“NB-IoT is cheap in China – from as little as $3 per module,” says Huawei
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCellular IoT technologies are expected to take the lion’s share of the low-power wide-area (LPWA) market, but it has been a bumpy start – outside of China, at least. Rival …
Ingenu’s second-coming: claims $2bn pipeline, contract wins, slates rivals
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT provider Ingenu has relaunched with a ‘2.0’ message about the suitability of its low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology for sundry industrial sectors, with a platform-as-a-service offer and a number of …
LoRaWAN has the edge on NB-IoT, and Sigfox has retreated, says Proximus
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDevice availability, network flexibility, and technical features give LoRaWAN the edge on NB-IoT today, reckons Proximus. But competition between the two IoT technologies will grow closer, it expects. Meanwhile, Sigfox …
Freight IoT firm Traxens takes €20m Series C funding, following Maersk investment
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT firm Traxens has followed up news of pending investment from shipping giant Maersk with the closing of a €20 million Series C round of investment funding. Traxens said …
Traxens gets Maersk investment, 150,000 order for trackers, role in port project
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT firm Traxens is poised to receive major investment from shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, alongside a big order for cellular cargo trackers. It has also been drafted into the …
NNNCo and Enzen sign $8m deal to drive LoRaWAN ‘at scale’ Down Under
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAustralian internet-of-things (IoT) operator National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has signed a strategic investment agreement with global energy and environment company Enzen Group. The $8 million deal is geared towards …
Telensa rolls on with New Zealand deal for 15,000 smart street lights
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK firm Telensa has struck a deal to provide smart controls to 15,000 LED street lights in the City of Dunedin in New Zealand. The arrangement is part of a …
Ramp-up to bonkers billion target starts now, says Sigfox, citing ‘0G’ and sub-$2 trackers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT company Sigfox claims 6.7 million active devices in the field (“not counting proofs of concept, just commercial rollouts in diverse industries”), in 63 countries on five continents. It …
Sensoneo implements smart waste monitoring solution in the US
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Cloud communications platform company Twilio said that it is powering its first commercial narrowband internet of things deployment in the United States by Sensoneo, a smart waste management solution …
Narrowband, private, and powerline – questions of connectivity for smart grids
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this article is serialised from a report on the state of the smart energy market. It continues from a previous post.Go here for the last post; go here for the full …
