Google Cloud joins LoRa Alliance to bolster IoT analytics and insights
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGoogle Cloud has joined the LoRa Alliance as a sponsor member. Its input will help LoRaWAN operators glean deeper insights from data analytics running in their low-power wide-area (LPWA) ‘internet …
Michelin, Sigfox launch IoT-based tracking solution for shipping containers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Sigfox’s new tracking solution provides freighters with a real-time geolocation service of their containers French tire manufacturer Michelin, together with compatriot IoT connectivity provider Sigfox and Argon Consulting, …
Top IoT protocols
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailYou could, perhaps, be forgiven for characterizing the situation with IoT protocols as semi-chaotic, with competing systems jostling for market share. In a way, it’s reminiscent of the Fieldbus wars, …
Sigfox group WND debates LPWA money-making with Verizon and Proximus
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe choice between licensed and unlicensed low-power wide-area (LPWA) connectivity technologies is about use cases, concurred a panel of ‘internet of things’ (IoT) operators at LPWA World in London this …
Once more (with feeling): what’s the difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLoRa and LoRaWAN are related but distinct. Despite their burgeoning reputation as the go-to technologies for internet-of-things (IoT) based systems, and their increasing familiarity among low-power wide-area networking (LPWAN) operatives …
Sigfox launches new CaaS connectivity service for US customers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Sigfox unveiled its CaaS offering, which provides network management and monitoring Sigfox USA has launched its coverage-as-a-service (CaaS) offering, a new network solution providing on-demand connectivity for U.S. …
The IoT interview: “Business has changed for both sides,” says Ericsson
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe fragmented IoT market is hard to understand for enterprises and hard to navigate for operators. Swedish vendor Ericsson says its new IoT ‘accelerator’ can help both sides. Enterprise IoT …
Two-thirds of IoT networks running Lora, Sigfox; one third running smart-city apps
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUnlicensed networks, mostly based on LoRa and Sigfox, make up two-thirds of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks today, according to a study of 100 LPWA networks by IoT research firm ON …
Sigfox expanded coverage by 50% in the U.S. market last year
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSigfox will increase coverage in Chicago, Seattle, Las Vegas, New York City and Boston during 2018 IoT connectivity provider Sigfox said it has reached a 50% increase in coverage in …
Sigfox adds new European market with IoT network in Switzerland
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe IoT connectivity provider aims to cover 60 countries with its technology by the end of the year European firm Cellnex Telecom and Heliot, Sigfox’s operator in Switzerland, have signed …
