Rogers, Ericsson team up on IoT pilot for water quality testing with the City of Ottawa

TORONTO - Rogers and Ericsson are partnering on a “Connected Water” initiative that will use Internet of Things technology to support the City of Ottawa’s water quality testing program.The first of its kind in Canada, the pilot will use a combination of IoT, cloud and LTE mobile broadband technologies to gather real-time data that City staff can use to better predict, prevent and respond to potential issues related to water quality.Sensors, capable of collecting data over a widespread area of the City's watershed system, will perform automated tests every 30 minutes. City employees will use this data to validate the data...