Tag: Sigfox
Australian government’s CEFC invests AUS$10m on IoT network provider Thinxtra
The Australian government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is to invest AU$10m in IoT network builder Thinxtra in exchange for 15 percent equity.
CEFC is...
Cambridge Consultants: Where’s my smart city?
Tim Winchcomb, technology strategy consultant at Cambridge Consultants, asks: where are the business models that will allow technology to flourish and make the smart...
IIoT held back by long project lead times, claims Asavie
When it comes to IIoT projects, the journey from prototype to production environment can be a long slog, new survey claims.
Over half of IT...
Sigfox partners with WND-UK to extend IoT network coverage ‘to 95...
Global communications service provider Sigfox is partnering with WND-UK, an IoT network deployment company, to extend the coverage of its IoT network in the...
Thinxtra provides Sigfox connectivity to IoT projects down under
Thinxtra, an IoT specialist that operates the Sigfox IoT network in Australia and New Zealand, has this week announced details of two new projects...
Ulster University rolls out Sigfox-based IoT network
Northern Ireland’s Ulster University has become the first British educational institution to sign up to and roll out IoT networking technology Sigfox.
The university was looking...
HPE, Tata to build ‘world’s largest’ IoT network in India
Information technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will work with global telecoms business Tata Communications to support the roll-out of what the partners claim...
There’s a standards problem in IoT, here’s how to solve it
IoB Insiders Professor William Webb, CEO of the Weightless SIG, discusses the current standards problem facing the Internet of Things (IoT) market, and how he...
How could we be wrong about LPWA? A premortem for LPWA
IoB Insiders Head of Analysys Mason's Digital Economy research practice, Tom Rebbeck, imagines a dystopian future for LPWA networks as part of the process of...
Sigfox pushes back IPO target to 2018, seeks further funding
French Internet of Things (IoT) developer Sigfox has bold ambitions and the support of some huge names, but profitability is still a target in...
Can Sigfox ‘unlock the promise’ of the Internet of Things?
Arqiva have built up an extensive IoT network with market leader Sigfox over the last year. The British telecommunications company tells IoB why it could...
Non-cellular LPWA tech needs standards
The market for low power wide area (LPWA) technologies has a lot of potential for growth, but the lack of standards creates challenges, according...