A few news outlets became very excited by some stats presented in a just released ITU report. They claim the ITU report shows Sweden as having the highest IoT penetration, with New Zealand a distant second. Australia did not even make the top 20, but the figures don’t bear close scrutiny. Here’s how MediaPost’s ioTDaily ConnectedThings reported […]
The experts agree: China’s M2M market set for explosive growth
The GSMA and EY (Ernst & Young) have both released reports into the Chinese M2M market predicting enormous growth, fuelled by very active Government support. The GSMA report, Mobile Operators and Digital Transformation, produced in conjunction with The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), said the market would reach one billion connections by […]
NetComm Wireless seeks $50m to boost global M2M ranking – UPDATED
NetComm Wireless (ASX: NTC) is looking to raise $50 million to fund its plans to be at the forefront of the global M2M and fixed wireless communications infrastructure markets. It says nbn’s Ericsson-supplied fixed wireless network, for which it supplies the CPE, is the only demonstrable in-field solution of its kind globally and was instrumental […]
Thyssenkrupp aims to halve lift breakdowns with Vodafone M2M
Think on this next time you get into a lift: lift disruptions worldwide total some 190 million hours annually. That mind-numbing statistic comes from lift (elevator) manufacturer Thyssenkrupp, which has just greatly ramped up its elevator IoT enablement plans with the aim of halving its contribution to that total. The company has expanded its relationship […]
Wi-Fi Alliance unveils HaLow – Wi-Fi for IoT
The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced plans to develop HaLow, a new version of the Wi-Fi standard optimised for IoT applications. HaLow will be based on the IEEE 802.11ah standard, will operate in the 900MHz band, giving better in-building penetration than current Wi-Fi operating in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands and over twice the range of […]
ACMA sets out its IoT position
The Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) has made its first public position statement on IoT, setting out what it sees a being the priorities for regulatory attention to facilitate IoT developments in the near, medium and longer term. The analysis, set out in an issues paper The Internet of Things and the ACMA’s areas […]
LTE-M is coming, but is that M for M2M or M for Maritime?
Korean telco, SK Telecom, has just announced plans to launch what it says will be the world’s first pilot LTE-M (LTE for Maritime Wireless Communications) network, as part of a research and development project led by the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF). According to SK Telecom, LTE-M will provide high-speed wireless telecommunications for […]
Broadband Forum touts TR-069 as an IoT and M2M standard – UPDATED
The Broadband Forum is making a push for its TR-069 smart home communications standard to be widely adopted in the IoT and M2M space. it is citing a study from Ovum saying it “shows that service providers across the world are relying on [TR-069’s] versatility and reliability to support them in delivering IoT and M2M […]
Sierra Wireless and L&T Technology play Legato
Sierra Wireless has entered into a strategic collaboration with Indian company L&T Technology Services to provide joint solutions to customers developing products and services for the Internet of Things (IoT). L&T Technology Services will establish a centre of excellence designed to support customers worldwide in developing their IoT applications based on an embedded application platform […]
IoT: the steamroller that will crush IT
A new forecast from Machina Research—which claims to be the world’s leading provider of strategic advice on the newly emerging Internet of Things, M2M and big data market—puts the IoT market opportunity at $US4.3 trillion in 2024 up from $US900m in 2014, saying that as M2M markets evolve and transform to IoT, they will include […]
