
Revenues from cellular IoT modules jump 58% – with Quectel, Telit, MeiG dominant
Global revenues from cellular IoT modules increased by 58 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared with the year-ago period, with more than 40 percent of the total revenue …

KDDI-owned Soracom sets up IoT roaming with Orange, plans to go ‘global’
KDDI-owned IoT provider Soracom has announced a deal with Orange to expand its network for IoT connectivity “around the world”. The arrangement allows Japan-based Soracom to take advantage of Orange’s …

The role of multi-network SIMs in the sunsetting of 2G and 3G (Reader Forum)
Despite the UK government announcement on the 8th December regarding the phasing out of 2G and 3G networks in the UK, there remains a lack of clarity in the future …

As 2G and 3G are gradually faded out, what’s the future for IoT over cellular?
Since their introduction in the late 1970’s, cellular networks and technology have evolved tremendously, with successive generations (2G through 4G) representing significant milestones in the development of mobile connectivity. 5G, …

Cellular IoT value to double to $61bn by 2026 – 1,000% growth in 5G, LTE-M, NB-IoT
The global value of the cellular IoT market will almost double to $61 billion by 2026, from $31 billion in 2022, according to Juniper Research. The growth will be driven …

Container tracking firm Traxens raises €23m, buys rival NEXT4, plots global expansion
France-based container tracking company Traxens has raised €23 million in a further funding round, led by existing investors, and at the same time acquired local rival NEXT4, which produces removable …

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, …

Telit intros new five- and 10-year prepaid airtime plans for ‘out-of-the-blox’ global IoT
IoT module maker and service provider Telit is offering five- and 10-year prepaid airtime plans on its new mobile core network Telit NExT, the company has said. Telit is offering …

A rock and a hard place – how NB-IoT finally escaped the long shadow of 5G (and 2G)
Massive IoT? What a joke. Except no one in the business of massive IoT is laughing, because no one has given up on it. And because everyone is too busy …

Broadband IoT to overtake legacy 2G and 3G based IoT this year, says Ericsson
IoT traffic on latest-generation mobile ‘broadband’ 4G and 5G infrastructure will outrun IoT traffic on old-generation ‘broadband’ 3G and old-school 2G networks in 2021, reckons Ericsson. The terminology gets confusing, …