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James Blackman

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James Blackman has been writing about the technology and telecoms sectors for over a decade. He has edited and contributed to a number of European news outlets and trade titles. He has also worked at telecoms company Huawei, leading media activity for its devices business in Western Europe. He is based in London.

  • Sigfox expands 0G capacity six-fold, rolls into Portugal with 15-year Securitas deal

    by James Blackman July 18, 2019
    by James Blackman July 18, 2019

    Sigfox has said it will boost its so-called 0G network infrastructure six-fold in terms of capacity and features to serve as a cellular back-up network for an expanding customer base. …

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  • Freight IoT firm Traxens takes €20m Series C funding, following Maersk investment

    by James Blackman July 18, 2019
    by James Blackman July 18, 2019

    French IoT firm Traxens has followed up news of pending investment from shipping giant Maersk with the closing of a €20 million Series C round of investment funding. Traxens said …

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  • Three NB-IoT deployment models – and why NB-IoT performance is not what it should be

    by James Blackman July 18, 2019
    by James Blackman July 18, 2019

    Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is a cellular-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology. Specified in Release 13 of the 3GPP in June 2016, it coexists with GSM and LTE in licensed frequency bands. …

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  • Traxens gets Maersk investment, 150,000 order for trackers, role in port project

    by James Blackman July 16, 2019
    by James Blackman July 16, 2019

    French IoT firm Traxens is poised to receive major investment from shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, alongside a big order for cellular cargo trackers. It has also been drafted into the …

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  • NNNCo and Enzen sign $8m deal to drive LoRaWAN ‘at scale’ Down Under

    by James Blackman July 16, 2019
    by James Blackman July 16, 2019

    Australian internet-of-things (IoT) operator National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has signed a strategic investment agreement with global energy and environment company Enzen Group. The $8 million deal is geared towards …

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  • Telensa rolls on with New Zealand deal for 15,000 smart street lights

    by James Blackman July 16, 2019
    by James Blackman July 16, 2019

    UK firm Telensa has struck a deal to provide smart controls to 15,000 LED street lights in the City of Dunedin in New Zealand. The arrangement is part of a …

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  • Ramp-up to bonkers billion target starts now, says Sigfox, citing ‘0G’ and sub-$2 trackers

    by James Blackman July 15, 2019
    by James Blackman July 15, 2019

    French IoT company Sigfox claims 6.7 million active devices in the field (“not counting proofs of concept, just commercial rollouts in diverse industries”), in 63 countries on five continents. It …

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  • Port authorities and terminal operators: private networks and public slices in sea ports

    by James Blackman July 12, 2019
    by James Blackman July 12, 2019

    Sea ports have become a primary focus for the telecoms sector as it maps out potential customers for private communications networks, particularly as the industrial space at large hits upon …

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  • “A million private networks in the US” – boom time beckons for industrial LTE and 5G

    by James Blackman July 11, 2019
    by James Blackman July 11, 2019

    The rise of private industrial networking should be measured by the number of new networks, and network operators, and not by the number of cell sites, reckons Italy-based industrial networking …

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  • Amazon and SpaceX to drive 24m surge in satellite IoT connections by 2024

    by James Blackman July 11, 2019
    by James Blackman July 11, 2019

    Satellite connectivity, spurred by new projects from the likes of Amazon and SpaceX, will support 24 million IoT connections by 2024, bringing new competition to established IoT technologies like LoRa, …

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  • BMW and Nissan back $100m mobility fund; US and China ‘own’ innovation in AI

    by James Blackman July 10, 2019
    by James Blackman July 10, 2019

    Carmakers BMW, Hyundai, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault have joined with the likes of Deutsche Bahn, LG Electronics and Shell to pump $100 million into a new early-stage fund for innovation …

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  • No excuses, reflects industry, after trio of Florida cities are hacked and held to ransom

    by James Blackman July 9, 2019
    by James Blackman July 9, 2019

    There should be few excuses for cyber attacks, and the buck stops with senior managers for failing to prevent and minimise their impact, even as the volume of connected ‘things’ …

