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DigitalBridge to acquire PLUS ES, an Australian smart metering platform

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DigitalBridge to acquire PLUS ES, an Australian smart metering platform

DigitalBridge, a global alternative asset manager dedicated to investing in digital infrastructure, has announced that a DigitalBridge-managed investment vehicle has entered into an agreement to acquire PLUS ES, one of Australia’s largest smart meter providers. PLUS ES is a separate ring-fenced entity within the Ausgrid Group. PLUS ES provides infrastructure and services that connect retailers, utilities and network operators with the data needed to manage a complex energy ecosystem. “PLUS ES sits at a compelling intersection of digital infrastructure and the energy transition,” said Justin Chang, the head of Asia…

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Aarhus Vand selects Netmore for smart meter network

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Aarhus Vand selects Netmore for smart meter network

Netmore Group, the network operator and platform provider for Massive IoT, has announced a collaboration with Aarhus Vand and Kamstrup to support the deployment of approximately 69,000 digitally connected water meters across Aarhus Municipality, Denmark. Powered by Netmore’s carrier-grade LoRaWAN network and Kamstrup’s digital water metering technology, the project will provide Aarhus Vand with real-time visibility into water consumption while helping residents better understand and reduce their water usage. Rollout begins in Tranbjerg following a successful pilot involving approximately 1,000 households, where the communication between Kamstrup’s digital meters and Aarhus…

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Nordic Semiconductor takes the nRF93M1 smart modem global

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Nordic Semiconductor takes the nRF93M1 smart modem global

Nordic Semiconductor, a global contributor in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, has announced that its multi-regional nRF93M1-LABA smart modem module, introduced at Mobile World Congress in March 2026, has reached general availability with Global Certification Forum (GCF) compliance, alongside the start of sampling for the nRF93M1-LACA, a pin-, and software-compatible global-band variant. Together, they give developers a faster path to deploying Cat 1 bis connected devices across global markets without redesigning their hardware for each region. Built for simplicity, with global reach The nRF93M1 is built to remove the friction that…

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Morse Micro selects Pace Wireless for its Wi-Fi HaLow Design Partner Program

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Morse Micro selects Pace Wireless for its Wi-Fi HaLow Design Partner Program

Morse Micro, one of the world’s Wi-Fi HaLow silicon provider, has announced that Pace Wireless has joined its Design Partner Program. The Chicago-based engineering firm brings senior product development expertise spanning concept definition, proof-of-concept builds, prototyping, and design for manufacturing. The Design Partner Program connects design houses, system integrators, and developer groups with the silicon, tools and support to bring Wi-Fi HaLow products to market. Pace Wireless was selected for its speed to a working prototype, its low-cost manufacturing discipline, and its established Wi-Fi HaLow experience. Importantly, each member of…

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STRATUM 9 brings deterministic wireless connectivity to industrial automation with DECT NR+

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STRATUM 9 brings deterministic wireless connectivity to industrial automation with DECT NR+

Industrial wireless communication has long meant choosing between reliability and freedom. STRATUM 9‘s DECT NR+ Gateway – built on Nordic‘s nRF9151 module – delivers both, guaranteeing real-time wireless control over a private, license-free band, with no carrier dependency. For industrial operators, the DECT NR+ Gateway opens up a new option. It removes the need to depend on mobile operators, public networks, or external cloud services. Communication remains under the operator’s control, with predictable performance and strong resistance to interference. Built using Nordic’s nRF9151 module and developed with the nRF Connect…

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Arqia, a Wireless Logic company, acquire Algar Telecom’s IoT business

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Arqia, a Wireless Logic company, acquire Algar Telecom’s IoT business

Wireless Logic has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Algar Telecom’s IoT connectivity business, part of Algar Group’s IT and telecommunications company, which will become part of Arqia upon completion. The deal builds on Wireless Logic’s 2025 acquisition of Arqia and reinforces its ambition to grow Arqia’s presence in the Brazilian market. For Algar, the divestment will fund further investment in its core IT and telecommunications business. Once completed, Wireless Logic’s global reach and Arqia’s local expertise will combine to help businesses across agribusiness, logistics, payments, utilities, manufacturing,…

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Nordic’s nRF9151 opens satellite and cellular IoT to a new class of connected devices

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Nordic’s nRF9151 opens satellite and cellular IoT to a new class of connected devices

Nordic Semiconductor, a global contributor in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, has announced a faster path to satellite and cellular IoT. Embedded modem innovator LooUQ‘s MTC2-N9151 has earned Skylo Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) certification, building on Nordic’s own Skylo-certified nRF9151 to reduce time-to-market for IoT product developers. Water technology company Remsight is already deploying the compact, drop-in embedded modem from LooUQ to monitor water infrastructure across the American West, reaching the field much faster and at lower cost than it would have building their own solution from scratch. One certification, inherited down…

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New LoRa Alliance standards Make LoRaWAN deployments faster, simpler and more scalable

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New LoRa Alliance standards Make LoRaWAN deployments faster, simpler and more scalable

The LoRa Alliance, the open, non-profit organisation defining, evolving and promoting the LoRaWAN standard, has took a significant step in achieving effortless, low-touch deployment at scale with new specifications that enable automated device set-up and a new technical document that extends LoRaWAN’s connectivity reach. The two new specifications – TS014 and TS018 – and a new technical guidance document, TR016 – together dismantle one of the biggest practical barriers to IoT deployment: getting a device onto a network quickly, securely and without manual work. Removing this barrier furthers LoRaWAN’s status…

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Quectel’s FGH200M Wi-Fi HaLow module now FCC/IC/CE/RCM certified for mass production

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Quectel’s FGH200M Wi-Fi HaLow module

Morse Micro, one of the world’s Wi-Fi HaLow silicon provider, has announced that Quectel’s FGH200M module has passed FCC/IC/CE/RCM certification. Built on Morse Micro’s MM8108 system-on-chip, the module is now cleared for mass-market production, giving IoT device makers a validated path to Wi-Fi HaLow at scale. The FGH200M, built around Morse Micro’s second-generation MM8108 Wi-Fi HaLow system-on-chip (SoC), is the latest in a growing line of Quectel modules built on Morse Micro silicon. The FGH200M brings Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity into an ultra-compact, fully integrated module measuring 11.0mm x 10.0mm x…

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Sunricher powers next-generation Bluetooth Mesh occupancy sensors with Nordic’s nRF54L15

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Sunricher powers next-generation Bluetooth Mesh occupancy sensors with Nordic’s nRF54L15

Founded in 2007, Chinese firm Sunricher (Shenzhen Sunricher Technology) has spent 19 years building smart lighting control solutions for commercial, hospitality and residential markets. Its portfolio spans smart LED drivers that support Zigbee and Bluetooth Mesh dimming for smart lighting; controllers and sensors (including PIR (Passive Infrared) motion, microwave radar and ambient light); and end-to-end lighting platforms supporting Matter, HomeKit, Alexa and Google Home. As a B2B company, Sunricher serves OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) partners of top-tier international lighting brands, as well as smart lighting…

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SEALSQ and L5 Cartronics partner to develop secure multi-package IoT modules

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SEALSQ and L5 Cartronics partner to develop secure multi-package IoT modules

SEALSQ, a developer of semiconductor, PKI and provisioning technologies, and L5 Cartronics (LFC), an Indian electronics design and manufacturing company, has announced a partnership to develop a new generation of highly competitive secure connectivity modules for IoT applications. The collaboration combines L5 Cartronics’ expertise in precision Clocking, Power and Interface solutions, and large-scale production with SEALSQ’s hardware security technology through the integration of a SEALSQ secure element die into LFC’s advanced multi-package module architecture. This approach enables a highly integrated, cost-efficient solution designed for scale manufacturing. LFC’s proprietary Active EMI…

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Iridium announces commercial availability of Iridium PNT ASIC

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Iridium announces commercial availability of Iridium PNT ASIC

Iridium Communications, a provider of global voice, data and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite services, has announced the commercial availability of the Iridium PNT ASIC, a first-to-market chip designed to help protect GPS- and GNSS-dependent devices from jamming, spoofing and other growing threats. Since the Iridium PNT ASIC’s unveiling in October 2025, Iridium has received unprecedented demand from more than 150 organisations worldwide, spanning maritime, unmanned and autonomous systems (UXV), aviation, telecommunications and other critical infrastructure sectors. “The market response to the Iridium PNT ASIC has reinforced what we’re…

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Iridium announces commercial availability of Iridium PNT ASIC

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Iridium announces commercial availability of Iridium PNT ASIC

Iridium Communications, a provider of global voice, data and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite services, has announced the commercial availability of the Iridium PNT ASIC, a first-to-market chip designed to help protect GPS- and GNSS-dependent devices from jamming, spoofing and other growing threats. Since the Iridium PNT ASIC’s unveiling in October 2025, Iridium has received unprecedented demand from more than 150 organisations worldwide, spanning maritime, unmanned and autonomous systems (UXV), aviation, telecommunications and other critical infrastructure sectors. “The market response to the Iridium PNT ASIC has reinforced what we’re…

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Marti and Tensor partner to deploy autonomous vehicles in Türkiye

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Marti and Tensor partner to deploy autonomous vehicles in Türkiye

Marti Technologies, one of Türkiye’s mobility super app, and Tensor, a pioneer in personal autonomous vehicles, has announced a multi-year partnership to purchase and deploy Tensor autonomous vehicles (AVs) on Marti’s mobility platform in cities across Türkiye. Marti currently offers ride-hailing services in 20 cities across Türkiye representing approximately 80% of the country’s GDP, including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Kocaeli, Bursa, Antalya, Konya, Adana, Mersin, Gaziantep, Tekirdağ, Manisa, Kayseri, Muğla, Sakarya, Samsun, Eskişehir, Denizli, Aydın and Yalova. Following launch, Marti platform consumers will be able to hail Tensor autonomous vehicles directly…

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Telefónica Deutschland and Crout launch Resilient Connectivity Solution

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Telefónica Deutschland and Crout launch Resilient Connectivity Solution

When monitoring cold chains, securing cash transports, transmitting vital data, or activating backup systems, the connection must never be interrupted. Telecommunications provider Telefónica Deutschland has gained a new partner for the Internet of Things in the German company Crout. Together, the companies are now launching the “2CoreSIM” on the market: an IoT solution that combines two independent network profiles on a single SIM card and automatically switches to the alternative connection in the event of disruptions. “Digital processes are becoming increasingly business-critical for companies. Anyone who monitors the flow of goods,…

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