
Here to expand presence in China with new partnerships
Chinese firms together with investment firm GIC plan to acquire a 10% stake in mapping specialist Here. Digital maps and location services provider Here and Chinese companies NavInfo and Tencent …

Open connected car platform sees investments from Amazon, DT
Mojio’s open connected car platform looks to expand in the U.S. and European markets. Vancouver-based Mojio, which sells an open connected car platform, raised $15 million in a funding round …

Iris identity authentication is coming to the internet of things
Earlier this month, EyeLock, a company focused on iris-based identity authentication solutions, announced the introduction of three reference designs architected for high volume OEM integration. EyeLock’s new product was designed to fill the …

Telefonica and Huawei developing joint NB-IoT solutions
The two firms plan to launch joint NB-IoT solutions in Europe and Latin America in 2017. Huawei and Telefónica signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to jointly develop narrowband “internet …

Fiat Chrysler creates asset tracking solution for industrial vehicles
Fiat Chrysler builds in-house IoT solution. Fiat Chrysler needed to keep track of its powered industrial vehicles throughout the 560 acres of the Chrysler Technology Center and World Headquarters, according to …

Cisco signs IoT, smart city agreements in India
Building on smart city project, Cisco will work with ICreate to explore the possibility to set up IoT hub in Gujarat. U.S. networking giant Cisco signed two agreements with the …

3GPP tech to account for 35% of LPWA networks according to report
There are a number of unlicensed low-power wide-area network startups going toe-to-toe to be one to connect the biggest chunk of the massive and growing “internet of things” market. Players …

TDK to strenghten service offerings with sensor acquisition
Japanese firm to pay $1.3 billion for the U.S.-based motion sensor solutions specialist. TDK reached an agreement to acquire U.S.-based motion sensor solution provider InvenSense for $1.3 billion. The transaction …

Altair chipset passes interoperability tests with Lightweight M2M protocol
Altair Semiconductor, a provider of LTE chipsets, announced earlier this month that its ALT1160 LTE Cat-1 chipset successfully completed interoperability testing with the Open Mobile Alliance’s Lightweight machine-to-machine protocol. The test …

F1 racing team uses IoT to track biometrics of pit crew
Avanade, an IT consulting company, is helping Williams Martini Racing harness IoT by using biometric data to analyze every aspect of pit stop performance and maintain an edge over rivals. Avanade …