It is hard to believe that it has been ten years since Steve Jobs launched the iPhone. A decade has passed in which his ‘widescreen iPod, mobile phone and Internet communications device’ completely changed the way that people communicate, access information, and consume media.

A new WiFi module will be launched by u-blox at embedded world, held in Nuremberg, Germany, on 14th-16th March 2017. New demonstrations will include WiFi and Bluetooth low energy sensor connectivity to cloud applications, the C030 application board for rapid prototyping of cellular IoT applications, the super low power GNSS receiver for portable applications, and a gas flow meter sensor using NB-IoT technology. First to be featured is a...

  u-blox has announced its partnership with Digicom, a key player in the IoT ecosystem. Digicom offers a range of hardware and software with cellular connectivity to develop Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) products and solutions. Both companies were amongst the first ones to carry out a series of successful field trials of the new NB-IoT technology. 

Integral to a modern car today is many elements; a major one however, is WiFi. Powered by LTE, vehicle WiFi hotspots are an option on virtually all the latest car models. Most new cars can also use WiFi to integrate the smartphone with a car infotainment system, for example via Apple CarPlay, or Android Auto.

u-blox has announced PTCRB certification of its TOBY-R202 and TOBY-R200 LTE Cat 1 modules for T-Mobile's US 4G LTE network. Both modules will be available for both of T-Mobile's IoT Access packs, which offer simple IoT pricing with a Cat 1 module and support a broad range of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, reducing the cost for product makers to introduce new LTE devices on the network. The TOBY-R202 and TOBY-R200 modules ...

u-blox, Pietro Fiorentini and Terranova Software have announced the successful results of their Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) field trials. The trials were run on a full working NB-IoT cycle inside a gas meter, with focus on the results achieved in the field, in areas where reachability and battery consumption, as well as product robustness and reliability are crucial.

u-blox is collaborating with Vodafone and many different companies across the IoT ecosystem to demonstrate the power of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology at Mobile World Congress, the mobile industry’s premier event, held in Barcelona on 27 February – 2 March 2017. Each listed demo will run on a u-blox SARA-N2 NB-IoT module to illustrate various use cases of NB-IoT.

The healthcare industry has always been an early adopter of the new technologies, even though people automatically see the human body and mind as somehow distinct from the hard machinery of science and engineering. From the first surgical tools and prosthetic limbs to more recent innovations, like MRI scans, heart pacemakers and wearable monitoring devices, that trend of rapid technology adoption continues.

u-blox has announced the launch of its UBX M8230 CT Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver chip, offering a balance of performance and low power use. The new Super-Efficient (Super-E) mode cuts the power consumption by two-thirds to 20mW at one position update every second with hardly any loss in accuracy.

To look back and think that voice was the driving force behind the development of the original telecommunications services can be comical. And pioneers such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi of early telephony and telegraphy would be very surprised nowadays to find teenagers wandering around, mobile phone in hand, downloading and watching videos as they go.

  u-blox announced that its Untethered 3D Dead Reckoning (UDR) Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module NEO-M8U is at the core of Navilock’s new GNSS receiver series. The new portfolio will enable retrofitting of Dead Reckoning (DR) and Untethered Dead Reckoning (UDR) technology in any vehicle.

LTE Cat 1 modules with Voice over LTE (VoLTE) support have been released by u-blox. The TOBY-R202 and TOBY-R200 modules support a range of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications and are certified for the AT&T cellular network. 

  u-blox announced the launch of JODY-W1, a host-based automotive-grade module. The module enables real simultaneous dual band (RSDB) operation for faster, concurrent Wi-Fi connectivity on the 2.4 and 5 GHz wireless bands.

u-blox announced its technology is powering a new smart factory solution from Industrial IoT leader HMS Industrial Networks. The Anybus Wireless Bolt uses the u-blox ODIN-W2 Bluetooth+Wi-Fi IoT gateway module to provide easy-to-use and robust wireless connectivity for industrial environments. The Anybus Wireless Bolt is a simple to install, rugged IP67 wireless module which connects industrial equipment to the cloud.

u-blox announces the launch of ZOE-M8G, an ultra-compact GNSS receiver module, especially designed for markets where small size, minimal weight and high location precision are essential. ZOE-M8G offers exceptionally high location accuracy by concurrently connecting to GPS, Galileo and either GLONASS or BeiDou. It also provides industry-leading -167 dBm navigation sensitivity. This makes the ultra-small ZOE-M8G perfect for wearable devic...

An asset deal has been announced between u-blox and Shanghai-based SimTech Group Company that will give u-blox control over the company’s cellular modem products (known as SIMCom Wireless), patents and know-how, R&D and sales staff and customer base. The deal significantly expands u-blox’s existing cellular product range and makes it a major supplier of cellular modules worldwide.

Different industries and application areas make use of standalone devices, devices that without the need for interactions are used to control local equipment. One example of this is a heating control system hidden in the basement of a building, quietly doing its work without any need for interaction with the device.

u-blox forecasts for FY 2016 revenues of CHF 360 million, and EBIT between CHF 56 and 58 million. The revenue was lower than expected due to slow business progress in the Americas where customers delayed further investments into mobility solutions, and took a more prudent approach in launching new products. The EBIT prediction has been narrowed down and remains high as before, and in relative terms it has improved again, profiting from a favorabl...

In terms of industrial IoT applications, ensuring signal integrity is essential for safety and operational reliability, yet even the most robust system has many attack surfaces that are vulnerable to would‑be hackers’ intent on compromising a system.

  While the options for short‑range indoor wireless connectivity for industrial applications have traditionally been many and varied, that hasn’t been the case for cellular, especially at the ultra‑low power levels required for IoT.