Amazon, Apple, Google combine to develop new smart-home connectivity protocol
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmazon, 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 …
Amazon, Intel and DISH sign up to spread IoT gospel according to LoRaWAN
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmazon, Intel, DISH, Tata and Arduino, among others, have joined the LoRa Alliance variously as sponsor and contributor members, the group has announced. Amazon has joined as sponsor, along with …
Tool distributor JIS apes Amazon to battle Amazon – with industrial IoT button
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOhio-based tool distributor Jergens Industrial Supply (JIS) has developed an industrial spin-off of Amazon’s Dash IoT button for retail customers of its products. The Wi-Fi-enabled solution, which simplifies and automates …
Amazon applies for new CBRS test license; AWS amps up IIoT work in private LTE
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmazon has applied with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a temporary license to work in the CBRS band in California to test and analyse the performance of new 3.5 …
Amazon and SpaceX to drive 24m surge in satellite IoT connections by 2024
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSatellite connectivity, spurred by new projects from the likes of Amazon and SpaceX, will support 24 million IoT connections by 2024, bringing new competition to established IoT technologies like LoRa, …
Amazon, Comcast, NXP, Schneider develop Zigbee interoperability updates
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Zigbee Alliance is coordinating efforts from the likes of Amazon, Comcast, Landis+Gyr, NXP, Osram and Schneider Electric to make smart home and IoT products easier to develop, deploy, and …
Amazon joins Zigbee board to push open standards in smart home, smart city
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmazon is to take a seat on the Zigbee Alliance board of directors. The Zigbee Alliance said the decision shows the IoT market is convening around its technology as a …
Global smart-city platform market to reach $755m by 2027, claims report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe global market for smart city platforms will reach $755 million by 2027, according to new research, and enable cities to deliver services to their citizens in the manner of …
Germany spurs AI with state incubator, JEDI network and BMW backing
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGermany has made its move in the international AI arms race with state support for tech start-ups, a ‘JEDI’ innovation network with France, and backing for its ‘Cyber Valley’ set-up …
Zigbee claims record sales with surge in lighting, meters and climate control
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAnnual shipments of Zigbee chipsets will reach one billion by 2023, mostly in smart home sensors, accounting for 85 per cent of IEEE 802.15.4 mesh network devices. Half a billion …
