Lucy Barnard
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Bringing over two decades in journalism, Lucy Barnard has reported on everything from London’s property chessboard to Abu Dhabi’s vertical ambitions — and always delivered the story before deadline. Lucy is interested in how technology intersects with major global challenges, from climate change to gender equality and social justice. She believes innovation isn’t just about efficiency or convenience—it’s a powerful tool for building a fairer, more sustainable world.

AI, eSIM and 5G: GSMA summarises top 11 trends in telecoms

The trends happening in the telecoms space are wide-ranging, as a recent webinar hosted by GSMA Intelligence listed 11 trends of note: network transformation; AI; digital industries; consumer 5G; fixed broadband and 5G FWA; consumer technology; eSIM; satellites and NTNs;…

Q&A: Sagar Chandra from Rajant discusses Edge processing and MCX

The establishment of Rajant in the tragic events after 9/11 formed its foundation as a company sensitive to the importance of mission-critical communications (MCX), Sagar Chandra, Executive Vice President for Global Sales and Marketing said in a recent conversation centering…

Q&A: Raphael Apfeldorfer talks about NXP’s embrace of low-power

NXP Semiconductors recently launched its family of ultra-low-power MCX L series of microcontrollers (MCUs) – the MCX L14x and MCX L25x – which IoT Insider learned more about in an exclusive briefing, more specifically the microcontrollers’ key features and the…

Toyota’s vision for smart city, Woven City, completes construction

At CES 2025 Toyota announced the completion of Phase 1 of its Woven City, marking significant progress since the company first announced its transformation into a mobility company at CES 2018, and since it revealed the Woven City concept in…

Has Matter achieved interoperability? Panel at CES interrogates this and more

What have been the biggest challenges for Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) members working on the Matter standard? Has the standard achieved the promise of the smart home? Why did member companies who are direct competitors decide to get involved, and…

UK announces AI strategy: experts respond

UK Prime Minister (PM) Keir Starmer recently announced the nation’s plan to “turbocharge” AI as it will take forward 50 recommendations set out by Matt Clifford in his AI Opportunities Action Plan. IoT Insider spoke to experts about the new…

Verizon not alone in turning their focus to satellite connectivity

Last year, Verizon announced that it was teaming up with Skylo to integrate direct-to-device messaging capabilities to its customers using satellite connectivity, in a sign of how satellites are increasingly being viewed as a complementary technology to cellular and Wi-Fi…

Tiago Rodrigues of Wireless Broadband Alliance sees Wi-Fi adoption growing

A report recently released by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) indicated, among other things, the importance of the convergence of Wi-Fi and Private 5G, the growth in adoption of Wi-Fi, and more. To learn more, IoT Insider Editor Caitlin Gittins…

2025 predictions for IoT: AI-powered attacks and more

Some of the predictions forecast to shape 2025 include the hard-hitting topics and technologies, like AI, the Edge, and 5G, as well as predictions in more specific industry spaces, such as healthcare which foresees coexistence testing, medical device batteries and…

Direct Insight webinar covers CRA training for embedded engineers

A webinar hosted by David Pashley, Managing Director of Direct Insight in December 2024 delved into the finer points of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) legislation, covering the scope, timeline, requirements and reviewing the compliance process, for the benefit of…