Digital Matter announced the launch of its Energy Saving Stack (ESS), a powerful new enhancement to the company’s Device Manager ecosystem that delivers up to twice the battery life together with 100% more location updates to its battery-powered asset tracking…
Communications
Viasat delivers Mexico’s first satellite-to-smartphone text messages
Viasat, the US-based satellite communications company, has completed Mexico’s first demonstration of direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity, sending native SMS messages via satellite on standard Android smartphones. At an event in Mexico City, the company showcased text messaging and push-to-talk functions routed…
HPE and Ericsson launch joint lab to test multi-vendor 5G infrastructure
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Ericsson have unveiled plans to open a joint validation laboratory aimed at helping telecommunications providers navigate the challenges of deploying multi-vendor 5G infrastructure. The lab, based near Ericsson’s headquarters in Sweden, will test the interoperability…
Transatel’s Jacques Bonifay: Why eSIM will make the physical SIM obsolete
When Apple removed the SIM card tray from its iPhone 17 in Europe, it marked a clear shift in how we connect to mobile networks. For most consumers, the move was a simple matter of convenience. But for the IoT…