Australian IoT equipment maker LX Group has debuted, at Mobile World Congress an asset tracking and monitoring module that combines multiple location and communication technologies with blockchain to enable verification of tracked assets’ location and integrity. The product was used last year to track the shipment of 17 tonnes of almonds from Sunraysia in Victoria […]
Telstra taps Software AG’s Cumulocity for water utility IoT
Telstra has teamed up with Software AG to use Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform as the basis for a complete system to enable water utilities to gather and analyse information from digital water meters and other components of their infrastructure. The system is being trialled with Busselton Water in Western Australia. Busselton Water serves around […]
NNNCo launches its ThingPark-based IoT platform
National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has unveiled its N2N-DL data platform at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona after being selected to showcase the offering on the global LoRa Alliance stand. The platform is based on the ThingPark IoT platform developed by French company Actility specifically for LoRaWAN, and claimed to underpin more than half the […]
Kennards Hire to track assets via Fleet Space satellites
Equipment hire company Kennards Hire is to use Fleet Space Technologies’ satellite-based IoT system to track assets at depots and major customer sites. The Fleet Space system does not offer direct communication with tracked devices. These use LoRaWAN to a Fleet Space LoRaWAN satellite gateway, dubbed “The Portal”. So Kennard will install these at specialist […]
Telstra joins Ericsson IoT Accelerator ecosystem
Telstra has joined Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator, a combination of platform services for IoT and agreements with mobile operators and technology partners that enables enterprises to deploy IoT capability worldwide and manage it centrally. Ericsson says its IoT Accelerator ecosystem spans more than 30 service providers in more than 100 countries and has more than 3,500 […]
NSDAQ listed Casa Systems to buy Netcomm Wireless
ASX-listed NetComm Wireless – one of Australia’s most successful telecoms manufacturers – is to be sold to NASDAQ listed Casa Systems in an all-cash deal valuing the company at around $161 million, subject to shareholder approval. The price of $1.10 per share represents a 52.8 percent premium on NetComm’s closing price on 20 February. The […]
IoTSI debuts smart cities and critical infrastructure security framework
The Melbourne based Internet of Things Security Institute (IoTSI) has released an IoT Security Framework for Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure. It says the frameworkprovides business, government and industry a means to address emerging and existing IoT security challenges in the built environment. The framework has been released under a Common Criteria licensing agreement. IoTSI […]
Myriota picks Tyvak to build its satellites
Adelaide based nano-satellite company Myriota has named Californian company Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems as the developer of its planned satellites. Myriota was spun off from the University of South Australia in 2015 and initially used the satellites of its founding shareholder, ExactEarth of Canada, to provide its satellite capacity. In December 2018 it launched an experimental […]
Darwin aims to become smart
The City of Darwin has released a for-comment draft of its #SmartDarwin strategy saying it provides a blueprint for the city to become a digitally innovative council and contribute to establishing Darwin as a smart, liveable, productive and sustainable capital city. The council has identified the current Switching on Darwin project, being delivered in partnership […]
Fleet Space aims for one million $US2 satellite/LoRaWAN IoT connections
Adelaide based nanosatellite operator Fleet Space has opened applications for partners to use its constellation of nanosatellites to connect one million devices via its LoRaWAN/satellite gateways, saying annual costs will be $US2 per device. It has opened a websitefor what it has dubbed “Project Galaxy” though which potential partners can apply, before 28 February 2019. The […]
