
Sigfox sale gets delayed to April 21 – ‘a week to convince the government,’ says UnaBiz
The Commercial Court of Toulouse in France has delayed its decision on the sale of Sigfox until April 21. The decision, originally scheduled for today (April 14), gives Singapore-based UnaBiz, …

And then there were four (and then two) – bidders bail as UnaBiz, OTEIS await Sigfox fate
An update on the Sigfox takeover, taken from largely from a report in La Tribune Toulouse, the local business paper in Toulouse, France, where the seven candidates offering to rescue …

Bankruptcy and $150m of debt – Sigfox’s American dream dies (as French sale closes)
Sigfox USA has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a Delaware bankruptcy court, owing almost $150 million in unsecured debt. The filing, on March 31, is separate from its parent’s …

Helium rebranded Nova Labs, raises $200m in Series D – from a16z, DT, Goodyear, Nokia
Helium, the company in charge of the crowd-sourced Helium non-cellular IoT and cellular 5G networks, has rebranded as Nova Labs, and announced $200 million of Series D funding from New …

Helium expands European roaming with Dutch LoRaWAN group Techtenna
Blockchain-based edge-operated network company Helium has a new roaming deal with Dutch LoRaWAN network operator Techtenna, allowing Techtenna-originated LoRaWAN devices to utilize Helium’s network in Europe and the US, and …

Bouygues to shut down LoRaWAN in France – the start of the end for unlicensed IoT?
Bouygues Telecom has announced it will shut down its LoRaWAN network in France from 2024, and start to sell new IoT business and migrate existing IoT accounts to its cellular-based …

Sigfox latest: nine bidders, no Semtech (but Actility), no consortia bids (but UnaBiz)
Note, this article was updated with additional information on March 2. Nine companies have entered bids for ailing IoT firm Sigfox, as the deadline for its sale passed last Friday …

UnaBiz ‘in pole position’ to rescue Sigfox ‘for operators’ – Semtech, Actility in contention
Singapore-based UnaBiz is in “pole position” to pick up the tech assets of troubled IoT firm Sigfox, in receivership, as a number of other groups and organisations also prepare bids …

LoRaWAN gets a lift with Helium – with new roaming in Canada, to go with US, Europe
Helium has followed roaming deals with LoRaWAN operator Senet in the US and LoRaWAN platform provider Actility in Europe with a new roaming tie-up with LoRaWAN provider X-TELIA in Canada. …

Microsoft joins LoRa Alliance board, labels LoRaWAN ‘critical fabric’ for digital twins
Microsoft has joined the board of the LoRa Alliance, the marketing and development body for the LoRaWAN low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) standard. Microsoft said LoRaWAN was a “critical connectivity fabric” …