Printable NB-IoT tracking labels: Vodafone, Bayer and the deal to make IoT ‘massive’
Note, a version of this article appears in a new report on the asset tracking sector, called Asset Tracking – and the March Towards Massive IoT. The report can be …
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. …
Elisa teams up with Valtra on remote 5G controlled tractors
Finnish telco Elisa has turned a mass-produced tractor into a “5G remote-controlled work machine” that can carry out tasks that would otherwise put human lives at risk. The work follows …
TIM inks deal to boost smart agriculture in Italy
Italian operator TIM and agricultural confederation Confagricoltura have signed an agreement to launch the “Agritech Innovation Hub” project, with the main aim of developing smart agriculture in Italy. The …
US pumps $1bn into homegrown AI, 5G and quantum computing
The US government is to invest $1 billion into a dozen new research and development (R&D) institutes to stimulate the economy with homegrown artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information science (QIS), …
LoRa technology improves yields in Australian avocado plantations
Semtech announced that IoT environmental solutions provider ICT International and IoT gateway and device manufacturer Definium Technologies are leveraging multiple products based on Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN …
Key EU smart farming project claims advances in IoT interoperability, data sharing
The European Commission has published the results of its Internet of Food and Farm (IoF2020) project, one of three large-scale pilots it has funded in the agricultural sector as part …
FarmSense improves pest control with smart insect monitoring system
AtgTech startup FarmSense uses AI and analytics for pest control California-based AgTech startup FarmSense unveiled its smart pest monitoring system, which farmers adopt the latest in artificial intelligence and analytics to improve …
UAE operator du white-labels Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform
Telecoms operator du, formerly Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has partnered with Germany-based Software AG to offer a subscription-based digital-change offer to UAE based enterprises. The pair called it a …
Softbank-backed Skylo teams with Sony to launch 5G-ready NB-IoT over satellite
Softbank-backed satellite IoT startup Skylo is set to deploy 5G-ready NB-IoT chipsets that can connect via geostationary satellites, it has said. The California-based firm has teamed up with Sony Semiconductor …
