LoRaWAN, one of several technologies vying for market share in the low-powered wide area network market, has received a significant morale boost with France’s largest mobile network operator, Orange joining its board. LoRaWAN, Ingenu and Sigfox are the three leading new LPWAN technologies to have emerged in recent times to cater for need so IoT […]
Wi-SUN Alliance releases new spec for smart city mesh networking
The Wi-SUN Alliance, a global body dedicated to promoting products and services for smart utility networks based on the IEEE 802.15.4g standard, has released a specification for field area networks (FAN) to support open standards based networking for smart city applications. Wi-SUN’s director of standards, Bob Heile, said: “As the industry need for smart city […]
The computing fog thickens
Momentum behind fog computing, the Cisco-originated concept for edge computing in IoT networks, continues to build with release of what is claimed to be “the first truly open source, distributed fog computing stack for IoT,” and an upcoming fog computing conference boasting a list more than 40 speakers. Cisco originated the idea back in 2012 […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise debuts IoT platform
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has introduced the HPE Universal IoT Platform saying it “dramatically simplifies integrating diverse devices with different communications protocols, enabling customers to realise tremendous benefits from their IoT data.” HPE says the platform has been designed to scale to billions of transactions and has been tried and tested in rigorous large-scale global telco […]
Hitachi creates new IoT business unit and IoT platform
Hitachi has formed the Hitachi Insight Group, headquartered in Santa Clara, to run its global IoT business based around its new IoT platform Lumada. The group will handle research and development and go to market strategies in four market segments: smart city, smart energy, smart healthcare and smart industry. Hitachi says it will have more […]
Microcells extend scope of Senet’s US LoRaWAN network
Senet, which claims to be the first and only North American provider of public low-power wide area networks using the LoRaWAN technology, has added two new microcells as part of its network as a service offering, saying they will enable LoRaWAN coverage to be provided at a fraction of the cost of its current macrocells. […]
Smart Card Alliance forms IoT Security Council
Global industry body the Smart Card Alliance has formed an Internet of Things Security Council with the stated aim being “to develop and promote best practices and provide educational resources on implementing secure IoT architectures using embedded security and privacy technology … through white papers, briefs, webinars, seminars, infographics, and a variety of other resource […]
Global consumer body issues warnings on IoT
Consumers International (CI), a global federation of consumer groups, says current consumer protections will not be sufficient to uphold consumer rights in an increasingly connected Internet of Things environment. It says that a focus on data privacy and network security has shifted attention from the wider issue of “what it means to be a consumer […]
Thington: one app to rule them all (the smart things in your home)
San Francisco based startup, Thington, has developed an iPhone app to enable control of multiple devices in the smart home, without the need for a hub or any other technology. According to its web site, Thington is an app that you can download for the iPhone that “looks to see what devices you have in […]
Sigfox looking for its next $US300m
Sigfox founder and CEO, Ludovic Le Moan, says the company is aiming for very rapid rollout and uptake, and at offering devices at well under a dollar that can be used on any Sigfox network through a single contract with one Sigfox network operator. Speaking to IoTAustralia at Sigfox’s Australian partner, Thinxtra’s launch event in […]
