Qualcomm seeks to remake physical retail – as touchless, frictionless and filled with IoT
Qualcomm Technologies has identified physical retail as a key growth sector for its IoT chip business. The sector has been severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, it said, and requires …
Batteries not included – the only way to make IoT massive, and also green
Last week, Amsterdam-based Nowi, a specialist in energy harvesting tech for integrated circuit (IC) microchips, announced work with narrowband IoT connectivity provider Sigfox to produce IoT modules that extract power …
Semtech, Lacuna Space redouble satellite IoT efforts to extend LoRa to whole planet
Satellite IoT is everywhere, suddenly. Further to Inmarsat’s L-band satellite IoT solution with energy firm RWE in the UK, and LoRaWAN outfit Senet’s arrangement on satellite IoT tracking with Eutelsat …
RWE picks Inmarsat’s satellite IoT for hydro stations (and a good example of green IoT)
RWE has recruited Inmarsat to carry IoT data traffic from its hydroelectric power facilities in Snowdonia national park in northwest Wales over its new ELERA satellite service. The German energy …
Sony, Kigen, FloLIVE prep IoT solution for hybrid public-private 5G, LTE, NB-IoT
London-based startup FloLIVE, offering global 5G connectivity for high-performance IoT, has combined with SIM specialist Kigen and chip maker Sony Semiconductor Israel (Sony; formerly Altair)) on a new iSIM-based cellular …
Talk of a metaverse would not be happening without 5G and MEC (Verizon on 2022)
Each year advancements in wireless network technology transform the way businesses use and benefit from mobile capabilities. 5G offers super-fast speeds, low latency and massive capacity. Mobile edge computing brings …
1NCE upon a time in America – IoT MVNO sets up home in US, strikes deal with AWS
Germany-based IoT provider 1NCE is to set up a new home in Miami in the US, from where it will run its operations in the North America region. The company, …
Senet and Eutelsat combine on “first and only true-global” LoRaWAN IoT network
US LoRaWAN network operator and cloud provider Senet has partnered with European satellite operator Eutelsat Communications, together with US-based LoRaWAN and GPS tracking solutions provider TrakAssure, and UK-based LoraWAN (and …
Semtech intros LoRa software upgrade to make LoRaWAN more scalable and robust
California-based chipmaker Semtech, which owns and licences the non-cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) LoRa technology and LoRaWAN protocol, has released a software upgrade for LoRa integrated circuits (IC) and gateways to …
Ericsson taps HERE for custom mapping of private 5G enabled smart mines
Ericsson has recruited US-based mapping company HERE Technologies to provide the mining industry with “custom mapping capabilities”, to go with its own private LTE and 5G network offer to the …
