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The LoRa Alliance’s new roadmap tackles IoT’s toughest challenges: interoperability, integration and deployment simplicity. By prioritising ecosystem maturity over radio innovation, LoRaWAN is betting that usability, not connectivity, will determine …

Telematics has evolved into critical fleet infrastructure, demanding secure, scalable, precise, and low-power solutions to optimize costs, ensure compliance, enhance safety, and meet rising customer expectations in complex, large-scale deployments. …

Wireless Logic has acquired US MVNO Zipit Wireless and its Canadian unit Mtrex Networks, expanding its IoT reach in North America; it is the UK firm’s 12th acquisition in just …

AT&T has launched nationwide 5G RedCap coverage across the US, targeting mid-tier IoT use cases with lower-cost, lower-power 5G connectivity, and replacing its decommissioned NB-IoT network. In sum – what …

Over the last few years, asset tracking has emerged as a critical business function, and is estimated to grow to a $34.5 billion market by 2032, according to Custom Market …

In sum – what to know: Growth decade – IoT devices to hit 40.6bn by 2034, with cellular IoT tripling, non-cellular LPWA tech like LoRaWAN almost quadrupling, and short-range IoT …

Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik has introduced a ‘5G’ IoT router for use with public, private, and satellite-based NB-IoT and LTE-M networks. The product, called …

MWC was strange for Sequans Communications last year; it was the week after its proposed $249 million sale to Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics was called off because of an “adverse …

Cellular IoT chip and module maker Sequans Communications announced support for reduced capability (RedCap) 5G in forthcoming Calliope and Monarch products. The new third-generation versions of both solutions retain support …

KDDI-owned virtual network operator (MVNO) Soracom is supplying out-of-the-box global IoT connectivity into a pair of new developer evaluation kits from France-based IoT chipmaker Sequans. The new modules are available …

KDDI-owned virtual network operator (MVNO) Soracom has launched an integrated SIM (iSIM) solution for global IoT deployments. It adds a third SIM option to its developer portfolio, to go with …

France-based cellular IoT chip maker Sequans Communications has acquired Swiss firm Advanced Circuit Pursuit (ACP) for an undisclosed fee. ACP produces integrated circuits, radio frequency (RF) transceivers, and systems-on-chip (SoCs) …

Swiss IoT module maker u-blox is to phase out its loss-making cellular IoT business, the firm has said. The division has over 200 employees; jobs are expected to go with …

Cellular IoT is evolving rapidly, driven by three distinct trends: the growing demand for actionable data, advancements in edge processing, and the long-anticipated shift from 4G to 5G NR. These …

Does AT&T’s decision to ditch NB-IoT in the US, confirmed in RCR Wireless last week, spell the end for this clever and brave little IoT network technology? Just as a …

AT&T has stopped selling NB-IoT data plans and certifying NB-IoT devices, as it starts the process to decommission its NB-IoT network in the US entirely. The decision was taken as …

Japanese electronics manufacturer Murata has combined with Germany-based security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) on a cellular IoT module that supports both the new SGP.32 remote SIM provisioning (RSP) specification and …

IoT connectivity has been a game-changer in the asset tracking landscape. Personal devices, pets, vehicles, international packages, or any kind of asset can all easily be tracked through the cloud. …

For never was a story of more woe than this; except it happens too often in the IoT space. Montpellier-based IoTerop, a pioneer of the Lightweight M2M (LwM2M) standard, is …

The number of global cellular IoT connections jumped 24 percent in 2023 to finish the year at 3.3 billion; the number will increase by 88 percent (at a compound growth …

Swiss IoT module maker u-blox has launched its first combined terrestrial and non-terrestrial network (NTN; satellite) IoT module, the so-called SARA-S528NM10. It uses the firm’s UBX-S52 dual-mode chipset, offering connectivity …

Total shipments of reduced-capability (RedCap) 5G IoT modules, offering 5G-based alternatives to mid-range 4G-level LTE Cat-4 and LTE Cat-6 units, will top 80 million over the next five years, in …

Vodafone has said enterprise customers in the UK now have all the necessary cellular-based IoT tools at their disposal, after it switched on LTE-M services in its home market. The …

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 …

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. …