Three quarters of the IoT market will be given over to low-power wide-area (LPWA) network solutions, compared with just one quarter for high-bandwidth low-latency 5G applications.
So says the LoRa Alliance, which continues to push its line about being the key technology in low-power...
As we have heard, the UK’s 5G RuralFirst project is trying to do with 5G (or 5G-related tech) what the telecoms industry has failed to do with previous generations, and connect the unconnected, including farming communities looking for a digital edge.
It is transformative...
LoRa and Sigfox have maintained and extended their market-share lead over their cellular equivalents LTE-M and NB-IoT, as the latter technologies have been “plagued by network hardware and connectivity module issues. LoRa has been boosted by the rollout of private networks, and Sigfox remains...
Certain functions of smart farming will not work on low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, even while technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT tend to support most smart agricultural technologies, as they exist today.
LTE and even 5G networks are required to provide total coverage of fields, in...
The original Monarch system-in-package (SiP) from French chipmaker Sequans Communications has been made available Verizon’s ThingSpace IoT ‘accelerator programme’ for just $6.50.
The new price point is a significant advance on the magic $10 mark for IoT chips that was breached in the middle of...
French internet of things specialist Sigfox has announced the launch of a nationwide IoT network in Canada.
Through the partnership with the Sigfox Global Network, Sigfox Canada can provide customers with IoT coverage in any of the 60 countries around the world where the firm...
A Sigfox network in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provided optional tracking for 10,000 athletes and delegates at the Special Olympics World Games 2019 at the end of March.
The Special Olympics World Games claims to be the world’s largest humanitarian sporting event. Organised...
Sigfox has publicly released the specifications of its radio protocol for connected objects. The company said it expects a “boom” in the number of objects, including consumer devices, connecting to its network as a result.
The release of its radio specifications means any manufacturer, developer,...
Liberty Lake IoT provider Itron has started to certify devices under the Wi-SUN Field Area Network (FAN) 1.0 programme. It follows fellow Wi-SUN leader Cisco to have its products passed by the Wi-SUN Alliance.
Itron said its Bridge 5-WS product was the first to gain...
Sigfox USA has confirmed its president, Christian Olivier, has left the business. It said the decision was mutual, and the business is preparing a new appointment to drive the “next stage” of expansion of its network operations in the US.
The French IoT firm also...
The number of LoRaWAN network operators jumped by more than 60 per cent in 2018, according to the LoRa Alliance. It said its global operator count stands at more than 100, as of the end of December. These include operators of both private and...
Sigfox reckons is the only network technology in position to support battery-less devices for low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT solutions, at least in early prototype mode today.
Speaking with Enterprise IoT Insights, Bertrand Ramé, senior vice president of international operations at Sigfox, said the French IoT...
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When it comes to wireless network deployment, US states are like countries, reckons IoT company Sigfox. Of all its achievements,...
IoT networking company Sigfox has big plans for 2019. Every IoT company does, of course, but the French firm has set a target to secure 'global' coverage by setting up in China, India, and Russia, finally, and plugging three major gaps in its existing...
Sigfox said that the smart tag is now being deployed to 600 tobacco retailers in the Bouches-du-Rhône area with a national rollout planned at a later stage
French IoT specialist Sigfox, together with Follower Product (FP) and Philip Morris France, unveiled what it claims is the...
Sigfox is looking to add a half a dozen territories to its global footprint by the end of this year, and pass the 70-mark by the end of next. Its top priority in 2019 is to open operations in China, India, and Russia, as...
WNDUK, in partnership with French IoT specialist Sigfox, aims to reach 2,000 base stations in the coming months
U.K. firm WNDUK has installed 1,000 base station for the provision of its IoT service in partnership with French IoT provider Sigfox.
The U.K firm said that this...
Network monitoring company Paessler is collaborating with internet of things network company Sigfox to offer IoT monitoring and visualization services for devices connected to Sigfox's low-power wide-area network.
Paessler's PRTG Network Monitor for IoT solutions will provide IoT monitoring and visualization of both functionality and measurement...
Sigfox nabs ex-Nokia man to head up US sales
Sigfox has appointed former Nokia man Murray Kawchuk as vice president of sales for its US business. Kawchuk will lead the company’s sales, engineering and IoT teams, develop partnerships with device makers, system integrators, and other...
Cisco is making the business case for mobile operators to install 5G masts in rural regions based on connecting livestock, rather than people.
The company, leading a network of 29 organisations in the UK, is confident its project will produce a ‘hard’ ROI for service...
The French firm said it is targeting growth opportunities in the agribusiness market in Europe, the U.S. and Latin America
French internet of things connectivity provider Sigfox is targeting the agriculture vertical market as one of the sectors with the highest growth potential, Alessandro Cremonini,...
Cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks running on LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies will account for three-quarters of the installed base of asset trackers in 2023, according to new research.
These will displace non-cellular LPWA solutions, mostly based on LoRa and Sigfox, as the principle connectivity technologies...
Sigfox said it will focus on Russia, China and India to boost growth next year
French internet of things connectivity provider Sigfox is looking to expand its operations in the U.S. market, with special focus on a number of key verticals, Franck Siegel, Sigfox’s chief...
Investor confidence in the burgeoning industrial ‘internet-of-things’ (IIoT) market is up, reckon industry commentators.
A slew of enterprise funds and venture capital has been staked on the sector’s growth in recent months, as vendors have got a better grasp of the technology and industrialists have...
