ABI Research says LoRaWAN and Sigfox will hold the leading share of LPWAN networks connections until at least 2024, but by 2026 cellular technologies NB-IoT and LTE-M will account for 60 percent of its estimate of 3.6 billion LPWAN network connections. However, ABI Research expect LoRa and Sigfox to account for over 80 percent of […]
Sony debuts module for proprietary ELTRES IoT wireless
Sony has launched a module supporting its proprietary ELTRES wireless communications technology for IoT. ELTRES, which operates in the 900MHz band is claimed to have a range of up to 100kms, and able to support communication from a fast moving vehicle. It supports uplink-only communications at a rate of 80bps, delivering a 128 bit payload […]
Thinxtra taking Sigfox to Asia
Thinxtra, the Sigfox licensee for Australia and New Zealand is widening its horizons, announcing plans to rollout a Sigfox network in Hong Kong, and unveiling plans for networks in several more Asian countries in 2017. The move into Hong Kong appears to give it a headstart on rival LPWAN technology, LoRaWAN. So far as IoTAustralia […]
South Australia Govt backs state-wide Sigfox rollout
The South Australian Government, through Investment Attraction South Australia is to accelerate and expand the rollout of Thinxtra’s Sigfox low-powered wide area network for IoT in the state. Thinxtra, Sigfox’s Australian licensee, aims to have a Sigfox network covering 85 percent of the Australian population by the end of 2018. Earlier this month it announced […]
Sigfox offers IoT connectivity from $US3.00 per device
Sigfox, the developer of a low powered wide area network technology for IoT connectivity has introduced what it says is the world’s first, ultra-low cost IoT connectivity modules, with prices starting at $US3.0 in Asian and American markets and $US2.0 in European, Middle East and African markets. No reason was given for the 50 percent […]
Silicon Controls chooses Sigfox and Thinxtra to monitor one million gas tanks
Australian Sigfox network operator, Thinxtra, has scored a contract from Australia tank monitoring company, Silicon Controls, to provide connectivity on Sigfox networks around the world that could see up to one million gas tanks and cylinders monitored over the next three years. Silicon Controls presently monitors about 134,000 LPG tanks and cylinders around the world […]
Another LPWAN for IoT: Cambium Networks launches cnReach
Wireless network technology developer, Cambium Networks, has launched cnReach, billed as a narrowband radio for highly reliable and secure transmissions across long distances. The company says that, in conjunction with its other wireless networking products, cnReach enables it to offer technology for end-to-end communications across an IoT network that can be managed and monitored […]
LoRaWAN gets a boost: Orange joins LoRa Alliance board
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 […]
Kordia to rollout and resell Thinxtra’s NZ Sigfox network
New Zealand telecommunications and broadcast technology company Kordia – which operates the transmission networks for most of New Zealand’s TV services – has been named as Thinxtra’s preferred partner for the rollout of its Sigfox low powered wide area network in New Zealand, and a reseller of services on the network. Thinxtra last week announced […]
Rakon-backed Thinxtra aims for 85 percent Aus Sigfox coverage by 2018
New Zealand Stock Exchange listed technology company Rakon has pumped $A5.8 million into Australian startup IoT network operator Thinxtra, which is planning to rollout a Sigfox low powered wide area network covering 85 percent of the Australian population by late 2018. It aims to cover 30 percent of the population by the end of 2015. […]
