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telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
Exodus at Reliance Jio continues, Fixed-Line President Vijay Jain quits At Jio, Jain was looking after the roll out of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) that will complement the largest LTE rollout in India. cember 22, 2016, 16:39 IST... Jio, which kicked off commercial voice and data services in September, has seen some other high-profile exits as well. The telco’s senior vice president on customer experience, Mitchell Windsor; Rammohan Sunderam – senior vice president of Digital Marketing; and Nitin Bhandari Vice President – Digital Payments Business left the telecom company in quick successions. The telecom operator has already lost key executives like Pradeep Shrivastava, who was serving as the chief marketing officer; chief digital marketing officer, senior vice president digital channels, Martijn de Jong,chief cloud architect Soren L Hansen, assistant vice president - data science & analytics of cloud engineering Hari Charan Rao, assistant vice president - security operations Maya R Nair and Pawan S Yadav, business head of public Wi-Fi, have also left the company in quick succession. In June, Amitabh Jaipuria, who managed Jio’s mobility business, had also resigned.
telcotransformation.com
LTE Gets a Makeover for IoT Business Tim Kridel, Technology Writer, 12/22/2016... "LTE-M refers to Cat M1 and Cat NB1, the two new narrowband categories of the Release 13 LTE standard," says Kimberly Tassin, marketing communications director for chipmaker Sequans Communications . "Many customers are using Cat 1 for IoT apps now since they did not want to wait for Cat M1/NB1, and Cat 1 is available now. "But Cat M1/NB1 is coming along quickly, and Verizon says it will launch Cat M1 before the end of the year. In any event, Cat 1 will continue to be used for certain applications (banking, security, retail), even after Cat M1 and/or Cat NB1 networks are deployed."
Less = More
A new 5G Americas whitepaper, "LTE and 5G Technologies Enabling the Internet of Things," goes into the technical nitty-gritty, but one high-level takeaway is that the new versions should help LTE accommodate IoT's notorious price sensitivity. For example, even after LTE debuted, many IoT applications continued to use 2G and 3G technologies such as GPRS partly because their modules are so cheap. That started to change in 2015 as LTE Cat 1 modules arrived. "The pricing was at or below 3G modules," says Craig Miller, Sequans' vice president of worldwide marketing. "Cat-M basically cuts that in half. Now you're approaching the price of a 2G module.
"In high volumes, you'll see modules under $10. Narrowband (NB) IoT is another 10 percent to 20 percent reduction over LTE-M."
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are among the mobile operators rolling out Cat-M now. "AT&T plans to make LTE-M technology widely available across our commercial network throughout 2017," says Cameron Coursey, vice president of IoT solutions for product development.
Many advantages for operators and customers
One reason why operators are aggressively rolling out Cat-M is because it's a software upgrade, with no hardware changes such as adding antennas or base station cards. "This was a software push across our LTE network (RAN and EPC)," says Chris Schmidt, executive director, VZ Labs. "It's a little more involved than what we did when we launched Cat 1 [in] November 2015. "Initially, we'll be leveraging our 700 MHz spectrum to deploy Cat M1. We'll expand this to other spectrum, such as AWS, that we have over time." The new technologies promise a variety of cost and reliability benefits to IoT users.
Gemtek Technology cooperates with Malaysia-based Axiata to deploy LoRa networks in 10 countriesDIGITIMES 19 December 2016
Networking/communication device maker Gemtek Technology has cooperated with Malaysia-based telecom conglomerate Axiata Group Berhad to deploy LoRa, a LPWAN (low-power wide area network) wireless communication technology, networks specifically for IoT applications in 10 countries in Southern and Southeast Asia, according to company chairman and president Howard Chen.
Axiata has mobile communication operating licenses in the 10 countries with 300 million subscribers in total, Chen said. Specifically for the cooperation, Gemtek has been developing LoRa-based IoT solutions, Chen noted. In addition, Gemtek is cooperating with China-based telecom equipment vendor Huawei Technologies to develop LTE Cat 9 and Cat 12 terminal devices.
To drive business growth in 2017, Gemtek has developed Small Cell devices for 4G networks and 802.11ax and 802.11ah routers and access points. In addition, Gemtek will promote Cloud Foundry, a business model integrating hardware, software and services through cooperation with local partners, in 2-3 countries in Southeast Asia and China in 2017, Chen indicated.
businesswire.com
SIMCom Wireless Solutions Selects Sequans for Suite of LTE for IoT Modules December 19, 2016
PARIS & SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LTE for IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. announced that SIMCom Wireless, global leading machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless modules and solutions supplier, has adopted Sequans’ LTE chip technology for a suite of M2M and IoT modules. SIMCom will use Sequans’ LTE Cat 1 Platform, Calliope, and its newest LTE Cat M1/NB1 platform, Monarch, for a suite of module solutions. The first module to be introduced by SIMCom under the agreement is an LTE Cat 1 module, SIM7700V, based on Sequans’ Calliope LTE Cat 1 platform. It supports Verizon’s LTE bands 4 and 13 and supports VoLTE....
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FCC ID EJE-EM7455D1
EJEEM7455D1, EJE EM7455D1, EJE-EM7455D1, EJE-EM7455DI
Fujitsu Limited LTE Module
Application: LTE Module
Equipment Class: PCB - PCS Licensed Transmitter
...Application Purpose
Application is for: Change in identification of presently authorized equipment. Original FCC ID: EJE-EM7455D Grant Date: 12/14/2015
This device has 5 MHz and 10 MHz bandwidth modes for LTE Bands 13 and 30 (700/2300 MHz); 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz and 10 MHz bandwidth modes for LTE Bands 5 and 12 (850/700 MHz); 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz and 15 MHz modes for LTE Band 26 (850 MHz); 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz and 20 MHz bandwidth modes for LTE Bands 2, 25 and 4 (1900 and 1700 MHz); 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz and 20 MHz bandwidth modes for LTE Bands 7 and 41 (2500/2600 MHz).
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FCC ID A28AM4000D12
A28-AM4000D12, A28 AM4000D12, A28AM4000D12, A28AM4OOOD12, A28AM4000DI2
KZ Broadband Technologies, Ltd. LTE Outdoor CPE
Full Company Details: KZ Broadband Technologies, Ltd. - A28
Company Code: A28 Address:
KZ Broadband Technologies, Ltd. 1601 Tower C, Skyworth Building, High-Tech Industrial Park Nanshan District,
Shenzhen, Guangdong, N/A 518057 China
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Verizon makes good on Cat M1 promise to launch by year’s end by Monica Alleven | Dec 13, 2016 7:06pm
Verizon confirmed it made Cat M1 commercially available in select markets before year's end....
iotevolutionworld.com
28 New Industry Leaders Join IoT Evolution Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida December 12, 2016 IoT Evolution Expo’s List of Supporters Expand to include top industry players Norwalk, CT—December 12, 2016—TMC and Crossfire Media announced today that 28 more industry-leading companies will be lending their support as sponsors and exhibitors for IoT Evolution Conference & Expo being held February 7-10, 2017...
Exhibitors: Aeris, Altaworx, Anritsu Company, Axis Communications, Dense Networks, Encore Networks, GetWireless, Link Labs, Litmus Automation, Little Big Box, NimbeLink, scriptr.io, Systech Corporation, Tactical Network Solutions.
eetimes.com
Sigfox, Sequans: Tale of Two French IoT Firms
Diversified Networks Hold Key to IoT Junko Yoshida 3/11/2015 10:42 AM EDT BARCELONA — IoT and 5G stood out as the undisputed highlights of the World Mobile Congress last week. On one hand, cellular network operators and technology suppliers (i.e. Qualcomm) eagerly talked about what they think should be required for yet-to-be defined 5G standards. On the other, Internet of Things (IoT) promoters — such as IBM, Cisco — busily pitched their network visions — potentially enabling 30-mile IoT up to 10 years on two AA batteries — by leveraging Long Range Radio (LoRa) RF platform originally developed by Semtech. Not to be outdone, two French companies — Sigfox and Sequans Communications — laid out at the show their diverging ideas for IoT networks. Sigfox (Toulouse, France) is pushing a narrowband network (on 868Mhz in Europe; 902MHz band in the United States) that the company says complements current cellular networks. In contrast, (Paris), a chip vendor, is sticking to its plan to enable evolving cellular network standards such as LTE Category 1, Category 0 and eventually LTE-M for the IoT market... Sigfox, who launched its network in 2012, is already seeing deployment of the Sigfox network in various IoT applications. They include home protection, alarm systems, connected bikes, connected parking lots and set-top boxes... Asked about Sigfox' uplink, he said, “In Sigfox network, a device can send, per day, 140 x 12 bytes and receive 4 x 8 bytes." The bidirectional/two-communications (uplink) do not involve initiating GSM calls, he said. However, in a certain alarm system, for example, when a person to be rescued must answer questions via voice, Sigfox can initiate a GSM call... Semtech is the only chip vendor offering ultra-low-power long range transceiver chips that can run LoRa protocols. “It’s not open to other chip companies.” While Microchip is a member of the LoRa Alliance, its role is limited to offering modules. In contrast, Nicholls said the Sigfox protocol is free and open. Chip companies ranging from Silicon Labs and Texas Instruments to Atmel and STMicroelectronics “are using our protocol,” he added...
columbian.com
Intel reports 84 layoffs in California By Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian Published: November 29, 2016 Portland — Intel has notified the state of California it plans to lay off 84 people in Santa Clara, home to its corporate headquarters, at the end of the year...
nasdaq.com
Intel Corporation's Murthy Renduchintala Hints at New Mobile Strategy December 06, 2016, By Ashraf Eassa, Motley Fool
iotevolutionworld.com
IoT Evolution Conference & Expo to Focuses on Security in the IoT: Incompetence, Malice & Solutions
By IoTEvolutionWorld News December 05, 2016
Intel, Infineon and Trusted Computing Group and many others to shed insight on IoT at security summit in Florida
Norwalk, CT—December 5, 2016—TMC and Crossfire Media announced today IoT Security Summit will return to IoT Evolution Conference & Expo being held February 7-10, 2017
iot-now.com
KPN trials LTE-M technology in Europe 02 December, 2016 KPN has successfully trialed the new Internet of Things (IoT) technology LTE-M (also known as LTE Cat-M1), claiming the first operator in Europe to do so. LTE-M (Machine Type Communication) can be rolled out on the existing 4G network. The technology is complementary to KPN’s recently introduced LoRa network as well as to existing Machine-to-Machine (M2M) use cases on 4G. KPN performed the trial together with network vendor Ericsson and chipset supplier Qualcomm Technologies, Inc...
