The Tokyo Institute of Technology and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. have announced that, in an effort to further expand the capabilities of wireless equipment, they have developed a CMOS wireless transceiver chip that can process signals at high speed with little loss, across a wide frequency range, from 72 to 100 gigahertz (GHz).

The Experimental Hospitalization project Hospital 2050, SISENS, developed by Televés and Indra for the Galician Health Service (SERGAS) has won the award, in the ICT application category, from the “Ad Qualitatem” Foundation for the best Quality, Sustainability and Innovation initiative in the Socio-Health Sector.

ZTE Corporation has announced that, in partnership with Ansaldo STS, it has conducted a test of its CBTC (Communications-Based Train Control) system over an LTE network. Ansaldo STS, a leading global provider of signaling, integrated passenger (rail/mass transit) and freight transport systems, supplied the CBTC signaling system, while ZTE provided the LTE service necessary for the test.

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas offered a glimpse into the new technologies and innovations we'll see throughout the rest of the year. There was more evolution than revolution at this year's event, with many companies launching "me too" or improved versions of existing products rather than groundbreaking concepts.

Researchers at Tokyo University of Electro-Communications report the ability to deliver 60 watts over a 300-meter optical fiber system, demonstrating the potential of optical power systems using double-coated fibers for future small-cell mobile communications. The results have been published in the journal Optics Letters.

Today, the world's first online smart city community was launched to support urban stakeholders in their efforts to develop smart and sustainable cities. This new community aims to identify the main "weak points" that pose challenges to urban development.

Analysys Mason, a market research company, lists below its predictions for M2M and IoT for 2016

Network operators and their suppliers should pay close attention to these 10 trends for decision-making in 2016. Analysys Mason's top ten predictions for 2016:

The ITU-T Thematic Group on IMT-2020 network aspects ("5G") has been extended with a mandate to conduct detailed studies in areas such as "network computerization" and segmentation, emerging network technologies, core-to-core and mobile front-end links, and end-to-end quality of service (QoS).

Vodafone Group, Huawei and u-blox have successfully completed the first commercial trial of a pre-standard NB-IoT (Narrowband for the Internet of Things) * NB-IoT is a new technology that will extend to the Internet of Things (IoT), as it is more efficient at connecting objects to the internet that are in areas difficult to access by mobile connectivity or that require a long battery life.

Within three years, satellite technology will allow consumers to access the Internet with bandwidths of 100 Mbit per second, covering almost the entire territory, according to Quantis, a Spanish multinational satellite services company.

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance supports the decision taken at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to maintain the ITU's primary allocation of the lower UHF spectrum from 470 MHz to 694 MHz for terrestrial broadcasting (TV) services at least until 2023.

ZTE Corporation has announced that the company has made a major breakthrough in research on next-generation radio network access, completing the world's first pre-commercial trial of distributed multiple-input multiple-output (D-MIMO) technology.

Infinera and EBlink have announced an alliance to offer solutions based on wireless and fiber optic connections, and provide an end-to-end fronthaul architecture.

The Radiocommunication Assembly has adopted a Resolution establishing the roadmap for the development of 5G mobile systems and their name, namely "IMT-2020". The overall "Vision" for 5G systems has now been defined, along with the objectives, process, and timeline for their development.

Telefónica and IMDEA Networks today announced the creation of Spain's first 5G center of excellence. The center, called 5TONIC, aims to create an open ecosystem for innovation and research where industry and academia can collaborate to drive the development of 5G technologies and their associated entrepreneurial environment.

The widespread adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, the shift from reactive to predictive analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT), and the continuous virtualization of network functions are driving service providers to seek advanced testing solutions for big data analytics and in the cloud.

In a highly competitive business environment, the need to track and locate assets, personnel, and items for operational efficiency and safety is driving the global market for real-time location systems (RTLS).

Siemens, in collaboration with the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment (SenStadtUm), VMZ Berlin Betreibergesellschaft mbH, the Institute for Climate, Energy and Mobility Protection (IKEM), and the Robotics Innovation Center of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), has launched the first pilot project capable of detecting free parking spaces in the city.

While traditional mobile networks have dominated the M2M connectivity market, the situation is about to change, according to the report published today by Beecham Research: "Market Report and Forecast on Low Power WAN Networks for IoT Applications.".