Startup IoTOz is planning to roll out low powered wide area networks for IoT in Australia, New Zealand and about 20 countries in Asia Pacific, based on the Random Phase Multiple Access (RPM) technology developed by US-based Ingenu, formerly On-Ramp Wireless. IoT Australia reported Ingenu on 8 March saying it was working with strategic […]
IoT all the rage at Mobile World Congress
IoT announcements of all kinds emerged on the first day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Here’s a summary of them. Singtel and Ericsson to trial NB-IoT Singtel and Ericsson has formd a partnership to ready Singtel’s LTE network to support the expected rapid growth of connected devices. The collaboration will start with a trial […]
LPWAN v cellular: the jury is still out
French mobile operator, Orange, has fleshed out its plans for a nationwide LoRaWAN network, first revealed in September, provoking a bit of a put-down from Mobile World Live, the news organ of the GSMA. That was not such a good idea: it serves only to flag the fact that the mobile industry sees LPWAN as […]
Beware of vendors spruiking IoT standards
Nokia has issued a press release claiming some initiative in promoting IoT standards. Close scrutiny reveals just what Nokia is on about. The press release is headed “Nokia Networks kick-starts industry collaboration to enable the programmable world.” In reality, when you drill down, there’s not a lot of kicking happening, but it’s very goal-directed. The […]
Tata Communications plans India wide LoRaWAN network
Indian telco Tata Communications has become the latest major telco to jump on the LoRaWAN bandwagon, announcing plans for an India wide LoRaWAN network following successful trials in Mumbai and Delhi. Last month, France’s largest mobile operator, Orange announced plans for a nationwide LoRaWAN network and Telstra is dipping its toe in the water with […]
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 […]
NNN Co calls for $800m LoRaWAN network for Australian agriculture
National Narrowband Network Company (NNN Co) — which is rolling out is own low power wide area network for IoT based on the LoRaWAN technology — is calling on the Government to spend $800m to build a LoRaWAN network covering 2.5m square kilometres to support IoT applications for Australian agriculture. It argues that If the […]
Orange France goes for nationwide LoRa network
Orange, one of the world’s largest telcos with 159 million mobile subscribers – about 25 million in France – has embraced the LoRa low powered wide area network technology for IoT with great enthusiasm, announcing plans for a nationwide network in France. The move comes at a time when the cellular industry has been working […]
Mobile operators muscle in on low power wide area wireless for IoT
The GSMA — which represent almost 800 mobile network operators and more than 250 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem — has set up a ‘Mobile IoT Initiative’ aimed at standardising, in licenced spectrum, low power wide area wireless technologies designed specifically for connecting the Internet of Things. The new group is backed by 26 […]
