Mobile is already at the heart of the IoT, writes Graham Trickey, the head of the Connected Living programme at the GSMA. Each new device we connect to our own network, be it a home appliance, smart watch or thermostat, can be controlled by a smartphone. Put simply, mobile is the hub for which all other consumer-based connected devices depend on. (more…)
October 14, 2015
Posted by: Graham Trickey
Today smartphones are still seen as the dominant mode of connectivity. But – with everything from toothbrushes to cars gaining connectivity – the Internet of Things is set to become the new face of the digital world. (more…)
October 7, 2015
Posted by: Nithin Thomas
Sigfox, EI Towers and NetTrotter have announced apartnership to roll out the SIGFOX IoT network across Italy. (more…)
October 5, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
Last week saw one of the year’s most far-reaching developments in M2M connectivity, as 3GPP’s plenary meeting in Phoenix, Arizona reached a decision on the standardisation of a new NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) technology, reports Aapo Markkanen, a principal analyst at Machina Research. (more…)
October 1, 2015
Posted by: IoT global network
I have been attending CTIA shows with an M2M perspective in mind since 2004. (more…)
September 21, 2015
Posted by: IoT global network
Orange is to invest in a new Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) network to support IoT in addition to its cellular network in metropolitan France. LPWA is a narrow-band technology that guarantees connectivity at a reduced energy consumption rate and at a lower cost. (more…)
September 18, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine to Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), has designated ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions), a oneM2M founding partner, as the initial Registry Management Authority for an Application Identifier (App-ID) registry powered by iconectiv. (more…)
September 9, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
The Internet of Things is an interesting business, though the terminology can be confusing even for those of us working in it. (more…)
September 7, 2015
Posted by: IoT global network
M2MAPPS: Cellular networks are not secure unless they are private and managed. Can you substantiate that statement? It comes from a Wyless article.
STEVE BOYD: No network is safe and secure unless it’s privately managed in some way. You’re not going to allow workstations and application servers to connect to the Internet when the only protection is their own on-machine firewalls so why should cellular devices be any different? (more…)
August 7, 2015
Posted by: IoT global network
Event date: October 20-21, 2015
Japan
Now in its 7th year, TU-Automotive Japan 2015 will explore issues, opportunities and technologies in the connected car, autonomous vehicles and auto mobility. (Oct. 20-21, Tokyo, Japan) (more…)
August 6, 2015
Posted by: IoT global network