Prioritise shared and electric cars over autonomous – to slash emissions by 95%
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCities must use all new mobility options, starting with shared and electric vehicles, if they are to decrease vehicle emissions by as much as 95 per cent by 2050. Focus …
Shake Shack, Five Guys, Hard Rock Café put LoRaWAN on the menu
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailRestaurant chains Shake Shack, Five Guys and Hard Rock Café have deployed LoRa-based temperature monitoring systems in their commercial kitchens. UK firm CM Systems, a specialist in monitoring systems for …
Sigfox expands 0G capacity six-fold, rolls into Portugal with 15-year Securitas deal
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSigfox has said it will boost its so-called 0G network infrastructure six-fold in terms of capacity and features to serve as a cellular back-up network for an expanding customer base. …
Freight IoT firm Traxens takes €20m Series C funding, following Maersk investment
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT firm Traxens has followed up news of pending investment from shipping giant Maersk with the closing of a €20 million Series C round of investment funding. Traxens said …
Three NB-IoT deployment models – and why NB-IoT performance is not what it should be
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNarrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is a cellular-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology. Specified in Release 13 of the 3GPP in June 2016, it coexists with GSM and LTE in licensed frequency bands. …
Traxens gets Maersk investment, 150,000 order for trackers, role in port project
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT firm Traxens is poised to receive major investment from shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, alongside a big order for cellular cargo trackers. It has also been drafted into the …
NNNCo and Enzen sign $8m deal to drive LoRaWAN ‘at scale’ Down Under
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAustralian internet-of-things (IoT) operator National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has signed a strategic investment agreement with global energy and environment company Enzen Group. The $8 million deal is geared towards …
Telensa rolls on with New Zealand deal for 15,000 smart street lights
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK firm Telensa has struck a deal to provide smart controls to 15,000 LED street lights in the City of Dunedin in New Zealand. The arrangement is part of a …
Ramp-up to bonkers billion target starts now, says Sigfox, citing ‘0G’ and sub-$2 trackers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT company Sigfox claims 6.7 million active devices in the field (“not counting proofs of concept, just commercial rollouts in diverse industries”), in 63 countries on five continents. It …
Port authorities and terminal operators: private networks and public slices in sea ports
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSea ports have become a primary focus for the telecoms sector as it maps out potential customers for private communications networks, particularly as the industrial space at large hits upon …
