First NB-IoT labs opens in Australia
A partnership has been established between Huawei and James Cook University (JCU), focusing on the development of technology around NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT).
Huawei has provided JCU with the very latest IoT technology as well as direct funding for specialised research, while JCU will host a dedicated live NB-IoT lab to research and develop applications, smart devices and sensor networks.
Research carried out at the IoT lab will feed into Huawei’s global IoT development. Part of the research will focus on IoT for a smart reef, smart health care and smart agriculture.
“We all know that IoT is going to be the major game-changing technology of the future and NB-IoT will be the major driver of this ICT revolution,” said Zhao (James) Xichu, CEO of Huawei Australia.
“The new IoT laboratory will support the first IoT-specific engineering degree offered in Australia.”
To further support JCU and its students, Huawei will also offer the opportunity to travel to Huawei’s global headquarters in China and its Australian headquarters in Sydney as part of its highly successful Seeds for the Future program.
“The Internet of Things is based on something that is central to our mission in the tropics: building greater connectivity between people, place and technology,” said JCU Vice Chancellor Professor Sandra Harding.
“From designing smarter cities to growing precision agricultural systems, monitoring natural environments in real time and creating clever health solutions that work in remote communities, we don’t want to be just a part of that future — we want to lead it.”
Eighty students of JCU’s IoT-specific engineering program will have the opportunity to train and learn on live, cutting-edge IoT technology in real time.
The IoT degree, the first of its kind in Australia, combines the study of electronic engineering with internet technologies, wireless communications, sensor device, industrial design and cloud computing.
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