How to Get IoT Connectivity Right

Technological advances are creating a new wave of connected products that previously operated in isolation. This enables companies to control large numbers of products remotely, improving operational efficiency in the field. It allows them to constantly gather streaming information from sensors, creating opportunities for new services and reducing the cost of existing ones. The Key

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Nozomi Networks Labs report: Vulnerability disclosures rising at an alarming rate

A new report from Nozomi Networks Labs finds cyber threats growing at an alarming rate in the first half of 2021. Attacks are driven largely by the emergence of Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) gangs that are cashing in on critical infrastructure organisations.

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White Paper: The Evolution of Global Connectivity

(Sponsored White Paper) For enterprises entering the IoT industry, global connectivity is essential. But that doesn’t make it easy. In fact, 41% of people call connectivity a top challenge when it comes to deploying IoT solutions. This white paper will look at the different methods for obtaining global connectivity and the challenges you’ll need to

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Report: Why Bluetooth and LTE M/NB-IoT are enabling wireless synergy for IoT

With volumes of connected IoT devices accelerating into the tens of billions, selecting wireless connectivity has become an increasingly complex challenge, involving sophisticated calculations to balance the needs of specific devices and use cases with coverage, throughput, cost and security demands. The moving devices of IoT need to leave enterprise campuses and transition freely across

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Rail operators see clear signals for smart railway adoption

This report first appeared in Transport 360 magazine. Rail transport is an industry of two halves, covering transportation of passengers and transportation of cargo. Although the infrastructure used for each is broadly common, different business models, technologies and systems are utilised.

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Global Fuze study reveals gaps in trust & shifting attitudes toward flexible work

Fuze, the cloud-based communications provider for the modern global enterprise, announced the results of a new global study of 8,800 workers, which reveals that as flexible work is increasingly viewed as an expectation for the working world, attitudes continue to vary widely across industries, roles and geographies.

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The Matter Standard: The new revolutionary standard for smart homes

( SPONSORED FEATURE ) The smart home continues to evolve in available functions and complexity as several different connectivity protocols from numerous suppliers target a variety of products for use in smart homes. However, according to incontrol, as many as 71% of consumers acknowledge fear of their personal information being stolen while using smart home

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Homogenous global cellular connectivity is key for the enterprise smart buildings market

The enterprise smart buildings market is a fast-growing opportunity with connections growing to exceed 1.6 billion by 2030. The market potential is huge, but to capitalise on this opportunity vendors will need to offer homogenous ‘platform’ style solutions globally.   The main trend in the smart buildings space is an increasing desire to integrate different kinds of smart

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Will LoRaWAN’s diverse ecosystem lead to private network success?

Much of the excitement around private networks, owned and operated by organisations on behalf of their businesses, rather than public networks provided by telecoms network operators that can be accessed by any customer, has been focused on the imminent arrival of 5G. However, even though private, standalone networks will lead the 5G charge, for many

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How to maximise revenue from the 5G Value Plane

Mobile operators have customers lining up for 5G to enable services from IoT to augmented reality. The versatility of 5G supports enormous device density per cell, huge throughput and ultra-low latency. These attributes singly or together open up a raft of opportunities, but mobile operators know that they can’t address these with precision by applying

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The Future of Bluetooth is Faster, More Flexible, and Sounds Great: An Introduction to Bluetooth 5.1 and 5.2

Even though the specification for Bluetooth 5.0 hit the market not that long ago, there are two updates that have important features that will impact the future of wireless design. With many engineering teams just beginning to work regularly with Bluetooth 5.0, it may be intimidating to think about also getting up to speed on

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How IoT at the Edge will accelerate Digital Transformation

The need to increase efficiency, performance and return on large-scale industrial and manufacturing production processes has never been more evident. Meaningful, actionable data-driven insights are the bedrock of progressive strategies to optimise existing assets, extract maximum value, and integrate emerging technologies. When more distributed devices connect, and IoT permeates every aspect of life, the edge

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Manufacturers’ understanding of IoT’s value drops 14% in one year: Study finds

Despite almost two-thirds (63%) of manufacturers running at reduced capacity over the past year, the Internet of Things (IoT) still wasn’t able to make its long-awaited transition from intention to adoption in 2020.

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Business-Critical IoT Connectivity Solutions: Key Management Challenges A Beecham Report

Businesses are becoming more reliant on their IoT connectivity as services evolve, with greater emphasis on overall cost reductions as well as increasing revenue expectations. It is one thing to select the most appropriate IoT connectivity to fulfill the needs of an IoT project, quite another to manage it in the field. This is especially

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6G to consider society’s needs: A voice from NGMN MNOs across the world

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) alliance published its first 6G White Paper “6G Drivers and Vision”. While various views have already been shared by many organisations in industry and academia, says Quan Zhao, one of the three NGMN 6G project co-leads, and a senior member of technical staff in the Future Mobile Technology Lab, China Mobile.

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Securing the IoT begins with Zero-Touch Provisioning at Scale

What’s the largest roadblock to realising the promise of the Internet of Things? For many organizations, the obstacle delaying widespread deployments is the strategy for onboarding the necessary edge resources for a lifetime of secured operation. The solution is best addressed through a coordinated effort by domain experts. This paper presents such a solution, delivered

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