Thinxtra — the licenced provider of Sigfox LPWAN networks in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong — has teamed up with KDDI subsidiary Soracom to enable it to offer IoT connectivity over cellular networks. Soracom claims to connect over one million devices for 15,000 customers in 122 countries, with half of these devices using eSIM […]
NNNCo wins Vic Government ag IoT network contract
The Victorian Government has awarded NNNCo the contract to provide connectivity for its planned trials of IoT in agriculture. NNNCo will provide a LoRaWAN network connectivity for Victoria’s on-farm IoT trial for 600 farms over an area of 5,000 square kilometres in the regions surrounding Maffra, Tatura, Serpentine and Birchip. In July 2019 the Government […]
NNNCo scores WA Gov Agtech LoRaWAN network
National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has been awarded a tender to install and maintain a LoRaWAN network and IoT sensors at the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development research facilities in Katanning and Merredin in the Grainbelt. The networks will be used for to collect data from a wide range of sensors […]
Data analytics company Servian to exploit Reekoh IoT platform
Australian data and analytics consulting firm, Servian, has partnered with Australian IoT platform provider Reekoh to boost Servian’s ability to work with data generated from fragmented physical landscapes, and expand its IoT practice. According to Reekoh the partnership will enable Servian to expand its current IoT practice — a major focus for the company moving […]
Australia’s voluntary IoT security code could be enforced
Lawyers have suggested compliance with the voluntary code of practice for suppliers of consumer IoT devices, issued by the Government last month, could be enforced by the ACCC. Home Affairs minister, Peter Dutton released a for-comment draft of the code of practice on November 19 saying it had been developed drawing on the technical expertise […]
Cisco invests in agtech IoT platform partner Titan Class
Cisco has made an unspecified investment in Australian agricultural IoT company Titan Class with which it has co-developed an IoT decision support platform for farmers, eXtensible Decision Platform (xDP) incorporating Streambed, an open source event-first microservice toolkit for IoT services, also co-developed by Titan Class and Cisco. According to Cisco, XDP enables farmers to easily […]
Xped gives up on IoT to focus on healthcare
ASX listed Xped (ASX: XPE) says it is pulling out the IoT market and will concentrate on the healthcare market. Xped developed a technology Auto Discovery Remote Control (ADRC) designed to enable any devices incorporating it to be monitored and controlled from a smartphone app, via Xped’s ADRC gateway software, once the phone had been […]
Geosat IoT player eSAT Global appoints ANZ director
eSAT Global – which is planning to use existing geostationary satellites for IoT applications — has named Rick Somerton as regional director for Australian and New Zealand. eSAT executive chairman David Lyon, said the company saw Australia and New Zealand as “two advanced markets with significant opportunities in agriculture, mining and energy,” adding “[Somerton] brings […]
Deloitte Australia teams up with IoTium
Deloitte Australia has teamed up with California based IoT startup ioTium to exploit opportunities in industrial IoT. The two say they will jointly deliver the foundational infrastructure to support technology implementation and services that enable end-to-end secure digitisation of industrial IoT (IIoT) platforms for Australian organisations in healthcare, energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, and commercial […]
IoTAA to help consumers spot insecure IoT devices
Internet of Things Alliance Australia (IoTAA) is looking to develop an IoT product security certification program that will help consumers identify devices that do not meet the government’s new voluntary guidelines. The government yesterday released a voluntary code of practice for suppliers of consumer IoT devices designed to keep insecure devices off the market. The […]
