
KDDI-owned Soracom expands IoT partner programme into Europe, Americas
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom, an investor in and collaborator with new Sigfox-owner UnaBiz, has expanded its partner network into the Americas and Europe, it has said, including via its …

KDDI-owned Soracom sets up IoT roaming with Orange, plans to go ‘global’
KDDI-owned IoT provider Soracom has announced a deal with Orange to expand its network for IoT connectivity “around the world”. The arrangement allows Japan-based Soracom to take advantage of Orange’s …

Busy UnaBiz buys Netherlands-based IoT tracking firm Sensatag
IoT solution provider UnaBiz has acquired Sensatag, a five year-old Netherlands-based provider of low-power industrial IoT tracking solutions, for an undisclosed fee. Sensatag has a decent line in Sigfox trackers; …

Backers back, bidders talk – the latest in the Sigfox saga as sale deadline looms
Last update from us on the Sigfox “soap opera” (someone else’s words), almost / perhaps, before the credits roll at the end of next week on its latest tangled episode …

Charge Analytics taps Soracom to connect industrial IoT monitoring and control systems
US-based IoT outfit Charge Analytics has picked KDDI-owned Soracom to provide mission-critical cellular IoT connectivity, based on NB-IoT and LTE-M, to remote monitoring and control systems deployed in highly regulated …

Soracom intros ‘blended’ IoT support for NB-IoT, LTE-M, Sigfox, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, satellite
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom, flush from an injection of new funds from Hitachi and Sony Group, has launched a new platform to allow IoT developers to connect devices using …

Soracom raises new funds from major customers and collaborators in Japan
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has announced new investment from six technology firms, including from two major IoT customers, in the form Nippon Gas (NICIGAS) and Sourcenext Corporation in the …

UnaBiz opens Tokyo office to boost standing in Asia, drive bid for global IoT development
Sigfox operator UnaBiz has opened an office in Tokyo, Japan, to strengthen its position in the Asia region and to “develop IoT solutions for the Japan market and the rest …

Nippon Gas to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities
Japanese utility firm Nippon Gas (NICIGAS) announced plans to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities in 2020 using a retrofitted gas meter reader developed by UnaBiz and Soracom, the …

NIB: Semtech offers free LoRaWAN training; Digital Colony buys small-cell firm iWireless; Soracom announces IoT funding
Semtech opens-up and makes-free its LoRaWAN Academy Semtech, the Californian chip-maker that owns and licenses the LoRa technology, is offering free educational modules via its LoRaWAN Academy for students, engineers, …