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Baicells picks Sequans' LTE-advanced chipset DECEMBER 5, 2016 The LTE chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. Cassiopeia LTE-Advanced platform has been chosen by Baicells Technologies for two new CPE (customer premises equipment) devices for the global market, the company said. The new devices, one providing LTE Cat 4 throughput and the other LTE Cat 6 throughput, will be part of the Baicells Atom product line of indoor and outdoor CPE.
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Baicells Chooses Sequans’ LTE-Advanced Chipset for New Broadband Wireless Access Devices November 30, 2016
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LTE chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE:SQNS) announced that Baicells Technologies, maker of single-mode LTE broadband wireless access solutions, has selected its Cassiopeia LTE-Advanced platform for two new CPE (customer premises equipment) devices for the global market. The new devices, one providing LTE Cat 4 throughput and the other LTE Cat 6 throughput, will be part of the Baicells Atom product line of indoor and outdoor CPE. “We tested several Sequans-powered CPE already on the market and became convinced that Sequans provides the best single-mode LTE-Advanced chipset solution available, and one that meets our exacting requirements for Atom-branded products,” said Yongfeng Zhong, VP, Baicells Technologies. “Sequans’ Cassiopeia platform is powerful, and its dual-carrier aggregation capabilities are uniquely flexible, allowing us to design and build CPE with unique features, including powerful capabilities for streaming and expansion.”...
About Baicells Technologies Baicells Technologies is a privately-held maker of wireless broadband access solutions based in Plano, Texas. The company was founded by some of the inventors of LTE technology and main products include indoor and outdoor small cells, CPEs, and antennas...
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Inseego Corp. (INSG) to Begin Trading on Nasdaq on November 9, 2016
Stockholders of MIFI become stockholders of the new holding company, INSG
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mobileworldlive.com
Summit claims mass NB-IoT rollouts coming in 2017 28 NOV 2016
HUAWEI GLOBAL MOBILE BROADBAND FORUM, TOKYO: NB-IoT network deployments will pick up speed at the end of next year, with players across the value chain confident that modules and handsets will be available as the overall low power wide area (LPWA) ecosystem picks up speed. This was the consensus among operators and vendors at the Mobile IoT Summit, which was part of Huawei’s MBB Forum last week and featured three panel discussions on mobile IoT technologies, use cases and market readiness...
lightreading.com
LoRa May Not Be for Long Haul at Orange 3/17/2016 On the face of it, Orange has made a pretty strong commitment to LoRa... Yet Orange has acknowledged that LoRa is far from ideal. As an "open" technology, it holds strong attractions for the service provider over Sigfox, another LPWA technology that is fully proprietary. But this openness combined with LPWA's reliance on unlicensed spectrum is also problematic, admits Luc Bretones, the executive vice president of Orange's Technocentre-named product and design facilities... "LoRa for now is not comparable with 2G or 4G in terms of quality of service and SLAs," concedes Bretones... Ultimately, though, Orange's plan is to take LoRa's strong points and integrate these in a future cellular standard...
Leaving LoRa
So it seems LoRa might eventually be entirely replaced by licensed technologies (Bretones does not go this far, preferring to say it will be "embedded" in regular spectrum, but he seems to mean the capabilities of LoRa rather than LoRa itself)...
Once capital investments in LoRa have depreciated, Orange might face a situation where the LoRa network is much costlier to operate than licensed alternatives. That could leave Orange in a quandary about what to do next, and force it to make some big decisions now...
lightreading.com
Telia 'Betting' on NB-IoT Over LoRa, Sigfox 11/21/2016 DUBLIN -- IoT World 2016 -- Sweden's Telia Company says it is "unlikely" it will ever make investments in LoRa technology to support its Internet of Things (IoT) strategy given the attractions of the NB-IoT standard...
Supporters of LoRa and Sigfox claim they are much better than mainstream cellular technologies at catering to the need for low-power, wide-area (or LPWA) network connectivity... in the absence of an economical alternative based on licensed spectrum. Sigfox, meanwhile, has drawn support from Altice , whose Numericable-SFR subsidiary competes against Orange in France...
Dahlberg said the emergence of NB-IoT, which was included in the 3GPP's Release 13 in the summer, had filled a cellular gap that was previously missing. "If you take NB-IoT, which is part of LTE, then you don't need to build extra networks and you can use the same BSS [business support systems]," he said. The UK's Vodafone Group plc , one of NB-IoT's strongest supporters, has similarly indicated that it will be able to reuse existing LTE investments while deploying NB-IoT... saying the technology will "crush" Sigfox and LoRa when it arrives...
"We want to have scale and it's easier to build on 3GPP standards than with other technologies," he told an audience at the conference this afternoon...
Orange, by contrast, says it chose to roll out a LoRa network... "Customers liked the idea of having lower power consumption technology at affordable cost in order to answer use cases we were presenting,"... "We were not in a position to do that with 2G, 3G or 4G." Slupowski says Orange is now looking at 3GPP-backed technologies including NB-IoT as well as LTE-M and EC-GSM...
iotevolutionmagazine.com
November 23, 2016 Cover Story: Verizon Invests Big in Telematics By James Brehm CEO and Chief Strategist
About three years ago, Verizon shocked the world when it announced it was acquiring Hughes telematics for $612 million... Networkfleet had emerged as Verizon’s branded go-to offering for small to medium fleets... Networkfleet positioned Verizon to gain traction and capture software recurring revenues normally reserved for those participating up the stack... it wasn’t a formidable competitor to solutions like Omnitracs, Fleetmatics, or PeopleNet targeting large-scale fleets...
Verizon announced the acquisition of Telogis. A rumored $930 million was offered up for a company that claims more than 80 of the 100 largest for-hire fleets as customers and has more than 300,000 vehicles under management. Now, Verizon’s business development team will have a large-fleet solution to offer alongside Networkfleet. Additionally, Telogis has a good offering for OEM embedded fleet vehicles...
Verizon made another big move – announcing it was acquiring Fleetmatics for $2.4 billion. When you add Fleetmatics to Telogis and Networkfleet, Verizon effectively has rolled up 18 percent of the current market. And there are rumors that there are more to come... Verizon may very well own 25 percent market share by this fall...
If the average subscription for fleet software solutions is $25 per month (and dropping 5 percent per year), and Verizon has 300,000 Networkfleet subscribers, 700,000 Fleetmatics subscribers, and 300,000 Telogis subscribers – that’s 1.3 million subscribers times 12 months times $25 per month or $390 million per year. If the market is growing at 20 to 25 percent per year, then breakeven happens in year six (and that’s with zero churn)...
prnewswire.com
Verizon completes acquisition of Fleetmatics NEWS PROVIDED BY Verizon Nov 07, 2016 NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Communications Inc. today announced completion of its $2.4 billion acquisition of Fleetmatics Group PLC for $60.00 per share in cash. As a result, Fleetmatics shares will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As a Verizon company, Fleetmatics, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with North American headquarters in Waltham, Mass., is now part of the Verizon Telematics business, which offers comprehensive wireless, software and hardware solutions to consumers, enterprises, automakers and dealers to power connected-vehicle products around the world...
Verizon's $2.4B Fleetmatics deal at 'healthy' multiple Verizon's $2.4B deal for Fleetmatics didn't come as a surprise to Citigroup analyst Kenneth Wong, who noted an "aggressive pace" of consolidation in the sector. Verizon had announced a deal in June to buy fleet-management software maker Telogis as well. The Fleetmatics deal is in line with recent transaction multiples of 6 to 9 time recurring revenue, Wong says.“There has been significant consolidation across the fleet management space from across the auto ecosystem (OEMs, telco, pure play FMS vendors (FLTX mainly), fuel card providers, etc.) so we believe the bidding process was competitive," he writes. RBC's Matthew Hedberg calls it a "healthy multiple," saying the deal reflects "6.1x FTM EV/S vs. 5.1x for software acquisitions...
businessinsider.com
Verizon is buying Fleetmatics for about $2.4 billion (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc said it will buy GPS vehicle tracking company Fleetmatics Group Plc for about $2.4 billion in cash...
Verizon to buy Fleetmatics for about $2.4 billion Associated Press Associated Press Verizon says it plans to pay about $2.4 billion to buy Fleetmatics, which makes software used by cable companies, energy providers and others to manage their fleets of vehicles. Verizon will pay $60 for each share of Fleetmatics, a nearly 40 percent premium of the stock's closing price of $42.96 Friday. Fleetmatics, based in Dublin, said it has more than 37,000 customers that use its software to track the location of vehicles driven by workers. The new deal comes a week after New York-based Verizon said it would pay $4.8 billion to buy Yahoo Inc.'s websites, apps and other internet property...
