Berg forecasts 10.8% growth in South Africa’s fleet management by 2020 

Berg Insight forecasts that the market for fleet management (FM) in South Africa is in a growth period which will continue in the years to come.

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IHS says automotive display systems to grow to $18.6bn by 2021, driven by connectivity, infotainment, safety

Driven by continued innovation in vehicle connectivity and safety technologies, global revenue from automotive display systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 11% to $18.6 billion by the end of 2021. This will add nearly $9 billion in annual revenue compared to 2015, according to IHS Inc.

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Finalists announced in 7th Wearable Tech Innovation World Cup

The club of the most innovative wearables worldwide has been selected by the international jury of the WT | Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup.

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ZigBee 3.0 ratification opens door to smarter, greener world using the Internet of Things

The ZigBee Alliance has announced ratification of ZigBee 3.0, which builds on and unifies ZigBee standards already proven across hundreds of millions of shipped devices.

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Telematics will ‘Uber-ise’ the auto insurance industry, says PTOLEMUS’ new UBI study

PTOLEMUS Consulting Group has released the 2016 edition of its usage-based insurance global study by offering a free, 125-page abstract. The document reveals the key findings of the 1,000-page telematics insurance market analysis.

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Solair: from the platform to the IoT product suite

7 software modules for 7 standard IoT applications to address the needs of companies that handle products, industrial machinery, equipment, machine tools and much more. That’s the new offering by Solair, a set of software products that are preconfigured, modular, quick to complete applications.

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Narrative, Ngenic, Tinitell and EWA Solutions join the Swedish IoT Alliance SMSE

The Swedish Alliance for IoT Entrepreneurs (SMSE) has welcomed four new members: Narrative, Ngenic, Tinitell and EWA Solutions. The latest expansion brings SMSE to 48 members and 14 partners and indicates a growing and fully-functioning IoT ecosystem in Sweden.

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Aeris triples business growth in EMEA in 2015, adds new customers and staff to Reading office

Aeris  has announced that it is in its third consecutive year of tripling business in the EMEA market.  As a result of increased demand in the region, Aeris has expanded its European headquarters and has added dozens of new customers to further strengthen the company’s growing global expansion.

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Robots to reside in more than 10% of US households by 2020, finds Juniper Research

New data from Juniper Research has forecast that over 1 in 10 American households will own a consumer robot by the end of the decade, up from under 1 in 25 this year. At this early stage in the market, shipments are expected to be dominated by so-called ‘task’ oriented robots assigned to take over

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Telecoms entrepreneur McCourt cements satellite strategy with acquisition of Skyware Technologies

David McCourt, an international entrepreneur with 30 years of telecoms experience, has outlined how future growth of the industry will depend on innovative companies such as newly-purchased Skyware Technologies (SWT).

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InventionShare promotes new 5by5 Wireless IoT application for agriculture, horticulture and forestry

Greg Waite, CEO of InventionShare, has announced that 5by5 Wireless™ now provides the opportunity for companies to roll out a new suite of specialty IoT applications for the agriculture, horticulture and the forestry industry.

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ORBCOMM announces the successful launch of its 11 OG2 satellites

ORBCOMM Inc. has successfully launched eleven next generation OG2 satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 8:29 pm ET. The eleven OG2 satellites were successfully separated from the Falcon 9 launch vehicle into the proper insertion orbit.

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Customisable IoT device launched with five sensors and ‘endless’ combination of tracking options

Symbisa, created by Hanhaa, is a multifunctional Internet of Things (IoT) device with five built-in sensors that make an endless combination of monitoring options possible.

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Simulity Labs becomes GlobalPlatform’s latest Observer Member

GlobalPlatform has announced Simulity Labs Ltd as its latest Observer Member.

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3Cinteractive now offering messaging function for Wyless IoT communication solutions

3Cinteractive (3C) and Wyless have announced that Wyless will be using the 3C Switchblade Platform as the two-way messaging enablement technology for Wyless’ machine-to-machine (M2M) and IoT solutions.

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