- GE (GE +0.6%) and NTT DoCoMo (DCM +0.1%) plan to team up to offer a new remote monitoring service for bridges and other structures in Japan, Nikkei Asian Review reports.
- The pair reportedly will offer Internet-based solutions to monitor the country's aging structures, which also includes roads, power transmission and other equipment.
- GE sensors would monitor such items as rotation, vibration, flow rates and temperature, transmitting the information via DCM's mobile network; the info would be analyzed to predict equipment trouble and notify clients of potential problems in advance to help save on maintenance costs.