What next for smart meters reliant on 2G/3G networks?

A recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report concluded that progress in the UK’s smart meter rollout is “too slow’’, that deadlines for completion have repeatedly moved and not enough has been done to garner public support. It also warned that an estimated seven million communications hubs, which form part of the electricity smart meters, will

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AdriNet partners with Actility to boost IoT deployment in the Adriatic

AdriNet has announced its partnership with Actility. The collaboration aims to enhance the deployment of IoT (Internet of Things) solutions across the Adriatic, leveraging Actility’s network platform.

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G+D, Sony Semiconductor Israel launch solution for remote SIM provisioning of iSIMs

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and Sony Semiconductor Israel (Sony) are launching a commercial iSIM (integrated SIM) solution that supports remote SIM provisioning. The iSIM plays an ‘important evolutionary step’ in SIM technology, empowering simple and cost-efficient connection, deployment and essential market for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Virgin Media O2 trials ‘Connected Farm of the Future’ at Cannon Hall Farm

Virgin Media O2 has created the “Connected Farm of the Future” in a trial with Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley, designed to showcase how enhanced mobile connectivity could change rural agriculture.

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BharatRohan partners with Smart Village Movement to modernise ginger farming in Meghalaya

BharatRohan Airborne Innovations Private Limited, a provider in agri-tech drone services, has announced a partnership with the Smart Village Movement. This collaboration is set to modernise ginger farming in Meghalaya, by reducing their crop losses and improving their income and livelihoods. The project will leverage advanced drone-based hyperspectral imaging and data-driven insights, ensuring affordability for smallholder

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Powerbridge Technologies to build fintech company for agriculture, livestock industries

Powerbridge Technologies has announced a joint venture to establish Agro Digital Fintech Co., Ltd., a fintech and asset digitisation company focused on the agriculture and livestock farming industries. Agro Digital Fintech aims to create a digital financial ecosystem that drives value creation and leverages China’s rural revitalisation initiative (“the initiative”).

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Environmental, Social or Governance – which of these factors is the most important for IoT companies and why?

We are all now familiar with the IoT (Internet of Things). From personal gadgets such as fitness trackers and smart fridges to industrial applications like monitoring in factories and smart waste management systems across large cities, the role that IoT plays in our lives continues to grow exponentially.

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Connected farming – How can it be beneficial for agriculture manufacturers, customers, and the environment

Annually, nearly 1.6 billion tons of food go to waste, equal to $1.2 trillion in losses. The problem doesn’t so much lie with any one actor but with a lack of visibility for everyone involved in the agroindustry’s supply chain. Connected farming may be the answer to these and other challenges, including the threat of

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floLIVE facilitates Streamline’s real-time livestock tracking, with NB-IoT and satellite connectivity

Streamline is a specialist in asset tracking services that has been in the tracking industry for more than 30 years. As technologies have advanced, Streamline now designs bespoke solutions for a wide range of tracking use cases and has expanded into livestock tracking management for farmers unions and farmers associations. 

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Water Ways receives a repeat order for its medical cannabis IoT irrigation, fertilisation system

Toronto, Canada – Water Ways Technologies Inc., has announced that it has received a repeat order for its medical cannabis IoT irrigation and fertilisation systems. The order was received from an existing client, an Israeli licensed producer who is currently expanding his medical cannabis cultivation facility in Israel.

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WaterIQ Technologies, SOLitude Lake Management partner to deliver ultrasonic algae remediation solutions

Wilson, United States – WaterIQ Technologies, a provider in next-generation ultrasonic solutions to combat harmful algae and biofilm without the use of chemicals, has announced a partnership with SOLitude Lake Management, a nationwide environmental firm that provides sustainable solutions to improve water quality and preserve water resources.

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BT collaborates on the use of robotics and IoT to change and automate agriculture

BT has delivered a robotics platform and management system as part of the Innovate UK-funded ‘Robot Highways’ project. The project is exploring the use of IoT and robotics in smart agriculture to drive automation, increase efficiency, and improve environmental sustainability.

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Elonroad pioneers electrified roads for charging on the move

Sometimes inspiration strikes in the most unusual way – and for Elonroad founder Dan Zethraeus, inspiration came from the snow and slush that gather along the highway’s median strip during winter. Zethraeus, a former film director, was commuting between his home in Lund, Sweden to his office in Malmö, and as early as 2012 he

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How smart agriculture is evolving the farming industry

The internet of things (IoT) is almost ubiquitous now, it’s everywhere. And agriculture is truly one of the areas where it can have the biggest impact. Smart farming in the agriculture industry is an emerging concept that has the opportunity to revolutionise farming for the digital era.

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XAG reveals new drones and robots for agriculture

Guangzhou, China. 27 Dec 2021 – On 22 December, XAG Annual Conference 2021 was held in Guangzhou, China with the theme “Step into Agrifuture”, which launched a series of agricultural innovations to empower farmers with more sophisticated autonomous solutions. Five new products, including the XAG P50 and P100 Agricultural Drone, XAG M500 and M2000 Remote Sensing Drone, and the

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9 IoT applications that will change everything

Whether you are a future-minded CEO, tech-driven CEO or IT leader, you’ve come across the term IoT before. It’s often used alongside superlatives regarding how it will revolutionize the way you work, play, and live. But is it just another buzzword, or is it the as-promised technological holy grail? The truth is that Internet of

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