eSIM and iSIM unlock new IoT opportunities as operators scale 5G
2022 has been a landmark year for eSIM technology, with significant adoption from OEMs and CSPs across consumer and IoT devices. iSIM, the integrated SIM – which moves eSIM functionality into silicon, is following...
New industry-poll shock: critical comms vendor says enterprises are suffering with un-critical comms. That is the gist of a new survey from Ericsson-owned Cradlepoint, now established (or viewed, at least) as the Swedish firm’s enterprise-facing private 5G business, which says that 70 percent of...
The number of global IoT connections will grow at a compound rate of 10 percent per year (CAGR) over the next decade, almost tripling in the period, to reach 34.4 billion connections in 2032. So says the latest market forecast from UK IoT analyst...
An interesting news release from today, in light of the state-of-the-market address at Private Networks Forum yesterday; French cellular IoT maker Sequans Communications has announced what it calls the first “specifically optimized” 5G chip for IoT devices, offering a Release 17 bundle of broadband...
Soracom has introduced a new multi-carrier IoT service to cover the US market, piggybacking on the cellular networks of AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. The new data plan, called US-MAX, offers the “largest IoT coverage” in the US, plus automated-roaming between the three networks for...
Germany-based security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has acquired track and trace IoT firm MECOMO for an undisclosed fee. Both companies are headquartered in Munich. The deal means G+D has a "complete end-to-end portfolio for… the transportation and logistics sectors", it said in a...
Global system integrator NTT has announced a deal with Cisco to jointly “develop and deploy” IoT sustainability solutions for large organisations, mostly based on LoRaWAN. The new applications will be available on subscription, as-a-service, in order for enterprises to wrap their bids for sustainability...
How businesses run and engage with consumers is changing as a result of the Internet of Things (IoT). With IoT, businesses can collect vast amounts of data and turn them into meaningful insights. This can lead to improved customer engagement, better products and services...
Development of the 5G standard is ongoing, and much of its most enterprise-relevant functionality will be made available in forthcoming releases.
This webinar considers what private 5G offers to enterprises today, how and when its functionality will develop for enterprises over the next few years,...
STMicroelectronics has updated its STM32 family of Industry 4.0 microprocessors (MPUs) with a new architecture and higher performance. The new STM32MP25 product line combine 64-bit core processing units with on-device edge AI acceleration, advanced multimedia features, graphics processing, and “digital connectivity”, said a statement....
US chip maker Analog Devices is to invest €630 million into its European headquarters in Limerick, Ireland, to build a new research and manufacturing facility in order to spur development of semiconductor solutions for the industrial, automotive, and healthcare sectors. The firm expects to...
IDC said that most telecom carriers saw manufacturing, smart cities with smart mobility and smart buildings as the most critical use cases for the introduction of 5G APAC
About 12.4% of telecom carrier respondents in Asia-Pacific (APAC) consider the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to...
UK telecoms group BT has folded its Division X business, founded early 2022, further into its BT Business division. The consolidation, which makes Division X a part of its product team within BT Business, has seen Marc Overton, managing director at Division X, call...
A bit late, but of some note; last month, Mines Nancy, a major grande école for engineering in France, opened a private 5G innovation platform at its campus in Nancy in northeastern France to enable engineering students and university partners to develop 5G-based industrial...
The hype is over. Now it's time to make money. This will be the mindset adopted by mobile operators far and wide when considering the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2023 and beyond.
Every technology comes with its own set of promises — some are...
Industrial automation vendor Rockwell Automation is working with French multinational energy company TotalEnergies to implement a robot fleet management system for its offshore oil and gas platforms. Rockwell Automation has been engaged via its professional services business Kalypso. The duo are to start testing...
Scotland is seeking to unlock IoT opportunities for local businesses through a joint research partnership at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, which sees CENSIS, the country’s IoT innovation centre, set up a new east coast ‘hub’ at the university’s Global Research, Innovation and Discovery (GRID)...
This article is continued from a previous post, under the header, “The last word from Industry 4.0’s Mister 5G’; to read the intro-part, click here.
The explanation from Daniel Mai, replacing Sander Rotmensen as Mister 5G at Siemens, that the German firm’s new private network...
Handset demand down "at a magnitude greater than we previously forecasted," Qualcomm CEO said
Citing “further demand deterioration” in its core handset business, Qualcomm this week reported second quarter financials in line with its guidance but down 17% from the same quarter last year to...
UK-headquartered telecoms group Vodafone and Japanese trading and electric services company Sumitomo Corporation have announced an 80/20 standalone joint-venture to drive the development of automated machine-to-machine IoT transactions, under the banner of the ‘economy of things’. Vodafone will contribute its blockchain-based Digital Asset Broker...
UK-based IoT connectivity provider Eseye has struck a deal with Orange’s wholesale business in France to resolve permanent roaming issues for IoT customers in certain territories. The arrangement enables Eseye to piggyback on Orange’s roaming footprint with 700-odd network operators in 220-odd destinations. It...
5G technology has been already used in 52 of the 97 major economic categories in China
The Chinese government plans to increase resources to accelerate 5G deployment across the nation, local press reported, citing an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The...
UK telecoms group BT has launched a suite of connected healthcare solutions as part of a new ‘virtual wards’ programme to support the NHS and other healthcare providers. Solutions include various devices to monitor patients remotely, notably for heart conditions, as well as analytics...
MWC 2023 was a successful show, returning with attendance at pre-COVID-19 levels, and home to several new announcements by infrastructure vendors, mobile operators, hyperscalers and the broader telecoms ecosystem. Huawei also hosted its analyst summit in April 2023, another event that returned after a...
