Bea O'Flaherty
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The business benefits of 5G

As 2022 gets into full swing, many business owners are considering how they can give their tech setup a refresh. 5G first hit the UK’s shores in May 2019, but it’s taken a while for the rollout to expand enough…

Smart water manages consumption and detects real-time leaks

The world’s population is expected to pass the 9 billion mark by 2050, resulting in a 35 to 60% increase in water demand for domestic consumption, agriculture, industry and power generation. Robeau’s team has been working for two years on…

Scalable digital certificate management system for IoT devices

u-blox, a global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, has announced the IoT certificate manager, a new security service that continuously renews device credentials in a fully automated mode. Together with u-blox’s existing zero touch provisioning service,…

Wearable predictions for 2022

It is impossible to address emerging trends without mentioning the metaverse. The buzz around this topic has been steadily building, some might even say to the point of overhype. However, the convergence between this virtual world and the world of…

Global connectivity and positioning capabilities for boards

Unleash a world of new opportunities for edge computing, in every field from agriculture to smart cities. The Arduino PRO Portenta family levels up with its newest addition: the Portenta Cat. M1/NB IoT GNSS Shield, ready to extend the capabilities…

Bluetooth Low Energy broken down

Bluetooth is two decades old and inhabits more than 20 billion circuits – this is phenomenal growth. Did you know that smart-phone vendors no longer support classic Bluetooth? It has been replaced by new BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). As somebody…

Top 10 IoT exhibitors at CES

We’ve compiled a list of our top ten exhibitors from CES 2022. These businesses are only a few among the hundreds of innovative exhibitors that could be seen in Vegas, but we love this cutting-edge, IoT technology! Internet of Everything…

IoT Standard Essential Patent licensing to be simplified

Nokia and Nordic Semiconductor announced a pioneering new approach to licensing the use of cellular IoT Standard Essential Patents. Companies purchasing IoT hardware from Nordic will now be given the opportunity to acquire licenses to Nokia’s industry leading portfolio of…

Making sustainable cities the future

There’s zero doubt that human-induced climate change is edging us ever-closer towards an environmental tipping point. Despite the much-anticipated discussions focused on decarbonisation policies at COP26, and warnings by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), much work still needs…

PSTN switch off scheduled for 2025

The public switched telephone network (PSTN) switch off is scheduled for 2025, and will mark the end of the copper-based telephone network. In the lead up to the switch off, businesses must transition away from PSTN-based products to newer services…