Five years after the WiFi Alliance announced plans for a WiFi variant, 802.11ah (aka HaLow) tailored to the needs of IoT the first products are expected to hit the market. Michael De Nil, founder and CEO of Australian company Morse Micro, which has developed HaLow chips, told IoTAustralia an announcement of the first certified devices […]
OneWiFi and CommScope team to make Footscray smart
Sydney based OneWiFi Australia, which claims to be Australia’s largest independent Wi-Fi managed service provider, has teamed up with global technology company CommScope to expand Footscray’s public Wi-Fi network to support smart city applications. The Footscray Smart City for Social Cohesion Project is a joint initiative between Maribyrnong City Council and Melbourne’s Victoria University. It […]
A dumb way to make a smart device
If you want a classic example of what’s wrong with the approach to IoT security being taken by manufacturers of consumer devices, look no further than the Balboa hot tub. There’s no end of stories about consumer devices being produced with communications capabilities and little or no access protection. Many of these – such as […]
