Industrial IoT product round-up, featuring u-blox, Analog Devices, Altair, Eurotech
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIn 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAT&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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIsraeli 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNeedham-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 …
Huawei brings Cat M1 module to market
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHuawei is one of the driving forces behind narrowband IoT, but the company may also capture a piece of the market for LTE Category M1 solutions. Its newest internet of …
Lenovo to invest $1.2 billion in IoT, big data, AI; Verizon certifies new telematics device
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChinese company set up an AI lab in March China’s Lenovo Group said it plans to invest $1.2 billion in the research and development of artificial intelligence, big data, and …
LTE-M updates: Sequans, Qualcomm, Altair
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWith both AT&T and Verizon Wireless expected to roll out LTE-M internet of things networks in the U.S. this year, makers of low-power connectivity chipsets are busy forging partnerships and …
Altair chipset passes interoperability tests with Lightweight M2M protocol
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAltair Semiconductor, a provider of LTE chipsets, announced earlier this month that its ALT1160 LTE Cat-1 chipset successfully completed interoperability testing with the Open Mobile Alliance’s Lightweight machine-to-machine protocol. The test …
One SIM, many networks – IoT connectivity evolves
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMobile network operators will do almost anything to keep their customers, as evidenced by the ongoing price wars and promotions that consumers enjoy. But what will happen as more of …
