STMicro scores takeover ‘hat-trick’ with deal for IoT and 5G specialist SOMOS
STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has followed up the summer purchases of France-based ultra-wideband (UWB) specialist BeSpoon and Canada-based cellular IoT connectivity firm Riot Micro with a deal for cellular IoT and 5G …
What is asset tracking, and what is it worth? (Why it’s a jungle – and why it’s massive)
What is asset tracking, anyway? And what is it worth? Because tracking of machine data, one way or another, is easily conflated with the internet-of-things (IoT) movement, at large. And …
From vehicles to vaccines (and BLE to NB-IoT): five key asset tracking use cases
1 | FedEx + BLE – for tracking vaccine shipments FedEx has introduced a new Bluetooth based asset tracking system in time for anticipated shipping of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as …
Printable NB-IoT tracking labels: Vodafone, Bayer and the deal to make IoT ‘massive’
The race-to-the-bottom in the IoT market has taken another turn, and plunged downwards and outwards. Pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer has just announced a printable NB-IoT-based tracking label, which …
SHV Energy uses Orange to connect, track and monitor gas tanks in Europe and the US
Netherlands-based SHV Energy is to deploy smart meters and telemetry on its gas tanks in Europe and the US. The move is geared to improve asset management, supply-chain security, and …
Telenor, Ericsson connect IoT micro-factory for water filtering, beer making
Telenor is to provide global sensor connectivity to plug-and-play micro-brewery and water filtering firm Wayout. The operator’s IoT division, Telenor Connexion, has with Ericsson to bundle its fellow Swede’s IoT …
Sierra Wireless provides ‘full-stack’ IoT for fertilizer tank LTE-M solution
IoT provider Sierra Wireless has been selected by IoT tracking firm Ekatra to underpin its industrial tank monitoring solution, which is geared particularly towards fertilizer tanks in the farming industry. …
Nokia, Optus to provide IoT solutions to Australian industry customers
Australian operator Optus has selected Nokia’s IMPACT IoT platform to provide device management and data collection capabilities to customers in multiple industry segments in Australia, Nokia said in a …
Vodafone builds NB-IoT remote control and product recall system for white goods
Vodafone has built an NB-IoT prototype that allows appliance manufacturers to notify consumers of faulty or dangerous electrical goods, and shut them down remotely if needed. It is targeted as …
AT&T bundles Azure into private LTE gateway for backhauling global IoT data
AT&T has released an LTE and LTE-M gateway device to backhaul data from IoT sensors over cellular in global markets. The new solution, presented by AT&T as a ‘guardian device’, …
