Press Releases

Top ten mobile operators have 76% market share in cellular IoT, says Berg Insight

A new report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight says that the ten leading global mobile operator groups have a combined market share of 76% in cellular IoT. The top players reported a combined active base of 407 million cellular IoT connections at the end of H1-2017. (more…)

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January 12, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Itron completes acquisition of Silver Spring Networks to drive innovation and growth in IoT

Itron, Inc (ITRI), a provider of technology and services dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Silver Spring Networks, Inc. With this acquisition, Itron strengthens its ability to deliver a broader set of solutions, (more…)

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January 11, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Sierra Wireless AirPrime modules certified on T-Mobile’s NB-IoT network

Sierra Wireless, the provider of fully integrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced that Sierra Wireless AirPrime® WP77 embedded wireless modules are now certified to operate on T-Mobile’s NB-IoT network, which is live in Las Vegas and will be nationwide mid-year. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Toshiba launches two new ICs compliant with Bluetooth® Ver. 5.0

Toshiba Electronics Europe announced two new additions, the TC35680FSG and TC35681FSG, to its line-up of ICs compliant with the Bluetooth® low energy Ver. 5.0 communications standard. (more…)

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January 10, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Senet and TrackNet demonstrate LoRaWAN location tracking and roaming at CES

Senet, a provider of cloud-based software, global connectivity service platforms and network build-out for the Internet of Things (IoT) and TrackNet, Inc., a cutting-edge LoRaWAN Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider and developer of Tabs,

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Dynamic Spectrum Alliance announces the publication of new model rules for TV White Space technology

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) has announced the publication of new model rules for TV White Space (TVWS) technology. The new model rules will provide governments, policy makers and regulators with the tools necessary to (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Think horizontally to unlock the huge potential of connected devices, says oneM2M

Smart wearables, connected cars and machines, consumer electronics and smart city deployments will only deliver true value to consumers if there is a horizontal linking of data, oneM2M’s Technical Plenary chair Dr. Omar Elloumi warned. (more…)

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January 9, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

China will drive accelerated growth for cellular IoT in 2018, says Berg Insight

A new report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight estimates that the global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 56% during 2017 to reach 647.5 million. The accelerating growth is expected to take the global installed base to almost 1 billion at the end of 2018. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Effective IoT security must begin at the drawing board

Thomas Fischer, global security advocate at Digital Guardian, assesses the role security will play in the IoT and argues that manufacturers must return to the drawing board to find a sustainable, long-term solution.

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Bsquare partners with Amazon QuickSight and Microsoft Power BI to help drive and share industrial IoT data visualisations

Bsquare, a provider of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions, announced new DataV software integrations with Amazon QuickSight and Microsoft‘s Power BI that allow industrial organisations to quickly create and share powerful new cross-system interactive data visualisations and reports.

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January 5, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde