Cellular IoT to dominate asset tracking as 80% of devices offer NB-IoT, LTE-M
More than 80 percent of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the asset tracking space are releasing products for cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) network connectivity, with high growth in LTE-M trackers …
Asset tracking growth at 50% per year as IoT devices get cheaper, smaller, smarter
Shipments of asset trackers will increase by more than 50 percent annually through 2024, driven by growth in low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks and smaller, cheaper and smarter IoT devices. Asset …
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 …
Who is winning what – in the great LPWA networking war? (Round 2)
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 …
Digital Industry Solutions: Short-range + Long-range IoT – How, when, and why to combine short-range technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
A single connectivity technology will suffice for certain IoT applications, but the real magic is being realised when two or more complementary IoT technologies combine. Increasingly, solution providers are looking …
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 …
“The future is a workbench, not a platform” – LoRa leader TTN on how to hit pay-dirt in IoT
IoT platforms are not a panacea for the complex inter-workings of industrial IoT systems. They are over-the-top interfaces, which just introduce another layer of complexity to the market. The IoT …
TS-UNB pioneer BehrTech gets $3m grant for Canadian Industry 4.0 lab
The Canadian government has awarded $3 million (CAD) to IoT connectivity provider BehrTech, an early exponent of telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB) technology, to build an industrial IoT lab at its headquarters …
LoRa community hails “unique piece of silicon” as dual-mode IoT comes of age
The developer community working with LoRa-based IoT solutions took stock of Semtech’s new LR1110 module at a virtual meet-up last month, and declared it a “pretty unique piece of silicon”. …
Qualcomm confirms Q2 release of ‘world-beating’ Cat NB2 module for ‘new era’ of IoT
Qualcomm has confirmed the releases of a new single-mode LTE-based Cat NB2 chipset for cellular narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) communications, which offers world-beating power efficiency, according to the San Diego firm. …
