MQTT provider and LPWA rival Thingstream snapped up by u-blox for $10.4m
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwiss IoT company u-blox has bought UK-based Thingstream, which offers low power wide-area (LPWA) IoT connectivity based on the MQTT lightweight messaging protocol. The sale closed for at CHF 10 …
Kerlink lands biggest LoRaWAN deployment in Germany, plus retail and water projects
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT network equipment vendor Kerlink has announced the biggest LoRaWAN deployment in Germany, a major LoRaWAN initiative around retail analytics, and pioneering work to help with water management for …
Metals & Mining | Digging with data – unique challenges, cellular solutions (part 3)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThis article continues from here (part 2). It is also available to download (for free) in full, as a standalone report – from here. The report features additional information. It …
Pallet Alliance adds LoRaWAN capabilities to IntelliPallet platform
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLoRaWAN enhances security and long-range tracking Pallet Alliance has added the LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN connectivity protocol to its Internet-of-Things-enabled IntelliPallet platform, the company said in a release. The …
Industrial alliance forms around telegram-splitting LoRaWAN and NB-IoT-rival MIOTY
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA band of research organizations and industrial companies have formed the MIOTY Alliance to promote telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB), commercialized as MIOTY, as an alternative low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology to the …
‘Vulnerability makes us strong’ – team LoRa urged to embrace paranoia of open IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmsterdam-based LoRaWAN group The Things Network (TTN) has instructed the IoT community at large to draw strength, as a collective working with open technologies, from its apparent weaknesses as a …
LoRaWAN goes live in Nigeria; LORIOT adds three new public servers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT infrastructure provider LORIOT has partnered with local networking and security system integrator Layer3 to deploy LoRaWAN in Nigeria for smart city and smart building solutions. Layer3’s cloud infrastructure will …
5G, 0G, all these Gs? Gee-eze – the IoT pie is bigger than that, says LoRaWAN champ
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAn intro-video plays as the founders of The Things Network (TTN), take to the stage at their annual LoRaWAN bash in Amsterdam. A Hollywood-style voiceover crows about big-sounding tech – …
LoRaWAN duo Senet and Objenious fast-track Digital Matter IoT trackers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUS LoRaWAN provider Senet and French LoRaWAN provider Objenious have both certified battery-operated tracking devices and telematics software from Australian IoT maker Digital Matter. The certification means ready integration and …
Government funds LoRaWAN network for farmers in Australian state of Victoria
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe state government in Victoria, in south-eastern Australia, has agreed to fund rollout of LoRaWAN-based IoT networks for 600 farms and 5,000 square kilometres of farmland in the state. Its …
