Industrial AR surges on COVID-19 demand for remote assistance – and free licences
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put focus on various communications technologies, if only as an adjunct to disciplines like healthcare and government, and as a means to work and play …
Sigfox waives airtime fees for new IoT innovations to fight COVID-19 pandemic
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSigfox is offering to waive connectivity costs for US-based IoT projects developed on its connectivity infrastructure that seek to address critical challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The French …
Swiss telco Sunrise intros IoT management platform for manufacturing, farming
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwiss operator Sunrise has launched an IoT connectivity management platform to activate and monitor IoT SIM cards. It is targeted at smart manufacturing, smart farming, and smart sports stadiums. The …
PK Solutions taps Nokia, Cradlepoint to offer private LTE in CBRS for oil and gas sector
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIndustrial services firm PK Solutions is deploying private LTE in the 3.5 GHz CBRS band in the US for the oil and gas sector. It is working with Nokia and …
Four ways to keep driverless shuttles on the road, even in the event of failure
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDriverless shuttle buses require four separate safety solutions to ensure they operate safely and reliably even in the event of technical failures. So says Bosch, which has led a €4.3 …
MQTT provider and LPWA rival Thingstream snapped up by u-blox for $10.4m
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwiss IoT company u-blox has bought UK-based Thingstream, which offers low power wide-area (LPWA) IoT connectivity based on the MQTT lightweight messaging protocol. The sale closed for at CHF 10 …
‘We are in planning’ – BMW to apply for ad hoc private 5G spectrum through 2020
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGerman automotive giant BMW has confirmed it will apply for 5G sepctrum licences in the 3.7-3.8 GHz industrial band in local factorties at home on an ad hoc basis through …
‘A little more or a little less, but it will explode’ – Sigfox on its ‘1B23’ growth target
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSigfox has settled on three primary IoT use cases to deliver massive scale as it carries on its path to reach a billion connections inside the next 24 months, and …
Kerlink lands biggest LoRaWAN deployment in Germany, plus retail and water projects
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT network equipment vendor Kerlink has announced the biggest LoRaWAN deployment in Germany, a major LoRaWAN initiative around retail analytics, and pioneering work to help with water management for …
Telensa combines indoor and outdoor smart lighting in single management system
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK firm Telensa is combining indoor and outdoor smart lighting controls into a single management system with certain customers in the UK, the company has said. The projects, with unnamed …
