Australian startup Myriota is commercialising technology developed at the University of South Australia designed to provide two-way communication via satellites for IoT applications from a device the size of a matchbox that will be able to run for several years on a battery. The company was spun off from the University in November 2015 with […]
Comms Alliance IoT Think Tank morphing into stand alone IoT Alliance
The IoT Think Tank launched by Australia’s Communications Alliance in March 2015 to examine issues thrown up by the rapid emergence of IoT has become the IoT Alliance (Australia) and is transitioning into a stand-alone entity separate from Communications Alliance. The move follows publication of the think tank’s report on IoT in Australia, on […]
Xped aims to IoT enable any appliance
Australian IoT startup, Xped Holdings — soon to be listed on the ASX — has scored a role for its technology in a multiyear study being undertaken by the University of South Australia’s Barbara Hardy Institute into household electricity usage patterns, but has much grander plans for its IoT technology. Xped has developed technology that […]
ACMA proposes changes to WiFi bands regulation to better support IoT
The ACMA has proposed changes to the rules governing the use of WiFi bands that it says will make it easier for organisations to use spectrum for IoT applications. The proposed changes are set out in proposed variations to the Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence 2015 (LIPD class licence, details of which are set […]
NetComm Wireless “poised to enter global healthcare market”
Australian wireless technology company NetComm Wireless says it is poised to enter the fast growing global healthcare market with the launch of the n-Hub, a device it says “integrates with virtually any mHealth device.” The statement was made be CEO David Stewart at the company’s AGM on 17 November. He gave no further details of […]
ACMA sets out its IoT position
The Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) has made its first public position statement on IoT, setting out what it sees a being the priorities for regulatory attention to facilitate IoT developments in the near, medium and longer term. The analysis, set out in an issues paper The Internet of Things and the ACMA’s areas […]
Sigfox set to unveil Australian rollout plans
Sigfox, the French company with a proprietary low-powered wide area network technology for IoT and ambitious plans for networks worldwide, will detail its plans for Australia at a meeting of the IoE Community Sydney Meetup group on 18 November. Renald Gallis, VP Ecosystem & Marketing, Thinxtra will talk about the Sigfox network technology and its […]
Comms Alliance IoT think tank says Australia needs IoT focus
The Communications Alliance IoT think tank has released a report into IoT in Australia, saying that a lack of industry and government focus risks denying Australia the opportunity for IoT competitive advantage and global market leadership that could be worth up to $116 billion to the Australian economy by 2025. Comms Alliance launched the think […]
NetComm Wireless joins LoRa Alliance
Australian M2M technology developer, NetComm Wireless, a major supplier of cellular technology for M2M and IoT communications, has joined the LoRa Alliance, the organisation set up to promoted the LoRaWAN low power wide area network technology developed specifically to support IoT applications. NetComm is an adopter member along with Australian company National Narrowband Network Communications, […]
Telstra to trial LPWAN for IoT in Melbourne?
We’ve reported earlier suggestions that Telstra could be rolling out a low powered wide area network for IoT applications, and there’s new evidence from Telstra itself almost certainly confirming that to be the case, and soon. Telstra is mounting an Internet of Things Challenge in Melbourne in November and on its web page for the […]