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China Mobile awards CPE contracts to Hong Kong firm with previous telecom small cell and related wins. Does the market for CPE in China expand and our partners at ACETEL and ZMTEL begin to win direct-to-customer sales business? Are China Telecom and China Unicom near to their announcements?
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ZMTEL of Shanghai is a CPE producer with _TEN_ Sequans devices in its catalog
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Another new, the 3rd, unannounced Sequans CPE is offered by ACETEL aka Shanghai Ace Infomation Technology Limited of Guangdong, China
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Another new, the 2nd, unannounced Sequans CPE is found on Alibaba offered by Shanghai Ace Infomation Technology Limited of Guangdong, China
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A new, unannounced Sequans CPE is found on Alibaba offered by Shanghai Ace Infomation Technology Limited of Guangdong, China.
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Comba Telecom : wins LTE CPE contracts from China Mobile 11/21/2016 | 11:41am CET [ET Net News Agency, 21 November 2016] Comba Telecom Systems (02342) announced its success in a China Mobile tender for LTE CPE (Customer Premises Equipment). In the tender, China Mobile named Comba Telecom as a major outdoor LTE CPE supplier with contracts worth tens of millions of RMB in the 2016-2017 China Mobile CPE Tender. China Mobile will purchase both indoor and outdoor LTE CPE in this tender where Comba Telecom will be supplying 70% of the outdoor LTE CPE required.
comba-telecom.com
Press Release Comba Telecom Selected as the Major Outdoor LTE CPE Supplier in China Mobile’s 2016-2017 CPE Tender
(21 November 2016, Hong Kong) – Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited (“Comba Telecom” or “the Group”, Hong Kong stock code: 2342), a global leading wireless solutions provider, announced its success in a China Mobile tender for LTE CPE (Customer Premises Equipment). In the tender, China Mobile named Comba Telecom as a major outdoor LTE CPE supplier with contracts worth millions of RMB.in the 2016-2017 China Mobile CPE Tender. China Mobile will purchase both indoor and outdoor LTE CPE in this tender where Comba Telecom will be supplying 70% of the outdoor LTE CPE required. The success has further consolidated the partnership between Comba Telecom and China Mobile...
telecomlead.com
Comba Telecom wins major femtocell contract from China Mobile June 27, 2016
Comba TelecomComba Telecom Systems, a provider of wireless solutions, has won a major femtocell contract worth millions of RMB from China Mobile. The company has been selected as the supplier for two of China Mobile’s major subsidiaries – China Mobile Group Beijing Company (Beijing Mobile) and China Mobile Group Henan Company (“Henan Mobile”). For Beijing Mobile, Comba Telecom will be supplying a series of enterprise small cell solutions including high powered GSM small cells, distributed TD-LTE small cells and distributed dual band GSM+TD-LTE small cells which will power Beijing Mobile’s GSM and TD-LTE multi-band small cell deployments. For Henan Mobile, Comba Telecom’s equipment will be deployed throughout 18 cities in the Henan Province. The contract includes supply of residential and enterprise GSM small cells, and GSM+TD-LTE small cells for enterprises. Comba Telecom will also be responsible for the provision of gateway and network management services of the small cells... In addition to Henan, the company’s GSM small cells are now widely utilized for commercial purposes in more than 20 provinces in mainland China.
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techcrunch.com
Intel is laying off a major portion of its wearables group Posted 19 hours ago by Brian Heater (@bheater)... The changes will include a large number of layoffs in NDG, along with the larger New Technologies Group into which it was folded back in April of last year... many expected to lose their jobs before year’s end. Reports thus far have been varied, but all point to a large job loss for those in the NDG and the possible shut down of the group altogether...
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Pycom picks Sequans chip for IoT connectivity platform Wednesday 23 November 2016 | 15:39 CET | News
Sequans Communications announced that Dutch start-up Pycom will use the Sequans Monarch LTE Cat M1/NB1 chip for its IoT platform, FiPy. FiPy unifies LTE with other proprietary or unlicensed LPWA technologies into a single, five-network IoT connectivity solution for developers. Pycom is running a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for FiPy and aims to have the product available in Q2 2017. The hardware platform will support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa, Sigfox and LTE-M, and also come with open-source software to support development and a free middleware platform available in April 2017. Also, FiPy will have a smaller brother, GPy, which will be more operator-focused and will include LTE-M, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
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businesswire.com
Pycom Incorporating Sequans LTE-M Technology in New 5-Network IoT Development Board
Kickstarter campaign launches today for FiPy, the world’s first 5-network development platform for IoT
November 22, 2016 06:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
PARIS & EINDHOVEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LTE for IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE:SQNS) and Dutch startup, Pycom, maker of multi-network IoT development boards, announced that the newest Pycom IoT platform, FiPy, will include LTE powered by Sequans’ Monarch LTE Cat M1/NB1 chip. FiPy, Pycom’s most comprehensive solution announced to date, unifies LTE with other proprietary or unlicensed LPWA technologies into a single, five-network IoT connectivity solution. Pycom’s Kickstarter campaign for FiPy launched today and FiPy is expected to become available in Q2 2017.
“FiPy was driven by demand for both LTE CAT M1 and LTE Cat NB1 and Sequans has brought the world’s first and most highly-optimized LTE Cat M1/NB1 chip to market,” said Fred de Haro, Pycom CEO. “We are excited to incorporate the amazing Monarch chip into FiPy. We believe FiPy will be revolutionary—it is the most comprehensive and cost-effective IoT development board available anywhere, and a boon to IoT developers around the world.”
FiPy is the world’s first 5-network development platform locked into one simple, small and perfectly-formed, same-footprint-as-WiPy-and-LoPy, hardware module that is programmable with MicroPython. Featuring the ESP32 (WiFi and Bluetooth) and three additional networks, LoRa, Sigfox and LTE-M, FiPy presents an open source firmware playground with lots of supporting technology such as the Pymakr IDE, the Pymate mobile app, Pysense and Pytrack application boards and a free middleware platform available in April 2017. Also, FiPy will have a smaller brother, GPy, which will be more operator-focused and will include LTE-M, WiFi and Bluetooth. “FiPy opens a wide new world to IoT developers by including standard, licensed LTE in a comprehensive IoT connectivity solution,” said Craig Miller, Sequans’ VP of worldwide marketing...
Pycom Media relations: Bettina Rubek Slater, +44 (0) 78 94 90 09 93 Bettina@Pycom.io
thethingsnetwork.org
Dear Developer,
We bring you exiting news. Remember we promised you an update on the xPy?
Well, here goes: Within a few days we will release the preview launch of the most disruptive module Pycom has ever produced… The FiPy, the world’s first Five network module! (AKA xPy :slight_smile: )
In addition to WiFi, BLE, LoRa and Sigfox, we've added the latest cellular technology for IoT: LTE-M. But, we didn't just go for one frequency type either. Nope, we partnered with the leaders in their field, Sequans, and are now proud to confirm that our module will have both CAT NB1 and CAT M1.
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Pycom FiPy/xPy announcement
Postby platforma » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:44 am
The new module from pycom has been announced yesterday via the mailing list. Five network module - FiPy or xPy. Although the official page hasn't been updated yet: pycom.io, here's a snippet from the email.
In addition to WiFi, BLE, LoRa and Sigfox, we've added the latest cellular technology for IoT: LTE-M. But, we didn't just go for one frequency type either. Nope, we partnered with the leaders in their field, Sequans, and are now proud to confirm that our module will have both CAT NB1 and CAT M1.
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digitimes.com
Digitimes Research: Cellular M2M IoT to be fast developing in China 16 November 2016
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Nov 16 2016, 09:20 AM IST RCom hives off M2M communication business into new IoT business: Report Reliance Communications (RCom) has reportedly hived off its Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication business into a new Internet of Things (IoT) business entity called ‘Unlimit’. The company has partnered with Cisco Jasper, Cisco’s IoT business division, to launch its first few IoT products in India under Unlimit...
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Sequans’ Monarch LTE Cat M1 Chip to be Demonstrated Live in Japan at NTT DOCOMO’s R&D Open House November 15, 2016
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading LTE for IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. will demonstrate its LTE Category M1/NB1 (NB-IoT) chip, named Monarch, at NTT DOCOMO’S R&D Open House, to be held November 17-18, 2016...
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Sequans, Gemalto, and Ericsson conduct live demo of LTE Cat M1 technology using a fleet management industrial IoT example at GSMA Mobility Live Posted November 4th, 2016 At this week’s GSMA Mobility Live in Atlanta, held November 1-2, Sequans teamed up with Ericsson and Gemalto to conduct a proof-of-concept live demo of LTE Cat M1 technology.
Truck with sensors and prototype sensor board device with Gemalto LTE Cat M1 module.
The demonstration, designed by our friends at Ericsson, depicted how a trucking company would use LTE Cat M1 technology to track its trucks on the road and manage its fleet operations. A miniature semi-truck was fitted with three sensors to monitor the status of three particular conditions onboard the truck: one to monitor the cargo door (open/close), one to monitor the truck’s internal temperature, and one to monitor the truck for accidental tip over....
businesswire.com
NimbeLink Partners with Verizon and Sequans to Deliver Industry’s First Category M1 Modem for Use on Verizon’s LTE Network Business Wire November 1, 2016 PLYMOUTH, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NimbeLink, an award winning developer of cellular IoT and M2M solutions, announces the development of Skywire Cat M1 modems for Verizon’s LTE cellular network. Cat M1 modems are specifically designed for Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications requiring low power consumption and utilizing low bandwidth...
