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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.

  • Australian NB-IoT beer-keg tracking goes live for breweries in North America

    by James Blackman November 11, 2021
    by James Blackman November 11, 2021

    Australian IoT hardware maker Binary Beer and Canadian IoT software company Kegshoe, specialising in keg trackers and tracking solutions for breweries, respectively, have teamed up to sell their products in …

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  • Updates from LoRa-land – air-quality installs in urban forests, wildfire hotspots, buildings

    by James Blackman November 9, 2021
    by James Blackman November 9, 2021

    Various updates from LoRa-land, and beyond… Semtech, the owner of LoRa tech and licensing, said environmental IoT provider ICT International, is using LoRa-based devices on LoRaWAN networks to improve urban …

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  • Sigfox intros prepaid airtime online – for connecting less / more than 10,000 devices

    by James Blackman November 9, 2021
    by James Blackman November 9, 2021

    Narrowband IoT company Sigfox has teamed up with Irish-American financial software company Stripe to offer IoT subscriptions for purchase online. Stripe is providing the online payment infrastructure. Customers can choose …

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  • Viasat buys Inmarsat for $7.3bn to forge global satellite broadband and IoT network

    by James Blackman November 9, 2021
    by James Blackman November 9, 2021

    US satellite broadband provider Viasat has agreed a deal to acquire UK-based counterpart Inmarsat for $7.3 billion. The combined company will integrate their spectrum, satellite, and terrestrial assets as a …

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  • Cellular IoT to drive growth and gains in electric bikes and scooters, says Ericsson

    by James Blackman November 8, 2021
    by James Blackman November 8, 2021

    The micromobility market, covering electric bikes and scooters (e-scooters), will grow at a compound rate (CAGR) of 16 percent per year to 2027, from around $3 billion in 2019 to …

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  • SCF preps blueprints for private 5G – as platform for Industry 4.0, smart cities, C-V2X

    by James Blackman November 8, 2021
    by James Blackman November 8, 2021

    ​​Small Cell Forum (SCF) is to develop a new set of private 5G ‘blueprints’ for enterprise and industry, to build on parallel work already completed by the likes of the …

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  • Portland upgrades to Dhyan’s streetlight platform, as Echelon fallout continues

    by James Blackman November 4, 2021
    by James Blackman November 4, 2021

    The city of Portland in Maine, in the US, has migrated its smart street lights onto a cloud management platform (CMS)  from California-headquartered Dhyan Networks and Technologies, and away from …

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  • Buy more 5G kit or miss your CO2 targets – says 5G kit vendor, in warning to Europe

    by James Blackman November 4, 2021
    by James Blackman November 4, 2021

    Industrial 5G and IoT – or at least, the digital pyrotechnics sprung from 5G and IoT networks – can help the planet reduce carbon emissions, reckons the tech and telecoms …

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  • Scotland starts private 5G rollout in bid to add £17bn GDP and 160,000 jobs

    by James Blackman November 4, 2021
    by James Blackman November 4, 2021

    The Scotland 5G Centre, a government-sponsored research centre with the universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, has opened a private 5G network testbed in Dumfries in the south of Scotland, to …

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  • From cost to value – shifting the economics of IoT security (Reader Forum)

    by James Blackman November 3, 2021
    by James Blackman November 3, 2021

    Insecurity affects us all, whether we own several smart home devices, hundreds of connected cameras, or thousands of industrial sensors. In fact, a report by Cybersecurity Ventures estimates that cybercrime …

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  • Morse Micro confirms Wi-Fi certification of HaLow chips, modules, reference designs

    by James Blackman November 3, 2021
    by James Blackman November 3, 2021

    Semiconductor company Morse Micro, developing Wi-Fi HaLow for low-power mid-range IoT connectivity, has confirmed its various chipsets, modules, and reference designs have been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance as part …

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  • Red Hat and Intel combine on edge ‘smarts’ for Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman November 3, 2021
    by James Blackman November 3, 2021

    Red Hat and Intel have extended their Industry 4.0 partnership to combine their open source software and industrial edge hardware to spur the smart manufacturing and smart energy sectors. The …

