Israeli supply-chain IoT software developer Wiliot has secured a major contract with the Royal Mail in the UK to supply 850,000 ambient IoT tags to track wheeled containers, or roll cages, through its distribution centres. The containers, called Yorks, are used to transport parcels...
The Kantonsspital Baden (KSB) in Switzerland, a public hospital in Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau, is in the process of deploying 2,000 IoT tags and 7,000 IoT sensors to improve its patient care, hospital operations, and energy consumption. The hospital has worked...
A couple of interesting-sounding mission-critical slicing exercises by mobile operators in Europe in the last week or so got RCR Wireless to thinking about whether the slow rollout of standalone 5G (5G SA) in national network infrastructure has reached a point where it is...
US-based Cellular Tracking Technologies (CTT), which makes IoT solutions for wildlife monitoring, has developed a solution with Swiss IoT module maker u-blox to track a penguin colony on Ross Island, in Antarctica. The company was tasked by US wildlife conservation organisation Point Blue to...
BT has opened a new NB-IoT network in the UK to serve the smart cities space, alongside utilities, construction, and logistics services. The firm claims 97 percent population outdoor coverage for the new infrastructure, which rides on its EE-branded LTE network in the 1800MHz...
US materials science and digital identification company Avery Dennison is working with European mattress manufacturer Aquinos Group to tag bedding products from 2024 with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology so fewer go to waste, and the company plays an active role in the circular...
Based on his insights gained over the past decade, Kristoff Van Rattinghe, chief executive at Belgium-founded IoT tracking firm Sensolus, discusses how IoT technology is developing and the trends companies can expect in 2024.
Containers, pallets, special loading racks, trailers, boxes and mobile machinery –...
Patrick Griffin, Chief Product Officer, Heliot Europe, the largest Sigfox network operator in the European Union; here, he expands on the importance of the new unlicensed LPWAN working group proposing a new 0G-WAN standard to deliver network redundancy, reliability, and scale to support a...
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...
Enterprise IoT Insights is putting together a report on IoT tracking in the supply-chain industry (in case recent posts have not made that clear), and the discussion has ebbed and flowed about the role of IoT, itself, in the sector’s broader transformation story. As...
The supply chain sector as a market for IoT data at the edge – on the road, on the ocean, in the air – is not getting simpler, anytime soon. Post-pandemic, it has changed forever, reasons Bart de Muynck, chief information officer at US...
There is an argument, gathering popularity, that the IoT market has grown up; that IoT just works, well enough, at last – so that technology is no longer the start-point for a conversation with industry about digital change. Instead, a linear narrative can now...
The number of active IoT devices for cold chain tracking reached 4.1 million worldwide in 2021, according to Berg Insight. The calculation measures refrigerated cargo and cargo carrying units, including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets. The...
IDC noted that the largest share of IoT spending this year is expected to be in the manufacturing and resources sector
Enterprise IoT spending in Europe is expected to reach $208 billion in 2022, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things...
Last update from us on the Sigfox “soap opera” (someone else's words), almost / perhaps, before the credits roll at the end of next week on its latest tangled episode (or the whole tragic series) – and as Enterprise IoT Insights breaks from straight...
In a mobile world, we’re now realizing that one of the absolute must-haves in most devices is positioning. Some applications are already commonplace: navigation in our phones and cars, finding wherever we parked the car or keeping track of our kids. Growing even faster...
Swiss-based u-blox is working with SoftBank to develop common global navigation satellite system (GNSS) augmentation services for Japan, the US, and Europe. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on GNSS 1 augmentation services for global markets, with a view...
Verizon can now offer customers additional precise positioning capabilities like indoor wayfinding, geofencing and location sharing
Verizon has acquired precise positioning company Senion, and with it, the company’s indoor positioning platform, which uses machine-learning sensors to deliver sub-meter accuracy for precise positioning and navigation of...
Santa Clara IoT tracking company Roambee has acquired Switzerland-based cold chain monitoring outfit Modum, which specialises in the pharmaceutical market. Roambee said the deal will help it to “dominate the real-time cold chain visibility space”. The transaction fee was not disclosed.
The acquisition is Roambee’s...
Digitalization probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about concrete. But Thomas Concrete Group recognized that digital transformation through IoT enablement would be an important step to improve customer experience, and the company’s ability to scale. As we learned...
Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband is available in parts of more than 70 U.S. cities and 60 stadiums and arenas
This week, Verizon has made further headway in the sports world, partnering with the National Hockey League (NHL) and with more National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. Verizon...
Ericsson has combined with industrial design consultancy Sigma Connectivity and industrial IoT firm Mobilaris to produce a cellular IoT tracking device for the mining industry, and other industrial environments. The trio, all based in Sweden, said the wearable NB-IoT / LTE-M device uses “sensors,...
Verizon has introduced a new ‘hyper-precise location’ (HPL) service that uses ‘real-time kinematics’ (RTK) to deliver satellite-based location with centimetre-level accuracy. The HPL service is available via Verizon’s ThingSpace’s IoT platform to business customers and application developers using its 4G and 5G cellular networks...
Real-time Bluetooth-based sports analytics is coming to football (soccer), says Finnish duo Wisehockey and Quuppa after putting their real-time locating system (RTLS) to the test in their home country.
Player and ball movements were tracked during a pre-season match between top-tier Finnish teams earlier this...
