IoT

MachineQ has launched a number of new active RFID asset tracking tags for indoor positioning, along with a new IoT occupancy monitoring solution. They are an extension of its hybrid …

A panel discussion with Microsoft and Intel at Private Networks Forum in May yielded some helpful insights about the push-and-pull for enterprises to deploy private 5G networks. The conversation, under …

Global revenues from cellular IoT networks increased 24 percent to reach €10.8 billion in 2022, calculates analyst firm Berg Insight. However they account for just two percent of total mobile …

KDDI-owned global virtual IoT network operator (MVNO) Soracom has announced a partnership with US-based cellular-IoT satellite operator Skylo Technologies. The deal sees Soracom further integrate non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity as …

As a sign of where industrial-grade 5G is really up to, the announcement from German firm Siemens that it has opened a mainly-5G test lab at its main research campus …

A panel session at Private Networks Forum in May discussed what 5G delivers for enterprises now and what it promises to deliver in the future, with a keen eye on …

Let’s talk about Voice over New Radio (VoNR) and begin with an analogy. I like analogies because they can bring dry technical topics to life. Many cars today feature a …

Patrick Griffin, Chief Product Officer, Heliot Europe, the largest Sigfox network operator in the European Union; here, he expands on the importance of the new unlicensed LPWAN working group proposing …

New FCC effort seeks alignment with NIST principles on cybersecurity The Biden administration and the Federal Communications Commission are working on a product labeling effort focused on standards for cybersecurity …

Quectel, Telit Cinterion, and Fibocom captured more than half of the total cellular IoT module shipments in the first quarter of 2023, according to market analysis from Counterpoint Research. Quectel …

An IoT MVNO killer? It sure sounds like it, almost – if the whole rest of the global operator market could just pick it up. But no, says the global …

Busy Japan-based IoT connectivity provider Soracom has introduced three services to help IoT users to take advantage of new generative AI capabilities. The KDDI-owned firm said the trio of new …

Sigfox has officially joined the LoRa Alliance – as a contributing member, no less. The French-born ultra-narrowband IoT network tech – once (long ago) the darling of the European IoT …

Bit late, but important to report: US-headquartered IoT module maker Telit Cinterion announced at the start of the month (July 3) that it has agreed to sell its cellular IoT …

Vodafone Spain has said it has won a €25 million deal to supply 315,000 water meters over five years to Canal de Isabel II, the local government-owned water utility in …

Note, this is an excerpt from a new editorial report, called Private 5G for IoT – plotting timelines, defining applications and making bets. The full report is available to download …

US IoT developer Blues (Blues Wireless) has signed with Germany-based virtual IoT operator (MVNO) 1NCE to more than double its roaming access to national mobile networks around the world. The …

Vodafone appears to be putting renewed effort into its commercial smart-label product, developed originally by Sony Semiconductor, in combination with SIM specialist Kigen and module maker Murata, and supplied initially …

Development of the 5G standard is ongoing, and much of its most enterprise-relevant functionality will be made available in forthcoming releases. This paper considers what private 5G offers to enterprises …

The business division of France-based mobile operator Orange is offering a hybrid public/private (‘private’) standalone 5G (SA) solution in its home country, combining simultaneous access to its public network with …

Due to the distributed nature of IoT, connectivity/networking is perhaps the most critical element of the full IoT stack. It is also the area that requires the greatest consideration of …

Seven IoT service providers in Europe have signed multi-year deals to develop and sell IoT solutions using EchoStar Mobile’s satellite LoRa network. The customers are API-K, Cyric IoT, DalesLandNet, Dryad …

US private cellular and drone services provider Ondas Holdings, parent of Ondas Networks, has raised “at least” $15 million in a two-phase venture funding deal with Charles & Potomac Capital …

Sooner or later, it all comes down to money – and there just aren’t that many clear-cut use cases to bankroll a private 5G deployment. That is the consensus. Yes, …

A novel alliance of eight mobile operators, spearheaded by Telefónica and seeking to cajole “disruptive” startups to build applications for their global 5G networks, has signed with Qualcomm in a …