The last mile of the logistics chain is a huge challenge but the closer you approach your destination, the more complex and expensive it gets. Not coincidentally, the ‘last 50 feet’ is considered by experts to be the true bottleneck for e-commerce growth – and that’s where a large part of the future of retail is being decided. Start-ups and online retailers alike are working hard to close that final gap.
FedEx has unveiled a prototype of its SameDay Bot, an autonomous vehicle for delivery designed to get smaller deliveries from retailers to nearby customers.
Semtech Corporation and EchoStar Mobile announced the launch of an initiative to test satellite IoT connectivity services enabled by the LoRaWAN protocol.
IoT-Specialists Kerlink and AIUT just completed the largest LoRaWAN network in Poland for water-supply monitoring and management. The companies combine Kerlink Wirnet gateways and AIUT’s sensors.
IoT network services operator 1NCE increases the maximum available data rates for cellular device IoT communication for new and existing customers from 128 kbit/s to up to 1 Mbit/s.
MS Mode, a European fashion brand under the umbrella of parent company Cool Investments, plans to increase inventory accuracy with an RFID-based solution that tracks goods at its 185 stores.
Raspadskaya, a Russian coal mining company partly owned by British steel making and mining group EVRAZ, has deployed an Orange Business Services IoT solution at its Russian coal preparation factory.
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