Internet of Things
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BICS is partnering with French aerospace and security company Thales to simplify eSIM integration for the internet of things (IoT). -
Semiconductor company Semtech is to buy Canadian internet of things (IoT) specialist Sierra Wireless for US$1.2 billion in cash.
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Alexandre Pébereau’s Tofane Global has expanded its iBasis operation by buying an internet of things (IoT) company for an undisclosed price.
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A venture capital investor has pumped US$50 million into a space start-up founded by Greg Wyler, previously of O3b and OneWeb.
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Drivers of new Volvo cars in the UK will get built-in vehicle tracking across the UK and 44 other European countries thanks to a new deal with Vodafone.
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OQ Technology, the company run by Omar Qaise, says it has successfully used its new nanosatellite for tracking a moving car.
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Operators are wrongly identifying roaming data and are facing revenue losses of US$484 million this year alone, says a new report.
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AT&T is working with former Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie’s Blues Wireless start-up to expand the potential and security of the internet of things.
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Inmarsat has formed what it calls a strategic relationship with tiny satellite company Hiber to develop internet-of-things (IoT) services.
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Swedish-owned small satellite company AAC Clyde Space has expanded to South Africa, by setting up a cubesat base near Cape Town.
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Nano-satellite company Swarm has introduced its own Raspberry Pi-style terminal so that developers can work on new applications.
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Sara Spangelo has a customer who wants to use her Swarm IoT satellites to track whales. First challenge: how to stick a Swarm device on the outside of a whale. Alan Burkitt-Gray dives into the full story
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OQ Technology has recruited Lithuanian satellite company NanoAvionics to build a tiny satellite for 5G internet of things services.
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Just Eat sandwich bar founder Laurens Groenendijk has left satellite company Hiber, where he was co-founder and managing director.
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An Indian rocket has successfully launched 12 satellites for Swarm, a Californian company that is planning to build a space-based internet of things (IoT).
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Micro-satellite company Swarm says it will charge as little as US$5 a month to connect each device to the internet.
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Telefónica is to launch a managed cloud-based internet of things (IoT) service for its customers, using its own cellular connectivity.
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Vodafone is using last year’s acquisition in the internet-of-things (IoT) business to support its plan to help reduce carbon emissions.
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US nano-satellite company Swarm Technologies has launched its latest 24 satellites, using a launchpad on New Zealand’s Māhia peninsula operated by Rocket Lab.
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UK-based Lacuna Space is stepping up its monitoring of the climate emergency with the latest of its satellites, launched on Saturday.
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UK-based Lacuna Space has successfully tried out its space-borne internet of things (IoT) network, using a new satellite orbiting at 500km.
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Hiber has set up a subscription-based satellite network to let oil and gas companies monitor their wells and other plant.
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Ericsson has introduced the concept of the internet of senses in its latest report on what technology will be able to offer in the future.
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Hong Kong-based PCCW Global has signed a deal with Prague-based systems company Neeco to deliver internet-of-things (IoT) services in the Asia Pacific region.
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Lacuna Space’s second internet of things (IoT) satellite is now in orbit, following a successful launch on a Soyuz-2 rocket.
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Luxembourg private equity company Cube Infrastructure has bought Sigfox’s German business and a majority stake in the owner of separate Sigfox businesses in Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
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Californian nano-satellite company Swarm has launched its first 12 commercial satellites into low-Earth orbit and is planning to announce prices and services.
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PCCW Global’s Console Connect has advanced its position in the internet of things (IoT) with deals with a healthcare company and an elevator company.
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Vodafone has agreed a group-wide contract to test the suitability of its network for connected-car services.
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Nano satellite company Swarm has received its licences from the US regulator and plans to start customer service later this year.
