Printable NB-IoT tracking labels: Vodafone, Bayer and the deal to make IoT ‘massive’
The race-to-the-bottom in the IoT market has taken another turn, and plunged downwards and outwards. Pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer has just announced a printable NB-IoT-based tracking label, which …
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 …
Connected devices have a key role to play in era of pandemics (Reader Forum)
Technology has a history of helping to track and treat viruses. With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, people are asking how new technologies such as …
Altair adds cloud positioning to NB-IoT/LTE-M chip; Japan approves Altair and Sequans IoT chips
Israeli firm Altair Semicondictor will embed ‘cloud location over cellular’ (C-LoC) software into its ALT1250 dual-mode NB-IoT and LTE-M chipset. It has worked with C-LoC technology firm Polte Corporation on …
NIB: Altair’s IoT chip ‘revolution’; Rockwell’s cyber alliance; Cisco and Actility’s LoRa trip
1 | GCF certification sets Altair to “revolutionise cellular IoT” Cellular IoT chipset maker Altair Semiconductor, owned by Sony Corporation, has announced its lab has been officially authorised by the …
Industrial IoT product round-up, featuring u-blox, Analog Devices, Altair, Eurotech
In a flurry of activity, the makers of modules, chips and embedded systems have announced a number of product and service initiatives to extend, simplify and secure industrial IoT systems; …
New LPWA antennas and booster tech promise smaller IoT devices
A trio of diminutive multi-band low-power wide-area (LPWA) antennas has been announced at MWC Americas, promising further miniaturisation of IoT devices, alongside international roaming for applications like asset tracking. A …
AT&T to intro embedded IoT SIMs in LTE-M modules in first half of 2019
AT&T will make IoT modules with integrated SIMs available on its LTE-M network in the first half of 2019. The carrier is working with German internet-of-things (IoT) module manufacturer Giesecke+Devrient …
Chip maker Altair integrates new small-antenna tech to miniaturise IoT devices
Israeli IoT chipset manufacturer Altair Semiconductor has announced a new small antenna technology to enable the development of miniaturised IoT and wearable devices without sacrificing coverage or performance. The technology …
PTC tops three separate polls of the leading industrial IoT platforms
Needham-based industrial software maker PTC has come top in a series of reviews of industrial IoT (IIoT) platform providers. Its ThingWorx proposition has been consistently identified by analysts in 2018 …
