The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the global industry body dedicated to driving the seamless and interoperable services experience of Wi-Fi across the global wireless ecosystem, has announced the publication of the “Wi-Fi HaLow for IoT: Japan Field Trials Report”. The report marks the completion of the WBA’s Wi-Fi HaLow Phase 3 field trials in Japan and validates Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) as a scalable, long-range connectivity solution for real-world IoT deployments. More importantly, it signals the growing maturity of Wi-Fi HaLow as a powerful wireless foundation for the next generation of connected environments.
April 30, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Shenzhen-based Minew is a Chinese IoT hardware manufacturer specialising in wireless connectivity products, offering complete solutions from conception to production. Founded in 2007, the firm offers a comprehensive product portfolio of Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) beacons, IoT sensors, gateways, asset tags, LoRaWAN devices and wireless modules.
April 28, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
The OPC Foundation has announced a new joint working group effort with the LoRa Alliance to develop a mapping from LoRaWAN to OPC UA, bringing together two highly complementary technologies that play important roles in the future of industrial and IoT connectivity. This collaboration aims to define how data and information models originating from LoRaWAN-based devices and systems can be represented in OPC UA, enabling improved interoperability between low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) deployments and industrial automation, enterprise and cloud-based systems.
April 23, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
NextPlat, a global consumer products and services company providing healthcare and technology solutions through e-commerce and retail channels worldwide, has announced that its Global Telesat Communications Ltd (GTC) subsidiary continues to see strong demand for satellite-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) hardware from providers including Globalstar and Iridium, receiving new orders valued at approximately $400,000 in support of an existing military end-user in Eastern Europe and a new customer in Asia.
April 16, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
As IoT connectivity is growing rapidly worldwide, the LoRa Alliance is seizing the opportunity for LoRaWAN technology to become a globally ubiquitous, plug-and-play IoT connectivity method embedded into everyday objects and capable of delivering increasing value to users.
April 9, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
High tech wireless product developer, Shenzhen Holyiot Technology, has announced a Bluetooth LE-powered ‘e-ink’ smart badge, designed for a wide range of access control and identity verification use cases. The ‘Inkcard-A1’ smart badge employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF54L15 SoC that doubles the processing power and triples the processing efficiency of the previous generation of SoCs. This enables the smart badge to perform a wide range of time critical tasks in offices or workplaces.
April 2, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
A Nordic Semiconductor-powered Bluetooth LE vascular Doppler system that has been FDA cleared for intraoperative use has been launched by medical device manufacturer, Remington Medical. ‘VascuChek’ is a handheld, cordless ultrasound-based device that eliminates the need for tethered probes, and uses the Doppler effect to detect and listen to blood flow within blood vessels. This allows surgeons to check whether blood is still flowing properly in a vessel after repairing, bypassing or grafting it, for example.
March 26, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
FPT Telecom, one of Vietnam’s telecommunications and Internet service providers and a subsidiary of FPT Corporation, has announced a partnership with personalised smart services pioneer Plume to bring the globally recognised Plume Platform to FPT Telecom subscribers across Vietnam. The deployment marks a step in FPT Telecom’s ongoing commitment to delivering the best possible in-home connectivity experience for its customers.
March 19, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Blues, a device-to-cloud system provider for smart connected products, has launched Notecard for Skylo – a module combining satellite, cellular and WiFi connectivity that doesn’t require satellite subscriptions or commitments.
March 10, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber
Geoforce, a provider of industrial asset intelligence solutions, has announced a collaboration with AT&T Business to offer Geoforce’s asset tracking solutions to AT&T Business customers.
March 5, 2026
Posted by: Marion Webber