LTE-M and NB-IoT will carry 75% of asset tracking by 2023, claims report
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailCellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks running on LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies will account for three-quarters of the installed base of asset trackers in 2023, according to new research. These will …
Sigfox eyes “heavy” expansion in the US, targeting logistics and utilities sectors
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Sigfox said it will focus on Russia, China and India to boost growth next year French internet of things connectivity provider Sigfox is looking to expand its operations …
Investor confidence rises as venture capital funds start to flow into IIoT market
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailInvestor confidence in the burgeoning industrial ‘internet-of-things’ (IIoT) market is up, reckon industry commentators. A slew of enterprise funds and venture capital has been staked on the sector’s growth in …
Sigfox operator UnaBiz raises $10m from KDDI and ENGIE for East-Asia LPWA rollout
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSigfox operator UnaBiz has raised over $10 million in Series A funding to develop ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) infrastructure and services in Singapore and Taiwan. The funding included investments from Japanese operator …
Semtech provides LoRa devices for cattle tracking, cattle health solutions
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSemtech’s LoRa technology is being used by Quantified Ag, whose devices are implemented in feedlots in the U.S. and Australia Semtech said that Quantified Ag, a company specializing in …
Five ways Sigfox alarms are helping farmers fight robbers, rustlers and vandals
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailLow-power wide-area (LPWA) networks like Sigfox are providing the platform for internet-of-thing (IoT) based alarm systems that are cheap and easy to install. They also provide coverage to rural areas, …
Total, Sigfox launch solution to manage trailer fleets
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail The IoT-based fleet management solution was initially launched in France and will also be available in other European countries in the future French oil firm Total has joined …
The four principle LPWA connectivity techologies for IoT deployments
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail The internet of things (IoT) is gathering momentum in the enterprise space. Analyst firm Machina Research anticipates there will be three billion low-power wide-area (LPWA) connections by 2025, and …
Design, not price, will drive 2019 adoption of cellular IoT, says Nordic Semiconductor
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe adoption of cellular internet-of-things (IoT) technologies is not being slowed by the high price of chipsets, but by the complexity of their design, reckons chip supplier Nordic Semiconductor. Module …
“We’re just getting started on industrial IoT,” says AT&T, as it preps for 2019 NB-IoT rollout
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAT&T will go after the broad industrial ‘internet-of-things’ (IIoT) market with an expanded connectivity portfolio as it unfolds its new narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network across the US and Mexico through 2019. …
