Australian market research firm Telsyte says it has identified a rise in shadow IoT among Australian businesses: experimental IoT projects initiated by individuals or business units without authorisation from IT or other appropriate authority. Telsyte estimates one in four companies have IoT capable devices without a formal strategy around them, and says 81 percent of […]
NSDAQ listed Casa Systems to buy Netcomm Wireless
ASX-listed NetComm Wireless – one of Australia’s most successful telecoms manufacturers – is to be sold to NASDAQ listed Casa Systems in an all-cash deal valuing the company at around $161 million, subject to shareholder approval. The price of $1.10 per share represents a 52.8 percent premium on NetComm’s closing price on 20 February. The […]
What’s on the IoT threat horizon in 2019?
‘Tis the season for predictions, and the IT security industry has been particularly prolific: a number of the major vendors have come out with their thoughts on what we can expect in cyber crime and cyber crime prevention in 2019. Not surprisingly, IoT loomed large in their forecasts. Not surprisingly the news was, mostly, not […]
5G hype compounding IoT hype
It seems like the hype and misconceptions surrounding 5G and the hype and misconceptions around IoT have compounded to create misconceptions of mammoth proportions. Gartner has reported the results of a survey of 200 IT and business leader members of the Gartner Research Circle in which they identify IoT as the main application for 5G. […]
Operators see IoT as a key driver for 5G
Mobile operator executives surveyed by Heavy Reading for the US based Telecommunications Industry Association have flagged IoT as a key driver for 5G mobile technologies, second only to boosting mobile broadband capacity. Asked “Which use cases will be the most important drivers for 5G?” 76 percent of respondents flagged increased broadband capacity, and 74 percent […]
Ericsson demos 5G innovation for IoT
Ericsson has announced a 5G air interface initiative that it says will improve reliability and performance and address IoT and ‘Internet of Skills’ applications, as well as catering for the growing smartphone population. In what it says is an industry first Ericsson is demonstrating “new advanced multipoint connectivity with distributed MIMO” that “connects 5G mobile […]
New alliance to link 5G with IoT, and much more
The 5G World Alliance (5GWA) will be launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with the mission to promote 5G as the neutral next generation world wide wireless Internet by integrating new technologies with a holistic integrated approach combining IPv6-based M2M, mobile Internet of Things, mobile cloud computing, software defined networks (SDN), network functions virtualisation […]
