PCCW Global recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Beijing Guodian High-Tech Technology (GDHT), a satellite IoT company in mainland China, during the 10th Belt and Road Summit held in Hong Kong. The collaboration aims to jointly build satellite-based narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) services for Hong Kong, Macao and Belt and Road regions.
September 16, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, has announced its support for Apiary Solutions, a provider of the iAPIS operations management platform for the commercial beekeeping industry, through the provision of its high-performance EG21-G Mini PCIe LTE Cat 1 module. Integrated into the Apiary Master device, the Quectel module enables reliable, real-time connectivity for beekeeping operations across New Zealand and Australia, helping drive smarter, more efficient hive management.
July 24, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Open Source Summit North America — The Joint Development Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation family, has announced the launch of the OpenSTX Foundation, a new community-driven initiative to support the development and adoption of Synchronous Transmission (STX)-based wireless networking as an open industry standard. By coordinating efforts under a vendor-neutral foundation, the OpenSTX community aims to foster the universal adoption of STX to power the next generation of industrial IoT, cyber-physical systems and more.
June 24, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
BWS IoT, a 100% Brazilian company specialising in solutions for tracking, telemetry and asset management, with IoT technology, presents a robust and efficient combination that promises to transform the management and protection of assets, especially in robbery and theft scenarios. The innovation comes from the union between the technologies: 4G Nb2 (Narrow Band) and Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN), which creates a hybrid solution that is unique in its category. The new BWS 4G Nb2+LoRa product line offers compact trackers, with IP67 protection rating, that combine the best of their technologies, ensuring connectivity even in situations of interference or use of signal blockers (jammers).
June 10, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Cyshield, a digital solutions company, selected Thales, a contributor in secure advanced technologies, to launch Egypt’s first-ever eSIM (embedded SIM) connectivity services for consumer and IoT devices. Based in Cairo, Cyshield is supporting Egypt’s four mobile network operators in connecting eSIM devices in the country, optimising the user experience and enabling flexible subscription services for eSIM-enabled smartphones, smartwatches and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
June 3, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Connected, the Portuguese startup on a mission to deliver universal, standardised, and affordable connectivity from space, has announced a partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and the mioty alliance.
May 19, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Myriota, the provider of global satellite connectivity optimised for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, has announced that it has joined the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI). As an ETSI member, Myriota can now help 3GPP define products which add high quality ubiquitous satellite coverage to all cellular IoT markets. By embracing standards as part of their IoT connectivity platform, Myriota will add satellite connectivity alongside existing terrestrial networks using low-cost, low-power off-the-shelf cellular devices and modules.
May 14, 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
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
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