
Nordic buys Wi-Fi assets from Imagination Tech to mix Wi-Fi with BLE and cellular IoT
Nordic Semiconductor has acquired Ensigma, the Wi-Fi division of UK-based semiconductor and software design firm Imagination Technologies Group, for an undisclosed fee. The deal is for Ensigma’s development operations, including …

Solar-powered IoT tracking (no battery) and the ‘three golden rules’ of IoT design
Netherlands-based engineering and design firm SODAQ has invented a solar-powered cellular IoT asset tracker which dispenses with a battery altogether, and runs by harvesting solar energy alone. It is the …

Austrian postal service and Australian keg company sign for 100,000 Sigfox trackers
Sigfox has announced deals with Austrian logistics and postal provider Austrian Post and Australian keg rental provider Konvoy Group, via local Sigfox operators Heliot and Thinxtra, respectively. Between them, the …

Nordic signs with Arkessa to offer global roaming on dual NB-IoT/LTE-M module
Nordic Semiconductor has struck a deal with Arkessa to offer wider international cellular IoT connectivity with its nRF9160 system-in-package (SiP), the Trondheim-based firm’s flagship dual-mode LTE-M and NB-IoT module. Global …

The challenge to make disposable tracking tags (and massive IoT) green
Note, this article is taken from a new report on the asset tracking sector, called Asset Tracking – and the March Towards Massive IoT. The report can be downloaded here. With …

BICS teams up with GNSS provider Gurtam to offer asset tracking in 200 countries
Telecoms roaming broker BICS has struck a deal with telematics provider Gurtam to provide international IoT asset monitoring and fleet management in 200-odd countries. The collaboration combines BICS’ global IoT …

Three ways Covid-19 has spurred asset tracking and the march on massive IoT
Note, this article is taken from a new report on the asset tracking sector, called Asset Tracking – and the March Towards Massive IoT. The report can be downloaded here. …

Digital Industry Solutions: Asset tracking – and the march towards massive IoT
It’s one thing to know where something is, it’s another to know how its contents have been treated – whether they are frozen, unfrozen, damaged, dropped, lost or stolen. Asset …

What is asset tracking, and what is it worth? (Why it’s a jungle – and why it’s massive)
What is asset tracking, anyway? And what is it worth? Because tracking of machine data, one way or another, is easily conflated with the internet-of-things (IoT) movement, at large. And …

From vehicles to vaccines (and BLE to NB-IoT): five key asset tracking use cases
1 | FedEx + BLE – for tracking vaccine shipments FedEx has introduced a new Bluetooth based asset tracking system in time for anticipated shipping of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as …