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  • No excuses, reflects industry, after trio of Florida cities are hacked and held to ransom

    by James Blackman July 9, 2019
    by James Blackman July 9, 2019

    There should be few excuses for cyber attacks, and the buck stops with senior managers for failing to prevent and minimise their impact, even as the volume of connected ‘things’ …

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  • Narrowband, private, and powerline – questions of connectivity for smart grids

    by James Blackman July 8, 2019
    by James Blackman July 8, 2019

    Note, this article is serialised from a report on the state of the smart energy market. It continues from a previous post.Go here for the last post; go here for the full …

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  • Standalone private NB-IoT network debuts in Florida, in sliver of 700 MHz spectrum

    by James Blackman July 5, 2019
    by James Blackman July 5, 2019

    The world’s first standalone private NB-IoT network has been launched in Florida, using upper 700 MHz A-Block spectrum and covering major urban centres in northern Florida initially. The operator, San …

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  • 5G back in the driving seat in European tech race to power connected cars

    by James Blackman July 5, 2019
    by James Blackman July 5, 2019

    5G technology is back in the driving seat as the connectivity platform for connected and autonomous vehicles in Europe, after European Union member states rejected a European Commission vote to …

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  • Sigfox in six-month rollout of 250,000 logistics trackers for DHL in Germany

    by James Blackman July 5, 2019
    by James Blackman July 5, 2019

    IoT provider Sigfox has teamed up electromechanical device manufacturer ALPS Electric Europe to deploy tracking devices in 250,000 roll cages for logistics company Deutsche Post DHL. The objective is to …

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  • 5G back in the driving seat in European tech race to power connected cars

    by James Blackman July 5, 2019
    by James Blackman July 5, 2019

    5G technology is back in the driving seat as the connectivity platform for connected and autonomous vehicles in Europe, after European Union member states rejected a European Commission vote to …

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  • Telstra turns on private LTE for Newcrest gold mine in Papua New Guinea

    by James Blackman July 4, 2019
    by James Blackman July 4, 2019

    Australian operator Telstra has switched on a private LTE network at a gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The deployment at the Lihir gold mine, on Aniolam Island in the …

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  • Making Industry Smarter: Energy & Power | The challenge of electric vehicles, load balancing and condition monitoring

    by James Blackman July 3, 2019
    by James Blackman July 3, 2019

    Note, this article is serialised from a broad-ranging report on the statre of the smart energy market. It continues from a previous post, entitled ‘Why the home is the heart …

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  • Vodafone breaks with UK carrier pack to offer unlimited 4G and 5G data

    by James Blackman July 3, 2019
    by James Blackman July 3, 2019

    Vodafone is the first UK operator to offer unlimited data with both 4G and 5G contracts. The move comes as it switches-on 5G in seven UK cities, following on the …

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  • Making Industry Smarter: Energy & Power | Why the home is the heart of the new energy internet

    by James Blackman July 2, 2019
    by James Blackman July 2, 2019

    Smart meters have provided a read-out on energy consumption and a window on energy usage. They have brought insight and control to the field of energy management, both sides of …

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  • Brussels offers SMEs €1m to test industrial IoT, make Europe leader in Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman July 2, 2019
    by James Blackman July 2, 2019

    The European Commission is offering manufacturing companies funding of €60,000 each to run collaborative smart manufacturing experiments at neutral hub sites, with a total funding pot stretching to almost €1 …

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  • Private networks, indoor positioning and analytics – Nokia’s recipe for industrial change

    by James Blackman July 1, 2019
    by James Blackman July 1, 2019

    For Nokia there are three critical technologies for enabling digital transformation of the supply chain, and all of the points along it, including the production, transportation, and storage of goods. …

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  • Senet integrates with IoT devices to accelerate LoRaWAN rollout in the US

    by James Blackman June 28, 2019
    by James Blackman June 28, 2019

    Senet has announced a deal to integrate LoRaWAN connectivity with LoRa-based sensors from US equipment vendor Radio Bridge and smart cities solutions from Spanish IoT firm Wellness Telecom. Radio Bridge …

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