UnaBiz, Soracom to expand global IoT connectivity portfolio with cellular connectivity services

UnaBiz signs global IoT distribution agreement with Soracom, a global provider of advanced IoT connectivity, to offer cellular connectivity to its customers. The new deal will provide UnaBiz customers with access to Soracom’s network enabled by 350 mobile carriers across 170 countries, and services complementary to the global 0G network powered by Sigfox technology.

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UnaBiz, ZiFiSense to create unified LPWAN for massive IoT

UnaBiz and ZiFiSense have signed a MoU to promote the development of an unified LPWAN (low-power, wide-area network) environment to enable massive IoT. Under the agreement, UnaBiz and ZiFiSense will leverage their respective networks, with ZETA network covering China and UnaBiz’s global 0G network in 70+ countries, to allow partners and customers to scale their operations globally.

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Smart labels will help IoT become ‘Massive’ with 581mn labels shipped in 2028, says ABI Research

Smart labels based on flexible printed electronic designs are starting to move beyond the design phase into large-scale commercial production, according to ABI Research, a global technology intelligence firm. As a new tool in the IoT toolbox, these devices promise a significant expansion in the use cases and corresponding value that can be generated initially in

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iWire Global, UnaBiz partner to address IoT requirements in Middle East, Africa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 2 February 2023 – iWire Global, a regional provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services signs a partnership agreement with UnaBiz, an IoT service provider and integrator across a hybrid of low power wide area network (LPWAN) technologies, to further accelerate the adoption of IoT technologies in the Middle East

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Sogedo partners UnaBiz for smart water metering in France

Paris, France. 25 January 2023 – Sogedo, an independent water company and water distributor, and UnaBiz, a global provider of IoT solutions, have announced a 10 year partnership to enhance water conservation and better manage water consumption for communities and individuals in France.

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UnaBiz closes Series B at over $50mn with extension round led by SPARX Group

Singapore – UnaBiz, Internet of Things (IoT) service provider, closes Series B at over [$50 million (€47.04 million)] in an extension round led by SPARX Group and followed by G K Goh Holdings and Optimal Investment. The new financing is reserved for existing investors.

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Sisvel debuts its cellular IoT patent pool

Luxembourg – Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) is announcing the launch of its cellular IoT (C-IoT) patent pool consisting of 20 patent owners. 

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What can a virtual satellite network do for you?

Forward-looking savvy businesses are planning to capitalise on the immense data opportunities presented by the Internet of Things. There are already billions of sensors and devices connected, with some analysts claiming the value of the IoT market will be US$650.6 billion (€668.45 billion) by 2026. A 2020 Juniper Research study suggests the total number of

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IoT interoperability – Living the dream

With the arrival of cost-effective Satellite IoT (SatIoT), Systems Integrators are rushing to meet the huge pent-up demand for global solutions that allow asset tracking across the 85% of the planet not covered by cellular networks. They are building fully connected IoT solutions, where mobile assets can be tracked as they move, connecting to an

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After the Sigfox rescue, how do you make IoT work?

Global Internet of Things (IoT) services firm Sigfox has just been rescued from bankruptcy. Business technology journalist, Antony Savvas considers a strategy for making IoT providers more successful going forward.

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Sigfox CEO Jeremy Prince confirms nine groups are bidding for the ailing France-based 0G operator

Although no public announcement has been made yet by Sigfox, a report in the French technology media Journal du Net (www.journaldunet.com/) indicates that nine companies or groups are bidding to take on some or all of Sigfox’s assets. As IoT Now reported on January 27th (See: Sigfox goes into receivership after raising and spending €300mn, seeks

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Sigfox deadline looms: Buyers weigh purchase or its lights out for French 0G operator

Having been placed under Commercial Court protection from its creditors for six months, the board of France-based Sigfox, the ultra narrowband (UNB) network operator, asked the Toulouse Court to shorten the period of administration to just three weeks. That protection period expires on Friday, February 25th 2022, and the ailing company’s Directors evidently believe a

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Sigfox goes into receivership after raising and spending €300mn, seeks buyer in 6-month court protection

France-based IoT service provider Sigfox has gone into receivership, blaming reduced demand and a shortage of key components caused by the pandemic. As Jeremy Cowan reports, the company has been granted bankruptcy protection by a French court during a 6-month ‘observation period’ as it seeks a rescue deal. 

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A busy time in the world of telco IoT

It’s been a busy period for IoT (Internet of Things) market developments that affect the evolving 5G space for telcos. Global freelance business technology journalist, Antony Savvas looks at how IoT movers and shakers could help to further evolve mobile data processing and security.

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Missing 90-year old man found safe and sound thanks to Sigfox’s 0G network

Sigfox‘s 0G network has been successfully used in the rescue of a 90-year-old person who went missing in Basque Country, northern Spain. After 24 hours without news from him, a patrol that included the Basque Rescue Dog Group, firefighters and local police officers exhaustively searched the areas where he could be found, without preliminary results.

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Car-lite and Sigfox launch an intelligent light beacon based on the 0g network

Madrid, Spain – Sigfox, a IoT communication service provider and 0G network provider, and CAR-LITE, a Spanish company in the design and manufacture of emergency signalling beacons for cars, have launched a new smart beacon model base on IoT technology and Sigfox 0G network.

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