New Zealand incumbent telco Spark says it has switched on its second Internet of Things (IoT) network, which will run on its LTE network using LTE Cat-M1 technology. The launch of Cat-M1 IoT follows the Read more…
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), announced that Tencent has joined the alliance, which the association says Read more…
Actility announced that Thailand’s CAT Telecom has selected the ThingPark Wireless LPWA connectivity platform to power a national IoT communication network rollout across the country, beginning with a smart city solution for Phuket that also Read more…
Sigfox operator Thinxtra announced that its IoT network in Hong Kong now covers more than 90% of the territory, thanks to its partnership with broadband operator HKBN. As the exclusive Hong Kong network operator of Sigfox Read more…
Low-power WAN (LPWAN) deployments have been popping up swiftly across the Asia-Pacific in recent months, driven by all the buzz over the Internet of Things and the revenue possibilities therein. LPWAN technologies such as Sigfox, Read more…
Tata Communications says it is working with Indian natural gas distribution company Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) to deploy 5,000 smart gas meters in Mumbai, which will give households and businesses visibility and control over their Read more…
PARIS (Reuters) – French start-up Sigfox, which builds networks to connect washing machines and other objects to the internet, says it is struggling to meet its growth targets due to high expectations for alternative, forthcoming Read more…
Public low power wide area (LPWA) connections using both licensed and unlicensed spectrum are anticipated to reach over 1 billion globally by 2021, representing a 206% CAGR from 2014 – which is good news for Read more…
Hong Kong’s independent telecoms regulator announced it has created a new licensing regime for wireless low power wide area (LPWA) IoT networks using the shared 920-925 MHz frequency band. The Communications Authority (CA) said that Read more…
Sigfox announced that four new Sigfox operators in four different continents have joined its global low-power wide area (LPWA) network, which now spans 36 countries. The new Sigfox operators include: Cognix: based in Costa Rica Read more…
Cellcos are set to benefit from an estimated $1.8 trillion IoT revenue opportunity by 2026, boosted by the early deployment of commercial low power wide area (LPWA) networks in licensed spectrum. That’s according to the Read more…
Keeping up with the latest IoT technologies, solutions, vendors and use cases can be overwhelming. Every week we’re inundated with new announcements about how some widget is going to solve a problem we didn’t even Read more…
The GSMA announced that its Mobile IoT Initiative to encourage adoption of cellular-based low power wide area (LPWA) technologies like NB-IoT has borne fruit with the launch of multiple commercial rollouts by several big-name cellcos, particularly Read more…
Asia-Pacific Sigfox operator Thinxtra has announced the launch of the Xkit, an Arduino-based development platform for the Sigfox global network. Essentially a Sigfox starter kit for start-ups, design houses, universities and schools, the Thinxtra Xkit Read more…
As everyone recovers from this year’s Mobile World Congress, I am still trying to comprehend the potential impact of three announcements there on low power WANs (LPWANs). Taken in isolation, these announcements are interesting. But Read more…
Tata Communications is getting into the IoT connectivity platform game with the launch of its global “Move” IoT platform, as well as a national LoRa IoT network in India in partnership with HPE. The first Read more…
SK Telecom has signed a contract with Thai state-owned telco CAT Telecom to deploy low-power wide area (LPWA) IoT networks using the LoRA technology standard. Under the contract, SK Telecom and CAT will deploy LoRa Read more…
Low power wide area (LPWA) connections are set to exceed 2G, 3G and 4G and become the leading technology for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, with 1.4 billion connections by 2022, according to the GSMA, Read more…
SoftBank says it has partnered with LPWA network infrastructure and service platform provider Actility to roll out a complete low power wide area (LPWA) network solution with the aim of accelerating IoT growth in Japan Read more…
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