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End-Device Certified Modem
NimbeLink’s 4G LTE CAT M embedded modems for Verizon cellular networks. Designed specifically for IoT and M2M applications, Skywire Cat M modems offer the price and speed of obsolescent 2G technology but with the long life and expanded capabilities of the modern 4G LTE network. This will be critical when networks discontinue 2G service in 2017. In some applications Cat M modems will replace Cat 1 modems, which are also designed for IoT/M2M.
The Skywire Verizon cellular modems are the industry’s first LTE Cat M embedded modems with FCC and carrier-required end-device-certification.
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End-Device Certified Modem
NimbeLink is expanding its award-winning Skywire family of cellular modems with the addition of a 4G LTE CAT 1 embedded modem. This new product is comparable in price and speed to 15 year-old 2G technology, but is specifically designed to bring 4G LTE capabilities to the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications.
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... Based on an Altair chipset, the Skywire 4G LTE Cat 1 embedded modem, and its Skywire Verizon companion model are the first Cat 1 LTE modems with FCC and carrier-required end-device-certification...
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October 31, 2016] Encore Networks Readies for Verizon's Deployment of LTE Category M1 As a follow on to Verizon's September announcement to become the first U.S. operator to commercially launch LTE Category M1 services (CAT M1) in late 2016, Encore Networks today announced that it has partnered with Verizon and Sequans to develop the first CAT M1 LTE router designed for low-cost cellular connectivity of IoT devices requiring low power consumption and utilizing low bandwidth..
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Sequans Communications : Link Labs to Power New Category M1 Internet of Things Applications on Verizon’s LTE Network
10/31/2016 Annapolis, MD - October 31, 2016...
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Sequans Communications and Gemalto revolutionize IoT connectivity with first genuine LTE Cat M1 technology 10/31/2016
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Verizon IoT progress, T-Mobile Pixel play … 5 things to know today By Martha DeGrasse on OCTOBER 28, 2016
5 things to know today …
1. Verizon Communications achieved the world’s first live over-the-air data call using an LTE Category M1 chipset, according to chip vendor Sequans. Category M1 is the technology Verizon says will make its LTE network roughly as affordable as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee and Z-Wave for “internet of things” use cases.
“Earlier this week we managed a live, over-the-air, we think first-in-the-world data call on an LTE Cat-M1 network with Verizon,” said Craig Miller, VP of worldwide marketing at Sequans. “Before the end of the year we expect to be live on a commercial network with one or more of the major carriers in the U.S.”
Cat M1 modules use a maximum of 1.4 megahertz of bandwidth and both uplink and downlink speeds are capped at 1 megabit per second. Cat M1 modules are expected to be priced below $10.
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Sequans and Verizon complete first live data call on Verizons LTE-M pre-commercial network Posted October 28th, 2016
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Sequans Communications' (SQNS) CEO Georges Karam on Q3 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript Oct.27.16 Q3 2016 Earnings Conference Call October 27, 2016 08:00 PM ET...
If we assume the mid-point of our Q4 guidance, we are on track to grow revenue about 40% in 2016 versus last year.
And we continue to expect our growth to accelerate in 2017, driven by the growth of Cat 4 and Cat 6 routers and the continued ramp of the Cat1 shipments for M2M and IoT market and again the year after as more solutions for more applications continue to ramp on a growing number of global LTE networks, including Cat M1 and NB1 for IoT applications...
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Sequans Communications Announces Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results October 27, 2016 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--4G chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE:SQNS) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016.
Third Quarter 2016 Highlights:
Revenue: Revenue of $12.5 million increased 26.0% compared to the second quarter of 2016, reflecting significantly higher levels of both product revenue and other revenue. Revenue increased 33.1% compared to the third quarter of 2015, due to both higher product revenue and higher other revenue...
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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son sees a future with 1 trillion Internet of Things devices DEAN TAKAHASHI OCTOBER 25, 2016
ARM’s partners shipped more than 15 billion in 2015, generating $50 billion in chip sales. But Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, and new owner of ARM after September’s $31 billion acquisition deal, said in a keynote speech at the annual ARM developers conference that you haven’t seen anything yet. At the opening of ARM TechCon in Santa Clara, California today, Son said he expects the Internet of Things (IoT), or enabling everyday objects to be smart and connected, will lead to an explosion of new technologies — just like the Cambrian Explosion enabled thousands of new species on Earth — that will lead to 1 trillion connected IoT devices. And that will lead to The Singularity, when machine intelligence exceeds the collective intelligence of humans, Son said... Security will be essential. Security becomes more important than doubling the clock cycle. Without security, this becomes so dangerous.”..
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Tech news website Ars Technica reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that the division would lay off about 9 percent of its staff
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Google Fiber will lay off employees as it shifts to wireless Its future is a combination of fiber and wireless Oct 25, 2016
Access, the Alphabet internet division containing Google Fiber, will lay off employees and replace its CEO as it looks for cheaper ways to deliver internet service to new cities. Current Access CEO Craig Barratt made the announcement in a blog post this evening...
"WE’RE GOING TO PAUSE OUR OPERATIONS AND OFFICES WHILE WE REFINE OUR APPROACHES.".. Access says it may return to these cities in the future, once it's figured out a better way of deploying internet access... Access has been working to build out its fiber network for six years, but has so far only managed to launch in eight locations. Word has been coming out over the past few months indicating that Alphabet was placing greater pressure on Access to speed up deployment and find a way around fiber's costly rollout. The future of Access, to a large extent, seems to lie in wireless. Access purchased the internet provider Webpass in June, giving it the technology to begin deploying over-the-air gigabit internet to homes. In theory, it provides the same service that fiber would, but without as many deployment hurdles.
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Digitimes Research: Mobile telecom carriers prefer LPWA technologies on unlicensed bands for IoT operations 24 October 2016...
The preference for non-cellular LPWA technologies is mainly due to the cost of deploying IoT sensing networks and the choice of frequency band units. As costs for deploying a large volume of sensors rather than costs for setting up base stations and gateways takes up a large portion of investment in setting up IoT networks, costs for a NB-IoT wireless communication module stands at US$10-20, roughly 100-200% higher than US$5-10 for an LPWA model...
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Introducing the world's smallest LoRa+MCU solution with the utilization of SiP process Press release 13 September 2016 The world's first SiP (System in Package) processed LoRa+MCU solution is presented today through the extraordinary collaboration between the world-leading Internet of Things solution providers Gemtek Technology and AcSiP. Gemtek Technology is a renowned wireless broadband manufacturer, as AcSiP is a professional module manufacturer... Gemtek and AcSiP are the pioneers in introducing the LoRa+MCU SiP product to the world. LoRa chips are developed by Semtech. MCU (Microprogrammed Control Unit) are developed by STMicro. This SiP package has incorporated the crystal, RF switch and matching circuits etc. With the support from the original manufacturers, it draws the goal to achieve high-level integration for solution providers within the industry closer to market expectations. And with the cooperation among these original companies, applications and availability may be enhanced to a higher standard. LoRa wireless technology emphasizes the quality features of long distance, high penetration, high sensitivity etc., which may complement the shortfalls seen between BT/Wi-Fi and 2G/4G. The LoRa wireless technology demonstrates infinite possibilities and is expected to achieve higher grounds.
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Intel Capital Announces $38M of New Investments in 12 Technology Startups to Kick Off Annual Global Summit
By Business Wire, October 24, 2016, SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment organization, announced today at the Intel Capital Global Summit new investments totaling more than $38 million in 12 technology startups...Data and Connectivity
Eazytec*1 (Jiangsu, China) is a smart city developer... incubator in China...
Grand Chip Microelectronics* (aka Kangxi Communication Technologies) (Shanghai, China)...Wi-Fi front-end devices for WLAN...
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October 21, 2016, 9:34 A.M. ET Verizon: Street Rattled by New Signs of Vulnerability By Tiernan Ray...
Even some bulls are concerned today. FBR & Co.’s David Dixon reiterates an Outperform rating, and a $57 price target, but he suggests Verizon needs to do something to fend off “an increasingly competitive market:
... Strategically, VZ will seek to differentiate through accelerated 5G deployment, relying on 3.5 GHz unlicensed spectrum as its indoor play and spectrum refarming, which should yield cost savings and expedite launch due to a growing ecosystem around 3.5 GHz...
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Sequans and LTE for Public Safety Systems Posted October 21st, 2016 In recent years public safety industry players have coalesced around the use of LTE in public safety communications networks and today LTE has become the de facto standard. Many factors have contributed to this, primarily the ability of LTE to provide the necessary high levels of performance, security and reliability, cooperation among LTE operators and public safety organizations, spectrum flexibility, and enhancements to LTE standards definitions that have focused on improving the mission critical capabilities of LTE.
Major investment in public safety LTE ongoing
Public safety agencies, vendors, and service providers are investing heavily in public safety LTE. According to ABI Research the total number of public safety LTE user subscriptions will reach 11 million worldwide by 2020, within a market size of US$5.1 billion... In France, Sequans is a key contributor to the LTE4PMR project to provide mission-critical broadband services. LTE4PMR, or LTE for public mobile radio, is a consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space with partners Sequans, Nokia, and Institut Mines-Te´le´com... Sequans worked with Nokia on a world-first demo of LTE on a Paris metro train. For details on this project, please see Sequans’ blog, of September 30.
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Reliance JioFi 2 review: A handy device, but not ready to replace your home broadband, dongle yet
JioFi 2 costs Rs 2,000 and can be bought from any Reliance Digital store across India. October 22, 2016 15:21 IST...
Verdict...
Pros...
Cons
JioFi 2 heats to an unbearable point, making it difficult to carry in pocket despite its compact size.
JioFi 2 video streaming on third-party apps like YouTube is not as great as in MyJio apps.
Jio's voice call coverage is still in the development phase, which means users cannot take advantage of the free HD voice calls it offers.
JioFi 2 doesn't start at times, and requires reinsertion of battery every time that happens.
Battery life isn't long enough.
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18 OCTOBER, 2016 Qualcomm launches edge-analytics IoT camera, aims for LTE expansion... Besides the new camera kit, Qualcomm has also been busy pushing its LTE Cat M1 and NB-IoT (formerly known as Cat M2) modem to the market – promising an announcement from a major OEM “soon.” the session made it sound like Qualcomm believes it has caught up with its rivals (Sequans has been storming ahead in this space), although it’s still early days for the MDM9206 modem. Citing strong ODM traction, from Quectel, SIMCOM, u-blox, and WNC, as well as trials with AT&T and Verizon in the US, Qualcomm noted that it is focusing on Cat M1 first, with its NB-IoT projects roughly one quarter behind the M1. Qualcomm expects module OEMS to launch Cat M1 products based on the MDM9206 in early 2017, with a software upgrade to NB-IoT (also sometimes called Cat NB-1) available “shortly after.”.. Finally, new refreshed versions of the Snapdragon 625, 652, and 425 SoCs were unveiled, bringing the new X9 LTE modem to the chips, which provides Cat 7 downlink speeds of up to 300Mbps, and Cat 13 uplink speeds of up to 150Mbps.
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CEVA Introduces Lightweight Multi-Purpose Processor for the Massive Internet of Things MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 10, 2016 -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of signal processing IP for smarter, connected devices, today introduced a new lightweight, multi-purpose, processor IP core to streamline the design of cellular-enabled low data rate industrial and consumer loT devices. The CEVA-X1 IoT processor deploys a single-core DSP+CPU architecture, specifically designed to address the severe size, power and cost limitations demanded for deploying the latest LTE Cat-M1 (formerly eMTC) and Cat-NB1 (formerly NB-IoT) standards as well as future FeMTC and 5G cellular IoT use cases... The CEVA-X1 also serves as a multi-purpose, multi-mode processing hub for a range of tightly-associated IoT workloads, including Wi-Fi 802.11n, 802.11ac, Bluetooth/BLE, Zigbee/Thread, LoRa, SIGFOX, narrowband voice, GNSS and sensor fusion... The latest core derived from the NEW CEVA-X architecture framework, the CEVA-X1 employs an extended Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that, in addition to DSP processing, also allows it to efficiently handle CPU software workloads, such as protocol stack and system control...
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blog/IoT-Agenda/Eight-commandments-of-IoT-integration GUEST CONTRIBUTOR by Aaron Allsbrook ClearBlade Inc.
IoT integration: Thou shalt…
I. Secure everything
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Sequans Provides Technology for a World-First Trial of LTE on the Paris Metro September 30, 2016
With technology provided by Sequans Communications and Nokia, the RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens), the state-owned public transport operator in Paris, successfully trialed a 4G LTE network automated on Line 14 of the Paris Metro. In this world-first experiment, A 4G LTE system was installed on one of the trains, using base station equipment from Nokia and a Sequans-powered LTE modem, to run all of its operational communications systems in the very challenging underground metro environment. The metro communications systems today require a complex combination of Wi-Fi, digital radio, and 3G/4G wireless technology, and this trial was conducted to demonstrate the highly promising benefits of a unified ground-to-train radio network based on 4G LTE technology. The trial was completed as part of the SYSTUF (SYStème Télécom pour les Transports Urbains du Futur) project.
The trial showed conclusively that a 4G LTE system is capable of processing data for CBTC (communications-based train control), CCTV, radio, passenger information, and maintenance monitoring services simultaneously. The RATP now has a proven alternative to proprietary Wi-Fi, which has serious limitations in that Wi-Fi is not optimized for mission critical applications and is not capable of carrying both safety-critical and non-critical information, nor distinguishing between the two. 4G LTE, which is a much more advanced technology, has primary characteristics including high speed, security and capacity, with the ability to carry voice and data for train control, onboard video surveillance and passenger information simultaneously on a single IP network.
Sequans is one of the world’s leading providers of LTE semiconductor solutions and during the trial worked closely with Nokia, manager of the SYSTUF project.
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Digitimes Research: Cellular IoT may have limited opportunities for mobile telecom carriers 30 September 2016
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Huawei ready to supply 3.5 GHz gear when operators need it by Monica Alleven | Sep 26, 2016
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Novatel Wireless Enters Into Agreement to Sell Its Mobile Broadband (MiFi®) Business for $50,000,000 September 22, 2016| Source: Novatel Wireless, Inc. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ:MIFI), a leading global provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that it has entered into an agreement with T.C.L. Industries Holdings, a Hong Kong company (“TCL”), whereby Novatel Wireless will sell to TCL its mobile broadband business (including its MiFi® branded hotspots and USB modem product lines) for a cash payment of US $50,000,000 payable at closing
Marketwired | 22.09.2016 LA JOLLA, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 22, 2016) - Acorn Technologies, Inc., a semiconductor and wireless technology innovator focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced it has developed and demonstrated new LTE positioning technology for the location of things... " Acorn has demonstrated better than 50-meter accuracy in live network testing of their UE based positioning algorithms for low bandwidth CAT-M devices... Acorn's network testing has demonstrated the ability to exceed the 2021 E911 mandated performance requirements even in low bandwidth scenarios.
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Telenor : Tikona in Indian merger talks, sources say 09/22/2016... Tikona switched on its TD-LTE network in October 2015, initially covering Gujarat. Key shareholders include funds managed by the Goldman Sachs Investment Partners team, Indivision India Partners, Oak India Investments and L&T Infrastructure Finance Co.
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Telenor India, Tikona discuss merger - report Thursday 22 September 2016 | 11:18 CET | News
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Telenor in talks to merge data business with Tikona Posted: September 21, 2016 at 6:47 pm
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Ken Caviasca is vice president and general manager of platform engineering and development in the Internet of Things (IoT) Group at Intel Corporation.
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Telit Strikes Up Internet Of Things Partnership With Intel LONDON (Alliance News) - Internet of Things technology firm Telit Communications PLC on Tuesday ... Alliance News 20 September, 2016 LONDON (Alliance News) - Internet of Things technology firm Telit Communications PLC on Tuesday said it has collaborated with US chipmaking giant Intel Corp on joint-architecture for a number of Intel Internet of Things platforms for industrial markets. Telit said the partnership between the pair will focus on remote machine monitoring and control, production diagnostics and predictive maintenance across all markets and industries. "Intel adopting our widely-deployed deviceWISE platform architecture is a testament to its superior edge intelligence, cloud-ready connectivity and seamless integration into enterprise systems," said Telit Finance Director Yosi Fait..
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Free IoT data plans offered by T-Mobile As AT&T shuts down its older 2G network, T-Mobile is offering free 2G data kits, plus the needed SIM cards Sep 16, 2016 6:11 AM PT In an attempt to claw more Internet of Things (IoT) data market share, mobile network operator T-Mobile, in the U.S., is offering 50 MB of free 2G data service, per machine to machine (M2M) device, per month until the end of this year... Those who remain on AT&T’s 2G networks as the end of the year gets closer will be left with non-working modems when AT&T’s closedown takes place. “We are shutting down our 2G network by the end of 2016,” AT&T says on its website. “AT&T wireless customers using this network will need to upgrade their devices, as they will be unable to make or receive calls, including emergency calls, send or receive text messages, or use data services after 12/31/2016.” .. T-Mobile says it isn’t worried about making space for other, newer radio technologies because it uses “new spectrum-efficient 2G GSM optimization.” It says it tunes the 2G M2M connection’s spectrum, thus letting older GSM equipment “work alongside more advanced LTE devices.”.. Telit, an IoT modem maker earlier this month released LTE CAT-1 and CAT-4 IoT modules, which it says in a recent media release “are available to deploy on T-Mobile’s nationwide 4G LTE network.” The modules can drop in as LTE replacements for existing Telit earlier-technology, too. Sequans Communications also provides a newly launched T-Mobile-certified CAT-1 2G to LTE transition solution. But if 4G is not in your budget, or you don’t need the speeds LTE provides, T-Mobile says it will support 2G nationally until 2020 and will give “AT&T’s stranded IoT customers a better path forward."...
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Sequans Communications S.A. Announces Proposed Underwritten Public Offering of American Depositary Shares
September 14, 2016 04:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Reliance Jio’s chief digital marketing officer Martijn de Jong quits · 4h NEW DELHI: Martijn de Jong, chief digital marketing officer and senior vice president digital channels at Reliance Jio, has quit the company after a stint of 19 months, …
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Internet of things: Sequans follows the lead Huawei with its chip NB-IoT standard PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
After China's Huawei, it is the turn of Sequans deliver connectivity chip cellular standard NB-IoT dedicated to the Internet of Things. The French specialist 4G modems claims a lead over giants like Intel, Qualcomm and Sony. Sequans Communications is engaged in the battle of the Internet of Things IoT to the new narrowband cellular standard (NB-IoT)... The component is already being tested by partners and integrators such as Gemalto. Deliveries volumes are planned for the fourth quarter 2016.
... AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THE CORNER According to ABI Research, cumulative shipments of cellular connectivity modules between 2016 and 2021 are expected to reach 1.1 billion units. A prospect viewed with appetite by Sequans Communications. After its collapse in 2012 due to the death of WiMax technology, the French company is trying to turn the corner building on the LTE modems specifically for the Internet of Things. In 2015, she laments its fifth loss year with a net loss of $ 27 million for a turnover of $ 33 million. But according to forecasts from Thomson Reuters, it should go green in 2018 with a net profit of $ 12 million and a turnover of 120 million.
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Unreleased IoT device Jio Car Connect to gather car data: report September 9, 2016 Reliance Jio has a new IoT product coming up: ‘Jio Car Connect’, an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) device that can be plugged into a car’s OBD module to record and track engine and other vehicular related data, as indicated by a Team-bhp report...
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Reliance Jio Car Connect - an OBD service under works
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LTE IoT: Sequans Claims 'Big Lead' over Rivals Qualcomm, Intel and Altair (Sony) Trail in M1, NB1 Junko Yoshida 9/6/201
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Sequans says LTE M1 chip ready for Q4 deployments Tuesday 6 September 2016 | 14:57 CET | News Sequans Communications announced it's on track to introduce the first LTE Category M1/NB1 chip for commercial deployments in Q4 and will demonstrate the product at CTIA’s Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas. Named Monarch, Sequans’ chip will be shown in live communication with an LTE eNodeB (base station) emulator, the Amari OTS 100 from Amarisoft. The LTE Cat M1/NB1 standard was set earlier this year by 3GPP and is designed specifically for narrowband IoT applications, including sensors, wearables, and other low data, low power M2M and IoT devices. Monarch complies with the ultra-low-power and reduced complexity feature requirements of the release 13 LTE Advanced Pro standard. Sequans has integrated the baseband, RF transceiver, power management, and RAM memory into a single 6.5x8.5 mm package. ..
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Sequans Appoints Nick Taluja VP of Worldwide Sales Former VP at SK Hynix and ST-Ericsson joins LTE for IoT chip leader
September 06, 2016 PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading LTE for IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications (NYSE: SQNS) has appointed Nick Taluja to the position of vice president, worldwide sales, where he will manage Sequans’ global sales organization, including regional operations in USA, Asia, and Europe. Nick brings to Sequans more than 20 years of broad range experience in sales and marketing at leading semiconductor companies in the mobile, communication, industrial and automotive markets.
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Gemtek Technology cooperates with Axiata to offer LoRa IoT solutions in Southeast Asia, says paper EDN, September 5; DIGITIMES 5 September 2016 Wireless broadband networking/communication device maker Gemtek Technology has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Axiata, a Malaysia-based telecom carrier operating mobile telecom services in 10 countries in Southeast Asia, to offer in-house-developed LoRa (lower power long-range wide area network) IoT solutions in Southeast Asia, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Malaysia-based LoRa network builder Atilze Digital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia-based Yen Global Bhd in which Gemtel holds a 30% stake will cooperate with Axiata to set up LoRa networks applying Gemtek-developed IoT solutions in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia initially and then other Southeast Asia countries where Axiata operates mobile telecom services. Gemtek will provide cloud computing platforms supporting IoT solutions, indoor/outdoor gateway APs (access points) and terminal devices.
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Sequans’ LTE Cat 1 Technology Selected by Wivity For Industrial IoT Modem September 01, 2016
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LTE for IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. announced that Wivity Inc. has chosen Sequans’ Calliope LTE Cat 1* chipset platform to power its swappable LTE modems for industrial IoT. The Wivity platform enables IoT and M2M devices to connect to any wireless network in the world using interchangeable wireless modems...
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Sequans’ LTE Cat 1 Technology Selected by Autonet Mobile for Connected Car Application Autonet’s Dealer Connect product now LTE-enabled August 31, 2016 PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sequans Communications S.A. announced that Autonet Mobile, the industry’s first internet-based vehicle telematics service, has selected Sequans’ LTE Cat 1* Calliope platform to provide the LTE connectivity for its flagship Dealer Connect product. Dealer Connect is the only product that seamlessly provides dealers and consumers with continuous connectivity to their vehicles, creating targeted CRM opportunities, vehicle diagnostics, and valuable real time asset management... About Autonet Autonet Mobile, Inc., founded in 2005, is the first provider of internet-based telematics and application services designed for vehicles, based on a technology platform that maintains secure and reliable wireless connectivity to vehicles in motion. Autonet Mobile currently provides integrated connected car services to major auto brands, including Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors, Maserati, and Subaru as well as an exclusive dealer installed product for all car brands.
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T-Mobile certifies Sequans' LTE Cat 1 chipset in pursuit of the IoT by Colin Gibbs | Aug 30, 2016
Sequans scored another win this morning with the news that T-Mobile has certified its Calliope LTE Cat 1 chipset for use by the carrier’s M2M and IoT customers... AT&T approved the chipset in May, and Verizon certified it one month earlier.
The news marks the first LTE Cat 1 chipset certified for use on T-Mobile’s network, the carrier said. T-Mobile’s customer partners are already developing solutions using Sequans’ technology and some of those offerings are expected to come to market “in the near future.”...
In a separate announcement Tuesday, T-Mobile unveiled a partnership with Novatel Wireless to deliver IoT offerings to small and medium-sized businesses looking to implement connected retail solutions. Customers can pay $40 a month for the service, which is branded Ignite and sold by Novatel, to receive hardware, cloud management, support and 3 GB of wireless data with T-Mobile service...
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Sequans Delivers LTE for IoT on T-Mobile’s Network Successful LTE Cat 1 collaboration enables transition from 2G to 4G LTE-based solutions August 30, 2016 PARIS & BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sequans Communications S.A. announced an agreement to deliver Sequans’ LTE Cat 1 technology and products to T-Mobile’s machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) customers. Sequans’ Calliope LTE Cat 1 chipset platform, which uniquely supports VoLTE and enables a wide range of industrial and consumer IoT applications, including asset tracking, alarm systems, telematics devices, retail applications, smart utility meters and more, is now certified and available for use on T-Mobile’s network...
Digitimes Research: Japan IT vendors stepping into IoT business 25 August 2016 Due to stagnant growth in the Japan IT market, many Japan-based IT vendors have stepped into developing cloud computing-based IoT (Internet of Things) solutions for the Japan market, including Hitachi-developed M2M Traffic Solution, Toshiba-developed Toshiba INdsutry IoT, Fujitsu-developed Fujitsu IoT Solution Ubiquitousware and NEC-developed IoT Solution, according to Digitmes Research. Toshiba-developed IoT solutions focus on industrial application, while Fujitsu-developed ones target elderly users, Digitimes Research indicated. Hitachi's IoT services feature in-house-produced COE (central office equipment) and terminal devices and this has the advantages of fast establishment and easy expansion of systems...
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Aug 26, 2016 Robbery motive for Reliance Jio marketing head’s murder Questions remain As per the police, the accused left a laptop and a gold chain behind, but surprisingly took along three pen drives. While the security guard, a witness to the incident, in his statement to the police claimed that the accused sat in the victim’s car before the murder, the police claim the accused did not enter the vehicle. Accused have a criminal past Manish has two cases of attempt to murder and outraging the modesty of a woman registered against him at the Mani Majra police station. Akash, alias Golu, is facing four cases, including two attempt to murder, robbery and gambling. Aamir Khan was booked in a case of theft. Robbery was the motive behind the murder of the Reliance Jio marketing head here on July 30. The three accused, who have a criminal background, arrested for 38-year-old Vineet Trehan’s murder, had used two axes in the crime. The police have recovered purse and some other documents of the victim that were robbed. However, the police could not recover two mobile phones the assailants made off with from the victim’s car... The police have recovered the wallet, an ATM card, ID cards and three pen drives from the accused. DSP Satish Kumar said the accused have confessed to the crime.
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ZTEWelink: LTE bands 42 and 43 is 3.5Ghz.
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ZTE provides the Tikona Digital Network infrastructure. New CPE by ZTEWelink is a good sign for both India and China as well as other smaller emerging markets.
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ZTEWelink Selects Sequans for New LTE-Advanced CPE August 25, 2016
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LTE chipmaker Sequans Communications announced that its LTE-Advanced chipset platform, Cassiopeia, with dual-carrier aggregation and category 6 throughput, has been selected by ZTEWelink for a new high performance CPE for LTE networks operating on LTE bands 42 and 43, primarily used in regions including southeast Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Europe. The operator-certified ZTEWelink WF830 is a fixed wireless router qualified for use on ZTE deployed infrastructure and designed to meet the integrated data, voice and Wi-Fi access needs of residential, business and enterprise users.
Sequans wins design from ZTEWelink for new LTE Cat 6 CPE...
The WF830 consists of an outdoor data CPE unit and an indoor multiservice gateway unit that supports advanced networking and WLAN AP functionalities. It enables wide service coverage and provides high data throughput and networking features to customers who need easy broadband access along with Wi-Fi connectivity...
The LTE-Advanced chip inside the ZTEWelink WF830 is Sequans’ Cassiopeia LTE-Advanced platform, compliant with 3GPP Release 10 specifications. Cassiopeia supports highly flexible dual-carrier aggregation that allows the combination of any two carriers of any size up to 20 MHz each, contiguous or non-contiguous, inter-band or intra-band. Cassiopeia also supports other Release 10 enhancements such as new MIMO schemes, enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) schemes for heterogeneous networks (HetNets), and improvements to eMBMS (evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service) or LTE broadcast. Cassiopeia features Sequans’ advanced receiver technology for improved performance. Cassiopeia can support additional optional features, including envelope tracking and secure boot, at customer request.
About ZTEWelink ZTEWelink Technology Co., LTD, a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation, is an industry-leading provider of IOT integrated communication solutions, including wireless communication modules, industry customized terminals and M2M Solutions...
Wirepas and u-blox partner on scalable and easy-to-use IIoT August 22, 2016 Wirepas and u-blox have partnered to offer advanced decentralized radio communications (comparable with advanced mesh technology) for demanding industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications... One part of this partnership is the NINA-B1 from u-blox, which is a small, stand-alone Bluetooth low energy module, with the latest state-of-the-art power performance.. “The NINA-B1 in combination with the Wirepas Connectivity software enables short time to market for easy-to-install, large scale, decentralized industrial IoT applications in segments such as lighting, sensor, asset tracking and beacons,” says Hakan Svegerud, Head of Product Strategy, Short Range Radio, at u-blox.
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‘Wireless fiber’ could give us gigabit Internet speeds with no cables at all August 15... Internet providers such as Verizon and AT&T are beginning to experiment with precisely this idea. Telecom geeks call it "wireless fiber," because it provides a fixed location (again, such as a home or business) with all the capacity of a Google Fiber or Verizon Fios connection but without the need to plug a cable directly into the building. The result may be a much cheaper way for Internet providers to extend their networks... Still, don't expect to buy one of these Internet plans anytime soon: Despite the marketing, analysts say a truly widespread commercial product is about five years off...
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Google’s High-Speed Web Plans Hit Snags After initial rollouts prove costly, Google Fiber rethinks how to deliver connections in metro areas Aug. 15, 2016... Webpass Chief Executive Charles Barr, now an Alphabet employee, said wireless offers an opportunity to overcome the challenging economics of building fiber networks from scratch. “Everyone who has done fiber to the home has given up because it costs way too much money and takes way too much time,” he said... Google Fiber is planning a system that would use fiber for the central network and antennas to connect each home wirelessly to that network, according to a person familiar with the plans. Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt said at the company’s shareholder meeting in June that wireless connections can be “cheaper than digging up your garden” to lay fiber.
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Canada’s Sierra Wireless announced its acquisition of telematics company GenX Mobile Inc. for $7.8 million. The company said the move was a “strategic investment” made in an effort to expand its foothold in the growing telematics market...
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Google is expanding its tests on the way to blanketing the US in super-fast wireless internet
A new filing with the Federal Communications Commission reveals how seriously Google is focusing on its plans for a wireless version of Fiber, its high-speed internet service. The company has been testing a new wireless-transmission technology using the 3.5-GHz band in Kansas City, but the heavily redacted FCC filing suggests that it wants to dramatically expand to testing "experimental transmitters" at up to 24 US locations, including Provo, Utah, Omaha, Nebraska, and Boulder, Colorado, for a period of 24 months. Google is requesting authorization to operate between the 3.4 and 3.8 GHz band.
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Narrowband LTE: Which apps need Cat M1 and which need Cat NB1? August 10, 2016
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LPWAN IoT solutions in unlicensed bands not cheaper than 2G says Vodafone 14 Jul 2016 View that ‘proprietary’ low cost wide area IoT solutions are cheaper than 2G cellular is wrong according to Vodafone Group IoT Director Erik Brenneis; latest Vodafone research shows 76% of companies believe IoT is critical to future success... ‘A SIGFOX module is more expensive than a 2G module - ask Telit (the M2M/IoT module manufacturer) - they produce both. So, on the hardware cost it is more expensive and the pricing for the data is more or less the same as our electricity metering pricing, for example.’
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AUG 02, 2016 News provided by Verizon Verizon Communications Inc. Verizon Digital Media Services partners with Airtel to further expand into India with four new points of presence Verizon Digital Media Services partners with Airtel Business to expand footprint with four new points of presence in India, including: Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi NEW DELHI, Aug. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Digital Media Services, the next-generation digital media platform, and Bharti Airtel Limited ("Airtel"), India's largest telecommunications services provider, have partnered to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in four cities in India: Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi...
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Airtel helps Verizon offer faster content services in India, opens four points of presence Airtel helps Verizon offer faster content services in India, opens four points of presence August 2, 2016
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Aug 1, 2016 Reliance Jio marketing head hacked to death Incident caught on CCTV camera, but assailants’ footage not clear Vineet Tehran, the victim Tribune News Service Chandigarh, July 31 A 38-year-old marketing head of Reliance Jio was hacked to death with an axe by three unidentified bike riders near his house at Uppal Housing Apartment, Mani Majra, last night. The incident has been caught on a CCTV camera, but the footage of the assailants is not clear. Till the filing of this report, there was no clue to the assailants. The police believe the trio was known to the victim and robbery did not appear to be the prime motive...
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Cash and cash equivalents: Cash position at June 30, 2016 of $7.5 million does not reflect the net proceeds of approximately $3 million from government grants and research tax credit expected to be received in the third quarter of 2016...
“During Q2 we saw a significant increase in product revenue as our home and portable router business continues to grow by serving a more diverse group of end-market customers and operators. In addition, we have begun volume shipments of Cat 1 chips for various M2M/IoT applications,” said Georges Karam, Sequans CEO. “Building on what we have achieved in Q2, we continue to expect revenues from product shipments to accelerate during the second half of the year.”..
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Sequans Communications : reports 2Q loss 07/28/2016 | 06:21am EDT COLOMBES, France (AP) _ Sequans Communications SA (SQNS) on Thursday reported a loss of $5.1 million in its second quarter... a loss of 9 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 10 cents per share... The chip company posted revenue of $9.9 million in the period.. For the current quarter ending in October, Sequans expects its results to range from a loss of 10 cents per share to a loss of 8 cents per share. The company said it expects revenue in the range of $11.5 million to $13.5 million for the fiscal third quarter.
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China Telecom : Ericsson and China Telecom sign MoU on IoT cooperation Release date- 26072016 - Ericsson and China Telecom group signed a MoU to jointly build global Internet of Things connectivity and offer one-stop global IoT connectivity service to enterprise customers through Ericsson Device Connection Platform...
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Early Industrial IoT Adopters Will Clean Out the Competition Internet of Things Institute Karen Field Brian Buntz Jul 25, 2016... The industrial companies of the future will be those that tap the power of connected technology to fuel not only better service at a lower cost but entirely new business models, says Stanford lecturer Timothy Chou, author of a new book titled “Precision: Principles, Practices and Solutions for the Internet of Things.”.. Another challenge that the broader technology industry is facing is data overload. Chou reflects that he recently spent time with Chevron where he learned about a new oil and gas platform that has 40,000 sensors. “I asked what they were doing with that data, and they said: ‘Well, I have to tell you: most of it is digital exhaust,’” Chou says...
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China Telecom targets nationwide NB-IoT coverage next year 20 JUL 2016 China Telecom plans to have nationwide narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) coverage using the 800MHz band by the end of the first half of 2017. The company’s chairman, Yang Jie, said the operator is upgrading its 4G network using two-carrier aggregation on the 1.8GHz and 2.1GHz bands, and will also refarm the 800MHz band for LTE services, C114.net reported... China Unicom, the country’s second largest mobile operator, is planning large-scale NB-IoT field trials in more than five cities this year and aims to start commercial deployment by the end of the year and take coverage nationwide in 2018. The support of the world’s largest mobile market is a major fillip to NB-IoT technology. It has only just been ratified as a standard by the 3GPP and trails rival proprietary LPWA technologies such as LoRa, RPMA and Sigfox.
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General Electric takes digital strategy to China with Huawei tie-up General Electric Co on Wednesday said it would partner with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to develop smart machines designed to boost productivity. By: Reuters | Shanghai | Published: July 20, 2016 2:13 PM... The tie-up with Huawei would see the Chinese communications technology firm adopt GE’s Predix operating system, which is already used by China Eastern Airlines Corp, China Telecom and on Tianjin city’s street lamps grid. GE would in turn “leverage” Huawei’s product portfolio and “co-create end-to-end applications for customers”, the companies said in a statement.
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Jul 19 2016. The story of ARM Holdings: From a barn to Softbank ARM Holdings, UK’s biggest tech firm had rather modest beginnings, but today ARM-based application processors can be found in about 85% of mobile devices... However, UK’s biggest technology firm had rather modest beginnings. Tucked away amid ancient colleges, leafy green meadows and the river Cam full of punters, ARM started life as Acorn Computers in a converted barn near the university town of Cambridge in 1978. In 1990, ARM was spun off from Acorn as a joint-venture between Apple, Britain’s Acorn Computers Ltd and US chip maker VLSI Technology Inc. to develop a chip for the Apple Newton, a personal digital assistant that Apple was developing. It’s another story that the Newton was a flop after its launch in 1993.
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SoftBank's Surprise Purchase of ARM Could Have Major Ripple Effects The Street Eric Jhonsa In the first quarter, the company recorded processor royalty revenue of $191.9 million from the shipment of 4.1 billion ARM-powered chips in the fourth quarter. That spells an average royalty of just 4.7 cents per chip, even though many of those chips featured multiple ARM cores. If SoftBank tries to up that figure to, say, 7 or 8 cents per chip, that could ding the margins of ARM licensees a bit. But given the ubiquity of ARM's CPU architecture and the massive ecosystem that has formed around it, chances are that licensees will grin and bear it.
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SoftBank to acquire ARM DIGITIMES, 18 July 2016 The boards of directors of SoftBank and ARM have announced that they have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all-cash acquisition of ARM for GBP24.3 billion (US$32.2 billion).
