.
Businesses worldwide will allocate the biggest slice of their IT budget to Internet of Things (IoT) services in the next few years, according to new research published by Inmarsat.
Qualcomm’s willingness to part with US$4.5 billion for automotive tech firm Veoneer provides the strongest statement of intent to date that it is looking to the driverless car for future growth.
Germany’s 1NCE, an IoT connectivity specialist, has raised US$50 million in new financing to help fund its international expansion and drive growth.
US embedded chip giant Qualcomm reasserted its smart city ambitions with an update of its IoT Services Suite platform.
Internet giant Amazon has unveiled a bunch of new products apparently designed to ensure there’s seldom a moment when you’re not interacting with the company.
The pod is delighted to welcome a guest this week – Elena Davidson, CEO of Liberty Communications. Accordingly they start by talking about PR and comms, including the apparent evaporation of entertainment budgets, before analysing a recent attempt by Facebook to communicate with the outside world. They move on to reflect on recent conversations with Vodafone UK’s head of networks before concluding with a look at the radio weight arms race.
We caught up with Andrea Dona, Chief Network Officer at Vodafone UK, after his keynote at 5G World 2021 to ask what he means when he talks about the intersection of technologies driving the telecoms sector. We also spoke about the prospects for 5G and what new things it will eventually enable us to do.
Telecoms operators are falling short when it comes to capital investment in the post-pandemic world, according to a new study published this week.
Pat Gelsinger, CEO of US chip giant Intel, sees massive growth in the automotive chip market and wants to invest heavily in Europe to meet it.
BMW is adding a personal eSIM to the BMW iX and both DT and Vodafone are claiming to be first to market with the add-on that makes it work.
China Unicom has shared plans to spin off and list its majority-owned SMART Connection technology business in mainland China.
US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has made its bid to dominate drones as it already does smartphones with the launch of the Flight Platform.
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Nokia lands core gig at United Group; Arm sees sales soar; Community Fibre takes majority stake in Box Broadband.
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: MTN warns of H1 earnings fall; Orange combines with SSE Networks for improved maritime connectivity; Brussels looks into latest Facebook acquisition.
Consumers in the UK are once again starting to see the appeal of smart home-related technology and it’s not just about smart TVs.
IoT is failing to live up to expectations in the UK and in the US, or at least that is what the creators of a new report would have us believe.
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