Amazon picks LoRa for smart-home telco platform – plus Nordic, Silicon Labs, Tile
Amazon has selected LoRa for its new Sidewalk wireless networking platform, running in 900 MHz spectrum, according to Semtech. Camarillo-based Semtech hailed its technology’s move into the consumer space. At …
Five verticals for hybrid IoT – where short- and long-range IoT tech meet
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for …
World Economic Forum: $10tn GDP, 395m jobs by 2030 by prioritising nature – and tech
The World Economic Forum has published a study that says “nature-positive” enterprise solutions can create 395 million jobs and $10 trillion in revenue by 2030. A major subtext of the …
New kid on the IoT block – fine-ranging with UWB and what it means for IoT
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, out tomorrow, on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems (see …
UK to release 6 GHz and 100 GHz spectrum for Wi-Fi in smart homes, offices, factories
UK regulator Ofcom is proposing to make 500MHz of contiguous spectrum in the lower 6 GHz band available for unlicensed indoor Wi-Fi and low-power outdoor Wi-Fi usage. It has also …
Amazon trumps Google in smart home sales; smart lighting tops growth forecasts
The smart home market in Europe continued to grow in the third quarter of 2019, reaching almost 23.8 million units, an increase of 18.1 per cent compared to the same …
Amazon, Apple, Google combine to develop new smart-home connectivity protocol
Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance have announced a working group, under the name Connected Home over IP, to develop and promote a new, royalty-free connectivity standard to increase …
KT to make massive investments to become an AI company
Korean telecommunications company KT announced plans to invest 300 billion won ($257 million) over the next four years to become an artificial intelligence (AI) company, Korean press reported. The Korean telco …
Zigbee certified IoT products and platforms passes 3,000-mark with Amazon
The number of certified Zigbee IoT products and platforms in the market for smart homes and cities has passed 3,000, according to the Zigbee Alliance. The alliance’s certification programme seeks …
Georgia Power unveils first smart neighborhood in Atlanta
Georgia Power, the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company, and homebuilding company PulteGroup announced the opening of what it claims to be Atlanta’s first Smart Neighborhood. Leaders from Georgia Power, …
