Australia’s Optus, the country’s second-largest telecoms company and a subsidiary of Singapore’s SingTel, is linking with Myriota on a nano-satellite scheme to provide coverage of Internet of Things (IoT) demand. In a statement Myriota said the telco-nanosatellite agreement would offer low-cost, long battery life connectivity for millions of devices across multiple industries by combining Optus’ […]
AirTies, a supplier of managed in-home Wi-Fi solutions to service providers globally, is providing Quickline with a suite of Smart Wi-Fi solutions to support its residential customers across Switzerland. Quickline is a broadband, television, and telecom provider in Switzerland. Specifically, Quickline will use AirTies’ Remote Manager, a cloud-based optimisation tool that provides real-time visibility into […]
Research institute Fraunhofer HHI is heading up a new EU consortium of businesses and academic partners for a three-year project, ELIoT (Enhance Lighting for the Internet of Things), aimed at developing mass market Internet of Things (IoT) solutions using LiFi, a next generation wireless communications network, travelling over light instead of radio waves. The consortium […]
Tunisia-based Telnet Group is linking with two Russian companies to help achieve a mini-constellation of 30 small satellites for Internet of Things (IoT) services. Telnet has signed a contract with Sputnix and GK Launch Services. According to the terms of the agreement, Sputnix will build the satellites that will be launched on a Soyuz-2 rocket […]
Chinese research institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has confirmed it is planning an overall constellation of 72 ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) satellites over the next 3 years. Chinese private satellite operator Commsat, funded by the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, is already active in the project. Eight communications satellites as part […]
Mobile and connected devices security solutions specialist Inside Secure has officially changed its corporate name to Verimatrix and is trading on the Euronext Paris exchange under the ticker symbol ‘VMX’, effective immediately. The move follows the December 2018 $125 million (€110m) acquisition by Inside Secure of the network-connected devices revenue security and enhancement specialist. The […]
Metova, a provider of mobile, connected car, connected home and IoT Solutions,has announced the results of their second annual survey revealing consumer trends and the sentiment of over 1000 consumers on IoT and connected home technologies. Notably, less than 25 per cent of people surveyed feel like they have a good understanding of what the […]
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, division has opened a new Security Test Lab to test and examine the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices for service providers and manufacturers. The new facility is based in Groningen, Netherlands (and operated by Qbit). Eurofins’ IoT Security Test […]
Faster time-to-market for interoperable, standards-based Connected Home solutions which help operators unlock additional income has been made possible, as Broadband Forum published its Open Broadband – USP Agent (OB-USP-Agent) implementation. Giving vendors a code base to either integrate into their devices or use as a reference implementation as they utilize User Services Platform (USP), OB-USP-Agent […]
Rethink Technology Research finds that Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and consumer voice platform partners drive growth in smart homes, but will only control 23.3 per cent of total sales, with retail sales accounting for 76.7 per cent of total device additions.