
IoT outfit u-blox teams up with Softbank on global GNSS, Taoglas on COWBOY ebikes
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 …

Standards, certifications, patents – 10 key NB-IoT challenges (6-10)
This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT challenges 1-5 – which is available here. Both articles are taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what …

Roaming, billing, provisioning – 10 key NB-IoT challenges (1-5)
Note, this article is taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The full report is available here. A webinar …

Meters, trackers, monitors – 10 key NB-IoT deployments (6-10)
This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT deployments 1-5, which is available here. Both are taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone …

Arm teams with Tech Mahindra on private 5G and open RAN test centre
Arm has opened a virtual ‘5G solutions lab’ with India-based system integrator Tech Mahindra. The setup will provide a live test environment for Arm’s customers in chip production, network design, …

Arm intros virtual design platform for IoT developers – to open ‘new IoT economy’
UK-based Arm has introduced a new cloud-based IoT design system to enable software development for IoT without the need for physical silicon. The new offering, called Arm Total Solutions for …

Nordic offers embedded ML in resource-constrained cellular IoT modules
Nordic Semiconductor is now offering embedded machine learning (ML) software with its cellular-based IoT chipset portfolio. The move continues its partnership with US-based Edge Impulse, which makes miniaturised ML (‘TinyML’) …

Vodafone issues NB-IoT iSIM prototype for environmental monitoring on UK’s Jurassic Coast
Vodafone has deployed iSIM-based NB-IoT-connected sensor units, loosely resembling the printable iSIM tracker solution it developed with Altair and Arm for pharma firm Bayer last year, along the UK’s southern …

Disruptive tech a hard sell for anxious enterprises – the real challenge for NB-IoT
He-said / she-said; the finger-pointing between the rank and file in the cellular NB-IoT sector is futile, and wrong anyway. So says Adarsh Krishnan, research director at ABI Research, one …

‘No one is making money’ – the China NB-IoT story is a cautionary tale, says Nordic
The China model for NB-IoT – state-sponsored incentives, flat-rated airtime pricing, commoditization of hardware – is not all it is cracked up to be, reckon some. Market stats, from various …