Startup Skylo promises instant NB-IoT via satellite after Softbank funding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSatellite connectivity startup Skylo, promising NB-IoT on existing geostationary satellites, has emerged from stealth with $116 million in total funding, including a new $103 million Series B round led by …
Telefónica O2 and UK Space Agency test 5G and satellite for autonomous vehicles
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK operator Telefónica O2 has joined with the UK Space Agency on a new four-year public-private sector partnership to test 5G and satellite communications for autonomous vehicles. Project Darwin, announced …
IBM and partners use Blockchain, IoT to combat drought in California
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIBM , TFT and SweetSense are piloting technologies to accurately monitor and track groundwater use in Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta The Freshwater Trust (TFT), together with IBM Research and …
Iridium, AWS partner to offer satellite IoT solution
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The agreement will make Iridium IoT services available with AWS IoT Satellite communications company Iridium Communications has been collaborating with Amazon Web Services to develop a new service …
Learn how the IoT is protecting reindeer from trains in Norway
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe new IoT solution uses Globalstar’s satellite services and chipsets Globalstar Europe Satellite Services has implemented its technology for the development of the SaveMyReindeer solution. Developed by animal tracking specialist …
Swiss firm Else raises $3 million to launch IoT nanosatellite
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe European startup expects its constellation of nanosatellites to provide vertically-targetted IoT andM2M communication platforms Swiss space start-up Else, which is currently developing the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellite constellation …
Major EU telecom companies lay out 5G Manifesto
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail5G Manifesto aims for one 5G city in every EU country by 2020 Major European telecom companies presented a jointly developed “5G Manifesto” that lays out industry recommendations on how the European Union …
