Singapore-based UnaBiz is the new owner of France-based ultra-narrowband IoT company Sigfox, the Commercial Court of Toulouse confirmed today. UnaBiz has acquired Sigfox SA, the primary technology company, and Sigfox France SAS, its network operator subsidiary in France. The deal, which takes Sigfox out...
NEC said that its Smart Workspace components can be deployed individually or as a complete solution
NEC Corporation of America (NEC) has announced the launch of a comprehensive suite of workplace management solutions.
In a release, NEC noted that hybrid working is taking the place of...
Sierra Wireless had initially entered an IoT partnership with Orange Wholesale France in 2021
IoT specialist Sierra Wireless announced a news partnership with Orange Wholesale France, with the aim of expanding its access to global networks and connectivity coverage across Europe.
Sierra Wireless had initially entered...
Note, for more on this topic, and to hear more from MFA and others, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28 – also featuring speakers from ABI Research, Schneider Electric, and Vodafone; check...
Global revenues from IoT device management services will top $36.8 billion by 2026, according to ABI Research. The forecast represents a compound annual jump (CAGR) of 17.1 percent, from around $16.7 billion at the end of 2021. It said spiralling interest in IoT device...
The way to think about the business of IoT – the opportunity of it, newly enabled by blockchain-based, crowd-sourced, low-powered IoT networking – is as a virtuous circle, where infrastructure set down to drive operational savings also creates new enterprise revenues. It is akin...
The NC Collaboratory turned to SAS Analytics for IoT and Microsoft Azure for this project
The North Carolina Collaboratory and analytics specialist SAS are using IoT analytics and sensor data from vaccine storage freezers to strengthen cold chain integrity and improve dosage delivery, particularly to...
Private 4G/5G and edge computing are key enablers of enterprise digital transformation
Seeing a big opportunity in enterprise adoption of 5G and complementary solutions, Dell Technologies has invested heavily in establishing and growing its Telecom Systems Business. The group works with operators, who themselves are...
Ericsson said the new agreement includes cloud-native 5G Core and 5G Standalone (SA) solutions
Middle East carrier Batelco and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on next-generation 5G technologies, the latter said in a release.
The deal is part of Batelco’s efforts...
The Telit executive said that artificial intelligence can transform utilities customer engagement as well as their operations
Companies operating in the utility sector are starting to see the benefits of certain initial use cases enabled by 5G technology, Jitender Vohra, director of carrier relations at...
This alliance is part of SoftBank Robotics’ roadmap to implement an IoT system onto a unified smart facility management platform
SoftBank Robotics Group (SBRG) has announced a partnership with IoT provider UnaBiz, with the aim of integrating IoT sensors and robotics in building management and...
NTT’s Managed Campus Networks solution complements NTT’s Managed SD-WAN and Managed Private 5G offerings
NTT, a global technology and business solutions provider, announced a number of enhancements to its Managed Campus Networks service, a portfolio of consulting, technical and managed services designed to provide integrated...
Yes, we have done the Leone analogy before, kind-of (see: 1NCE upon a time in America), but the original Spaghetti Western title works even better to tell the story, briefly, of how cellular IoT rode into town on a horse called 1NCE, and brought...
The Commercial Court of Toulouse in France has delayed its decision on the sale of Sigfox until April 21. The decision, originally scheduled for today (April 14), gives Singapore-based UnaBiz, the long-time front-runner to buy ailing IoT firm, another week to appeal against the...
France-based facility services company Derichebourg Multiservices has integrated 1,200 IoT sensors into the LED ceiling lights at its new headquarters in Créteil (pictured), near Paris. Data from the sensors will help the firm optimise its energy management at the site, as well as to...
Singapore-based UnaBiz, the front-runner in the race to buy Sigfox, has had its bid for the ailing French IoT firm blocked by the French Ministry of Economy, as political hyper-sensitivity around economic nationalism, and even protectionism, mounts ahead of the French presidential elections on...
Juniper Research found that the global shipments of sensors used in smart buildings will exceed 1 billion annually in 2026
The number of buildings globally deploying smart building technologies will reach 115 million in 2026, an increase from 45 million in 2022, according to a...
At Esper, we’re on the front lines of brick-and-mortar customer experience transformation. Digital kiosks, connected point of sale, and employee handhelds for managing inventory and logistics are rapidly becoming the norm. But scaling the hardware and software innovations so many top brands are betting...
Bosch and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are combining on a new digital services platform for the logistics industry, to launch in Europe, India, and the US in late 2022. Bosch is in charge of the platform itself, developing and operating the solution, which includes...
An Open Letter to Presidential Candidate Macron
Subject: Resumption of Sigfox activity #SauvonsSigfox #ReviensLeon
Presidential candidate Macron,
You gave me a taste for politics. You have given me hope in a government with progressive values, capable of destroying dogmatic practices that chained France to immobility and futile...
Lufthansa Technik, which has arguably set down the definitive private 5G deployment in the Industry 40 sector, has extended its private 5G network in Hamburg, Germany, to a second aircraft engine ‘overhaul workshop’, it has announced. The firm is now running remote parts inspection...
Ericsson believes that the real promise of 5G for a utility is the introduction of lower network latencies
The adoption of 5G technologies could be a game changer for utility companies, Per Wahlen, vice president and head of Business Development at Ericsson North America, told...
The Global Certification Forum (GCF) and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly investigate industrial 5G certification needs. The pair said they will share information on industrial IoT use cases and related requirements for testing...
Telenor IoT currently operates 17 million of IoT connections globally and has access to over 500 networks in more than 200 countries
Swedish electric motorcycle manufacturer RGNT Motorcycles has selected Nordic operator Telenor IoT to scale their connectivity solutions.
With Telenor IoT’s connectivity service, RGNT will...
