SORACOM Launches IoT Device Management Service

5 July 2017 – SORACOM, INC., a provider of cloud-native communication platforms for the Internet of Things today announce at the SORACOM Discovery conference that the new service, Soracom Inventory, will be available worldwide beginning July 5, 2017. The service allows customers to remotely manage both connections and devices through the SORACOM Io...

Senet Appoints Bruce Chatterley as CEO & President

June 12th, 2017 | Solutions & Services • Governance • All IOT News • Comms Services • People | Tags: LORA | LPWAN | Senet

12 June 2017 – Senet, a provider of public low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) for long range Internet of Things (IoT) applications supporting the LoRaWANä protocol, today announced it has named Bruce Chatterley as CEO & President. Chatterly brings more than 25 years of experience in business leadership, transformation, strategy and technolo...

Ingenu Brings IoT Connectivity to Vessel Monitoring

April 6th, 2017 | Industries & Applications • Solutions & Services • All IOT News • Comms Services • Logistics • Tracking

6 April 2017 – Ingenu Inc., a provider of Low Power Wide area (LPWA) connectivity for IoT, today announced that it will be enabling Orolia’s McMurdo Omnicom Solar Fishing Beacon to assist in vessel communication and fisheries monitoring. The Omnicom Solar solution serves the global fishing industry and will use Ingenu’s RPMA® (Random Phase Mul...

One Solution to Digital Retail Dilemmas

April 5th, 2017 | Solutions & Services • All IOT News • Insights • Retail • Safety & Security • Security

By Simon Moffatt, Senior Product Manager at ForgeRock – We live in a digital age where online shopping rules and Christmas gifts can be purchased from the comfort of our sofa/home, long after the shops have closed/at any time of the day or night. Managing and unifying cumbersome omnichannel environments to provide a secure and fluid user experi...

Panasonic Partners with Cubic Telecom to Enhance IoT

April 4th, 2017 | Solutions & Services • All IOT News • Comms Services | Tags: Connectivity | Panasonic

4 April – Panasonic System Communications Company of North America, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America (Panasonic), announced today a strategic business relationship with Cubic Telecom for global connectivity solutions. The relationship will strengthen Panasonic’s position as a global market leader in embedded wireless technolog...

Sierra Wireless Acquires GlobalTop Technology’s GNSS Assets

April 3rd, 2017 | Industries & Applications • Solutions & Services • Governance • All IOT News • Automotive/Telematics • Deals and Finance • Satellite Comms • Tracking

3 April 2017 – Sierra Wireless today announced that it completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of GlobalTop Technology’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) embedded module business for total cash consideration of approximately $3.2 million, subject to working capital adjustments. GlobalTop’s GNSS embedded module port...

Unlocking the Potential of IoT

March 31st, 2017 | Solutions & Services • All IOT News • Comms Services

New connectivity options for a networked world – By Duane Wald – Internet of Things (IoT) has, over the past few years, become the hottest buzz word in the technology industry – driving connected devices and the applications they enable firmly into the spotlight. Anyone who has been following IoT, even from the sidelines, can’t have...

Wireless Broadband Alliance Publishes IoT Interoperability White Paper

March 30th, 2017 | Solutions & Services • All IOT News • Comms Services • Standards & Consortia

30 March 2017 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today launched a new white paper outlining the key priorities for operators and technology vendors, and the monetization potential for unlicensed technologies for IoT. The report, entitled ‘Internet of Things: New Vertical Value Chains & Interoperability’, reveals that 85% of companies have...

Soracom’s Mission: The Democratisation of IoT

Parag Mittal, Chief Commercial Officer, SORACOM “Our focus is the democratisation of IoT. For me, the measure of success would be that Soracom is recognised not just for excellent commercial performance, but also for the work it has done to support the industry.” Interview by Abraham Joseph, Editorial Director, IoT Insights What is th...

SORACOM Launches in Europe

February 22nd, 2017 | Solutions & Services • All IOT News • Cloud Services • Comms Services • IOT Platforms • Japan | Tags: IOT Platform | SIM | SORACOM

22 February 2017 – SORACOM, a leading Japanese IoT connectivity provider today announced the launch of its advanced IoT connectivity platform and services in Europe. Widely recognized as one of Japan's leading IoT technology providers, SORACOM is breaking down technical barriers to IoT/M2M deployment with a cloud-based connectivity platform that is...