IoT

As future 6G standards are discussed this year, current work on Releases 18 and 19 in areas such as AI / ML, MIMO, and power savings will provide the starting point.  The rollout of 5G is well underway. At the …

Satellite comms provider Iridium Communications is inviting device makers, chipmakers, mobile operators, and IoT developers to have their say on the functionality of its developing NB-IoT satellite network. The US firm has convened a consultancy operation as part of its …

Australia-based semiconductor company Morse Micro, developing Wi-Fi HaLow for low-power mid-range IoT solutions, has issued a flurry of announcements at CES in Las Vegas this week (January 9-12), including international certification for a new Quectel-made IoT module, a partnership with Australian …

Germany-headquartered IoT MVNO 1NCE has announced a series of software plugins in its cloud-based connectivity management platform to accelerate IoT development projects, and spearhead its development as an open software system for global IoT connectivity. It claims to have posted …

Telit Cinterion said it signed partnership with floLIVE and Skylo Technologies to unveil the new solution IoT solutions provider Telit Cinterion announced a solution featuring cellular and satellite connectivity services on its ME910G1 and ME310G1 modules. In a release, the …

Airtel said its smart metering solutions are powered by NB-IoT, 4G and 2G technologies Airtel Business, which is the enterprise arm of Indian carrier Bharti Airtel, announced that it will power over 20 million smart meters for local utility firm …

The city of Glasgow in Scotland will be “Europe’s largest smart things and IoT innovation hub” – if the UK government and city council has its way. They have joined in a partnership with local startup group, the Smart Things …

David Joosten, director of the Americas and partner markets at Vodafone Business, identifies key trends that will shape the digital enterprise market in 2024, as follows… 1 | 5G and IoT will benefit society more than AI The convergence of …

US-based private cellular provider Celona has teamed up with Palo Alto Networks to integrate the latter’s cyber-security and -analysis software into its private 4G and 5G network management solutions. It means enterprises can gain closer visibility and control of the …

Is this a review of 2023, or a forecast for 2024? It could be either, on the grounds it looks backwards to look forwards, taking its cues from the past 12 months in private cellular – when the market showed …

German enterprise group-comms software provider TeamViewer, which has featured prominently in remote collaboration and augmented reality (AR) use cases for early private cellular network deployments, has invested a “low double-digit million” euro sum into two separate Industry 4.0 solution providers: …

Ireland-based SIM specialist Kigen has issued a couple of announcements about supply deals in the eSIM / iSIM space. The firm is working separately with IoT platform providers Neue and TEAL, from Sweden and the US, to combine its SIM …

The World Economic Forum has inducted 21 manufacturing operations into its Industry 4.0 hall-of-fame based on their usage of sundry digital tech, notably AI, to raise productivity, reduce wastage, and drive sustainability – and to generally withstand the crosswinds of …

Some new-year reading, before the 2024 news agenda goes into over-drive; here, the enterprise team at RCR Wireless picks some choice long-form reports from 2023 about all-things IoT (low- and high-power, and in between) to set the conversation for 2024-in-tech. …

Bharti Airtel said its IoT offering includes its proprietary platform dubbed “Airtel IoT Hub” Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with smart metering and digital solutions provider IntelliSmart with the aim of powering …

Power distribution systems are rapidly evolving across the world in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and meet bold climate goals. Today, governments at the national, state and local levels are collectively investing trillions of dollars to build renewable energy …

Jeroen Coussement, chief executive at Belgium-based industrial IoT scale-up Factry, sheds light on three hot Industry 4.0 topics for next year: creating a ‘unified namespace’, the shift towards user-centric production software, and the rise of AI-powered process insights. 1 | …

There are 2,900 private LTE/5G networks across the world at the end of 2023, including trial and pilot deployments. So says Berg Insight, which calculates a quarter (700; 24 percent) are based on 5G, with close to half of these …

As 2023 closes, and 2024 closes in, it seems the movement around ambient energy-harvesting battery-free IoT is stepping up. Scandinavian duo ONiO and Epishine have struck a deal, they have said, to “bring to life a shared vision of self-powered …

Semtech has enabled Sigfox ‘0G’ technology on its SX126x family of LoRa chipsets, for use with LoRaWAN or other LoRa-based networks. The SX126x series is the California firm’s ‘legacy hardware series; the move follows its move to make one-time rival …

As we step into the new year, the shadow of ransomware continues to loom large over the digital landscape. Cyber attackers show no signs of relenting and 2024 is poised to become their second-most prolific year on record. The need …

Mark Pierpoint, vice president of strategic innovation and partnerships at Keysight Technologies gives his view of the year ahead in telecoms and tech; he discusses the opportunities and challenges with artificial intelligence (AI), environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives around …

Vodafone has equipped an Industry 4.0 demonstrator project at the University of Sheffield in the UK with a range of IoT technologies so manufacturers can understand how digital tech can support their net zero and energy efficiency objectives. Vodafone is …

Software AG, the second biggest Germany-based provider of business software after SAP, has agreed the sale of its StreamSets and webMethods businesses to IBM for €2.13 billion ($2.3 billion). The firm, sold to private equity group Silver Lake in October …

Pairpoint, Vodafone’s ‘economy-of-things’ joint-venture (JV) business with Japanese trading and electric services company Sumitomo Corporation, has teamed up with professional services company Deloitte and IoT tracking firm Nexxiot to verify the provenance of IoT data in the international logistics market. …