SIM extension is to be smart access solution for IoT and M2M outdoor applications

GTT has released a SIM extension solution, which aims to provide direct, simple access to SIM cards in Internet of Things and Machine-to-Machine (IoT and M2M) applications in remote, harsh outdoor environments.

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Industry’s smallest GNSS module underpins South Korea’s smallest battery-powered 3G tracking device

u-blox, a global provider of wireless and positioning modules and chips, reports that two of its products have been used by Cobilsys to create South Korea’s smallest battery-powered asset tracking device.

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Mobile operator revenues from IoT reached €11bn in 2016, says new Berg Insight report

According to a new research report from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based analyst firm, Berg Insight, mobile operator revenues from the Internet of Things (IoT) reached € 11 billion(US$ 11.42 billion) in 2016.

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Intertrust grows investor base in a push to expand its IoT products and services

Intertrust Technologies Corporation has announced that it has grown its investor base as part of an expansion of its products and services supporting the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Members of ZigBee Alliance and Thread Group to demonstrate universal language for smart devices

The ZigBee Alliance, an association of companies creating, maintaining and delivering open, global standards for the low-power wireless Internet of Things (IoT), and the Thread Group, an organisation focused on making Thread the foundation for the IoT in the home and beyond,

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Object storage system starts accelerating machine learning for Tokyo

As first reported on IoT Now in July (Cloudian, Dentsu and QCT) claim first smart data-driven advertising model in Japan), Cloudian, Inc., a provider of hybrid cloud object storage systems, has transitioned its HyperStore technology-enabled roadside digital advertising project in Tokyo from a proof-of-concept to production use.

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Six steps to using the IoT to deliver maintenance efficiency

According to a survey conducted by the Aberdeen Group, “best-in-class” companies are increasingly utilising the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data to implement Predictive Maintenance (PdM)

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Stream’s IoT-X platform selected to deploy LoRaWAN low power wide area network technology

In partnership with Sensor City, Stream Technologies will be bringing Liverpool to the Internet of Things with the deployment of the LoRaWAN™ low power wide area network technology.

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BodyCap’s wearable health monitoring devices now used aboard the International Space Station

BodyCap, a company specialised in miniaturised wireless monitoring devices, announced that two of its wearable health monitoring devices are currently being used by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station (ISS),

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eleven-x lights up Canada’s first carrier-grade low power wide area network for IoT

To serve the growing Canadian demand for next generation connectivity, Waterloo-based eleven-x launched Canada’s first carrier-grade low power wide area network for Internet of Things (IoT).

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BlackBerry Secure unveiled as mobile security platform for the ‘Enterprise of Things’

BlackBerry Ltd, a global software systems provider securing, connecting and mobilising enterprises, has unveiled its mobile-native approach to security with the launch of a platform designed for the ‘Enterprise of Things’.

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IBM joins Zero Outage Industry Standard association on ‘long journey towards stable telecoms, IT and IoT’

The Zero Outage Industry Standard association reports that IBM has joined the association as a founding member. The aim is to provide a common framework for IT quality with a focus on platforms, people, processes and security.

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Improving banana crop production and agricultural sustainability in Colombia using sensor networks

Smart farming has become a major trend in the agriculture sector. According to the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), by 2050 food production may increase by 70% to feed 9.6 billion people.

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Telematics provider Xirgo Technologies sold to PE firm Hammond Kennedy Whitney

Xirgo Technologies, Inc., a developer of wireless telematics modules for tracking, monitoring, protecting and controlling remote assets and workers has been sold to an affiliate of Hammond Kennedy Whitney (HKW), a middle market private equity (PE) firm. 

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Five ways IoT will change the way we communicate in 2017 and beyond

By 2020, there will be 50 billion IoT devices around the world in a market worth $19 trillion, according to John Chambers, former CEO at Cisco. In many respects, what that market will look like is entirely unfathomable as we are yet to hit second gear when it comes to IoT potential.

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CyanConnode expands Scandinavian projects with E.ON in Sweden and Landis+Gyr in Finland

CyanConnode, a provider of narrowband RF networks for Internet of Things (IoT) communications, has secured a contract from utility provider E.ON for a Panmesh smart metering pilot project in Sweden. This is in addition to a new order worth EUR230,000 from Landis+Gyr for a project in Finland.

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