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  • Telit intros new five- and 10-year prepaid airtime plans for ‘out-of-the-blox’ global IoT

    by James Blackman November 1, 2021
    by James Blackman November 1, 2021

    IoT module maker and service provider Telit is offering five- and 10-year prepaid airtime plans on its new mobile core network Telit NExT, the company has said. Telit is offering …

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  • IoT outfit u-blox teams up with Softbank on global GNSS, Taoglas on COWBOY ebikes

    by James Blackman November 1, 2021
    by James Blackman November 1, 2021

    Swiss-based u-blox is working with SoftBank to develop common global navigation satellite system (GNSS) augmentation services for Japan, the US, and Europe. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding …

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  • ‘NB-IoT could be stopped at any time’ – IoT rivals eye a knockout (NB-IoT challenge #11)

    by James Blackman November 1, 2021
    by James Blackman November 1, 2021

    This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT challenges 1-5 (available here) and key NB-IoT challenges 6-10 (available here). All of these articles are taken from a …

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  • Standards, certifications, patents – 10 key NB-IoT challenges (6-10)

    by James Blackman October 29, 2021
    by James Blackman October 29, 2021

    This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT challenges 1-5 – which is available here. Both articles are taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what …

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  • Roaming, billing, provisioning – 10 key NB-IoT challenges (1-5)

    by James Blackman October 28, 2021
    by James Blackman October 28, 2021

    Note, this article is taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The full report is available here. A webinar …

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  • TIM drafts in Athonet and JMA for private 5G network at Italian Industry 4.0 centre

    by James Blackman October 28, 2021
    by James Blackman October 28, 2021

    Italian mobile operator TIM has drafted in local networking outfit Athonet and local system integrator Alsacom, alongside US pair JMA Wireless and Qualcomm, to establish a private 5G test network …

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  • Meters, trackers, monitors – 10 key NB-IoT deployments (6-10)

    by James Blackman October 27, 2021
    by James Blackman October 27, 2021

    This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT deployments 1-5, which is available here. Both are taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone …

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  • US IoT firm Zyter and Qualcomm combine on twin private LTE and IoT deals

    by James Blackman October 27, 2021
    by James Blackman October 27, 2021

    US IoT platform provider Zyter is working with Qualcomm, and other Qualcomm partners in the San Diego-based chipmakers smart cities accelerator project, on a couple of private LTE installations in …

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  • (Some form of) wireless tech to connect 57% of electric meters in Europe by 2026

    by James Blackman October 27, 2021
    by James Blackman October 27, 2021

    Note, this article has been updated from the 27/10/21 version, which suggested 57% of electric meters in Europe will be connected to NB-IoT and LTE-M. This is wrong, the stated …

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  • Ericsson intros ‘time-critical’ 5G-URLLC software enhancements for Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman October 27, 2021
    by James Blackman October 27, 2021

    Ericsson has launched a new “software toolbox” to “guarantee” consistently low latency and high reliability in 5G networks for time-critical applications. Its new Time-Critical Communication product, available via a new …

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  • Meters, trackers, monitors – 10 key NB-IoT deployments (1-5)

    by James Blackman October 26, 2021
    by James Blackman October 26, 2021

    Note, this article is taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The full report is available here. A webinar …

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  • Celona deploys ‘first’ campus-wide private-LTE CBRS network for California State Uni

    by James Blackman October 26, 2021
    by James Blackman October 26, 2021

    Private networking company Celona has announced it has deployed a private LTE network in the 3.55-3.7 GHz CBRS band in the US on the grounds at California State University, Stanislaus. …

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  • Vodafone Idea taps Athonet for Industry 4.0 trials in dedicated test spectrum in India

    by James Blackman October 26, 2021
    by James Blackman October 26, 2021

    Indian mobile operator Vodafone Idea Limited, doing business as Vi, is working with Italy-based private 5G specialist Athonet to test 5G-based solutions for Industry 4.0, and related disciplines. The partnership …

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