Cantaloupe connects more than 120,000 vending machines to cloud-based servers that collect data on product inventory, cash put into the machines, and operational status. The company says vending machine owners have been able to shrink their fleet sizes by 30% - 50% thanks to...
LTE-M and NB-IoT enable capabilities for asset tracking, smart meters and other key IoT applications; plus drones controlled over commercial LTE networks
Many industry watchers, including me, have referred to massive-scale internet of things (IoT) as the killer app for forthcoming 5G mobile networks. But...
LTE-M and NB-IoT enable capabilities for asset tracking, smart meters and other key IoT applications; plus drones controlled over commercial LTE networks
Many industry watchers, including me, have referred to massive-scale internet of things (IoT) as the killer app for forthcoming 5G mobile networks. But...
Bell Canada's new LTE-M network to launch next year
Days after announcing support for a smart farming initiative, Bell Canada said that it will be launching an Category M1 LTE network in 2018 to support the use of the internet of things.
Bell said that it...
With its new SoC, Sequans includes LTE connectivity along with the horsepower necessary for increasingly complex IoT applications
At this point, there are well established IoT use cases like wearables, environmental sensing and asset tracking, but when the connectivity power of 5G is factored in,...
With both AT&T and Verizon Wireless expected to roll out LTE-M internet of things networks in the U.S. this year, makers of low-power connectivity chipsets are busy forging partnerships and launching trials.
Sequans Communications and STMicroelectronics announced the most recent partnership. The companies said they...
The Orange IoT facility will focus on LTE-M technology and provide support for partners looking to accelerate device development.
French telecommunications group Orange is planning to inaugurate its Open IoT Lab designed to boost the ecosystem around the mobile internet of things. The telco claimed...
Telefónica and Sigfox said to be already speaking with customers in the asset-tracking, smart-metering industries.
Sigfox, a French-based provider of connectivity for the internet of things, and Telefónica inked a global deal to integrate Sigfox’s low-powered connectivity into the operator’s managed connectivity platform.
The...
With both AT&T and Verizon Wireless expected to roll out LTE-M internet of things networks in the U.S. this year, makers of low-power connectivity chipsets are busy forging partnerships and launching trials.
Sequans Communications and STMicroelectronics announced the most recent partnership. The companies said they...
AT&T said it is seeing "real momentum for LTE-M" and will roll out the low power wide-area network technology nationwide during the second quarter of this year. The announcement follows a successful trial of an IoT network in Norther California that uses LTE-M. AT&T...
In a recent conversation with Enterprise IoT Insights, Will Yapp, VP for business development at LoRa internet of things network provider Senet, discussed the company's network expansion plans, support of IoT-based precision agriculture and the role LoRa plays in the larger IoT ecosystem.
In 2016...
AT&T announced in October it would be launching mobile-specific IoT rate plans and a scheduled trial of LTE-M in San Francisco next month.
The new prepaid plans include three tiers of data and text messages: 1 gigabyte of data valid for up to 1 year...
AT&T LTE-M network is said to be now on the air in the San Francisco market in support of test program, with nationwide expansion planned for next year
AT&T moved on previously announced plans to commercialize an LTE-M cell site, which it claims to be...
AT&T IoT rate plans include data bucket and text messages targeting developers and enterprises, with LTE-M trial ahead of broader 2017 launch
AT&T’s plans for the “internet of things” continues to evolve, with the carrier launching mobile-specific IoT rate plans and a scheduled trial of...
3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion
The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for the "internet of things": Narrowband IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the mix (and perhaps, confusion) of...
3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion
The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for IoT: Narrowband (NB) IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the mix (and perhaps, confusion) of already existing...
SK Telecom will work with the car-sharing company on connected car services
Korean telecommunications company SK Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with compatriot car-sharing company SOCAR,to cooperate in the connected car business.
Under the terms of the agreement, SK Telecom and SOCAR will...
What is an IoT (LPWAN) network?
An "internet of things" network is a low-power, wide-area network designed for machine-to-machine applications. These networks purposefully transfer data at low speeds in order to maintain low power consumption and extend battery life. LPWAN networks enable the connectivity of devices...
What is an IoT (LPWAN) network?
An "internet of things" network is a low-power, wide-area network designed for machine-to-machine applications. These networks purposefully transfer data at low speeds in order to maintain low power consumption and extend battery life. LPWAN networks enable the connectivity of devices...
KT uses Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 in its LTE network
South Korean operator KT and equipment provider Nokia recently conducted what the companies say is the industry's first enhanced machine type communications field trial.
The trial was conducted on KT's LTE network using Nokia's Flexi Multiradio...
Chinese equipment vendor Huawei to invest $1 billion in ICT developers cloud, API and IoT enablement platform
Huawei Internet Plus-related initiatives were showcased at the Huawei Developers Congress (#HDC2015) held in Shenzhen, China, on Oct. 18-19. During the conference, Huawei outlined a plan to invest $1...
