Optus has selected Nokia’s Impact IoT platform to provide device management and data collection capabilities to its customers, to be marketed jointly with Nokia. Nokia’ says its Impact device management platform will enable Optus to provide its customers with simple access to NB-IoT device data, from low power devices, and remote device management at scale, […]
Vodafone NZ launches Connect by xone IoT management service
Vodafone New Zealand has launched an IoT devices management service, Connect by xone, to give businesses visibility and control their IoT assets. The service, Connect by xone, is a localised version of the Global Data Service Platform (GDSP), operated by the UK based Vodafone Group. According to Vodafone NZ it “provides key in-country functionality to […]
Telstra IoT revenue lags service growth
Telstra has reported almost 21 percent growth in the number of IoT services on its mobile network but only a 3.0 percent revenue growth. In its FY21 annual results presentation last week Telstra reported a 20.8 percent increase in LTE-M (CAT-M1) and NB-IoT connections to 3.784 million, but revenue increased by only 3.0 percent to […]
Ericsson says CAT-M1 and NB-IoT connections tripled in 2019
The number of CAT-M1 and NB-IoT connections tripled to almost 100 million in 2019, according to Ericsson. In the latest, June, edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report the company is forecasting NB-IoT and Cat-M1 to account for 52 percent of all cellular IoT connections by the end of 2025. Ericsson says it has identified 125 […]
Optus IoT head decamps to Thinxtra
The former head of Optus’ IoT practice Anthony Stewart has joined Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong Sigfox network operator Thinxtra as general manager sales. Thinxtra described him as an industry pioneer who has worked extensively with Australian IoT early adopters since the early 2000s. He has been with Optus since 2010, initially as M2M […]
LPWAN tipped to top cellular for IoT until 2024
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 […]
UbiquitiLink promises global connectivity from any cellphone
US based startup UbiquitiLink plans to launch a network of low earth orbit satellites that will support communications to and from standard cellphones and IoT devices using NB-IoT over most of the earth’s surface. In terrestrial networks cellphone range is limited to about 35kms but this is a fixed limit built into the technology, not […]
Arduino debuts NB-IoT/Cat-M1 version with Telstra
Telstra has partnered with Arduino, maker of a popular, low cost programmable circuit board widely used for the control and monitoring of IoT devices and will offer a version of the Arduino board supporting NB-IoT and Cat-M1. The new version, the Arduino MKR NB 1500 board will be available to purchase in early 2019 from […]
Huawei to fund NB-IoT research at James Cook University
Huawei has formed a partnership with James Cook University to develop technology based on the recently standardised Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT). Huawei says it has provided James Cook University with the latest IoT technology as well as direct funding for specialised research, which it will use to host a dedicated l NB-IoT lab to research and […]
Huawei unveils IoT network planning methodology for telcos
Huawei has unveiled what it says is the first IoT network planning methodology, designed to “help operators implement rapid network construction an maximise IoT value.” The methodology was announced by Ryan Ding, executive director and president of products and solutions at Huawei, in an address to Huawei’s Mobile Broadband Forum in Tokyo on 24 November. […]