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Massive IoT – doing 10 times more with 10 times less (Reader Forum)

Doing 10 times more with 10 times less is how we are going to save the planet, and how many public and commercial sectors will survive too. And it is all about massive IoT. The only reason massive IoT hasn't truly arrived yet is that...

Nordic Semiconductor agrees “small bolt-on” acquisition of US tinyML firm Atlazo

Nordic Semiconductor has entered into a deal to acquire the intellectual property (IP) portfolio of US-based artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML) company Atlazo. The acquisition is a tactical move to provide the Norwegian firm with an in-house AI/ML capability, to further...

‘The next billion devices’ – Amazon rallies IoT crowd around Sidewalk project

Amazon has issued a clarion call to the IoT crowd to build IoT devices for Sidewalk, its nationwide LoRa-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) network in the US. It said the Sidewalk network, which links consumer smart home devices into a low-power neighbourhood wirless infrastructure for...

Matter 1.0 arrives, at last – with test labs, test tools, and mission to make IoT easier

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) this week confirmed the release of the 1.0 launch-version of the new Matter connectivity specification for interoperability of IoT products, mainly in the smart home environment. This initial release will support various smart home products, including lighting and electrical,...

Nordic Semiconductor expands low-power IoT range with first Wi-Fi chip

Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its low-power IoT hardware portfolio to include Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. The Norwegian outfit has debuted its first Wi-Fi chip, the nRF7002, which it describes as a “companion IC (integrated circuit)’ to go alongside its existing products, in order to add...

Nordic to bring IoT RAM expertise in-house with deal for US firm Mobile Semiconductor

Nordic Semiconductor has announced it is to acquire US firm Mobile Semiconductor, a specialist in embedded memory technology for microcontrollers (MCUs) and systems-on-chip (SoCs). Mobile Semiconductor already supplies static RAM (SRAM) memory-hardware in all of Nordic’s wireless IoT devices including its nRF52 and nRF53...

Machine vision in battery-powered IoT – Alif and Edge Impulse claim big gains in tinyML

Alif Semiconductor and Edge Impulse have claimed ‘dramatic increases’ in performance of machine learning in embedded systems through the combination of the former’s Ensemble family of microcontrollers (MCUs) and fusion processors with the latter’s ML development platform. The pair claimed the improvements are enough...

The trend for amped-up cross-breed IoT – and tension with stripped-back pure-breed IoT

Note, this article forms the introduction to a new editorial report from Enterprise IoT Insights, Hybrid Low-Power IoT – How The IoT Industry Is Balancing Function And Efficiency. The report is available here, or by clicking on the image below. Is there a trend...

Nordic Semiconductor Quarterly Wireless Issue

This long-standing quarterly magazine from Nordic Semiconductor covers latest developments in all things wireless IoT Read this issue to learn about: How advances in cellular IoT technology and Cloud services are making location services viable for the first time in many new applicationsHow the COVID-19 pandemic...

‘The last thing holding IoT back’ – Nokia and Nordic streamline IoT patent licences

Nokia and Nordic Semiconductor are to make Nokia-owned Standard Essential Patent (SEP) licences available with the purchase of cellular IoT hardware from the Norway-based chip and module maker. The cellular IoT industry has moved systematically over the past 12 months, or so, to tackle...

Standards, certifications, patents – 10 key NB-IoT challenges (6-10)

This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT challenges 1-5 – which is available here. Both articles are taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The full report is available...

Roaming, billing, provisioning – 10 key NB-IoT challenges (1-5)

Note, this article is taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The full report is available here. A webinar on the same topic is available here, with panellists from BICS, Sequans, and Nordic...

Editorial Report: Cellular LPWAN | NB-IoT: What has gone wrong, and when will it go right

NB-IoT was supposed to connect everything. It hasn't. Instead, it has coughed and spluttered, and faced cries about its cost, ecosystem, and coverage. But something is afoot, finally, as devices have come available, costs have started to come down, and the operator community has...

Digital Industry Solutions | NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right?

NB-IoT was supposed to connect everything. It hasn't. Instead, it has coughed and spluttered, and faced cries about its cost, ecosystem, and coverage. But something is afoot, finally, as devices have come available, costs have started to come down, and the operator community has...

Nordic offers embedded ML in resource-constrained cellular IoT modules

Nordic Semiconductor is now offering embedded machine learning (ML) software with its cellular-based IoT chipset portfolio. The move continues its partnership with US-based Edge Impulse, which makes miniaturised ML (‘TinyML’) tools for chips in resource-constrained IoT modules. The pair announced TinyML support for the...

‘No one is making money’ – the China NB-IoT story is a cautionary tale, says Nordic

The China model for NB-IoT – state-sponsored incentives, flat-rated airtime pricing, commoditization of hardware – is not all it is cracked up to be, reckon some. Market stats, from various analyst groups, suggest the lion’s share (anecdotally, 90-95 percent) of the NB-IoT market, as...

Digital Industry Solutions | NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right?

NB-IoT was supposed to connect everything. It hasn't. Instead, it has coughed and spluttered, and faced cries about its cost, ecosystem, and coverage. But something is afoot, finally, as devices have come available, costs have started to come down, and the operator community has...

Editorial Webinar: Cellular LPWAN | NB-IoT: What has gone wrong, and when will it go right

NB-IoT was supposed to connect everything. It hasn't. Instead, it has coughed and spluttered, and faced cries about its cost, ecosystem, and coverage. But something is afoot, finally, as devices have come available, costs have started to come down, and the operator community has...

Massive IoT starts to come online as NB-IoT roaming and billing get sorted, says BICS

International cellular provider BICS has said it has NB-IoT roaming coverage in a dozen countries, with new NB-IoT deals being signed at a faster rate than on LTE-M, and a loose target of “more than 20” NB-IoT roaming contracts by the year-end. The Belgium-based...

Editorial Webinar: Cellular LPWAN | NB-IoT: What has gone wrong, and when will it go right

NB-IoT was supposed to connect everything. It hasn't. Instead, it has coughed and spluttered, and faced cries about its cost, ecosystem, and coverage. But something is afoot, finally, as devices have come available, costs have started to come down, and the operator community has...

Nordic Semiconductor pushes hybrid IoT with new Wi-Fi R&D hub in India

Nordic Semiconductor has established a ‘global Wi-Fi hub’ in Hyderabad, in India, with 40 R&D staff and a busy recruitment drive. The Norway based IoT chip maker wants to make the new site a ‘centre of excellence’ for R&D, it said, as it diversifies...

Infineon releases tinyML developer tool to twin AI and IoT in embedded systems

The crucial trend in the internet-of-things (IoT) space to bring miniaturised machine learning (ML) into battery-powered edge devices is gathering pace. Chip maker Infineon Technologies has just announced a new feature in its ModbusToolbox to help developers bring ML into embedded IoT devices.  The move...

Nordic Semiconductor Wireless Quarterly

The Wireless Quarter is intended to keep readers up-to-date on what's happening with Bluetooth Low Energy, low power cellular IoT, ANT+, Thread, Zigbee, low power Wi-Fi and RF proprietary wireless technology.

Fractus Antennas rebrands as Ignion with mission to spur ‘antenna-less’ IoT

Barcelona-based IoT antenna company Fractus Antennas has rebranded as Ignion. The company has reissued its mission statement, to establish its proprietary off-the-shelf multiband ‘virtual antenna’ chip technology as a driver for faster, cheaper IoT development, and a spur for ‘massive’ scale IoT deployments.  Industry veteran...