
French LoRa/Sigfox ag-tech startup Sencrop bags $18m to conquer the US
France-based precision agriculture startup Sencrop has raised $18 million in Series B funding, led by Israeli venture capital firm JVP. Sencrop, founded in 2016, headquartered in Lille, claims to be …

Big green data on a big green tractor—how IoT will feed the world
Thanks to John Deere, this stoop-dwelling, turnstile-hopping New York City kid got to ride in her first tractor! Fortunately for everyone, I didn’t have to drive it. That’s because, with …

New iBwave platform offers combined private 5G and Wi-Fi network design
Network design company iBwave Solutions has introduced new software to help US enterprises dovetail their local-area private Wi-Fi and LTE/5G designs in a single platform. The solution is geared for …

Siemens integrates Profinet over 5G, fixes 2023 date for own private 5G launch
If you wanted a signpost to where industrial 5G is today, you could do worse than consider a couple of pre-Hannover Messe announcements, from Nokia about integrating Wi-Fi into its …

Nokia integrates Wi-Fi 6/6E and private 5G – plus switching mechanic to go between
Nokia has added Wi-Fi 6 and 6E to its seminal Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private LTE and 5G networking product, available from the fourth quarter of 2022. DAC support for …

IPv6 over LoRaWAN is go – LoRa Alliance promises new sectors, new apps
The LoRa Alliance has announced support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) over LoRaWAN, allowing developers to quickly and cheaply provision and integrate internet-based IoT applications on low-power LoRaWAN networks, …

MachineQ launches hybrid BLE and LoRaWAN solution for indoor asset tracking
Comcast-owned MachineQ has released a real-time location system (RTLS) for indoor asset tracking using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and LoRaWAN. The hybrid IoT solution appears to utilise BLE for indoor …

Ericsson creates private 5G division to go straight to enterprises – plus new AI-5G unit
Ericsson has restructured its business and management to reflect its new growth strategy, which hinges on private 5G and cloud services, and has set a group target of 15-18 percent …

Finns and Aussies combine in a high-tech Industry 4.0 pact to… make beer
Finns and Aussies have combined in a high-tech Industry 4.0 pact to… brew the perfect pint of beer (naturally). As part of its long running partnership with the University of …

India says ‘no’ to direct private 5G licences “for now” – but ‘maybe later’
India is to say ‘no’ to direct spectrum allocations to enterprises for private 5G and Industry 4.0, as provisioned in most other major industrial markets, according to reports. Instead, the …