Wyld Networks intros range of sensor-to-satellite LoRaWAN devices
UK-based Wyld Networks has launched a range of sensor-to-satellite LoRaWAN devices for IoT applications where there is little or no terrestrial connectivity. The new hybrid terrestrial and satellite IoT devices, …
TrakAssure and Wyld combine on satellite-based LoRaWAN for supply chain tracking
UK-based (Sweden-owned) IoT connectivity specialist Wyld Networks and US-based IoT solution provider TrakAssure have announced the first fruit of their joint labour, also with LoRaWAN system provider Senet and satellite …
Sigfox tracker-maker ZeKat buys IoT vendor ffly4u, signs with satellite provider Kinéis
The (real) IoT market is both highly fragmented and deeply incestuous. This is not news, of course; it is to be expected for a market that is competitive and collaborative …
Container tracking firm Traxens raises €23m, buys rival NEXT4, plots global expansion
France-based container tracking company Traxens has raised €23 million in a further funding round, led by existing investors, and at the same time acquired local rival NEXT4, which produces removable …
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 …
Viasat buys Inmarsat for $7.3bn to forge global satellite broadband and IoT network
US satellite broadband provider Viasat has agreed a deal to acquire UK-based counterpart Inmarsat for $7.3 billion. The combined company will integrate their spectrum, satellite, and terrestrial assets as a …
IoT outfit u-blox teams up with Softbank on global GNSS, Taoglas on COWBOY ebikes
Swiss-based u-blox is working with SoftBank to develop common global navigation satellite system (GNSS) augmentation services for Japan, the US, and Europe. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding …
Enterprise IoT adoption jumps to 84% on Covid-19 disarray – across choice sectors
Corporate adoption of industrial IoT has spiralled upwards in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according to new research from Inmarsat. The UK satellite comms provider said 84 percent …
Shell hands major IoT contracts for oil well and refinery monitoring to Dutch startups
Multinational oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell has handed new industrial IoT monitoring contracts to a pair of local IoT suppliers, in the form of Rotterdam-based scale-up TWTG and …
Microsoft and Nokia bundle ‘space tech’ and 5G to spur Australian industry
Microsoft and Nokia have partnered with the South Australian Government to combine ‘space technology’ and terrestrial 5G in service of local industry, including as the basis for digital change in …
