Mike Briers, an angel investor in agricultural IoT company, The Yield, and CEO of would-be agricultural co-operative research centre, Food Agility, has been made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Queens Birthday Honours “For distinguished service to the finance and digital technology sectors, particularly in the area […]
IoT Alliance Australia ready to launch
IoT Alliance Australia – the industry body formed last year within Communications Alliance – is expected to emerge as an independent entity in June. Frank Zeichner from consultancy CreatorTech, one of the original members of the think tank, co-author of the report and now a member of the executive committee, told IoTAustralia that the organisation […]
Startup Newie Ventures trials smart parking at Newcastle Uni
Newcastle-based startup Newie Ventures is piloting a smart parking service that will enable motorists, via a web page to find vacant parking spaces at the University of Newcastle. For the pilot is has fitted 10 parking spots in the car park south of the Civil Engineering building with RFID enabled sensors that detect the presence of […]
Buddy boosts IoT platform, seeks staff in Adelaide
ASX-listed, Seattle-based IoT platform provider Buddy (ASX: BUD) has a launched a “Two-Way Communication” functionality at the IoT World trade show in California that enables control of devices or systems based on processing of data ingested from those same systems, and a new Windows IoT Core SDK that it says offers native access to the […]
Xped forges agreement with chipmaker Telink
ASX-listed IoT technology company, Xped (ASX: XPE) has entered into a joint collaboration and marketing agreement with chipmaker Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) that will see Xped technology embedded in Telink IoT chips. The move comes just weeks after Dr Wenjun Sheng, the chairman and CEO of Telink, was appointed to the Xped board. Xped, which recently […]
Huawei’s Neul claims key role in NB-IoT
UK wireless technology company, Neul — acquired by Huawei in September 2014 – says the soon-to-be-ratified NB-IoT standard is largely based on its technology, which is being trialled in Australia by Melbourne’s South East Water utility for the monitoring of its sewage pumping systems – a service currently provided with NetComm gear and Telstra’s 3G-based […]
Taiwanese chipmaker chief joins Xped board
ASX-listed IoT Technology company, Xped (ASX: XPE), has announced the appointment of Dr Wenjun Sheng, the chairman and CEO of Taiwanese chipmaker, Telink Semiconductor, to its board. Telink in January announced the TLSR8269, claiming it to be “the world’s first all-in-one system-on-chip (SoC) for the Internet of Things,” that “redefines the IoT landscape by combining […]
Xped buys healthcare IoT company, JCT
ASX-listed IoT technology company, Xped (ASX: XPE) has expanded the scope of its operations from the development and provision of technology for incorporation into IoT devices to the provision of industry-specific IoT solutions: it is planning to acquire JCT Healthcare Pty Ltd and Jackson Care Technologies Pty Ltd (JCT) with the aim of becoming “a […]
NetComm Wireless seeks $50m to boost global M2M ranking – UPDATED
NetComm Wireless (ASX: NTC) is looking to raise $50 million to fund its plans to be at the forefront of the global M2M and fixed wireless communications infrastructure markets. It says nbn’s Ericsson-supplied fixed wireless network, for which it supplies the CPE, is the only demonstrable in-field solution of its kind globally and was instrumental […]
Orbcomm to buy South African and Australian M2M company, Skygistics
Orbcomm, which claims to operate the only commercial satellite network dedicated to M2M, is to acquire South African wireless communications company Skygistics, and its Australian subsidiary. Skygistics provides satellite and GSM communications terminals for M2M applications. Its Australian business appears to operate under the name Startrack Communictions, a Perth based company whose website is devoted to […]
