Telstra has reported almost 21 percent growth in the number of IoT services on its mobile network but only a 3.0 percent revenue growth. In its FY21 annual results presentation last week Telstra reported a 20.8 percent increase in LTE-M (CAT-M1) and NB-IoT connections to 3.784 million, but revenue increased by only 3.0 percent to […]
ACMA sets out IoT research roadmap
The ACMA has detailed its current and planned IoT research initiatives to look at the impact of IoT on media and communications, and determine what regulatory responses might be needed. These could fall into four areas within the ACMA’s regulatory remit: network infrastructure; spectrum management; equipment standards; consumer safeguards. The ACMA has set out its […]
UNSW IoT security spinout scores $1.3m funding
CyAmast, an IoT security spinout company from UNSW, has scored $1.3m funding from IP Group. Dr Hassan Habibi and his research team from UNSW’s School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications founded CyAmast in May 2020 to commercialise software that is claimed to protect large networks of IoT devices from cyber-attacks in a scalable, cost-effective way. […]
Myriota to provide satellite IoT for Future Fleet vehicle tracking
Australian telematics provider Future Fleet International is to use Myriota’s satellite IoT technology to provide communications for its vehicle tracking services. Future Fleet will develop a new vehicle tracking device, the NX-01, to be launched in Q4 of 2020 that will use Myriota technology to communicate via satellite. Myriota says it will reduce Future Fleet’s asset tracking […]
Ping Services scores $1.3m for IoT to monitor wind turbines
Adelaide startup Ping Services, which is developing “world-first” IoT to monitor wind turbines and warn of blade damage, has secured $1.3m in seed funding round led by Australian venture capital fund Artesian. The round brings Ping Services’ total funding to $2.2m and adds to private investor and government investment from the Australian Government’s Accelerating Commercialisation […]
Cisco CTO Kevin Bloch goes out on his own
Kevin Bloch, CTO for Cisco ANZ, is leaving the company after 12 years in the role and 21 years with Cisco to assist startups, telcos and corporates invest in R&D and commercialise their technology. Bloch said his goal, as Bloch Advisory Pty Ltd, was to help organisations make strategic investments in innovation, to scale and […]
TasNetworks and NNNCo partner to build Tasmania-wide LoRaWAN IoT network
Tasmanian energy distribution utility, TasNetworks, its telco subsidiary, 42-24, and NNNCo have partnered to build a Tasmania-wide LoRaWAN IoT network. NNNCo will begin building the network in the second half of 2020, deploying LoRaWAN gateways on TasNetwork assets across Tasmania. TasNetworks will explore opportunities to use the network to connect IoT devices for its own […]
Telstra and Cradlepoint bring edge computing for IoT to 5G
Telstra has launched edge computing for IoT with products from Cradlepoint for its 5G network billing them as making 5G a viable alternative to fixed services. It says the launch is a significant step in Telstra Enterprise’s broader plan to bring together its investment in 5G, simplified next generation plans, enterprise endpoints and managed services […]
Cohda Wireless V2X technology to be embedded in u-blox chip
Adelaide based Cohda Wireless V2X (vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure) communications technology is to be embedded in silicon chips made by u-blox. Cohda wireless’s technology provides 360 awareness and to detect hidden threats beyond the range of the driver or on-board sensors. The company’s technology has been used in the US since 2016, and today it claims […]
SafetyCulture gets into IoT with NNNCo
SafetyCulture, an Australian company specialising in software for workplace safety monitoring, is expanding into the IoT business, launching LoRaWAN connected temperature and humidity centres in partnership with Australian LoRaWAN network operator, NNNCo. The sensors will communicate back to SafetyCulture’s main product, its iAuditor application, over LoRaWAN and the Internet via NNNCO’s N2N-DL data platform. NNNCo founder […]
