The number of active cargo tracking devices deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 7.5 million worldwide in 2019.
In partnership with digital venture capital company Energo Capital, service provider Sigfox launches a 0G network for IoT in the Russian Federation.
Irelands leading mails, parcels and e-commerce logistics company An Post, has contracted VT-IoT, the operator of Ireland’s Sigfox 0G network to enhance their supply chain with IoT tracking devices as part of their digital transformation strategy.
Plastimo, an international player in the boating industry, and IoT-Service provider Sigfox join their forces to offer total geolocation coverage across the worlds oceans starting 2020. Eutelsat ELO nano-satellite constellation will provide data for the new service.
At its annual corporate bash entitled Connect 2019 held in Singapore, Sigfox co-founder and CEO Ludovic Le Moan announced a number of new initiatives aimed at strengthening the company’s position as one of the world’s leading IoT service providers and initiator of the 0G network.
IoT service provider Sigfox and Alps Alpine signed a Global IoT Alliance Partnership Agreement. Alps Alpine is a leading manufacturer of components including sensors, HMI (human-machine interfaces), switches and connectivity devices to the automotive, industrial and smartphone industries.
Facial recognition technology is penetrating deep into China. Cameras track passengers at railway stations, identify homeless people on the streets, and even monitor worshippers in state-approved churches.
Semtech Corporation announced that IoT hardware and software provider AIUT has integrated Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol into its new line of intelligent sensors for measuring the volume of liquefied petroleum gas in tanks.
T-Mobile announced to launch a commercial nationwide standalone architecture 5G network in the US – and claims that they are the first company to do this.
Red Lion´s FlexEdge Intelligent Edge Automation Platform brings industrial data together as never before to transform edge computing. FlexEdge provides a scalable solution to integrate complex multi-vendor environments into digital transformation strategies.
Siemens and SAP SE announced a partnership that will leverage their industry expertise and bring together their complementary software solutions for product life cycle, supply chain and asset management so their customers can deliver new innovation and collaborative business models that will accelerate industry transformation globally.
KORE has announced an ongoing partnership with Dexcom, Inc. to rapidly deliver an innovative remote patient monitoring solution to assist care providers during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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