
LoRaWAN gets the nod from the ITU as proper IoT standard
LoRaWAN has been approved as a standard by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies. The standard has been given the title …

Vodafone adds 24m IoT SIMs in 12 months, tips EU’s Covid recovery plan for new growth
Vodafone added 24 million IoT SIM connections in the 12 months to September 30. Its total connections count stood at 136 million at the end of the period, at the …

Hiber signs up to use Inmarsat’s ELERA satellite system for hard-to-reach IoT
Busy Dutch industrial IoT scale-up Hiber has announced it will use Inmarsat’s new ELERA satellite IoT network to expand its own low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT network, which goes under the …

Singapore Zoo installs 1,000 LoRaWAN meters in bid to save 10% of water, electricity
Semtech Corporation has teamed with Singapore-based IoT metering company Sindcon to deploy around 1,000 (“plus”) LoRaWAN energy and water metering devices at the Singapore Zoo. Sindcon worked with local utility …

Sequans partners with iBASIS to offer global eSIM connectivity on NB-IoT and LTE-M
France-based chipmaker Sequans has partnered with roaming provider iBASIS to integrate embedded SIM (eSIM/eUICC) technology and global LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity with its Monarch 2 GM02S NEKTAR development kit (EVK). …

A rock and a hard place – how NB-IoT finally escaped the long shadow of 5G (and 2G)
Massive IoT? What a joke. Except no one in the business of massive IoT is laughing, because no one has given up on it. And because everyone is too busy …

Semtech collaborates on LoRa monitoring solutions for gas utilities
California-based semiconductor maker Semtech has announced it is working with IoT developer and engineering services company Oxit, based in North Carolina, to develop smart energy solutions for LoRaWAN networks. Semtech …

‘The right tool for the right job’ – Vodafone doubles NB-IoT cell sites in the UK
Vodafone UK has restated its commitment to NB-IoT and doubled the number of sites in its narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network to meet increasing demand for IoT services, it says. The …

Soracom intros ‘blended’ IoT support for NB-IoT, LTE-M, Sigfox, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, satellite
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom, flush from an injection of new funds from Hitachi and Sony Group, has launched a new platform to allow IoT developers to connect devices using …

Citymesh snaps up Belgian Sigfox operator, as Sigfox seeks buyers in France and US
Busy Belgian private network provider and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has acquired local Sigfox operator ENGIE M2M. The firm said the addition of ultra-narrowband (UNB) low-power IoT connectivity rounds-out its …