With the Mobile World Congress starting today in Barcelona, the Internet of Things scene will certainly see a lot of announcements this week. And the Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) segment will definitely have its share of novelty, as can
The Things Network, the crowdsourced IoT lab
Yesterday I went to the second meet-up of The Things Network Paris. For those who don’t know it , The Things Network (TTN) is a community-driven
Entering the IoT Market as a Broadband Operator
Edge datacenters will require denser fiber networks
Yesterday I was at the Datacloud Congress in Monaco, where I had the opportunity to chair a session about the latest trends regarding dark fiber in Europe. The event is a must-go in the field of datacenters
Smart village goes for LoRa
With the numerous announcements from major mobile operators regarding the deployment of IoT networks, especially Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) ones, one may wonder if there is room for smaller players. This kind of networks requires a relatively small
Trust and the Internet of Things
Alphabet’s subsidiary Nest has gotten a fair bit of bad press lately after it announced that the Revolv hub would cease functioning as of May 15th, 2016. Developed by the start-up Revolv – acquired by Nest in October 2014 –
The Vorto project, a no-standard approach to IoT interoperability
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon an interesting project while I was writing my article ‘Why smart services need better -not just more- data’: the open source Vorto project, which aims at developing information models for
Are fixed networks obsolete in the Smart City era?
Every day we read articles describing how wireless sensor networks will drive change in cities all around the world, bringing connectivity to street furniture, vehicles, utility networks