
MachineQ launches hybrid BLE and LoRaWAN solution for indoor asset tracking
Comcast-owned MachineQ has released a real-time location system (RTLS) for indoor asset tracking using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and LoRaWAN. The hybrid IoT solution appears to utilise BLE for indoor …

A ‘most complex’ challenge – Bosch and AWS knit together global logistics services
Bosch and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are combining on a new digital services platform for the logistics industry, to launch in Europe, India, and the US in late 2022. Bosch …

FedEx to test autonomous drone cargo deliveries with new Elroy Air system
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx, is working with California-based aerial cargo startup Elroy Air to launch test flights for autonomous drone cargo deliveries in 2023. The deal is billed …

France launches new measures to boost industrial 5G adoption
Vertical sectors in France are already permitted to use frequencies in the 2.6GHz and 26GHz bands for industrial 5G The French government announced new measures aimed at promoting access …

Industry 4.0 in the UK – four 4G/5G installs, four 4G/5G industries (and four Nokia wins)
This started, provisionally, as a roundup of five key private 5G deployments in five key private 5G industries in five key private 5G markets, spurred by a couple of recent …

Industry loves Industry 4.0; it’s just not very good at showing it – says Verizon
MWC, Barcelona: The industrial sector loves the idea of digital change, says Verizon, and private 5G as a platform for it, but it’s just not very good at showing it. …

TrakAssure and Wyld combine on satellite-based LoRaWAN for supply chain tracking
UK-based (Sweden-owned) IoT connectivity specialist Wyld Networks and US-based IoT solution provider TrakAssure have announced the first fruit of their joint labour, also with LoRaWAN system provider Senet and satellite …

Samsung, Amdocs partner to deliver 4G, 5G private networks in the U.S.
Samsung Electronics America and Amdocs said they will collaborate to deliver end-to-end 4G and 5G private network solutions to U.S. enterprises. In a joint statement, the firms said that …

The pandemic pattern for IoT is set to repeat – in utilities, buildings, logistics (ABI on 2022)
Covid-19 caused supply-chain disruptions across vertical industries. The pandemic deepened market uncertainty and severely impacted the adoption of IoT. Healthcare was the main exception, as the global crisis expanded IoT …

Microsoft and Nokia bundle ‘space tech’ and 5G to spur Australian industry
Microsoft and Nokia have partnered with the South Australian Government to combine ‘space technology’ and terrestrial 5G in service of local industry, including as the basis for digital change in …