An IoT MVNO killer? It sure sounds like it, almost – if the whole rest of the global operator market could just pick it up. But no, says the global …
James Blackman
James Blackman
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.
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Busy Japan-based IoT connectivity provider Soracom has introduced three services to help IoT users to take advantage of new generative AI capabilities. The KDDI-owned firm said the trio of new …
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Sigfox has officially joined the LoRa Alliance – as a contributing member, no less. The French-born ultra-narrowband IoT network tech – once (long ago) the darling of the European IoT …
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Bit late, but important to report: US-headquartered IoT module maker Telit Cinterion announced at the start of the month (July 3) that it has agreed to sell its cellular IoT …
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Vodafone Spain has said it has won a €25 million deal to supply 315,000 water meters over five years to Canal de Isabel II, the local government-owned water utility in …
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Note, this is an excerpt from a new editorial report, called Private 5G for IoT – plotting timelines, defining applications and making bets. The full report is available to download …
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US IoT developer Blues (Blues Wireless) has signed with Germany-based virtual IoT operator (MVNO) 1NCE to more than double its roaming access to national mobile networks around the world. The …
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Vodafone appears to be putting renewed effort into its commercial smart-label product, developed originally by Sony Semiconductor, in combination with SIM specialist Kigen and module maker Murata, and supplied initially …
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The business division of France-based mobile operator Orange is offering a hybrid public/private (‘private’) standalone 5G (SA) solution in its home country, combining simultaneous access to its public network with …
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Seven IoT service providers in Europe have signed multi-year deals to develop and sell IoT solutions using EchoStar Mobile’s satellite LoRa network. The customers are API-K, Cyric IoT, DalesLandNet, Dryad …
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US private cellular and drone services provider Ondas Holdings, parent of Ondas Networks, has raised “at least” $15 million in a two-phase venture funding deal with Charles & Potomac Capital …
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Sooner or later, it all comes down to money – and there just aren’t that many clear-cut use cases to bankroll a private 5G deployment. That is the consensus. Yes, …
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A novel alliance of eight mobile operators, spearheaded by Telefónica and seeking to cajole “disruptive” startups to build applications for their global 5G networks, has signed with Qualcomm in a …
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France and Dutch LoRaWAN groups Kerlink and The Things Industries have announced a partnership to align their hardware and software, respectively, to offer customers zero-touch provisioning for IoT network deployments. …
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Bosch has announced a deal to acquire Vancouver-headquartered systems integrator Paladin Technologies to expand its building services business in North America, and specifically to enter the Canadian market. Paladin Technologies, …
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UK-based low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network operator OneWeb has signed a couple of channel sales deals. It has a new agreement with UK-based enterprise connectivity provider Momentum to integrate its …
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UnaBiz has signed with KDDI-owned Soracom, an investor in and collaborator with the Singapore-based Sigfox-owner already, to resell its global cellular IoT airtime as part of its burgeoning ‘universal LPWAN’ …
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A new report from analyst group SNS Telecom & IT, based out of Dubai, says global spending on private LTE and 5G network infrastructure for vertical industries will grow at …
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IT infrastructure and services company NTT is to create a digital twin of the Tour de France bike race, which starts next month (July 1), with a bunch of IoT …
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State-owned energy provider Wien Energie is to deploy a LoRaWAN network across the city of Vienna as part of its bid to make the Austrian capital the “most livable and …
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A good – and overdue and delayed – catchup with Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software AG, at Hannover Messe some months back gave pause to reflect on broader …
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UK-based IoT MVNO Eseye has been selected by UK freight software and analytics company t42 to supply global roaming and multi-IMSI eSIM services for its global container tracking solutions. The …
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Nokia has announced a go-to-market deal for private LTE and 5G in Latin America with Spain-based mobile operator Telefónica. The pair will target the ports, mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors, …
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The neutral-host partnership between telecoms vendor Ericsson and real estate management company Proptivity, announced last month, has borne its first commercial fruit with the deployment of an indoor 5G network …
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The internet of things (IoT), the tech movement supposed to save the planet, is destroying the planet. About 78 million batteries from battery-powered IoT devices will be dumped globally every …
