Sequans adds cloud positioning to Monarch chip, intros Verizon-approved IoT tracker
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT chipmaker Sequans has announced it will embed ‘cloud location over cellular’ (C-LoC) software to its LTE-M and NB-IoT Monarch platform, creating a IoT location solution that does not …
Logistics firm G7 claims record $320m IoT funding round, headed by TEV, Tencent
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChinese internet of things (IoT) company G7 Networks has completed a $320 million funding round, with investments from Total Energy Ventures (TEV) International, Tencent, and GLP, among others. The value …
Chinese steel firm re-boots indoor stockyard with Siemens automation, analytics tools
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSiemens has been engaged to digitise and automate the new indoor stockyard for the Jiangsu Binxin Special Steel Material Company (Binxin Steel) in China. China’s moves in recent years to …
American Tower targets two million Brazilian LoRaWAN connections in 2019
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmerican Tower’s LoRaWAN network in Brazil has passed 400,000 connected devices. The company has set target two million or more by the end of 2019, deployed for a range of …
GE announces plans to establish new software company focusing on IIoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The new, independent firm will combine GE Digital’s IIoT solutions and GE Power Digital and Grid Software Solutions businesses GE announced plans to establish a new, independent company …
Qualcomm takes wraps off 9205 IoT modem; Telit and Quectel hard on its heels
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailQualcomm has launched its long-awaited 9205 LTE modem for internet-of-things (IoT) applications, combining cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity, and support for IoT developers. Module makers Telit and …
How cold storage firm Lineage Logistics used IoT tech to reduce energy by 34%
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFood cold storage operator Lineage Logistics has engaged IoT solution provider ndustrial.io and carrier AT&T to reduce annual energy usage by 34 per cent and annual energy costs by $4 …
IIoT start-up proclaims “internet moment” after bagging $11.3m Series A funding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe digital transformation of manufacturing is about to break big, reckons US industrial IoT and AI startup MachineMetrics, after raising $11.3 million in Series A funding for its factory analytics …
Avnet buys AI specialist Softweb Solutions to bolster its IoT software proposition
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPhoenix based electronics distributor and internet-of-things (IoT) developer platform Avnet has struck a deal to acquire Chicago IoT solutions vendor Softweb Solutions for an undisclosed fee. Softweb Solutions specialises in …
EdgeX Foundry ramps up security of open source IoT code for edge devices
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEdgeX Foundry has released a new version of its Delhideveloper code for IoT edge devices, with new security and management features, new software developer kits (SDKs), and an updated user …
