Press Releases

HomeGrid Forum’s Donna Yasay steps down as president of industry alliance promoting G.hn

HomeGrid Forum has announced that Donna Yasay will be stepping down as president following a successful two years with the Forum. Under Donna’s leadership, the HomeGrid Forum says it has flourished in the networking and communications market, ensuring G.hn products are multi-vendor interoperable even with multi-vendor silicon. (more…)

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July 31, 2017

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Arrow Electronics signs global agreement with Bosch Sensortec to address IoT

Arrow Electronics, Inc. has signed a global distribution agreement with Bosch Sensortec to supply Bosch Sensortec products. Bosch is a leading supplier of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) sensors worldwide. (more…)

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Particle raises $20 Million Series B lead by Spark Capital to bring IoT to the enterprise

Particle announced it has secured $20 Million in Series B funding to bring its world-class IoT solutions to Enterprise companies. The round was led by Spark Capital, with participation from Qualcomm Ventures and Particle’s previous investors. (more…)

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July 25, 2017

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Smart thermostats gain traction in Europe and North America

Berg Insight, the M2M/IoT market research provider, released new findings about the smart thermostat market. The number of North American and European homes with a smart thermostat grew by 67% to 10.1 million in 2016. (more…)

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July 19, 2017

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Number of smart homes in Europe and North America reached 30.3m in 2016, says Berg Insight

According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the number smart homes in Europe and North America reached 30.3 million in 2016. (more…)

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July 14, 2017

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Foobot launches smart indoor air quality monitor to lift productivity in the workplace

Airboxlab announced that its connected indoor air quality monitor, Foobot, is now available in the UK. Foobot is the brainchild of CEO, Jacques Touillon, who wanted to help his eldest child in his fight against asthma and after looking without success for a device to fight this invisible enemy (more…)

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July 13, 2017

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China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute joins the HomeGrid Forum to support G.hn technology deployment in Asia

HomeGrid Forum announced China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute has become its newest promoter member. China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute is a major research organisation within the China Telecom Corporation, and has worked on G.hn related projects for more than three years. (more…)

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July 7, 2017

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User interface designs ‘simplified’ with new Touch Sense solution for IoT applications from NXP

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has launched its new NXP Touch solution at the NXP FTF Tech Forum. It combines specialised touch software with the Touch Sense Interface (TSI) module available on the Kinetis KE15Z MCU along with a complete set of tools enabling designers to easily add touch to user interface designs (more…)

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June 23, 2017

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Adoption of GlobalPlatform industry specs deployed on 22bn Secure Elements

GlobalPlatform, a standard for the protection and secure management of digital services and devices, has conservatively estimated that 41% of all Secure Elements (SE) deployed globally between 2010 and 2016 were based on its specifications. That is a total of 22.018 billion. (more…)

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June 22, 2017

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Operators are still wrestling with service differentiation and asking ‘Who will make the money in IoT?’

One of the problems with the Internet of Things (IoT), says Robin Kent, director of Adax, is that not all network operators have figured out how to make money from it. Jeremy Cowan, editorial director of IoT Global Network listens again to a voice of experience. (more…)

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