Paris La Défense preps 5G neutral-host and use-case trials in 26 GHz mmWave bands
Paris La Défense, the major metropolitan business district in Paris, has called for applicants to run 5G neutral-host and use-case trials in 26 GHz mmWave spectrum at its site in …
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 …
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’ …
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 …
BMW recruits NTT and Intel for private 5G test site to drive Industry 4.0 gains
Some new light on the murky, creeping digital change taking place in the automotive sector, long-considered the flashiest venue for Industry 4.0 (but highly secretive and deeply conservative), and specifically …
VW lines up ST for automotive SoC, TSMC for silicon, and whole chip-chain behind
Volkswagen-owned automotive software company CARIAD has appointed Franco-Italian semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics (ST) to develop a system-on-chip (SoC) for a new line of Volkswagen vehicles based on the CARIAD software platform. …
Soracom taps IDEMIA to bundle low-power eSIMs for NB-IoT and LTE-M apps
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has announced a deal with France-based outfit IDEMIA, a supplier of identity-related security services, to offer enterprise customers an optimised low-power embedded SIM (eSIM) with …
Unabiz supplies Finland-made Sigfox air quality sensors to Singapore care homes
Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities (THKMC), a voluntary welfare organisation in Singapore, has deployed a number of air quality sensors from IoT provider Unabiz, via Finnish Sigfox operator Connected Finland, …
Telefónica to launch 5G-based satellite NB-IoT for hard-to-reach enterprise venues
Telefónica is looking to offer a 5G-based dual-mode terrestrial-and-satellite service for NB-IoT connectivity. Its digital services business, Telefónica Tech, and managed services division, Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS), are working with …
Switch, conserve, diversify – the global IoT project to change the energy mix (Analyst Angle)
The war in Ukraine is being fought through many unconventional means. One of the most prominent relates to energy supply and dependence. In 2021, about two-fifths of the gas that …
