Swift Navigation completes $50m funding round

Swift Navigation announced the completion of its $50 million Series E financing round, led by Crosslink Capital, which brings the company’s total capital to over $250 million and driving its mission to change how we map and navigate the world…

IoT monetisation market will surpass $45 trillion

The global IoT monetisation market was valued at $1.01 trillion in 2024 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 46.4% to reach $45.46 trillion by 2034, according to a recent report by Global Market Insights. As IoT devices…

emnify appoints Matthew Mallette as VP of Sales, North America

emnify is proud to announce the appointment of Matthew Mallette to its team as Vice President of Sales, North America. Mallette joins emnify following senior leadership positions held at Oracle and high-growth startups such as Planful and Jedox, bringing over…

Quectel supports commercial beekeeping with LTE module

Quectel Wireless Solutions is proud to announce its support for Apiary Solutions, a provider of the iAPIS operations management platform for the commercial beekeeping industry, through providing its high-performance EG21-G Mini PCIe LTE Cat 1 module. Integrated into the Apiary…

Lyca Mobile expands partnership with epay

Lyca Mobile has signed an extension of the contract with epay, a Europe-based prepaid provider, to offer its SIM products to customers across Italy with the help of epay’s large distribution network of retail partners. The new deal will oversee…

LINX and Megaport partner on Cloud connectivity

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with global Network as a Service (NaaS) provider, Megaport, to improve Cloud connectivity for its members. As part of the partnership, the LINX Cloud Connect service will be…

UK Connect appoints Jenny Walker as Chief Marketing Officer

UK Connect has announced the appointment of Jenny Walker as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Walker joined the team late last year as its Head of Marketing following a nine-year tenure as Global Marketing Director at Ericsson. Walker’s swift elevation…

Emergent Connext closes $5m funding round

Emergent Connext recently announced the successful closure of its $5 million seed funding round. The seed round attracted a strong group of investors who share Emergent’s vision to digitally connect the underserved industries of rural America – unlocking new opportunities…

Gemtek delivers prplWare certified devices

prpl Foundation member company Gemtek Technologies has become the first to deliver prplWare certified devices; by achieving certification, Gemtek has proven that their devices will behave as expected by operators, and that all applications will run consistently across their prplWare…

World’s first demonstration of LEO 5G NTN connecting to a flying drone

Airbus Central Research and Technology, in collaboration with Luxembourg-based satellite operator OQ Technology, has successfully conducted the world’s first flight demonstration of a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connection to user terminals mounted on a test drone. This…