Zigbee and DALI to improve compatibility of smart lighting connectivity and control
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Zigbee Alliance and the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA), the organisation for DALI lighting control, are working together to bring further standardisation and system interoperability to IoT-based luminaires in the …
‘Industrial IoT is a first mover’ – Federated sets path to 1000MHz of private LTE/5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFederated Wireless has announced it has secured $13.7 million in additional Series C funding from existing investors Allied Minds and Pennant Investors. The funding will accelerate its partnership with Amazon …
Amazon trumps Google in smart home sales; smart lighting tops growth forecasts
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe smart home market in Europe continued to grow in the third quarter of 2019, reaching almost 23.8 million units, an increase of 18.1 per cent compared to the same …
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 …
