Technology has the capability to transform lives. Over the past few years, companies, cities and countries have moved to digitise all that they do, driving positive results in numerous ways. Yet across the world, many people still face a number of difficulties from climate change and endemic poverty, to health and nutritional care. While these […]
Altair Semiconductor’s Cellular IoT Chipset Powers PassTime’s Revolutionary Automotive Tracking Device
Multiyear Battery Life, Connectivity, and Compact Size Helps Automotive Dealers and Financiers Overcome Barriers in High-Risk Car Financing. Altair Semiconductor is providing the cellular IoT technology that powers the new PassTime Encore automotive tracking device. The device uses Altair’s cellular IoT chipset, the ALT1250. The Altair chipset’s ultra-low power consumption enables the Encore unit to […]
The installed base of fleet management systems in the Americas to reach 28 million units by 2023
According to a new report from the leading M2M/IoT market research provider Berg Insight, the number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in North America was 9.5 million in Q4-2018. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.0 percent, this number is expected to reach 20.8 million by 2023. […]
How to catch water leakage before it catches you
Few of us think about the impact of water damage to our properties until it’s too late and the damage is done. According to a report from ConsumerView, titled ‘Quantitative Assessment in Europe’, 50% of households in Europe have experienced water damage. Similarly, the Insurance Industry Research organisation estimates that 14,000 people in the US […]
Smart Cities are Getting Smarter in Surprising Ways
New technologies and approaches spur five key smart cities strategy shifts. It’s time for smart cities to embrace new technologies and approaches to combat a growing list of challenges, states global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. In its new whitepaper, 5 Ways Smart Cities Are Getting Smarter, ABI Research identifies digital twins & urban […]
Sequans and Seong Ji Announce New LTE-M/NB-IoT Module Now Certified in South Korea
Seong Ji’s LTM600 module approved to operate on network of LGU+. Sequans Communications S.A., and Seong Ji Industrial Co. Ltd., South Korean manufacturer of electrical equipment and components, announced that Seong Ji’s LTM600 LTE Cat M1/NB1 module, based on Sequans’ Monarch chip, has been certified by LGU+, one of Korea’s leading mobile operators. The certification […]
Cellular IoT Device Shipments approach 350M annually by 2025
5G to Dominate IoT Cellular Device Sales by 2025. According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, IoT Cellular Device Sales will undergo a transition with 5G, the dominant air interface, in 2025, as published by Strategy Analytics IoT Strategies service. Strong growth from projects in China has continued to provide a healthy impetus to […]
Dedicated IoT Satellite Service Hiber Starts Commercial Trials on Global Scale
Highlights: Hiber, launched by start-up veterans from companies like Booking.com, JustEat & Treatwell, opens up $100bn remote connected tech industry On all continents Hiber will start trialling its fully automated end-to-end service across industries including agriculture, oil & gas and logistics Hiber brings connectivity to 90% of the world currently without a network Following the […]
Globalstar Partners with Ceres Tag on New Animal Ear Tag Design
Small Satellite Tracker Foreseen as Game-Changer in Global Agriculture Industry. Globalstar, Inc., today announced its partnership with Ceres Tag, a leader in livestock information systems using a proprietary smart ear tag, to conduct its final stages of commercial large-scale trials for the provenance and management of livestock. These trials will be a significant scale extension […]
Toshiba to form IoT alliance with SoftBank, KDDI and others
Platform aims to spur innovation at Japanese companies struggling to keep up. Japanese electronics conglomerate Toshiba will launch an “internet of things” platform next spring that will include companies like SoftBank Group, wireless carrier KDDI and utility Tokyo Gas. Toshiba will create an association of roughly 100 Japanese companies called ifLink Open Community, the company […]