FIWARE Global Summit – an open source event for business, policy and technology, organised by FIWARE Foundation and University Mohammed VI Polytechnic in Morocco, will take place for the first time ever in Moroccan capital Rabat on 22-23 May 2025, highlighting the potential of smart and sustainable territories beyond Europe. As part of the Morocco Smart Cities Roadshow under leadership of UM6P, the 11th edition of the Summit will showcase cutting-edge technologies for sustainable smart cities, energy, water, mobility and governance, as well as digital transformation from Europe to the Moroccan and African territories.
May 16, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Digital Construction Week (DCW), one of the UK’s leading event for innovation and technology in the built environment, returns to Excel London on 4-5 June 2025. This year’s Main Stage line-up brings together influential voices from across the construction and infrastructure landscape, showcasing industry-shaping projects, bold ideas, and powerful personal stories.
May 9, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
The LoRa Alliance, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for the internet of things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), has announced that it will bring together its extensive LoRaWAN ecosystem as part of IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC), taking place May 13–15, 2025, at Barcelona’s Gran Via Venue. Under the banner “Building Massive IoT with LoRaWAN,” the organisation will feature a day-long program dedicated to LoRaWAN on May 14. Beyond the stage talks, members will share insights about their success stories as part of several show floor talks, including those from 19 LoRa Alliance member companies who will demonstrate LoRaWAN in Action! in Hall 8 Stand D9.
May 2, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
In January, the GSMA, the global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem, introduced a new industry-wide technical specification called SGP.32 v1.2, together with test, compliance and security specifications to ensure eSIM Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, used within IoT products, are secure and interoperable when interacting with communications networks and service platforms around the world. The GSMA has now included certification of this specification as part of its GSMA eUICC Security Assurance scheme and eSIM Compliance program, ensuring eSIM IoT products comply with stringent security and interoperability requirements, alongside already established consumer and machine-to-machine eSIM product certification. (more…)
April 30, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Peachtree Corners – one of the nation’s first smart cities powered by real-world connected infrastructure and 5G – opened the doors of the first Georgia Tech Atrium, signalling an exciting leap forward for research, collaboration and engagement. Developed as a premier hub for advanced learning and experiential opportunities, the Georgia Tech Atrium offers learners unprecedented access to cutting-edge resources through Curiosity Lab’s real-world testing environment, ensuring they gain direct exposure to practical innovation.
April 22, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Borqs Technologies, Inc. has announced that it has completed the sale of its core businesses to Sasken Technologies, Ltd., a global product engineering and digital transformation services company based in India. Included in the sale were all of the Company’s embedded software design and customised hardware manufacturing of products for the Internet of Things (IoT) activities. Price for the sale totalled US$40 million, a portion will be reserved for employees, tax withholding and payments subject to an earnout arrangement linked to performance in the year 2025.
April 16, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
ITEN, an innovator and industrial player in the development and production of Surface-Mount Device (SMD) Solid-State Batteries (SBBs) for electronic markets, unveiled an advancement in energy storage. ITEN’s latest SSB achieves an unprecedented 200C discharge rate (200 times the battery’s capacity per hour) —100 times higher than conventional Li-ion batteries—setting a new benchmark for miniaturised energy storage. This technology is now being manufactured at scale to build the Powency product family, with the company’s high-volume production capabilities ready to meet growing demand for Internet of Things (IoT) and other connected devices across various industries.
April 11, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Horten Municipality in southern Norway, and local smart condition monitoring solution provider, 7Sense, have collaborated on a cellular Internet of Things (IoT)-based project designed to detect leaks in drinking water networks in the region. The solution is powered by Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9160 low power module with integrated LTE-M/NB-IoT modem and GNSS, and the project is supported by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
April 10, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
PEAK3 Spectrum and ASUS IoT has announced a partnership that will integrate PEAK3’s Industrial ATSC 3.0 M.2 Receiver technology into ASUS Internet of Things (IoT)’s hardware platforms, creating new possibilities for smart cities and industrial automation.
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April 2, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Gateworks Corporation, a contributor in industrial Single Board Computers (SBCs), has announced their inclusion in the NXP Semiconductors Gold Partner Program. This partnership strengthens Gateworks’ position as a key player in the embedded market, enabling faster development and deployment of high-performance solutions for industrial IoT, automation and more.
March 20, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber