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News & Views Most Popular Orange Exec on IoT's Key Verticals By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/11/2019 On the show floor at Mobile World Congress 2019, Emmanuel Routier from Orange Business Services talks about the key verticals for IoT application developments. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Hands Off Our 5G Spectrum – Vodafone's Message for Verticals By Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/26/2019 Vodafone's chief engineer slams proposals in several countries to reserve spectrum for industrial use. Post a Comment \| Read (0) MWC 2019: Ovum's Key IoT Trends By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/7/2019 As the IoT market shifts further from proofs of concept to real deployments, Ovum's IoT expert Alexandra Rehak talks about the key IoT trends, such as new business models and data management, that she'll be discussing in Barcelona. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement VMware Buys AetherPal for Remote Device Support By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 2/6/2019 VMware is looking to AetherPal to help telcos and enterprises manage proliferating end-devices, including PCs, mobile and ruggedized equipment in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, retail and other locations. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Re-Ingenu: An IoT Startup Is Born Yet Again By Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/5/2019 Can a new management team touting a bold new business plan persuade investors to give the IoT startup another chance? Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: iainmorris Babak Razi responded with the following comments: "Thanks for the comments... Eurobites: Altice Set to Sell Stake in Portuguese Cable Unit By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 2/4/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Sunrise in talks to buy Liberty Global's Swiss unit; VEON's new strategy man; more UK trouble in store for Huawei; Nokia takes its Gfast to Japan. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ingenu Has New Boss in Alvaro Gazzolo By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/23/2019 US IoT player moves its chief operating officer into the role of president several months after embarking on a radical new strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Can LoRa Withstand the Cellular Stampede? By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/22/2019 Defying predictions it would be trampled by cellular IoT, LoRa technology has continued to secure business. But can it become a multi-billion-device technology? Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: iainmorris Thanks for the info, Alex. Will make sure to check out the research. Sigfox US Boss Is Out as Offices Close in Boston, San Francisco By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/21/2019 The French IoT specialist parts company with its US boss after just a year and shuts offices in Boston and San Francisco. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: [email protected] Interesting to see that you are making light of senior management and organizational... Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/16/2019 The French IoT company has lost another two senior executives in recent months, according to sources, following a wave of departures in the past two years. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 @Gallis, In fact, I have worked for 2 tech startups. Even in the one... Microsoft & Walgreens Fend Off Amazon With 7-Year Healthcare Partnership By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 1/15/2019 Microsoft and Walgreens Boots Alliance partner to transform healthcare delivery, as well as migrate most of WBA's IT infrastructure to Azure. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Sprint Gets Cozy With 5G Enterprise Testbeds By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 1/11/2019 Jan Geldmacher, president of Sprint Business, gets his customers ready for 5G applications with testbeds that help businesses put low-latency and high-bandwidth network applications to the test, giving them a leg up on IoT and other business deployments. Post a Comment \| Read (0) ADVA Moves In on Small Cell Backhaul By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/5/2018 New tinier gateway is hardened for deployment on street furniture to provide backhaul for small cells, WiFi hotspots that will blossom with 5G densification, smart cities and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) IoT Boom Won't Pay Off for Mobile Operators By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/28/2018 Ericsson's latest mobility report is a wake-up call for anyone who thinks cellular IoT connectivity will fuel sales growth for telcos. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: camag Agree that for the likes of Vodafone, it's about connectivity. Was told as... Cisco: Connected Home Will Be Key Driver of IoT by 2022 By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/27/2018 Connected home applications, such as home automation, home security and video surveillance, connected white goods, and tracking applications, will represent 48% of the total M2M connections by 2022, Cisco says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: O2 Launches Massive MIMO Trials in London By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/23/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone tracks drones; TIM's spin-off puts 20,000 jobs at risk, says trade union official; Orange and MTN join forces on mobile money. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast's Industrial IoT Platform Has Global Potential By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 'We're effectively IoT over the top,' machineQ exec says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G & the Factory of the Future By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/13/2018 What's latency got to do with it? Quite a bit actually... Post a Comment \| Read (16 comments) Latest Comment: DanJones Nokia, was using a couple of Bosch robot arms for demos last week. They didn't... Sierra Wireless Has First CBRS Module Approved by FCC By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/6/2018 Sierra Wireless gets first CBRS module approved by FCC, paving the way for private LTE networks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ciena: Scale for the Future, Support the Legacy By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/17/2018 New initiatives bring IP onto the platform for end-to-end services up to Layer 3 but also support remaining base of TDM offerings better. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards ericbanaa19, 3/15/2019 6:19:54 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Digital Media Play The tv is a digital media just as plenty as a laptop is a virtual media. It serves as a medium for virtual content to play through it. For my part, the television is, in reality, a digital media. Television packages, movies,... iainmorris, 2/9/2019 3:15:24 AM Re-Ingenu: An IoT Startup Is Born Yet Again Re: Re: Ingenu Babak Razi responded with the following comments: "Thanks for the comments Lawrence. Just to set the record straight -- we are not debunking Lora or SigFox -- we are passing along information coming from Lora and SigFox... LLM2M, 2/7/2019 12:16:59 PM Re-Ingenu: An IoT Startup Is Born Yet Again Re: Ingenu Iain, thank you for the excellent article. Just a few comments: "The Ingenu technology would cover the same area as a Sigfox network with a fraction of the sites". Provided they could actually do this (unproven so... Jacobarch02, 1/31/2019 9:43:54 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: portion of the examination Subsequent to perusing a portion of the examination, I see the rationale, kind. I'm a bit too out-dated to become tied up with that system. Be that as it may, of course, do my assignment uk I'm not an investor of record,... iainmorris, 1/23/2019 6:10:18 AM Can LoRa Withstand the Cellular Stampede? Re: Re: Definitions Thanks for the info, Alex. Will make sure to check out the research. RethinkAlex, 1/23/2019 5:33:43 AM Can LoRa Withstand the Cellular Stampede? Re: Definitions Hi Iain. Important to note that the billion "IoT connections" that Ericsson predicted does not equal Cat-M or Cat-NB, and includes a heap of stuff that runs on the older protocols. However, I'm pretty sure that when it says... [email protected], 1/23/2019 3:39:26 AM Sigfox US Boss Is Out as Offices Close in Boston, San Francisco Re: Re: Thank you for your interest in Sigfox again. Interesting to see that you are making light of senior management and organizational developments that have a significant impact on corporate operations and staff morale. Those are the kind of things that pretty much every... Sigfox Coms, 1/22/2019 3:13:38 AM Sigfox US Boss Is Out as Offices Close in Boston, San Francisco Re: Thank you for your interest in Sigfox again. We confirm that we are indeed based in WeWork, a great and vibrant place. On the other hand, we find it unfortunate that you did not report to your readers the change of wallpaper that we made in 2017 in Boston. It was very... brooks7, 1/20/2019 4:48:26 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Re: Is it worth reporting everytime a manager leaves? @Gallis, In fact, I have worked for 2 tech startups. Even in the one that I was part of that I was managing through the sale of the company instead of bankruptcy did not have 33% voluntary turnover. In fact,... Gallis, 1/20/2019 4:35:02 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Re: Is it worth reporting everytime a manager leaves? @brook7 Clearly you have never worked in a tech start up. In a normal business this would plain wrong, in a tech start up this is just normal. Just wondering why LightReading only report this kind of boring news on Sigfox,... brooks7, 1/19/2019 2:54:07 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Re: Is it worth reporting everytime a manager leaves? If you think that a 33% voluntary turnover rate is normal in a start-up, then you are wrong. Also note, this report talks about a C-level executive. Which if you scroll through other articles is reported on regularly... Gallis, 1/18/2019 8:50:49 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Is it worth reporting everytime a manager leaves? When you have 400 employees and 40 key employees in a high tech start up (i should call it a grown up now), you are bound to lose 1/3 (12 = 1 per month) every year because some can't stand the pressure, some have other opportunities... Sigfox Coms, 1/17/2019 12:27:07 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Thank you for being so attentive and faithful to Sigfox We have grown significantly over the last few years, with our network now covering 60 countries, 1 billion people and more than 6 million objects worldwide and it's only normal in such a fast growing market to adapt your... camag, 12/4/2018 11:23:48 PM IoT Boom Won't Pay Off for Mobile Operators Re: Re: It's a matter of perspective Agree that for the likes of Vodafone, it's about connectivity. Was told as much. 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