
Bankruptcy and $150m of debt – Sigfox’s American dream dies (as French sale closes)
Sigfox USA has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a Delaware bankruptcy court, owing almost $150 million in unsecured debt. The filing, on March 31, is separate from its parent’s …

Helium expands European roaming with Dutch LoRaWAN group Techtenna
Blockchain-based edge-operated network company Helium has a new roaming deal with Dutch LoRaWAN network operator Techtenna, allowing Techtenna-originated LoRaWAN devices to utilize Helium’s network in Europe and the US, and …

Private 5G will be ‘standard network’ for 90% of enterprises in top private 5G markets
Over 80 percent of (more than four in five) chief information officers and “senior leaders” plan to deploy private 5G networks within the next 24 months. So says a new …

Landis+Gyr buys meter maker Luna, as part of busy spree in AMI and EV sectors
Landis+Gyr has acquired Turkey-based smart meter maker Luna Elektrik Elektronik for a “high double digit million dollar fee”, it said. It is the latest in a string of deals for …

Everynet and American Tower set sights on nationwide LoRaWAN in Spain
Netherlands-based LoRaWAN operator Everynet has partnered with tower company AT España, a subsidiary of American Tower, to expand its public network footprint in Spain. Through last year, Everynet deployed LoRaWAN …

Federated Wireless on 2021: CBRS-based 5G takes hold – as Wi-Fi 6 is ‘dead on arrival’
The race to make 5G a viable platform for Industry 4.0 has shifted up a gear with the availability of shared CBRS spectrum for private wireless networks, and private 5G …

US pumps $1bn into homegrown AI, 5G and quantum computing
The US government is to invest $1 billion into a dozen new research and development (R&D) institutes to stimulate the economy with homegrown artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information science (QIS), …

China tells Europe it is better than it thinks, as industry debates AI arms race
Chinese giant Alibaba told a packed-out room at Electronica 2018 in Munich, in Germany, yesterday that Europe is well placed in the emerging tech arms race against China and the …

South Korea and Germany lead ‘automation index’; US and UK off the pace
South Korea, Germany and Singapore are best positioned to lead the world for industrial automation, thanks to their approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. These three, along with Japan …

UK manufacturers falling behind Asia and US in smart factory rollout
UK manufacturers are falling behind their counterparts in Asia and the US in the international race for industrial transformation. They are also bottom of the pile for integrating artificial intelligence …