On Tuesday, Amazon launched a program that forces users of many Echo smart speakers and Ring security cameras to automatically share a small portion of their home wireless bandwidth with neighbors. The only way to stop it is to turn it off yourself.
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We live in exciting times. Technological advances in devices, networks, and software have enabled applications and services that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. The advent of 5G networks increases the capacity and speeds of networks, which will usher in a new age of possibilities. Smart cities are one of those possibilities. Read more
Switzerland’s Postal Services Act requires the country’s national postal service, Swiss Post, to ensure postal service access to all communities regardless of the challenging terrain. To achieve this, the Swiss Post turned to the Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Read more
Complementary IoT solutions are filling the gap here where 5G may be costly, or when deployments simply cannot support its infrastructure. While options for IoT solutions are seemingly endless, it’s important to understand the needs of the deployment, and which solution can deliver. Read more
The IoT solution, provided by Miromico and Semtech, includes a wireless scanning device that enables postal customers to request service via an IoT network and receive assistance within a day. Read more
Semtech Corporation SMTC is leaving no stone unturned to bolster presence in the booming Internet of Things (IoT) market on the back of strategic partnerships and robust LoRa technology. Read more
As the demand for connectivity continues to grow, so does the reliance on the Internet of Things (IoT). In the manufacturing industry, IoT devices can enable smarter factories, but with so many different options available, an emerging challenge is the lack of interoperability between connectivity platforms. While the goal of leveraging IoT solutions is to make life easier for the end user, and in this case factory workers, having multiple solution offerings inherently makes things more difficult. Read more
Semtech Corporation is working with US analytics company SAS to bundle LoRaWAN connectivity with IoT streaming analytics. The strategy is to make IoT-based sensor solutions more easily accessible to data analytics specialists, and to bring edge and cloud data analytics to IoT users. Meanwhile, LoRaWAN provider Senet has claimed more business on its platform in the first quarter than in all of last year, driven mainly by the utilities sector. Read more
Semtech and SAS announced a collaboration on Wednesday to expand the use of data analytics for industrial automation, asset tracking, agriculture and environmental management. Their combined technologies are set to address an ambitious set of goals: flood prevention, livestock wellness and precision agriculture for global food production and better energy forecasting to lower risk and to maximize grid efficiency. Read more