Press Releases

Soracom names Kawamoto as CEO for Americas to drive growth at IoT Connectivity-as-a-Service provider

Soracom, Inc., provider of the cloud-native platform for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the appointment of Eugene Kawamoto as its CEO, Americas. Kawamoto, a veteran of Amazon Web Services, will direct expansion of the company’s footprint in the U.S., working with a growing staff that includes co-founder and CTO Kenta Yasukawa. (more…)

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February 7, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

CALLUP announces SMS Centre with anti-spam protection based on machine learning and firewall

CALLUP, a global provider of Value Added Services (VAS) and Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions for the telecom industry, announced a new version of the company’s Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) with a built-in anti-spam protection filter based on machine learning and firewall. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Subsidised u-blox NB-IoT module for sale on China Telecom Tianyigou purchasing platform

u‑blox, a provider in wireless and positioning modules and chips, announced that its SARA-N201 NB-IoT module is now available on China Telecom Tianyigou purchasing platform. Customers who purchase modules there are eligible to receive a per-unit subsidy of RMB 20. (more…)

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February 6, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Qseven module designed for faster multimedia and industrial communications in advanced IoT applications

Advantech has released its latest ROM-7510 Qseven module. It is powered by TI’s AM5728, consisting of dual ARM® Cortex®-A15 microprocessors and dual TI C66x™ DSP processors, enabling high computing processing capability, accelerated multimedia, and industrial communication. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

AI, electricity and the age of empowerment

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world, but is it for the better? Here, Tamara McCleary, CEO at Thulium, argues that Europe’s power sector has a crucial role to play in leading the responsible application of AI. (more…)

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February 5, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

oneM2M and IIC to accelerate IIoT adoption through joint workshop

Delivering value across the machine-to-machine and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) sectors and the key role of collaboration will be discussed at a joint workshop hosted by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and oneM2M, the global Internet of Things standards initiative. (more…)

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Colfax selects ThingWorx platform on Microsoft Azure to accelerate IoT initiatives across its businesses

PTC announced that Colfax Corporation, a globally recognised manufacturing and engineering technology company, has selected the ThingWorx® Industrial Innovation Platform powered by Microsoft Azure to align its Internet of Things (IoT) efforts and increase the pace of development. (more…)

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February 2, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

EIT Digital launches new generation ModBox gateway

EIT Digital supported High Impact Initiative (HII) OEDIPUS keeps delivering results. As part of the HII’s activity “Robot IoT Interface”, CEA LIST Institute, Agileo Automation, Isybot, DFKI and Siemens, have leveraged joint entrepreneurial innovation to develop the ModBox, (more…)

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January 31, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

The trilemma: Three tips for effective substation operation

The UK Government is facing a ‘trilemma’; a struggle to provide secure, affordable and clean energy, all while preventing blackouts. This is a unique situation where the technology available to the sector is much more advanced than the infrastructure the industry is built on. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Renesas Electronics expands RX130 MCU lineup to enhance functionality for touch-based home appliances

Renesas Electronics, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced 38 new microcontrollers (MCUs) in its RX130 Group. The new MCUs extend flash memory size to 256 KB, 384 KB and 512 KB, and increase package size up to 100-pins to provide higher performance and compatibility with the RX231/RX230 Group of touch MCUs. (more…)

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January 30, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde