IQRF shows how to make different products work in one wireless network

The trade fair Light + Building 2016 in Frankfurt is successfully over. Its motto was ‘digital – individual – networked’ and all of the smart systems and devices need to co-operate and communicate in networks.

Read more

FBI, DoT and NHTSA warn of car-hacking using IoT following Jeep and Nissan hacks

A new joint public service announcement from the USA’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Transportation (DoT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) lists the wireless components of modern vehicles that can be vulnerable and the methods attackers could use to launch a real-life attack, reported Lane Thames of Tripwire.

Read more

New global IoT standards from oneM2M to enable interconnection across devices and applications

oneM2M, the global standards initiative for machine-to-machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), has published updated editions of its Release 1 global specifications. The development aims to enable IoT interworking and create a foundation platform to interconnect IoT devices and applications.

Read more

PLK selects Telit GNSS IoT module for advanced driver assistance system product

Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced that PLK Technology (PLK) has selected Telit’s SL869-V2 GNSS IoT module to deliver positioning functionality for Optian, a new product combining the features of an Advanced Driver Assistant System (ADAS) and a high-end automotive black box.

Read more

Skywire CAT 1 LTE modems aims to boost IoT/M2M performance, to extend product life

NimbeLink, an award-winning developer of IoT and M2M solutions, announced the general availability of the industry’s first fully certified 4G LTE CAT 1 embedded and external modems. The new products extend the company’s industry leading line of Skywire™ cellular modems.

Read more

Samsung Electronics and Silver Spring Networks partner to develop street lights solution

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Silver Spring Networks, Inc. have announced a partnership to develop a networked LED street lights solution, helping to cut costs and simplify connected lighting componentry for luminaire manufacturers.

Read more

Why BI and analytics are fundamental to gaining value from IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) is seeing the proliferation of smart, networked devices, capable of producing vast amounts of data on aspects of our personal and professional lives. However, it’s not so much these smart devices that are adding value, but rather the potential to capture, interpret, analyse and act on the information they collate.

Read more

Telit launches IoT Executive Handbook 2016 to provide insights for decision makers

Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), has gathered interviews and specialist articles on the IoT and its technological, economic and social impact in its newly published “Internet of Things Executive Handbook 2016”.

Read more

Microsoft Azure goes open source in IoT, as Eurotech partners with IBM

Microsoft is normally associated with proprietary technology that becomes a de facto industry standard. Therefore, the recent announcement that MS will support Kura and the open source Eclipse community came as a surprise, says Bob Emmerson, a freelance writer.

Read more

KPN, DT complete Dutch trial of QIVICON smart home platform and start commercial roll-out

Consumers in the Netherlands can now experience smart home services available from , the major Dutch telecoms operator, in partnership with Deutsche Telekom.

Read more

Precise vehicle efficiency reporting to save fleets tens of thousands of dollars in fuel savings per year

Zonar, has announced the general availability of the Ground Traffic Control (GTC) Performance package including the patented ZFuel application.

Read more

Smart revenue sharing – a crucial cog in the IoT wheel

A complex environment in an ever-changing sector Within the Internet of Things (IoT), all the players, whether they are CSPs, MVNOs, IoT service or platform providers, must be able to offer new services and pricing models quickly and easily to keep pace with this fast growing sector.

Read more

The IoT gets a new decentralised, distributed ledger technology

IOTA is a new distributed ledger technology designed for the Internet of Things (IoT). IOTA is a decentralised, distributed, lightweight, machine-to-machine (M2M) micro payment and transaction system for IoT devices and systems.

Read more

MultiTech’s MultiConnect mDot awarded LoRaWAN certification by LoRa Alliance

Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. a global manufacturer of M2M and IoT devices, announced its MultiConnect® mDot™ a LoRaWAN™ ready, LPWAN RF module, is fully certified by the LoRa® Alliance.

Read more

Seeing Machines sells 12% stake to new investor for AU$12.8m and adds new non-exec

The AIM listed vehicle operator monitoring technology company, Seeing Machines Ltd has raised AU$12.8 million (US$9.74 million) from a placing with a new strategic investor.

Read more

Altice, SFR and SIGFOX announce strategic international partnership for IoT services

Altice N.V. an international telecom and media group, its subsidiary SFR, the second-largest French global telco, and SIGFOX, a provider of global communication services for the Internet of Things (IoT), are to integrate SIGFOX connectivity in the group’s service offering.

Read more