Sierra Wireless, a provider of integrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), reported that the International Vending Alliance (IVA), the largest global network with 1.9 million vending machines in more than 70 countries, has selected Sierra Wireless’ Smart SIM and AirVantage® IoT Platform to support its vending service delivery. (more…)
March 23, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
Strategy Analytics in its newly published report Global Handset Sales Forecast by 88 Countries and 19 Technologies: 2003 to 2023 finds that while the first 5G commercial handsets will go on sale from early 2019, sales will not begin to scale up until 2021 when volumes approach 5% of global handset sales. (more…)
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
Averon, developer of the world’s first mobile identity verification standard that is both automatically frictionless and ultra-secure, announced it has closed a $5 million (€4.05 million) Series A1 financing round led by Avalon Ventures and Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff. (more…)
March 22, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
EQUIIS Technologies, a provider of secure mobile communications for the enterprise, and Zain Jordan, the digital carrier in the Middle East, and part of the Zain Group, has finalised their partnership agreement. (more…)
March 21, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between industry associations GlobalPlatform and the IoT Connectivity Alliance (ICA). The two technical bodies will work to develop and promote a standardised approach to internet of things (IoT) security based on secure component technology. This will reduce the cost and streamline the development of large-scale consumer and industrial IoT deployments. (more…)
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A new framework agreement to promote research, knowledge exchange and innovation within the Information and Communication Technologies sector has been signed by Italtel and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy’s national research council. (more…)
March 20, 2018
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Linaro Ltd, the open source collaborative engineering organisation developing software for the Arm ecosystem, announced the availability of the second Long Term Support (LTS) release of OpenDataPlane®, code named “Tiger Moth”. (more…)
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The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), together with The GSMA, Fira Barcelona and the city of Barcelona launched a successful next generation Wi-Fi (Passpoint™) deployment at Mobile World Congress 2018, demonstrating how advanced wireless hotspots can fuel connectivity for smart cities. (more…)
March 19, 2018
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Wireless Logic, Europe’s IoT connectivity platform provider announced the acquisition of Mdex AG, the leading German M2M and IoT service and solution provider for encrypted data communications via mobile networks, DSL and satellite. (more…)
March 16, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. and the provider in satellite messaging and emergency notification technologies, reports that SPOT Trace™ and Globalstar satellite communications are helping researchers at the University of Oldenburg in Germany better understand and combat plastic pollution in the North Sea. (more…)
March 15, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde