Iteris secures VDOT contract for smart mobility, safety, sustainability programmes

Richmond, VA. 19 July 2022 – Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a new contract by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for smart mobility, safety and sustainability programmes, representing continued demand for Iteris’ platform as a service offering and mobility consulting services in a

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Soracom partners with IDEMIA to deliver IoT-optimised eSIM capability

Seattle, United States & London, United Kingdom. 20 July, 2022 – Soracom, Inc., a global provider of advanced IoT connectivity, announced a partnership with IDEMIA, a company in identity technologies, to offer innovative SMBs, SMEs and enterprises in North America and Europe expanded embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) capabilities based on IDEMIA’s IoT optimised DAKOTA

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GBT conducts research of practical applications of its motion detection wireless technology

San Diego, 19 July 2022 – GBT Technologies Inc. is researching practical applications implementation of its intelligent, wireless, motion detection patented technology, which has been assigned an internal code name “Apollo”. The non-provisional patent was granted on April 12, 2022, and protects real-time, RF-based technology to produce an accurate computer vision system. Apollo includes AI algorithms

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UK government gives green light for longest drone ‘superhighway’

London, UK. 18th July 2022 – The UK government has given the go-ahead for a network of ‘drone superhighways’ to be built in the UK. The drone superhighway will link cities and towns from the English Midlands to the southeast of the country, with the option to expand the corridor to other locations.

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Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon W5+ and W5 platforms for wearables

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has unveiled the latest additions to the company’s suite of premium wearable platforms, Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon W5 Gen 1. These platforms are designed to advance ultra-low power and breakthrough performance for connected wearables with a focus on extended battery life, premium user experiences, and sleek, innovative designs. By using

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New Thread 1.3.0 wireless protocol improves seamless connectivity in smart homes, buildings

San Ramon, California. 19 July 2022 – The Thread Group, an industry alliance enabling IoT convergence, and addressing challenges around security, energy footprint, and architecture at the network layer, announced the next iteration of its wireless networking protocol, Thread 1.3.0, now enabling Matter. Building on previous iterations, Thread 1.3.0 is fully backward compatible, opening up

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BitSight discovers critical vulnerabilities in widely used vehicle GPS tracker

Boston, 19 July 2022 – BitSight announced the discovery of six severe vulnerabilities in the MiCODUS MV720 GPS Tracker, a popular vehicle GPS tracker made in China and used worldwide by consumers for theft protection and location management, and by organisations for vehicle fleet management. If exploited in an attack, threat actors could not only access and control

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York to enjoy major economic boost worth £357mn from CityFibre’s full fibre rollout

A new report commissioned by CityFibre, the UK’s independent carrier-neutral Full Fibre platform, has identified that York stands to be a huge beneficiary from the rollout of future-proof Full Fibre infrastructure.

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VictoriaMetrics and Open Cosmos boldly takes edge computing to the edge of space

London, 14 July 2022 – VictoriaMetrics, the fast, flexible open source time series database monitoring solution, has announced its key role in assisting multi-satellite data platform Open Cosmos on its mission to solve the Earth’s challenges from space.

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Renesas launches cellular-to-cloud IoT development platforms powered by RA and RX MCU families

Tokyo, Japan – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced two new cloud development kits, CK-RA6M5 and CK-RX65N, providing a complete connectivity solution for the RA and RX Families of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The cloud kits are to be equipped with Renesas’ RYZ014A Cat-M1 module, a certified LTE cellular module that

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Notraffic expands to Canada in Collaboration with Rogers Communications

NoTraffic, the IoT Platform for Urban Mobility, has announced its expansion into Canada, teaming-up with Rogers Communications to offer Urban Mobility solutions to Canadian traffic agencies. The deployment of NoTraffic was in Vancouver across multiple locations (intersections and roundabouts), working with Rogers and The University of British Columbia (UBC), to improve road coordination, safety and traffic equity.

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Berg Insight says global cellular IoT connections grew 22% to reach 2.1bn in 2021

Gothenburg, Sweden. 15 July 2022 – A new report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that the global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 22% during 2021 to reach 2.1 billion. The major regional markets China, Western Europe and North America grew similarly during the year as the world recovered from

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Al-Futtaim signs MoU with Redinent

Al-Futtaim Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Redinent Innovations that aims to facilitate future alliances for protecting the CCTV networks across the UAE. This partnership is a landmark alliance between Al-Futtaim Technologies system integrators that is part of the larger conglomerate Al-Futtaim Group and Redinent faster emerging players in IoT Cybersecurity.

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New Omdia research finds enterprises are turning to 5G for their IoT needs

London, 14 July 2022 – Enterprises are not only increasing their IoT spending and their deployment of devices but are doing so because IoT projects are meeting or exceeding return on investment (ROI) expectations according to the latest Omdia Internet of Things (IoT) Enterprise Survey. Omdia surveyed approximately 500 enterprises across countries that are deploying or are

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Fibocom LTE-A module FM101-NA certified by major US carrier, accelerating IoT journey

Shenzhen, China. 14 July, 2022 – Fibocom, a global provider of IoT (Internet of Things) wireless solutions and wireless communication modules, announces that its FM101-NA module has been successfully certified by another major US carrier. With high reliability and extended applicability, the module can now leverage the nationwide LTE network to empower IoT applications such as FWA,

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Spoke chooses T IoT from T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom to pave the way for safer cycling

Bellevue, United States & Bonn, Germany – T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom announced that Spoke, a mobility platform offering security, connectivity and rich experiences for cyclists, will use T IoT to help cyclists and motorists share the road more safely. T IoT, a complete solution offering global IoT connectivity, platform management and support, will power Spoke’s new

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