Recently listed Australian IoT technology company, Xped (ASX: XPE), is to embed its Auto Discovery Remote Control (ADRC) technology into Intel’s IoT Gateway. As reported earlier on IoTAustralia, Xped’s ADRC technology is designed to enable any devices incorporating it to be monitored and controlled from a smartphone app, via Xped’s ADRC gateway software, once the […]
Kordia to rollout and resell Thinxtra’s NZ Sigfox network
New Zealand telecommunications and broadcast technology company Kordia – which operates the transmission networks for most of New Zealand’s TV services – has been named as Thinxtra’s preferred partner for the rollout of its Sigfox low powered wide area network in New Zealand, and a reseller of services on the network. Thinxtra last week announced […]
Rakon-backed Thinxtra aims for 85 percent Aus Sigfox coverage by 2018
New Zealand Stock Exchange listed technology company Rakon has pumped $A5.8 million into Australian startup IoT network operator Thinxtra, which is planning to rollout a Sigfox low powered wide area network covering 85 percent of the Australian population by late 2018. It aims to cover 30 percent of the population by the end of 2015. […]
Cohda Wireless connects more cars in US trial
Adelaide-based Cohda Wireless, a developer of collision avoidance technology for motor vehicles, is to supply its equipment for a trial that it says will lay the groundwork for the expected mandating of connected vehicle technology in the US within four years. South Carolina’s Clemson University has chosen Cohda to supply its MK5 onboard and roadside […]
Australian IoT company Xped now ASX listed
Australian IoT startup Xped has become an ASX listed company following the completion of a backdoor listing via former geothermal exploration company Raya Group (ASX: RYG). Raya announced completion of its acquisition of Xped on 24 March and said it had received ASX approval to change its name to Xped. John Schultz and Christopher Wood […]
IoTOz to launch Ingenu LPWAN in Australia and New Zealand
Startup IoTOz is planning to roll out low powered wide area networks for IoT in Australia, New Zealand and about 20 countries in Asia Pacific, based on the Random Phase Multiple Access (RPM) technology developed by US-based Ingenu, formerly On-Ramp Wireless. IoT Australia reported Ingenu on 8 March saying it was working with strategic […]
LPWAN developer Ingenu coming to Australia
With LoRaWan and Sigfox networks already being rolled out in Australia, a third player, Ingenu is planning to enter the market. The US based company (formerly On-Ramp Wireless) announced in late February that it was accelerating its rollout of dedicated IoT networks around the globe “based on burgeoning demand.” The company said it would be […]
Samsung, Deakin Uni and Geelong trial IoT for aged care
Samsung Electronics Australia has partnered with Deakin University and the City of Greater Geelong to trial home monitoring technology for the elderly, combined with machine learning Testing will take place across five residential households for six weeks, with participants ranging in age from 73 to 81 years. The trial will use the SmartThings automation platform, […]
Telstra upgrades LTE network for IoT support
Telstra has announced support for Category 1 (Cat 1) devices on its LTE network. Cat 1 will enable the network to support devices with much lower cost chips, $5 or less, according to Telstra, with battery life of up to 10 years and will enable the network to penetrate deeper into buildings. In a blog […]
Cisco launches Sydney IoT innovation centre
Cisco has formally launched the second of its two Australian IoT Innovation Centres, both of which were announced at Cisco Live! In Melbourne in March 2015. However it is a very different beast from what was foreshadowed in that announcement, with a much greater range of partners likely to make it much more effective. Cisco […]
