BROWSING: IoT

Satellite connectivity startup Skylo, offering Release-17 level NB-IoT on existing geostationary satellites, has certified the Altair ALT1250 chipset from Sony Semiconductor Israel for dual-mode cellular and satellite IoT communications. It is the fifth module to be certified by Skylo, RCR Wireless understands. Devices based...

Unabiz, owner of the Sigfox technology, has claimed to have enabled an 18-times reduction in energy consumption on Sigfox devices. It said Sigfox-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks around the world now support faster and fewer data transmissions, meaning Sigfox devices can use less power...

Note, this article is taken from a new editorial report from RCR Wireless about ‘private 5G in Industry 4.0 – hype versus reality’. It follows on from an intro section, trailed here previously. The full report extends the discussion further, and is available to...

Celona has a deal with STC (Saudi Telecommunication Company) Group in the Middle East on private 5G. The operator will use Celona’s 5G system to stand-up its digital-change sales in the mining, manufacturing, and logistics sectors. The pair had a “full-scale” automated guided vehicle...

Industrial IoT provider Itron, specialising in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solutions for utilities, is working with Cairns Regional Council in Queensland, Australia, to deploy an NB-IoT system to manage usage, identify leaks, and lower costs in the district water distribution system. Itron is in...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has said its new Aruba Wi-Fi 7 access points, out in July, deliver “up to 30 percent” more capacity for wireless traffic compared with standard Wi-Fi 7 gear, courtesy of the firm’s “ultra-tri band hardware technology”. The new 730-series ‘campus...

It seems like you can have the same conversation about Industry 4.0 whether AI is presented as the big kahuna in the tech-mix or hardly mentioned at all, like the elephant in the room. This conversation with Cisco, taped a couple of months ago...

There will be 108 million IoT connections on private LTE (4G) and 5G networks in the manufacturing sector in 2030, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Manufacturing will be the biggest market for private 5G-IoT, it said. In second, the transportation industry...

There’s something funny about a captain of industry (Industrie 4.0) scratching his head when his boiler breaks down at his French summer house. But this was the tale that Cedrik Neike, chief executive at Siemens Digital Industries, told Hannover Messe on Monday (April 22)...

French IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications claims its Calliope 2 platform is the first Cat 1bis unit to be approved by AT&T in the US. The product, which combines the firm’s Calliope 2 chip and GC02S1 module, is approved for interoperability and features for use...

The mood in the 5G Arena at Hannover Messe is muted, same as last year. All the buzz and excitement about private / industrial 5G at MWC, which seemed almost to bubble-over in the tight-knit halls of the Fira de Barcelona as the late...

Hannover Messe, Germany: Nokia has introduced a new ‘micro-edge’ compute solution to process industrial AI/ML workloads on or adjacent to IoT sensor devices attached to private LTE/5G networks, and also to enterprise Wi-Fi networks. At the same time, it has introduced a new video...

Note, this article is a continuation of a previous post, which can be found here. Funny thing about telecoms, and telcos specifically, so often derided in the Industry 4.0 market for not ‘getting’ enterprise, is that they have listened and changed, arguably, and are selling...

Tampa Electric (TECO) has applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US for a six-month Special Temporary Authority (STA) license in the 936.5-939.5 MHz spectrum band, running to the start of December, to build an “experimental” private LTE network using Ericsson gear....

IoT airtime provider Wireless Logic has secured reseller rights for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service. The agreement will see the UK-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) integrate low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity into its portfolio of managed cellular IoT services. It will offer a combined...

When news broke in January of Vodafone’s double deal with Microsoft to dichotomize and nebulise its airtime service operations, so its ancillary IoT unit is spun-off as a joint venture and its mainstream 5G business is reprogrammed in the cloud, there was lots of...

The LoRa Alliance, the association of companies steering the open LoRaWAN standard, has released a formal development roadmap to enhance features, simplify deployments, drive interoperability, and raise security. The objective, invariably, is to multiply LoRaWAN deployments in new and existing enterprise IoT segments. The...

Siemens and Microsoft will converge two different digital-twin programming languages as a “unified standard” in order to simplify and scale IoT projects. They are working with the W3C standards organization to make Microsoft's open-source Digital Twin Definition Language (DTDL) compatible with the W3C’s emerging...

US-based module maker Blues has released a series of new Notecard-branded cellular products that seek to lower the cost and raise the flexibility of large-scale industrial IoT projects. The new products include a cut-down version of its classic Notecard product, plus an LTE Cat-1...

Polymer manufacturer REHAU Industries, which makes plastic seals and componentry for doors and windows, is set to roll-out an industrial AI inspection tool from Fujitsu on its production lines in Germany following successful field trials. The new AI solution, based on unspecified “smart technologies”,...

The new module is compatible with Quectel 4G module EG2x series modules with smaller sizes Global IoT company Quectel Wireless Solutions announced the commercial availability of its new 5G RedCap Sub-6 GHz LGA module, which will deliver 5G and 4G coverage. Based on Qualcomm Technologies's Snapdragon...

UK-based manufacturer Sollatek, known for power stability and energy optimization solutions, has picked Japan-based virtual IoT operator (MVNO) Soracom to connect its commercial refrigeration and coffee solutions, used for remote tracking and energy monitoring in international markets by major brands in the fast-moving consumer...

Qualcomm will also expand its portfolio to address the safety, operating environment and mechanical handling requirements for industrial grade solutions Qualcomm Technologies has released a “breakthrough micro-power” Wi-Fi system-on-chip (SoC) for battery-powered IoT, plus new “AI-ready” IoT and industrial platforms at this year's Embedded World,...

Embedded World 2024, Nuremberg: Barcelona based IoT antenna company Ignion has launched a new “AI-powered” antenna integration platform called Oxion to further shorten the design time for wireless IoT devices. The new service integrates “proprietary algorithms” from local Barcelona AI/ML firm Basetis into Ignion’s...