World’s fastest automotive 4G LTE module now certified for all major networks in North America

Swiss u‑blox, has announces that its Cat.4 TOBY-L200 4G LTE module has achieved “network compatible” status for North Americas  LTE networks. In the u-blox tradition of miniaturisation and reliability, TOBY-L200 is the world’s smallest Category 4 LTE module and operates at automotive temperatures (-40°C…+85°C).

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Next gen connectivity platform becomes an IoT ecosystem for enhanced service margins

Nigel Chadwick is chief executive of Stream Technologies, provider of state-ofthe- art, end-to-end wireless network services for connected devices, globally. The company has recently launched IoT-X, a next generation connectivity enablement platform. As Chadwick tells M2M Now, Stream’s IoT-X is enabling network operators and multi-national organisations via creation of a fast expanding, value enhancing and unique IoT ecosystem spanning

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Farsens presents the Atlas, a battery free RFID weight monitoring tag

The Atlas from Farsens S.L., San Sebastián, Spain, is a battery free RFID sensor tag capable of transmitting a unique identifier and the associated weight measurement data to a commercial EPC C1G2 reader without the need of a battery on the sensor tag. The device features four channels for load cells with measurement ranges from

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Verizon certifies u-blox LTE mPCIe module for high-speed M2M applications

Swiss u-blox, has announces that its MPCI-L100  LTE mPCIe module has achieved certification for the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.

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PCTEL launches M2M Wi-Fi MIMO Antenna

PCTEL, Inc. has launched the M2M Wi-Fi MIMO Antenna at SPS IPC Drives 2014. This rugged omnidirectional antenna is designed for exceptional reliability in machine-to-machine (M2M) industrial wireless applications. It represents a significant improvement in data throughput performance over the single-output and diversity antennas that are common in the industrial wireless market.

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Eurotech named Red Hat ISV Advanced Partner

Eurotech, has announced that they joined the Red Hat Partner Programme, becoming a Red Hat ISV Advanced Partner.

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Elliptic Technologies unveils future-proof secure hardware root of trust technology for IoT applications

Elliptic Technologies, has unveiled tRoot™, its future-proof secure hardware root of trust technology targeting the increasing security challenges in the Internet of Things (IoT). Elliptic’s tRoot is a highly-secure foundation of trust that enables connected devices to securely and uniquely identify and authenticate themselves to create secure channels for remote device management and service deployment

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Hodi Technologies selects Greenvity’s Turnkey IoT solution for next-generation smart LED lighting products

Hodi Technologies, has selected Greenvity Communications’ Internet of Things (IoT) turnkey solutions for multiple Hodi smart lighting products. In addition, Greenvity and Hodi will collaborate to develop future products focused on controlled lighting and smart metering applications.

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ParStream and PLAT.ONE to demonstrate the industry’s first end-to-end IoT analytics solution for Fog Computing

ParStream, the IoT analytics company, and PLAT.ONE, the first Enterprise-Grade IoT & M2M application platform, has announced its joint demo at the Internet of Things World Forum, a leading Internet of Things (IoT) conference focused on IoT applications, IoT solutions and the leading companies behind the IoT movement. The Internet of Things World Forum will

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New federal funding enables Wavefront to expand support to mobile and Internet of Things entrepreneurs nationally

Wavefront, has received funding of up to $9.5M over the next five years through the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Programme (CAIP). The funding, announced at an event in Vancouver, will enable Wavefront to expand the reach and capacity of its programms for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the mobile and Internet of Things sectors.

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Telit joins forces with Google

Telit Wireless Solutions, has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud Platform to launch the first IoT Big Data Challenge, a competition aimed at promoting and accelerating innovation around the Internet of Things.

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IoT application platforms make steady gains in 2014 as GE shakes up market by opening Predix to third parties, says ABI Research

New market forecasts from ABI Research show that the revenues from the Internet of Things (IoT) application enablement platform (AEP)s grew by 28% in 2014. By end-2020, the revenue base will exceed US$1.4bn, led by applications for remote monitoring and control.

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The next phase of the Internet of Things, part 2

All Things Wireless It’s not the case that all Things will be wireless; just almost all of them. Some objects are very static and very close to the right kind of wire but vastly more devices are not. This is because of mobility, remoteness, convenience and, particularly in the home, because of aesthetics.

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Vertical markets are ripe for OSS/BSS innovation, says Ericsson Innovation, BUSS boss

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is expanding fast. Declining costs, improved coverage, more capable radio technologies, regulatory mandates and a growing range of successful applications and business models are all key drivers. And operators now have the opportunity to apply their operations and business support system experience.

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Innodisk expands embedded peripheral series with communication modules, for IoT and embedded applications

Innodisk, the service driven flash provider, announces the newest additions to its Embedded Peripheral line of expansion modules for embedded systems. Both using an mPCIe interface, the EMPL-G201 adds up to 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports and the EMP2-X401 adds either 4 or 8 serial ports independently selectable by software to communicate in either RS232, RS422

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Libelium sensors connect with Telefónica cloud for smart cities and the IoT

Libelium is adding new Cloud technology options to its Waspmote wireless sensor platform by integrating the Cloud solution from Telefónica, to allow faster time-to-market for Smart Cities and Internet of Things (IoT) projects.

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