LoRaWAN community boosted by $25-$60 million venture fund
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailZurich-based Momenta Partners has launched a $25 million venture fund to foster startups and innovations in the low-power wide-area (LPWA) market, and specifically the LoRaWAN sector. The fund could stretch …
Vodafone wins global ‘bootstrapping’ deal for Arm-based IoT devices
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChip-design company Arm has appointed Vodafone as its global ‘bootstrap’ provider for NB-IoT and LTE-M devices based on its new line of integrated SIM (iSIM) designs. Emerging iSIM technology provides …
Continental and HPE ride-share on blockchain data-trading for car makers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIT company HPE and Continental, best known for making tyres, have revealed a new blockchain-based trading platform for vehicle data to help car makers monetise data and tie in with emerging …
AT&T and Vodafone pool resources on 5G and C-V2X for automotive sector
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone and AT&T are pooling resources to accelerate adoption of mobile technologies in the automotive industry. The pair will collaborate, they said, on 5G and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technologies. The …
‘It’s never a good idea to compete with your own customers’ – Ericsson talks private LTE for industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEricsson sought to set itself apart from Nokia in its approach to industrial markets at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as it made clear it will serve new industrial customers …
Telstra and Ericsson tie-up on global NB-IoT and LTE-M connectivity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTelstra and Ericsson are combining their cellular IoT and connectivity services, in the shape of the former’s narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M networks and the latter’s IoT Accelerator connectivity and …
Telensa deploys smart-city AI on street lights with Qualcomm
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK based smart-city firm Telensa will run compute and analytics on its new streetlight solutions to insights from raw data in real time and reduce the need for cloud support. …
GSMA counts 94 LTE-M and NB-IoT networks, up 130% in 12 months
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA total of 94 commercial narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M have been launched in 50 markets, according to the GSMA’s latest count of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks operating in licensed …
European standards body releases IoT security specifications
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail ETSI said the new standard establishes a security baseline for internet-connected consumer products The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has released what it claims to be the first globally-acceptable …
“There hasn’t been an opportunity like this until now” – the CBRS buzz about IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDave Wright, president of the CBRS Alliance, wants to be clear: the 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band should not be considered an IoT band. “It’s very much a multi-purpose band,” …
