STMicro strikes deals for UWB specialist BeSpoon and NB-IoT chipmaker Riot Micro
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrance-based semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has signed agreements to purchase the entire share capital of France-based ultra-wideband (UWB) specialist BeSpoon and the cellular IoT connectivity assets of Canada-based Riot Micro. …
New MIOTY management platform brings integration with Azure, AWS, Cumulocity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBehrTech has released the latest version of its MYTHINGS Central network and device management platform for MIOTY-based low-power wide-area IoT networks. The 3.0 version includes backend integration with Microsoft Azure, …
How to create a scalable IoT application using Apache Kafka (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPaul Brebner is Technology Evangelist at Instaclustr. He solves ‘realistic problems’ and builds applications using Apache Cassandra, Spark, Zeppelin, and Kafka. Paul has worked at UNSW, several tech start-ups, CSIRO, …
Nordic releases hybrid IoT hardware and software for mixing cellular IoT and BLE
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChip maker Nordic Semiconductor is combining low-power long- and short-range IoT connectivity technologies in hardware and software, at developer level, for solution makers to run the pair together in test …
“The future is a workbench, not a platform” – LoRa leader TTN on how to hit pay-dirt in IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT platforms are not a panacea for the complex inter-workings of industrial IoT systems. They are over-the-top interfaces, which just introduce another layer of complexity to the market. The IoT …
LoRa community hails “unique piece of silicon” as dual-mode IoT comes of age
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe developer community working with LoRa-based IoT solutions took stock of Semtech’s new LR1110 module at a virtual meet-up last month, and declared it a “pretty unique piece of silicon”. …
IoT sector re-engineers low-power sensor solutions for battle against Covid-19
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe low-power and short-range segments of the wider IoT market, along with industrial majors, are seeking to re-engineer and innovate afresh in order to produce rapid low-cost IoT sensing solutions …
Elisa and Qualcomm install private 5G for new Finnish IoT centre
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA new IoT innovation centre in Finland has been rigged up with private 5G from Elisa and IoT devices from Qualcomm. The facility will be opened shortly by new Finnish …
LoRa Alliance opens device certification programme to non-members
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe LoRa Alliance has announced a certification programme for affiliate non-members to obtain LoRaWAN device certification. The new $10,000 affiliate programme covers full protocol testing, including of interoperability and radio …
Sigfox waives airtime fees for new IoT innovations to fight COVID-19 pandemic
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSigfox is offering to waive connectivity costs for US-based IoT projects developed on its connectivity infrastructure that seek to address critical challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The French …
