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Some kind of “niche-within-a-niche” reality emerged at The Things Conference in Amsterdam this week – about an IoT opportunity that is fragmented but also promising, and within reach. Growth within …

Unabiz’s Sigfox IoT units in France have secured six months of court protection to restructure €5m debt, safeguard jobs, and ensure business continuity; global Sigfox operations remain unaffected. In sum …

Unabiz’s Sigfox business in France has entered judicial reorganisation at the Singapore-based firm’s request, seeking debt relief and breathing space despite recent growth. Unabiz is seeking to preserve jobs, contracts, …

The world is piling up connected IoT things faster than it can keep track of them. From Nairobi to Naples, fridges, meters, and soil sensors are humming data into the …

Ambient IoT leaders Linxens and Dracula are to create battery-free smart labels to tackle the sector’s grim sustainable IoT record and failed massive IoT promise. In sum – what to …

Sigfox parent UnaBiz has convened a new ‘Sub0G’ ecosystem collective to develop smart IoT labels for the low-end of the IoT tracking market, targeting logistics and distribution sectors. French electronics …

Kicking of the 2025 version of RCR Wireless’ annual crystal-ball gazing – to consider how the broad Industry 4.0 market (covering private networks, industrial IoT, edge computing, AI analytics, and …

Water leakage is a critical issue affecting residential and commercial properties across the UK, with severe financial, environmental and operational consequences. The rising cost of water bills, paired with the …

UK local councils are grappling with severe financial strains, with projections suggesting that 20 percent could face insolvency by 2025. These councils are challenged to maintain essential services, including waste …

More Friday market figures for you; these provide a definitive evergreen overview of the smart metering market, arguably, as follows…  The total number of smart meters in the world will …

Unabiz, owner of the Sigfox technology, has announced $25 million of new capital funds from Japanese pair KDDI and KCCS (Kyocera) as part of early interest in a new series …

Japanese automotive antenna manufacturer Harada Industry is to design and produce a range of retro-fitted and embedded Sigfox-based IoT tracking solutions for the automotive industry. R&D teams from Harada Industry …

In the United Kingdom, a nation with a deep love for caravans, and other recreational vehicles, one in five adults has embarked on a caravan holiday since the beginning of …

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. …

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 …

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. …

Sigfox-parent Unabiz reckons it can now deliver a 90 percent “success rate” with Wi-Fi positioning on Sigfox trackers thanks to the addition of some AI/ML trickery to its Wi-Fi scanning …

Local Sigfox specialists have sold 7,000 smart water meters to the municipality of Parga in the northwest of Greece, and declared they expect to “scale” Sigfox-based IoT solutions for water …

Unabiz, owner of the Sigfox technology, has claimed to have enabled an 18-times reduction in energy consumption on Sigfox devices. It said Sigfox-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks around the world …

Japan-based KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in the third-tier Growth Market section for emerging high-growth companies. Soracom claims to have more than 20,000 …

Singapore-based Unabiz, owner of the Sigfox technology, but proceeding as a multi-tech IoT solution provider, has been appointed on a “multi-million” dollar deal to install a private LoRaWAN network to …

MWC is a brilliant show, of course. Not because of the big talk and shiny displays, although they are fun, too. But because you can get lost on the main …

Sigfox-parent Unabiz is working with Holtek Semiconductor to integrate Sigfox (“0G technology”) into the Taiwan-based design firm’s “ultra-cheap” BC68F2150 chipset. Unabiz said the initiative will bring “more energy-efficient and cost-effective” …

Sigfox-owner Unabiz continues to push rival low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technology LoRaWAN as a connectivity platform for major IoT projects, confirming a deal with Singapore-based engineering group GreenA Consultants to …