Global IT service company DXC Technology has opened a Digital Transformation Centre at Swinburne University of Technology, which already boasts a major industry 4.0 facility. DXC says its Digital Transformation Centre at Swinburne will showcase a new and evolving approach for clients to deliver digital solutions by drawing on DXC’s global experience in digital transformation and […]
Arduino debuts NB-IoT/Cat-M1 version with Telstra
Telstra has partnered with Arduino, maker of a popular, low cost programmable circuit board widely used for the control and monitoring of IoT devices and will offer a version of the Arduino board supporting NB-IoT and Cat-M1. The new version, the Arduino MKR NB 1500 board will be available to purchase in early 2019 from […]
Vodafone NZ announces NB-IoT and CAT-M1 coverage
Vodafone New Zealand has simultaneously turned on NB-IoT and CAT-M1 technology in its cellular network. NB-IoT is available to 97.5 percent of the population and 48.2 percent of the land area, Vodafone NZ says. CAT-M1 (which Vodafone prefers to refer to as LTE-M) has 60.1 percent population coverage. Vodafone NZ says this his will […]
CCP plans fridge maintenance and food blockchain
ASX listed CCP Technologies (ASX: CT1), which has built its business to date on monitoring the temperature of commercial refrigeration units, is now exploiting data analytics and blockchain to enable it to offer proactive refrigeration maintenance and food tracking and provenance services. Details of the latest initiatives were announced by CEO Michael White at the […]
CropLogic looks to bring IoT to cannabis growing
ASX-listed agricultural IoT company CropLogic (ASX: CLI) has appointed two consultants, Green Rush Advisory Group and Green Light Law Group, to advise on the application of its technology to the industrial hemp market in Oregon, USA, a market estimated to be worth $US22 billion by 2022. CropLogic says research from Grand View Research shows that […]
Australian Institute of Marine Science takes Myriota IoT to sea
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has deployed satellite IoT transmitters from Australian startup Myriota on buoys to monitor ocean currents, sea surface water temperatures and barometric pressure. The Myriota sensors transmit around 160 bytes of data a day to AIMS’ data centre via low earth orbit (LEO) satellites operated by Myriota early investor, […]
Madison Technologies brings Rajant’s ‘connect everything’ wireless mesh to ANZ
Australian communication solutions company Madison Technologies has been appointed Australia and New Zealand distributor for Pennsylvania based Rajant Corporation’s’ Kinetec Mesh, wireless mesh technology Rajant said Madison would be offering the technology to industries, such as mining, oil & gas, rail, transport, ports, smart cities, emergency services and utilities. Rajant made no mention of other […]
Smart Cities Council names Leadership City contenders
The ANZ arm of the global Smart Cities Council has shortlisted Brisbane, Adelaide, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Canterbury-Bankstown for its Leadership City award, the top prize in the inaugural Australian Smart Cities Awards, to be presented in partnership with Telstra and Deloitte. Ten awards will be presented as part of Australia’s first Smart Cities Week […]
Vodafone Regional Coverage Hub: variation on an old solution
Vodafone has announced what it says are successful trials of a new solution to provide mobile coverage for rural properties outside its normal coverage area, but the technology is essentially the same as something Optus launched several years ago, and subsequently discontinued. The Vodafone Regional Coverage Hub is a small cellular base station that instead […]
IoT platforms shine in ACOMM awards
Australian IoT platforms scored two of the 12 ACOMM awards handed out at Communications Alliance’s annual dinner, and Sigfox network operator Thinxtra won the ‘Best Marketing Initiative’ award. LoRaWAN network operator National Narrowband Network Company (NNNCo) was a joint winner of the ‘Innovation SME’ award for its IoT platform (the other winner was Coevolve for […]
