Swiss IoT module maker u-blox has launched its first combined terrestrial and non-terrestrial network (NTN; satellite) IoT module, the so-called SARA-S528NM10. It uses the firm’s UBX-S52 dual-mode chipset, offering connectivity via LTE-M and NB-IoT on terrestrial cellular networks and NB-IoT on geostationary orbit (GEO)...
Swiss IoT module maker u-blox is working with UK-based IoT connectivity provider Wireless Logic to combine and integrate their wares in simpler and better IoT solutions for IoT developers, they have said. They have proclaimed a “strategic partnership” to deliver “seamless, robust, and scalable”...
Oracle is incorporating cellular IoT connectivity and network APIs from AT&T into its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP), it has said. The move means Oracle’s enterprise customers can do away with the need to manage complex integrations and network contracts when deploying fleets of IoT...
Annual shipments of cellular IoT antennas, including both internal and external antennas, totalled 598 million units in 2023, and will spiral at a compound rate (CAGR) of 14.9 percent per annum in the period to 2028 to top 1.2 billion, according to IoT analyst...
KDDI-owned Soracom has embedded generative AI capabilities into its cellular IoT connectivity and services platform, it has said. It has introduced two new services to help IoT developers with more complex IoT deployments. These are Soracom Flux and Query Intelligence; the first is a...
ENGIE Vianeo, the electric vehicle (EV) charging business of France-based energy company ENGIE Group, has appointed international comms outfit BICS to connect around 50,000 charging stations to cellular-based IoT networks. It wants live monitoring data from its EV charging stations to make faster decisions...
The global cellular IoT market remains impacted by challenges with inventory and demand – except in China and India, where continued growth in sales of cellular meters and trackers, plus other devices, sent the overall IoT module market spiralling upwards by seven percent in...
The number of licensed cellular IoT connections in the region had reached 73 million last year
Licensed cellular IoT connections in Latin America are forecast to reach 125 million by 2030, according to a recent report by the GSMA.
The report stated that the number of...
US startup Hubble Network has claimed Bluetooth-based satellite comms is a reality, and a “revolution in IoT”, after transmitting data from standard Bluetooth devices to its new satellite constellation, launched in March. The firm, with a $20 million funding round behind it, reckons it...
The number of active IoT devices will more than double to 40 billion by the end of 2033, according to IoT analyst house Transforma Insights. Short-range IoT technologies will account for 73 percent of the total by the end of the period; cellular IoT...
Qualcomm has a white paper, actually from last year, about the benefits of LTE Cat 1bis, which makes it hard to see much of a future in NB-IoT and LTE-M for low-powered IoT applications. Indeed, the comparison exercise suggests Qualcomm wants IoT providers to...
It seems like you can have the same conversation about Industry 4.0 whether AI is presented as the big kahuna in the tech-mix or hardly mentioned at all, like the elephant in the room. This conversation with Cisco, taped a couple of months ago...
Actility-owned IoT asset tracking provider Abeeway is using the Monarch 2 GM02S module from Sequans for cellular IoT connectivity in the new version of its Abeeway Compact Tracker, according to the French IoT chipmaker. The Abeeway product uses the Monarch 2 GM02S for LTE-M...
There will be 108 million IoT connections on private LTE (4G) and 5G networks in the manufacturing sector in 2030, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Manufacturing will be the biggest market for private 5G-IoT, it said. In second, the transportation industry...
US-based module maker Blues has released a series of new Notecard-branded cellular products that seek to lower the cost and raise the flexibility of large-scale industrial IoT projects. The new products include a cut-down version of its classic Notecard product, plus an LTE Cat-1...
UK-based manufacturer Sollatek, known for power stability and energy optimization solutions, has picked Japan-based virtual IoT operator (MVNO) Soracom to connect its commercial refrigeration and coffee solutions, used for remote tracking and energy monitoring in international markets by major brands in the fast-moving consumer...
Cellular IoT is one of the most common forms of IoT connectivity for a number of reasons. It has vast coverage, works pretty much out of the box, supports low and high bandwidth applications and is a relatively cheap investment. But what about those...
Japan-based KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in the third-tier Growth Market section for emerging high-growth companies. Soracom claims to have more than 20,000 startups and enterprises on its books, connecting around six million IoT devices globally.
Its IoT...
Managed enterprise IoT provider Kajeet has a deal to integrate its Sentinel platform with Cisco’s cellular gateways and mobility services platform. The pair hailed it as a “strategic partnership”; they also said in a statement they had only “initiated discussions”. But it sounds also...
In case you missed it (we did); China-based Quectel Wireless Solutions, the biggest cellular IoT module maker on the planet, is getting into the non-cellular low-power-wide-area (LPWA) IoT game with the launch of a new LoRa-based module, called KG200Z, based on an STM32WLEx series...
The global market for cellular IoT module slipped by around two percent in terms of annual shipment volumes in 2023, compared to 2022. It is the first time the cellular IoT sales have shrunk over a 12 month period, according to Counterpoint Research, which...
IoT is hard, man. Even talking about it, in any proper detail, is hard. Except if you’re talking with Ray Ozzie – over a breakfast croissant at MWC in Barcelona last month. Ozzie, the avuncular former tech chief at Microsoft, who steered the US...
Cellular IoT chipset maker Sony Semiconductor Israel has launched a new dual-mode LTE-M/NB-IoT system-on-chip (SoC), the ALT1350, with a low-power application MCU, a sensor-hub for data processing, enhanced security, iSIM location technology, a customisable sub-GHz LPWA/FAN transceiver, and satellite IoT (NTN) options. It is...
MWC is a brilliant show, of course. Not because of the big talk and shiny displays, although they are fun, too. But because you can get lost on the main streets and back alleys of this pop-up tech metropolis for a week at the...
