Environments, the Lighting Environments subsidiary specialising in intelligent building systems and power-infrastructure design, has entered a strategic partnership with custom electrical distribution manufacturer, Gavan-Graham. The move creates a single-source provider for complex power-delivery projects across multiple sectors, offering customers an…
NEXT Biometrics secures first Vietnamese mass-production order as digital ID push gathers pace
NEXT Biometrics has entered the Vietnamese market with its first mass-production order, as the Oslo-based fingerprint sensor specialist moves to capitalise on the country’s accelerating adoption of digital identity systems. The order was placed by an unnamed Vietnamese System Integrator…
DSA Global Summit draws top officials as calls grow for co-ordinated Wi-Fi policy
Global regulators and industry figures have warned that decisions on spectrum policy are now exerting a tangible influence on consumers and businesses, as senior officials convened in Dubai for the DSA Global Summit 2025. The three-day meeting, held this week…
Understanding NFC Forum’s certification release 15 and its impact
Mike McCamon, Executive Director of industry association NFC Forum, explores Certification Release 15, highlighting its extended operating range, enhanced reliability, and how it enables seamless, next-generation NFC experiences across diverse industries and devices. In June this year, NFC Forum announced…
Optical satellite communications poised for multi-billion-dollar expansion says Yole Group
Optical satellite communication is moving from experimental trials to large-scale industrial deployment, positioning itself as a potential multi-billion-dollar market over the next decade, according to a new report by Yole Group. The consultancy’s Optical Satellite Communication 2025 report provides an…
EMASS to showcase ultra-low-power Edge AI at CES 2026
EMASS, the Nanoveu subsidiary focused on next-generation semiconductors, will demonstrate its ECS-DoT system-on-chip (SoC) at CES 2026 in Las Vegas in January, highlighting the potential of milliwatt-class, on-device artificial intelligence. The ECS-DoT platform is designed to deliver always-on AI with…
S7: E11: the state of the RFID market
In this episode of IoT Unplugged, Caitlin Gittings talks to Kirsten Newquist, CEO of Identiv, about the evolving RFID and IoT landscape. Kirsten begins by outlining her professional background, including 17 years at Avery Dennison in Corporate Strategy, Healthcare RFID,…
Quectel targets surge in second-generation smart meters at Enlit 2025
Quectel Wireless Solutions, the IoT solutions provider, is using this year’s Enlit conference in Bilbao to showcase technology it says will support the accelerating shift from first- to second-generation smart meters. The company, which is exhibiting at the event running…
It’s not you, it’s your Alexa: Eve’s journey to bridge the smart home divide between Android and iOS
Imagine the scene: you are finally ready to move in with the love of your life. You pack up your things, step over the threshold of her beautifully automated home, and reach for your phone to turn on the lights.…
STMicroelectronics targets smarter home devices with new low-power wireless microcontroller
STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new low-power wireless microcontroller aimed at improving the performance and battery life of remote controls used in consumer electronics and home-automation systems. The STM32WL3R is an evolution of the company’s STM32WL3 sub-GHz platform and incorporates a…