Plan-S launches four new satellites, joining constellation

Plan-S has successfully launched four new satellites for its Connecta IoT network, bringing the total number of satellites in the Connecta IoT network constellation to eight. Plan-S, a company established in July 2021, is driving satellite and space technology in…

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…

Queclink launches industrial router series

Queclink is pleased to announce the official launch of its WR310 Series, an industrial router designed to meet the growing demands of modern industrial networks. The router is powered by Qualcomm’s advanced chipset, the WR310 combines 5G SA/NSA, Wi-Fi 6…

Ciena supports 1 Tb/s transmission across Pacific Ocean

Southern Cross Cable has connected the world’s first transpacific 1 Tb/s single-carrier wavelength across its 13,500km live production network with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optics. This connectivity milestone witnessed WL6e perform effortlessly at 1 Tb/s over the world’s…

Radar technology adopted to improve traffic flow management

ITS Teknik has adopted the Anybus Wireless Bridge in a move to improve traffic flow management. This technology enables efficient wireless communication between traffic systems, minimising disruption and ensuring smoother operations. A key aspect for ITS Teknik is traffic signalling…

Gilat and Hispasat respond to urgent need for comms during hurricane

Gilat Satellite Networks, working in partnership with Hispasat, a mobile operator, swiftly responded to Southern Linc’s urgent request for additional satellite capacity in the wake of Hurricane Helene, a tropical cyclone that hit the Southeastern United States in September 2024.…

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…

Vodafone building 5G SA network on Harwell campus

Oxfordshire County Council has picked Vodafone to build and manage a 5G Standalone (5G SA) mobile private network (MPN) based at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. This network is designed to unlock the full capabilities of IoT devices through features…

Transforma predicts AIoT connections will reach 9.1bn from 2033

New forecasts for AIoT include AIoT device count and information for IoT applications and AI use cases for 196 countries, according to Transforma Insights. AI and the IoT are arguably two of the most impactful and far-reaching technology developments of…