Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei showed off its new internet of things (IoT) technologies at the IoT Forum Africa conference held in Johannesburg last week. Technologies demonstrated by the firm include its OceanConnect IoT platform and NarrowBand-IoT wireless system, as as well as smart home, connected car, animal tracking and smart water metering solutions. The company has also announced that it will be launching a new product called “SmartWater” which is designed to help farmers manage their irrigation systems through an app on Android or iOS.
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei showed off its new internet of things (IoT) technologies at the IoT Forum Africa conference held in Johannesburg last week. Technologies demonstrated by the firm include its OceanConnect IoT platform and NarrowBand-IoT wireless system, as as well as smart home, connected car, animal tracking and smart water metering solutions. Huawei also has plans to build an IoT lab in South Africa to create innovative IoT solutions for use across the African continent.