Berg Insight has surveyed the car OEMs’ activities within insurance telematics as part of its IoT research programs focused on the automotive sector. The involvement of the automotive manufacturers in terms of telematics-enabled insurance offerings for consumers has started to increase from a low level. Rickard Andersson, Principal Analyst, Berg Insight, said: “While insurance telematics […]
Archives for October 2019
IoTerop, a leading provider of security and management solutions for connected devices, raises €1.5 million
IoTerop, a young French startup already leader in the development of technologies for the security and management of connected devices, has just raised €1.5 million in a first round of funding with Breega, Irdi-Soridec and Frédéric Salles. IoTerop’s goal? Enhance its offer and accelerate its international growth. Founded in Montpellier (France) at the end of […]
Traxens selects AVSystem for efficient management of smart containers
Traxens, expert in providing high value data and services for the supply chain industry, and AVSystem, leader in IoT device management solutions, today announce a partnership that enables management of asset trackers with the Coiote IoT Device Management platform. Traxens provides organizations with real-time insight into their global supply chains in industries, such as shipping […]
FindMy Launches Next Generation Satellite IoT Livestock Tracker Powered by Globalstar
20 million messages sent from FindMy’s animal collars over Globalstar network to date. Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., today announced that FindMy, the IoT animal tracking pioneer, has launched its next-generation tracker. The FindMy e-Bell Model 2 collar is more robust, smaller and lighter, and now features Bluetooth for easy set-up and a longer-life replaceable […]
4 Important Reasons Automation Is A Must For Companies In 2020
There are new business processes, technologies, and IT environments around every corner in the digital age of today. And they keep getting more complex with each release and update. Many businesses, large and mid-size have already integrated unique systems and applications at scale. But automation remains elusive for many companies. The truth is that companies […]
Particle Raises $40M to Drive Widespread IoT Adoption
Particle’s secure, scalable IoT platform increased year-over-year revenue by 150 percent and grew multi-million dollar contracts by 300 percent in 2019. Particle, the most widely-used Internet of Things (IoT) platform in the world, today announced it has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by Qualcomm Ventures LLC and Energy Impact Partners. This round […]
SIMCom releases the small LTE CAT.M (eMTC) & NB-IoT module SIM7090G
SIMCom is releasing a new generation of the small multimode LPWA module – SIM7090G presented at the Mobile World Congress (MWC19) in Los Angeles. The SIM7090G is based on the Qualcomm 9205 LTE modem. It is packaged in an LGA and supports LTE CAT.M1, CAT.NB2, GNSS and voice functions. Its is only 14.8*12.8*2.0mm, which is […]
Building a Foundation for the Internet of Things
An article by Daniel Elizalde, Vice President, Head of IoT for North America at Ericsson. The Internet of Things (IoT) was promised as a transformative tool that would fundamentally change the way businesses function and people live their daily lives. But so far, this promise has been largely unmet, especially in the industrial space, where […]
Semtech’s LoRa® Devices Connect Radio Bridge’s Next Generation Industrial Sensors
The Armored Sensor™ product line enables a variety of industrial applications and offers connectivity in difficult environments. Semtech Corporation, announced that Radio Bridge, an industry-leading supplier of wireless Internet of Things (IoT) sensor products based on Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol, has released a new line of LoRa-based sensors for the industrial market. […]
The Misty II Platform Robot Is Now Available for Purchase
Misty Robotics is Breaking Down Barriers to Robotics and Accelerating Their Use in Businesses, Homes, Research, and Education. Misty Robotics, the creators of the Misty platform robot, today announced the general availability of Misty II, the first professional-grade platform robot. Misty Robotics is opening the world of robots to all software developers as well as […]