Iridium Communications Inc., announced that Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG), will deploy Iridium IoT (internet of things) services on its global fleet of heavy equipment, starting with excavators and expanding to loaders and crane trucks as needed. XCMG will utilise Iridium’s global network to maintain critical connectivity with their heavy equipment in main locations including Australia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Central Asia. (more…)
September 12, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
etherWhere has partnered with Xona Space Systems to develop a receiver capable of tracking Xona’s high-performance, multi-frequency PULSAR signals. etherWhere’s PULSAR + dual-band GNSS (global navigation satellite system) receiver will be a one chip, low power solution that integrates all four GNSS constellations while receiving and processing Xona PULSAR signal simultaneously. The single chip solution with single digit mW power consumption is intended to further enable IoT (internet of things), asset tracking, mobile, precise timing, and secure geolocation applications. (more…)
September 11, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
CEVA, Inc. has announced that its rivierawaves bluetooth 5.4 platform is SIG (special interest group) qualified and already licensed to several customers, including to those addressing electronic shelf label (ESL) market. Global technology intelligence firm ABI Research forecasts that ESL (electronic shelf label) market will grow from nearly 185 million annual shipments in 2022 to nearly 560 million units by 2027, with bluetooth-enabled ESLs accounting for a growing portion of overall market. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Baicells Technologies, has partnered with Tohono O’odham Utility Authority (TOUA) to bring access to advanced broadband connectivity and opportunity for tribal residents. The reservation boundary is approximately 30 miles west of Tucson, Arizona and extends south along the border with Mexico, Tohono O’odham nation of roughly 28,000 members, is spread across a number of remote villages where bringing access to broadband has always been a major challenge. Previously relying on basic Wi-Fi connectivity, in limited locations and with high Mbps speeds only in single digits, TOUA long recognised need to overhaul and upgrade their infrastructure and so built out their network plan. (more…)
September 5, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
GCI announced that it has been granted $35 million (€32.40 million) from US Department of Agriculture Rural Development’s ReConnect programme to bring fibre-optic connectivity to Toksook Bay, Emmonak, and Tununak. Connectivity will be delivered to three communities through an expansion of AIRRAQ network, a joint GCI-Bethel Native Corporation (BNC) project to deliver high-speed broadband service to communities in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it has awarded seven grants totaling nearly $3.5 million (€3.22 million) to seven Tribal entities as part of Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). With funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, these recent grants bring total of program to more than $1.79 billion (€1.65 billion) awarded to 198 Tribal entities. Record investments in high-speed internet deployment are an important part of president Biden’s investing in America agenda. (more…)
September 1, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
The City of Bellevue and T-Mobile have teamed up to help make roads safer by providing early warnings and notifications for potentially dangerous road interactions. (more…)
June 28, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Azuga, a global connected vehicle platform for insurance and commercial fleets, has joined IoT Insurance Observatory as an official member for 2023. The Observatory is the think tank on IoT use in insurance with over 60 of the top insurance providers around the globe in its membership. (more…)
April 18, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Vilnius, Lithuania – Working worldwide through a network of more than 2,400 partners, which include telematics service providers and solutions developers, Wialon connects and tracks vehicles and assets ranging from cargo and passenger vehicle fleets, machinery, as well as stationary units, including generators and fuel storage units. (more…)
March 25, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Herzliya, Israel and San Francisco, United States – Otonomo Technologies Ltd., the platform for the mobility economy, announced the integration of its Otonomo Smart Mobility Data platform with SAP digital vehicle hub. The integration will help enable businesses to derive new insights for fleet management and maintenance based on connected vehicle data, drive future mobility business models, and generate new value and revenue streams. (more…)
October 31, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar