IoT/M2M/V2V Channel - Latest News & Content Related to IoT

TI's new Sub-1 GHz solution spans 20 km on a coin cell

Texas Instruments (TI) announced the availability of the next device in the SimpleLink™ ultra-low power platform, designed to help customers easily add ultra-low power, long-range connectivity to their IoT designs. The new SimpleLink Sub-1 GHz CC1310 wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) offers up to 20 years of battery life for building and factory automation, alarm and security, smart grid and wireless sensor network applications.


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Anritsu names Innis VP/GM of Americas

Anritsu Co. announces the appointment of Paul Innis as vice president and general manager of the Americas Sales Region, incorporating the United States, Canada, Central and South Americas, as well as the Caribbean. Innis will use his extensive experience to successfully position Anritsu Co.’s wide portfolio of product and services into the telecommunications, general industry and government markets, as well as into emerging industries, such as connected cars and the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT).


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Ericsson, AT&T, Altair demo 10 years of LTE IoT battery life

Ericsson has announced it will join AT&T and chipset provider Altair to demonstrate LTE Power Saving Mode on commercial LTE Internet of Things (IoT) chipset platform at the GSMA Mobile 360 Series - North America event on October 27-29 in Atlanta, Georgia. The demonstration will be held in the AT&T booth running on Ericsson networks and Altair’s FourGee-1160 Cat 1 chipset featuring ultra-low power consumption.


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Smart watches to trump mHealth wearables for integration into $34B smart home market

In a report from ABI Research, smart watches will drive the most interest for wearables integration into the smart home even though fitness trackers were approximately two-thirds of all wearable device shipments in 2014. Recent announcements of Android Wear from Google and Apple Watch are driving integration efforts from various smart home platform vendors such as iControl, Alarm.com and Samsung’s SmartThings.


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