NB-IoT

Germany-based IoT provider 1NCE has said it has doubled its NB-IoT footprint with expansion into Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Slovak Republic, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United States. The …

According to IDC, China will represent 60% of the regional IoT spending in 2022   IoT spending in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is forecasted to reach $436 billion in 2026, …

This is a rehash (and extension, in the end) of a previous post, to an extent; but it distils the message from before, and says there are sure signs, at …

Quectel, Fibocom, Sunsea AIoT, Thales and Telit, hold 68% of the cellular IoT modules market in terms of revenues last year   European IoT analyst firm Berg Insight reported that …

Finland-based Edzcom and Netherlands-based Signify have entered a partnership to build a private smart-city 5G and IoT network using street-lighting and other road infrastructure for the city of Tampere, in …

Global cellular IoT provider 1NCE has confirmed a long-trailed deal with Softbank, a major investor already in the firm, to release equity to the Japan-based carrier in return for exclusive …

Consolidation in the satellite IoT space, already, and again; Swiss satellite IoT operator Astrocast has agreed a deal to acquire busy Dutch industrial IoT scale-up Hiber. Astrocast, with a network …

Ligado Networks is using Sony Semiconductor Israel (née Altair) to make 5G IoT chips for its forthcoming mobile satellite network.

UK telecoms group BT has revealed a ‘charter’ to invest almost £100 million over the next three years in its new Division X digital change unit, which is at the …

Austrian group A1 Telekom has acquired Bulgarian system integrator STEMO for an undisclosed fee, in order to bolster its proposition for corporate clients, notably international corporate clients, in Bulgaria and …

It has been a month since Unabiz was declared the new owner of IoT tech provider and network operator Sigfox. And it has been a couple of weeks (such is …

Comcast-owned MachineQ has released a real-time location system (RTLS) for indoor asset tracking using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and LoRaWAN. The hybrid IoT solution appears to utilise BLE for indoor …

Alif Semiconductor and Edge Impulse have claimed ‘dramatic increases’ in performance of machine learning in embedded systems through the combination of the former’s Ensemble family of microcontrollers (MCUs) and fusion …

The ability of eSIM technology to deliver advanced security, seamless and flexible connectivity, and full end-to-end digitalisation – along with myriad other benefits such as greener supply chains – has …

The initial hype around smart cities has now passed, with applications moving beyond early pilots and proof-of-concepts into commercially deployed systems. There is one major factor present in all of …

KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom, an investor in and collaborator with new Sigfox-owner UnaBiz, has expanded its partner network into the Americas and Europe, it has said, including via its …

UK satellite broadband provider Inmarsat, with a new line in narrowband satellite IoT and a new parent in wings in the shape of US counterpart Viasat, has introduced a collaboration …

The LoRa Alliance has moved to head off fears about a collapse of LoRaWAN as a public network technology in Europe, following the decision by Bouygues Telecom in France to …

Singapore-based UnaBiz is the new owner of France-based ultra-narrowband IoT company Sigfox, the Commercial Court of Toulouse confirmed today. UnaBiz has acquired Sigfox SA, the primary technology company, and Sigfox …

Global revenues from IoT device management services will top $36.8 billion by 2026, according to ABI Research. The forecast represents a compound annual jump (CAGR) of 17.1 percent, from around …

Yes, we have done the Leone analogy before, kind-of (see: 1NCE upon a time in America), but the original Spaghetti Western title works even better to tell the story, briefly, …

An update on the Sigfox takeover, taken from largely from a report in La Tribune Toulouse, the local business paper in Toulouse, France, where the seven candidates offering to rescue …

LoRaWAN software and services provider Senet is working with IoT platform provider Dhyan Networks and Technologies to offer a ‘turnkey’ streetlight package for customers, to make it easy to add …

Mobile operator Orange has reaffirmed its support for LoRaWAN in France “until at least 2027”, committing to maintain the non-cellular technology as a terrestrial IoT network with nationwide coverage in …

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and local carrier STC have announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to establish a new company, with focus on the Internet of Things …