BROWSING: IoT

Semtech on Sierra deal – ‘We are siding with the developer, and siding with the planet’

There is a temptation to view this deal as symbolic, somehow, suggests Enterprise IoT Insights; that with the purchase of cellular IoT champ Sierra Wireless, Semtech is stepping beyond the enduringly fragmented, slightly disjointed, vaguely dysfunctional unlicensed low-power end of the wide-area (LPWA) IoT...

Senet approves LoRaWAN gateways and sensors from China-based Milesight

LoRaWAN operator and system provider Senet has said it has approved gateways from China-based Milesight, which majors in analytics-based IoT solutions to run on LoRaWAN and 5G networks. The pair called it a “partnership to qualify Milesight LoRaWAN gateways and sensor-enabled end devices for...

Nordic Semiconductor expands low-power IoT range with first Wi-Fi chip

Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its low-power IoT hardware portfolio to include Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. The Norwegian outfit has debuted its first Wi-Fi chip, the nRF7002, which it describes as a “companion IC (integrated circuit)’ to go alongside its existing products, in order to add...

More isn’t always better: Three dangers of cheap IoT devices

More isn’t always better. Despite the Internet of Things (IoT) growing to 15 billion worldwide devices next year, many are cheap in price and quality. The result is lowering cybersecurity and overloading networks at a time when devices are increasingly entering the home and...

US Army’s next-gen weapons program to use firearms with IoT tech

ARC said it technology platform will provide data on individual weapons at scale   National security and public safety company Armaments Research Company (ARC)said that its IoT technology will be introduced in the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program of record, in partnership with Sig Sauer. The...

Rohde & Schwarz, Qualcomm to test 3GPP Rel.17 satellite chipsets for IoT-NTN

Rohde & Schwarz in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., will conduct a comprehensive set of tests for NB-IoT over non-terrestrial networks (NTN) to accurately verify two-way internet of things (IoT) data across various operating modes using GSO and GEO constellations in line with the...

The rise of connected healthcare raises questions about equitable broadband access

If connected healthcare becomes a primary delivery method, what about the 3 billion unconnected people? For more on the state of connected healthcare, download this free report. Lack of access to reliable broadband internet service is a global problem. At the end of April, Data Reportal...