
Disposable dollar-priced IoT – how massive will it really get?
The narrative about the environmental impact of disposable IoT (see here and here; check back for upcoming report on The Green Credentials of 5G and IoT), begs the question, of …

UnaBiz signs with France-based satellite provider Kinéis to join IoT space race
Singapore-headquartered terrestrial IoT provider UnaBiz has struck a deal with Kinéis, a France-based satellite IoT spin-off from the French Space Agency (CNES), with a view to provide satellite IoT connectivity …

LoRa Alliance adds new self-test capabilities LCTT pre-certification tool
The LoRa Alliance has added a number of new testing capabilities to its LoRaWAN Certification Test Tool (LCTT), for device makers to pre-test the performance of IoT solutions before seeking …

Five trends that will shape the next decade in IoT (Vodafone on 2022 – and beyond)
Eighteen months ago, in the middle of the first COVID-19 wave, we launched a study to learn more about how businesses were using IoT. We sought to discover if IoT …

Ultra-cheap, long-life, green-by-design – Sigfox teases biodegradable IoT at $0.30
Note, in the week following publication of this article, Sigfox filed for bankruptcy. Coverage of receivership procedings against Sigfox can be found here; read on to hear about the kind …

Amazon intros LoRa bridge device to move Sidewalk from smart homes to smart cities
We are a little slow off the mark with this one, but there was a notable missive last week from Amazon about IoT network-building in the US, as the firm …

Batteries not included – the only way to make IoT massive, and also green
Last week, Amsterdam-based Nowi, a specialist in energy harvesting tech for integrated circuit (IC) microchips, announced work with narrowband IoT connectivity provider Sigfox to produce IoT modules that extract power …

Sony, Kigen, FloLIVE prep IoT solution for hybrid public-private 5G, LTE, NB-IoT
London-based startup FloLIVE, offering global 5G connectivity for high-performance IoT, has combined with SIM specialist Kigen and chip maker Sony Semiconductor Israel (Sony; formerly Altair)) on a new iSIM-based cellular …

Senet and Eutelsat combine on “first and only true-global” LoRaWAN IoT network
US LoRaWAN network operator and cloud provider Senet has partnered with European satellite operator Eutelsat Communications, together with US-based LoRaWAN and GPS tracking solutions provider TrakAssure, and UK-based LoraWAN (and …

Semtech intros LoRa software upgrade to make LoRaWAN more scalable and robust
California-based chipmaker Semtech, which owns and licences the non-cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) LoRa technology and LoRaWAN protocol, has released a software upgrade for LoRa integrated circuits (IC) and gateways to …