
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 …

Opportunity knocks for IoT antenna firms, as complexity spirals and shipments jump
A new report by analyst company ABI Research says the growing breadth of IoT devices and use cases, combined with additional radio spectrum and protocols, is creating more complexity in …

Taoglas buys Australian IoT provider Smartsensor Tech, goes on acquisition trail
Irish IoT antenna company Taoglas has acquired Australia-based IoT solution provider Smartsensor Technologies for an undisclosed fee. The company will be integrated into Taoglas’ ‘connected smart services’ business unit which …

“A paradigm shift“ – the balance and care of hybrid IoT antenna design
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, out tomorrow, on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems (see …

Vodafone selects Taoglas’ edge-compute antenna for Invent IoT development kit
Vodafone has selected the Taoglas Edge hardware and firmware connectivity solution from Irish IoT antenna company Taoglas for its new Invent application development platform. Vodafone’s Invent platform allows enterprises to …

Taoglas buys Irish IoT and AI design company Firmwave
Antenna company Taoglas has acquired Dublin-based hardware and software developer Firmwave to bring new internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its antennas and radio solutions, targeted at healthcare, …

IoT antenna firm Taoglas goes after vehicle market with ThinkWireless acquisition
Irish IoT antenna firm Taoglas has bought US competitor ThinkWireless for an undisclosed fee. The deal will help the Wexford firm expand sales in the commercial vehicle industry, it said. …

IoT and 5G in 2019: The hype and the hope (Reader Forum)
Don’t believe the hype: 5G still likely won’t happen in 2019. Many of the 5G announcements that are getting buzz are just marketing talk. There has actually been only a few …

The key role of antenna optimization in IoT devices
IoT antenna specialist Taoglas discusses MWCA product launches As the M2M has evolved into the internet of things, the rapidly growing market is driving transformation and creating value in virtually …

New LPWA antennas and booster tech promise smaller IoT devices
A trio of diminutive multi-band low-power wide-area (LPWA) antennas has been announced at MWC Americas, promising further miniaturisation of IoT devices, alongside international roaming for applications like asset tracking. A …