News: Comms Services

KDDI to Acquire SORACOM

2 August 2017 ― KDDI Corporation today announced that it will acquire the outstanding shares of SORACOM, Inc., provider of the leading cloud-native communication platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). SORACOM, a leader in IoT, provides an IoT pla...

The Amazon of IoT

Kenta Yasukawa Co-Founder and CTO, SORACOM, INC. “When Amazon web services came onto the market, it stimulated cloud innovations in many industries. Today, AWS powers many major brands including Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb and Lyft. We’d like to becom...

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. ...

Senet Appoints Bruce Chatterley as CEO & President

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 b...

Ingenu Brings IoT Connectivity to Vessel Monitoring

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 Omnico...

Panasonic Partners with Cubic Telecom to Enhance IoT

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 relation...

Unlocking the Potential of IoT

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 fi...

Wireless Broadband Alliance Publishes IoT Interoperability White Paper

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 ‘Interne...

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 sup...

SORACOM Launches in Europe

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 bre...