New Capabilities Enable Businesses to Leverage the Power of Industrial IoT. PTC today announced the upcoming release of its ThingWorx® Industrial IoT (IIoT) platform from the show floor of the LiveWorx® digital transformation event. ThingWorx 8.5 combines new capabilities with world-class, domain-specific solutions to better serve the digital transformation needs of industrial enterprises worldwide. Among […]

Sierra Wireless edge-to-cloud solutions integrated with Microsoft Azure IoT Central will simplify and accelerate time-to-value for enterprise IoT projects. Sierra Wireless today announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to provide one of the industry’s first full-stack IoT solutions. Sierra Wireless’ new Octave edge data orchestration solution has been successfully connected with Microsoft Azure IoT Central. […]

Quectel Wireless Solutions announced that T-Mobile US has certified the eight variants of Quectel’s best-selling LTE EC2x family. The approved modules are: ·EC21-A LTE Cat 1 module ·EC21-A Mini PCIe Cat 1 module ·EC25-A LTE Cat 4 module ·EC25-A Mini PCIe LTE Cat 4 module ·EC25-AF LTE Cat 4 module ·EC25-AF LTE Cat 4 data-only […]

Berg Insight estimates that global cellular IoT module shipments increased by 16 percent in 2018 to a new record level of 221 million. Annual revenues grew faster at 24 percent, reversing the previous trend of decreasing average module prices. The 3GPP standards for LTE – Cat M and NB-IoT – will contribute substantially to growth […]

Key findings from the latest Ericsson Mobility Report (June 2019): Cellular IoT connections are predicted to increase from 1 billion in 2018 to 4.1 billion in 2024. By the end of 2024, nearly 35 percent of Cellular IoT connections will be Broadband IoT, with 4G connecting the majority. The first modules supporting Critical IoT use […]

An article by Marc, Editor at IoT Business News. Technological innovation is taking place at breakneck speed. Nowhere is this more evident than public payphones, video stores, and traditional shopping outlets. In just a few years, the world has witnessed a tectonic shift in technological processes. Public payphones, once a staple everywhere is now a […]

Highly-optimized cellular connectivity solutions for Industrial IoT and broadband applications now available. Sequans Communications S.A. announced the availability of two new modules optimized for the design of devices for LTE CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) networks. The two modules are the industry’s first cost-effective LCC (leadless chip carrier) modules designed from the ground up to […]

Kerlink, a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), and Access Networks Ltd., which provides networking, wireless, and IoT solutions throughout New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, today announced their distribution agreement for those markets. Access Networks will carry and support the full range of Kerlink’s LoRaWAN® products and solutions for such […]

Low Power Wide Area Network is Enabling Projects Designed to Increase Efficiency. Comcast today announced a collaboration between its enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) service, MachineQ, and Universal Parks and Resorts, to use low power wide area networking (LPWAN) technology for IoT projects at its Orlando location. Using MachineQ’s integrated hardware and software platform, which […]

EU’S Horizon 2020 and ESA are part of €10 million grant for NanoAvionics’ global IoT constellation-as-a-service aimed at IoT/M2M communications providers. NanoAvionics, an international nano-satellite missions integrator, and the consortium partners KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services) and Antwerp Space have been awarded EUR 10 million funding by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020, ESA’s ARTES and private […]