Japan-based SoftBank's GBP17 per share offer price gives ARM shareholders a 43% premium on Friday's closing share price and a 41.1% premium on the all-time high share price. SoftBank has also provided assurances it will maintain the headquarters of England-based ARM in Cambridge, while doubling ARM's UK headcount in the next five years and increasing headcount outside the UK. SoftBank will also preserve ARM's existing senior management team, brand and partnership-based business model. Led by chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son, SoftBank has stated that it is focused on the transition from a Japanese company with some international assets to a global entity that can grow sustainably over the long-term. The company issued a release indicating it targeted ARM because it is one of the world's leading technology companies, with strong capabilities in global semiconductor intellectual property and the Internet of Things (IoT), and has a proven track record of innovation. SoftBank added that it will support and accelerate ARM's position as the global leader in intellectual property licensing and R&D outsourcing for semiconductor companies by leveraging SoftBank's deep industry expertise and global network of relationships to accelerate adoption of ARM's intellectual property across existing and new markets. SoftBank's operating businesses currently consist of companies in the advanced telecommunications and consumer Internet sectors, including SoftBank Telecom, Sprint and Yahoo! Japan, as well as growing initiatives in robotics, clean energy and other emerging, technology-based industries.
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SoftBank to Buy U.K. Chip Designer ARM Holdings for $32 Billion 07/17/2016 | 10:45pm EDT
The global semiconductor industry has a new Asian power player. Japanese internet and telecommunications conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. is buying the U.K.-based designer of the microprocessors that power more than 95% of the world's smartphones, in a $32 billion deal that caught the chip industry by surprise... Mr. Segars added that he gathered his employees in the atrium of ARM's Cambridge, England, headquarters Monday and told them that the acquisition would allow the company to grow. ARM has about 4,000 employees, with 1,600 based in Britain. SoftBank said it planned to double the size of the U.K. team over the next five years... The all-cash deal for ARM follows recent SoftBank moves to raise about $17 billion, by divesting itself of stakes in Chinese internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Finnish mobile-game developer Supercell Oy. SoftBank is seeking to pay down debt of roughly $80 billion... Raine Group LLC, Robey Warshaw LLP and Mizuho Securities Co. advised SoftBank on the deal. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lazard Ltd. advised ARM.
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SoftBank agrees to $31 billion deal to buy British mobile chip leader ARM Holdings PLC BLOOMBERG, AP JUL 18, 2016 NEW YORK – SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to buy ARM Holdings PLC for $31 billion, securing a slice of virtually every mobile computing gadget on the planet and future connected devices. SoftBank offered £17 ($22.50) in cash per share for ARM, according to a statement Monday. That price represented a 43 percent premium on ARM’s Friday close... And “the Chinese government has some political issues with the Japanese government so if ARM is acquired by SoftBank I believe China will invest more to develop their own architecture and maybe some Chinese companies will use other architectures.”
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Why SoftBank Is Spending $32 Billion on U.K. Chip Designer ARM Adam Satariano ... ARM Holdings Plc., which Japanese internet giant SoftBank Group Corp. today agreed to buy for 24.3 billion pounds ($32 billion), is the world’s biggest designer of these semiconductors. Founded in 1990 in Cambridge, and today employing about 4,000 people, the company focuses on small, low-power devices, while industry leader Intel Corp. leads in desktop and laptop personal computers... Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son sees ARM’s future in being inside the legion of products that are becoming internet-connected, from street lamps to air conditioners, washing machines to drones -- so-called “internet of things" devices. "I believe IoT will be such a big opportunity for all mankind and for all the products in the consumer world," Son said at a press conference in London Monday. "One of the biggest paradigm shifts is coming," Son said. Softbank sees ARM as its way to profit from the internet of things, he added. "The internet will interconnect everything, everything that has a semiconductor inside," he said. "Any consumer electronics, any automotive, any infrastructure in the society, they will all get connected, that is my view."
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SoftBank, Aeris launch IoT, telematics JV in Japan Thursday 14 July 2016 | 10:54 CET | News
SoftBank and Internet of Things (IoT) services provider Aeris have established a joint venture in Japan. Dubbed ‘Aeris Japan’, the joint venture company will provide IoT and telematics services globally using the Aeris IoT services platform. The Aeris IoT services platform is designed to enable enterprises to bring IoT services to market. The platform consists of AerPort connectivity management platform, AerCloud applications enablement platform, AerCore IoT network and AerVoyance IoT analytics platform. Aeris reports it currently has over 7.5 million devices under management. In partnership with SoftBank, Aeris plans to expand its business in Japan and beyond, including India, Europe and the US, covering multiple market segments and offering services ranging from a IoT connectivity platform to IoT application middleware to complete IoT tools for market segments including telematics in the automotive industry. Aeris Japan will be headquartered in Higashi-Shimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, and led by executives from SoftBank and Aeris including Hiroshi Akabori, COO, and Raj Kanaya, CEO, respectively.
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AT&T Piloting Advanced Network Technologies for Internet of Things New Cat-M1 Software Will Suppo t a New Generation of IoT Devices and Services on the AT&T 4G LTE NetworkDALLAS, July 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* plans to pilot CAT-M1 network technologies later this year... We plan to pilot a Cat-M1 network in the San Francisco market starting in November...
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AT&T to launch pilot of Cat-M1 technologies later this year to pursue IoT July 12, 2016 ... "Following the trial we plan to make Cat-M1 available commercially in 2017." .. to bring a variety of LTE-based flavors to market to compete in the emerging IoT market against proprietary, non-LTE technologies from companies such as Ingenu and Sigfox. Some of those non-LTE technologies are leveraging a time-to-market advantage as operators rush to create standards to make their offerings available. AT&T and other operators tend to favor standardized approaches because it enables them to deploy at scale and keep costs low. Last month, an AT&T executive told Light Reading that the operator is pushing ahead with an all-LTE future for cellular IoT applications despite earlier suggestions that it might consider other low power wide area (LPWA) specifications
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China Mobile demonstrates 3.3 GHz TD-LTE, in bid for additional spectrum The 3.5 GHz band has been in the spotlight because of the USA’s very specific plan for the spectrum, but elsewhere in the world, frequencies from 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz have been allocated for years for fixed broadband wireless, and are increasingly being adapted for TD-LTE as regulators have allowed mobile hand-off too. The band is now expanding down to 3.3 GHz, following World Radio Conference last November, and China Mobile and Huawei have completed the first live demonstration of an end-to-end TD-LTE system in 3.3 GHz to 3.4 GHz spectrum... At WRC-15, 300 MHz of contiguous C-Band spectrum (3.4 GHz to 3.8 GHz / 3.8 GHz to 4.2 GHz) was earmarked for 4G use in 45 countries in regions including APAC, Africa and Latin America. Now some countries and organizations are lobbying for that to be extended to the 3.3 GHz to 3.4 GHz spectrum. The push is led by Chinese operators, all of which have been allocated TDD spectrum, and particularly by China Mobile, which has almost single-handedly created a global ecosystem around TD-LTE, seeking to avoid the lonely technology island on which it sat with its imposed 3G system, TD-SCDMA. The 3.3 GHz bid is supported by the China Communication Standards Association, and if it does become a global LTE band in future, it can be expected that Chinese organizations will be the main drivers behind equipment and IPR...
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Gemalto fast-tracks LTE (Cat 1)adoption for IoT in Japan AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, July 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gemalto announces its Cinterion® LTE Cat.1 specific M2M module has completed the interoperability testing by NTT DOCOMO, INC., ... The ELS31J and ELS51J wireless modules are engineered for IoT applications ...
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LTE Cat M1/NB1 E on the horizon, while LTE Cat 1 is spreading around the globe July 8, 2016
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China Mobile, Huawei demo 3.3 GHz to 3.4 GHz TD-LTE system Wednesday 6 July 2016 | 14:42 CET | News China Mobile and Huawei have jointly announced the inaugural demonstration of a TD-LTE system operating over the 3.3 GHz to 3.4 GHz frequency band at the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) workshop in Shanghai. The demonstration system was developed with the integration of the Huawei's newly modified commercial 3.5 GHz TD-LTE products. The system reveals that the industry chain of the spectrum for IMT identified by the World Radio-communication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) is maturing, Huawei said.
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Jul 3 2016 Mount Pleasant-based Zubie is selling some of the data its plug-in devices collects to an undisclosed car manufacturer. Mount Pleasant-based Zubie is selling some of the data its plug-in devices collects to an undisclosed car manufacturer.
Zubie has a new customer, one the company says points to the big-picture potential of its business of connecting cars to the internet. The Mount Pleasant-based technology firm says it’s selling some of the data it collects from its users to a car manufacturer, part of an effort to show automakers how their vehicles are working in the real world. Zubie declined to identify the company, which it calls a “top tier global auto manufacturer,” but it said Wednesday it’s in talks with others...
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Zubie CEO steps down after 3 years running Mount Pleasant startup Jun 29 2016 ... he felt the time was right for him to leave...
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Zubie achieves major connected-car milestone, providing global auto makers with valuable vehicle diagnostic and performance insights Jun 28, 2016, from Zubie CHARLESTON, S.C., June 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Zubie... announced it is partnering with major auto manufacturers to leverage its repository of data and analytics to enhance the manufacturers' understanding of vehicle performance and reliability. The Zubie platform... offers a breadth and depth of aggregated data that reflects hundreds of millions of driven miles. This provides a unique perspective on cars on the road -- down to the specific model -- that is otherwise not available to car makers. Zubie has recently entered into an agreement to provide select aggregated data to a top tier global auto manufacturer, and is in discussions with others... |
