
Twenty miles with Bluetooth – new beacon billed as ‘game-changer’ for IoT, rival for LTE
Texas-based Apptricity has launched a long-range Bluetooth beacon capable of connecting sensors at distances of up to 20 miles outdoors, and up to 20 storeys indoors. It is presented as …

Connected social care and the ‘spirit of 5G’ – all about Liverpool’s £7m smart-city 5G win
The city of Liverpool has just won a £4.3 million fund, topped-up to £7.15 million, from the UK government to build a private 5G network for local health and social …

Five verticals for hybrid IoT – where short- and long-range IoT tech meet
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for …

“A private 5G backbone with BLE breakouts” – the Vodafone view on hybrid IoT
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for the full …

Hello, HaLow – all about the new Wi-Fi HaLow tech for low-power mid-range IoT
In truth, Wi-Fi HaLow is not new. The solution, geared towards low-power mid-range IoT solutions, was announced back in 2016. But there is gathering momentum around it, with chips and …

STMicro strikes deals for UWB specialist BeSpoon and NB-IoT chipmaker Riot Micro
France-based semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has signed agreements to purchase the entire share capital of France-based ultra-wideband (UWB) specialist BeSpoon and the cellular IoT connectivity assets of Canada-based Riot Micro. …

“A paradigm shift“ – the balance and care of hybrid IoT antenna design
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, out tomorrow, on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems (see …

Nordic releases hybrid IoT hardware and software for mixing cellular IoT and BLE
Chip maker Nordic Semiconductor is combining low-power long- and short-range IoT connectivity technologies in hardware and software, at developer level, for solution makers to run the pair together in test …

New kid on the IoT block – fine-ranging with UWB and what it means for IoT
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, out tomorrow, on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems (see …

Three times LPWA networks work best for backhauling short-range IoT sensor systems
Sometimes IoT technologies work better in concert. The standard model for IoT networks to combine two or more different connectivity technologies is when short-range wireless protocols are used in the …