The collaboration will allow users to easily and more flexibly onboard and manage smart IoT devices on the Helium Network
This week, the Helium Foundation and Deutsche Telekom (DT) announced a new initiative to bring Helium Network connectivity to the IoT Creators platform, which will offer an integrated Helium LNS (LoRaWAN Network Server). This, said the companies, will allow...
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 smartest city in the world”. Wien Energie has appointed LoRaWAN mainstay Actility to provide...
European organizations are expected to spend around $227 billion on Internet of Things (IoT) technology in 2023, according to the Worldwide Internet of Things Spending Guide published by International Data Corporation (IDC).
The report noted that IoT-related spending is expected to continue to expand at...
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 developments with Industry 4.0, and with 5G as an adjunct to it, as well...
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 deal is an extension of an existing partnership, which has already seen t42 deploy...
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, described as the “most promising industries in the region”. The deal covers “Hispanic geographies”;...
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 day by 2025 – if nothing is done about it. This is the shocking...
Selecting the right connectivity technology for agriculture IoT applications is confusing as there are a wide range of options available, from cellular networks to satellite connectivity in addition to low power wide area (LPWA). In this blog post we explore some of the characteristics...
Swiss security company Verisure has passed the five-million mark for Sigfox-enabled dual-connectivity Securitas Direct alarm systems, according to a social media post by Sigfox parent company Unabiz. The number covers just the Spanish market, where Verisure still prominently uses the Securitas Direct brand –...
The MIOTY Alliance, the industrial IoT group, formed in early 2020 by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) to shepherd its burgeoning MIOTY technology into the crowded low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT space, has struck a deal with FábricaDigital in Mexico, described as a...
Here’s some good IoT innovation for you… The smart label developed by IoT hardware firm SODAQ, enterprise IoT provider Pod Group, and system integrator Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND) has been picked up by German finance and insurance tech solutions firm Walbing, as the basis...
The total number of IoT connections will increase by 162 percent – more than double, less than triple – in the period to 2028, says the latest edition of Ericsson’s bi-annual mobility report. It has the total at 13.2 billion connections, as of the...
Canadian outfit iBwave Solutions has integrated a new site survey and planning tool for LTE-based networks into its network design solution for network operators, system integrators, and enterprises. The firm’s Mobile Survey app has now been integrated with the PRiSM handheld scanner and spectrum...
Stronger than expected 5G adoption in North America, Ericsson report says
Ericsson's new Mobility Report outlines 5G's continued expansion, as well as the growth of related revenues—and particularly strong uptake of the technology in North America.
Around 240 5G networks have been launched around the...
IDC said the overall investment in the IoT ecosystem is expected to surpass $1 trillion in 2026
Global Internet of Things (IoT) spending is forecast to reach $805.7 billion in 2023, an increase of 10.6% compared to 2022, according to a new report by International...
Ireland-based SIM specialist Kigen, formerly part of Arm, has teamed up with China-based fabless chip design firm Tongxin Microelectronics (TMC) on an IoT-based consumer eSIM solution for original equipment makers (OEMs) to develop customer premise equipment (CPE) to support fixed-wireless access (FWA) 5G services,...
Cellnex-owned Edzcom, one of the pioneer firms in the industrial private cellular market, has been recruited by the Finnish mine redevelopment project Callio to deploy an underground private 5G network in the Pyhäsalmi mine in the municipality of Pyhäjärv in the Northern Ostrobothnia region...
Mavenir said its solution will allow Deutsche Telekom IoT to provide connectivity services internationally to multinational companies
Network software provider Mavenir has announced the deployment of its cloud-based remote packet gateway to Deutsche Telekom IoT in North America.
Mavenir said in a release that the initial...
What is Active DAS Hybrid?
Active DAS Hybrid is a unique distributed antenna system (DAS) category that provides outstanding network coverage using active signal amplification components at an affordable cost. The lower cost is achieved by using a blend of category cabling and fiber to...
It is easy to be benevolent when you’re top-dog. Which is true in life, of course – and is not to say that goodness should be graded by the relative comfort of the do-gooder. But what goodness is there in a boardroom, really? Because...
Berg Insight said that Quectel, Fibocom, Sierra Wireless, Sunsea AIoT and Telit held a 69% share of the market in terms of revenues
Revenues from shipments of IoT modules reached $5.9 billion last year, up 12% year-on-year, according to a new research report from...
Nokia has announced a go-to-market deal for its private edge networking system with US-based system integrator DXC Technology. The pair said they will bundle the former’s compute and cellular components with the latter’s network operations centre (NOC) and management analytics in a DXC-branded managed...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has completed its purchase of Italian private core networking specialist Athonet. The US outfit hailed it as “a major leap forward… to revolutionize the private networking market”. It said it would do this, “in part”, by “simplifying and accelerating” private...
Vodafone has extended a major broadband-IoT deal with South Korean automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group to provide in-car streaming and entertainment (‘infotainment’) services for all new Hyundai, Kia and Genesis models sold in Europe. The multi-year deal covers 40 countries in Europe, and starts...
