
Successful healthcare IoT requires cellular connectivity, says Sequans (Reader Forum)
Among the many things we’ve learned during the era of Covid-19 is the importance of efficient, reliable, and always-available healthcare services. The urgency of the pandemic has not only spurred …

‘We must speed up’ – France plays catch-up with Germany on 5G-geared Industry 4.0
The French government has announced funding for new national industrial 5G projects, as parts of its France Relance (France Relaunch) package. It has also raised alarm bells that the country …

LoRa Alliance gees-up troops for ‘massive’ IoT battle – ‘only’ LoRaWAN ready for scale
As is its job, the LoRa Alliance took to the (virtual) stage at The Things Conference this week to proclaim its destiny, slate the competition, and gee-up the troops. The …

Ericsson intros 5G RAN slicing to help guarantee private 5G for industry
The capability works with radio slicing of public 5G networks, for carriers to offer and guarantee virtual private (or ‘dedicated’) mobile networks; it also works with radio slicing of dedicated …

China fast-tracks Industry 4.0 with 30 5G factories, new ‘international’ IoT platforms
The parallel narratives around cellular 5G and Industry 4.0 are about to collide. China has said it will build 30 brand new ‘smart factories’ by 2023, all of them threaded …

Nordic Semi on 2021: 10 times more with 10 times less – for a new golden age of tech
It’s hard to believe that at the start of last year some people were still openly questioning whether IoT was real, or if it would ever arrive in any significant …

CBRS Alliance rebrands, repositions as go-to group for shared spectrum globally
The CBRS Alliance, the industry working group dedicated to wireless services in the 3.5 GHz ‘CBRS’ band in the US, has rebranded as the OnGo Alliance in order to advance …

Ericsson (again) on 2021: IoT to drive change in healthcare, manufacturing, public safety
2020 was a disruptive and also exceptional year for connectivity, as the world grappled with remote working, social distancing and lockdown mandates. While the pandemic brought many challenges, it emphasized …

LoRa Alliance on 2021: ‘The planet must get (IoT) prepped for further disruption’
2020 has seen the greatest acceleration of digital transformation and automation in history. As the world looks to emerge from Covid-19, the reality that this will not be the last …

Signify on 2021: ‘Restoring order after Covid chaos’ – 11 key IoT trends for 2021
A year of unprecedented disruption and change has come to a close. Ahead lies an exciting 2021 when life will presumably get back to something like normal and long-pent-up economic …