Internet of Things (IoT)

Singapore-based operator Singtel is working with Hitachi Digital, the digital-change unit of Japanese tech conglomerate Hitachi, to combine their respective 5G and AI offerings in service of the Industry 4.0 …

NTT Data, the global system integrator division of Japanese telecoms group NTT, has signed a multi-year deal with US device maker Zebra Technologies, which has acquired a kind of Apple-like …

Satellite IoT provider Sateliot is to launch four new NB-IoT satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO). It is working with German firm Exolaunch, on the launch, scheduled on the Transporter-11 Rideshare …

The World Economic Forum has listed 10 emerging technologies with the “greatest potential to make a positive impact in the world in the next three-to-five years”. Which is a curious …

The big problem for Industry 4.0 is that most manufacturing companies do not have a live view of production in their factories. Which means the sector’s big hopes about AI-assisted …

US-based Comcast Business is to use Starlink’s low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites to extend mobile coverage for enterprise applications into under-served or unconnected regions. It is targeting enterprises in “multiple, disparate …

The global cellular IoT market remains impacted by challenges with inventory and demand – except in China and India, where continued growth in sales of cellular meters and trackers, plus …

The stat that tends to get quoted back to RCR Wireless whenever the conversation turns to ambient IoT is that 78 million batteries from battery-powered IoT devices will get dumped …

France-based Dracula Technologies, developing low-light energy-harvesting technology for passive (battery-less) LoRaWAN-based IoT connectivity, has said its new production facility in Valence in southeastern France has passed an audit by US-based …

NB-IoT and LoRa-based IoT connectivity technologies have, and will continue to have, the lion’s share of the low-power wide-area (LPWA) end of the IoT networking market, reckons research house Omdia. …

Switzerland-based mobile operator Swisscom is working with French IoT stalwart Actility and Irish satellite IoT company EchoStar Mobile to expand its LoRaWAN IoT footprint across Europe. EchoStar Mobile will provide …

UK-based IoT security provider Crypto Quantique, Luxembourg-based IoT connectivity provider ZARIOT, and Ireland-based eSIM vendor Kigen have aligned to implement the GSMA’s IoT-SAFE standard to leverage the hardware root-of-trust in …

Sweden-based IoT network operator Netmore Group, with infrastructure operations in Europe and the US, has signed with Stena Fastigheter to deploy LoRaWAN technology across the Swedish real estate company’s property …

Telefónica Tech, the enterprise division of Spain-based operator Telefónica, has signed with IBM to develop AI solutions for enterprises in its home market. They will use the US firm’s Watsonx …

A trio of French tech and logistics firms have combined to develop a new tracking solution for the freight industry which uses both terrestrial and satellite IoT technologies. The consortium …

Deutsche Telekom has made private 5G available in so-called millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum at 26 GHz for the first time in Germany. It claims the band allows for round-trip latencies …

Private network operator and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has deployed a private 5G network – or rather upgraded an existing private LTE network – at the Nobelwind wind farm in …

Nokia has polled 100 industrial enterprises with their own 4G/5G networks and found that the business case for private cellular is universally good, it has said. More than this, the …

Airspan Networks, with $95 million in fresh equity funding, has said it has been selected by Boldyn Networks to supply the private radio network (RAN) infrastructure for the city of …

Aramco Digital, the digital technology services subsidiary of state-owned Saudi oil and gas company Saudi Aramco, has obtained a specialist licence to use the 450 MHz spectrum band in the …

France-based satellite IoT startup Kinéis is to launch five nanosatellites from a launchpad in New Zealand on June 18, with another 20 to follow within eight months. The firm wants …

Paris is the smartest (capital) city in Europe, apparently. So says smart cities new research by Swedish real-estate tech firm ProptechOS, which has evaluated 23 European capitals on a number …

Whatever happened to the concept of ‘smart cities’? We used to write about them all the time, but the whole discipline seems to have splintered in recent years into a …

Note, this is an edited transcript of the opening address at Private Networks Global Forum last week. The whole event is available for registrants on-demand, for free (follow link). But …

IoT network operator Sigfox South Africa has been awarded a major government contract to adapt or replace around 15 million water meters in the country with ‘smart’ connected metering devices. …