Ondas boosts ‘mission: critical IoT’ with $15.2m deal for Israeli drone firm Airobotics
US private cellular Ondas Holdings, parent of Ondas Networks, is to buy Israeli drone system and platform developer Airobotics in a $15.2 million merger acquisition. The new business will be …
Amazon buys iRobot for loads of money – to vacuum homes and home data
Amazon has signed a deal to acquire US smart-home brand iRobot, maker of the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, for $1.7 billion. The disc-shaped Roomba robot – which autonomously vacuums floors …
Industry IoT Consortium writes satellite IoT guides into networking framework
The Industry IoT Consortium (IIC) has for the first time included an update on satellite connectivity in its Industrial Internet Networking Framework (IINF), its guide to help IoT application developers …
Ferrovial, Intel, Liberty Mutual, Toyota join MIT on ‘front line’ of mobility revolution
An automotive-technology-engineering collective has joined a new mobility initiative organised by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the ‘front lines of the mobility revolution’. Their task is to shape a …
Siemens completes Brightly buy to bolster smart infrastructure business
Siemens has completed its acquisition of US firm Brightly, a provider of cloud-based asset management and maintenance management software for buildings, and more broadly for built infrastructure. Brightly joins Siemens’ …
Hybrid IoT gets real, as Semtech confirms Sierra buy to unite LoRa and cellular IoT
Well, it didn’t take long; “advanced talks” between Semtech and Sierra Wireless, as reported yesterday, have quickly concluded, with US firm Semtech confirming a deal to acquire its Canadian counterpart …
Singtel VC arm Innov8 stumps-up $100m of new funds for 5G, AI, and IoT startups
Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) has said it will invest a further $100 million in 5G, AI, and IoT startups via its Singtel Innov8 corporate venture arm. The new funds will take …
Ferry company Stena Line deploys dual-band LoRa/LoRaWAN for cargo tracking
Swedish ferry company Stena Line has deployed a dual-band LoRa/LoRaWAN-based network, with IoT gateways and devices in unlicensed spectrum, on its Stena Hollandica roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger ferry, following work by …
‘Sigfox is the future Unabiz has to avoid’ – Unabiz seeks to unite broken IoT market
Philippe Chiu has been sleeping for three hours a night, he says, for six months. He has taken to power-napping, like he is “at college again”, he says. “Twenty minutes …
Soracom bundles Astrocast into ‘blended’ cellular-and-satellite IoT offer
KDDI-owned Soracom is offering satellite IoT connectivity via its global IoT connectivity platform, following a deal with Switzerland-based nanosatellite operator Astrocast. The deal enables Soracom to offer a “blended IoT …
