Author: duncancolquhoun

When Hurricane Helene struck Horseshoe Beach, Florida, in September 2024, it was the town’s third direct hit in just over a year. Each time, emergency communications failed, and first responders lost reliable connectivity. A dedicated FirstNet public safety site opened there in July 2026. While in 2025, the GSMA spent time working with mobile operators […]

Intelligent IoT cameras are bringing greater functionality than ever before to use cases from safety to video analytics. Typical applications extend from vehicle dashcams to systems that support robotics in warehouses. Today’s applications have moved on from simply catching images and now can work in dark factories, challenging environments, and extremes of weather. They simply […]

Micromobility operators across Europe are under increasing pressure to ensure they can accurately track the position of their vehicles. Failure to do so is resulting in licenses being lost, so operators need to know precisely where a vehicle is and what surrounds it. The positioning side of the challenge has been effectively handled by utilization […]

As with most technology decisions, the right answer really does depend on the use case and the characteristics of the device you’re designing. The good news is that in this scenario, the decision is clear-cut. Matter-over-Thread is ideal for low power, battery-operated devices, such as door sensors, motion detectors, and smart locks while Matter-over-Wi-Fi is […]

Smart homes and buildings are going through a shift in technology as buyers select devices that are easy to set up and integrate with others across the smart home ecosystem. The market is maturing rapidly, and technical certainties, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, are being augmented or replaced with alternatives such as Thread. Customers want […]

Wi-Fi HaLow provides coverage over distances over one kilometer, providing a longer-range alternative to traditional Wi-Fi while offering better penetration of signals through trees, walls, and structural barriers.  The technology is able to support 8,191 devices on a single access point and has substantial benefits for IoT devices, including deep sleep modes to support multi-year […]

Yields are growing and efficiency is increasing thanks to GNSS innovations that have made centimeter-level positioning accuracy possible for agricultural use cases. Previously, while the technology was widely available, precise accuracy was unaffordable for the majority of farming applications. However, this has now changed with the arrival of recent real-time kinematic (RTK) correction technology, which […]

System-on-chip (SoC)-based IoT devices face a growing array of security challenges, all of which have a significant impact on the safety, performance, and reliability of connected devices and services. As the number of IoT devices in operation has grown to tens of billions, the potential for IoT security vulnerabilities has widened, while those IoT devices […]

GNSS positioning relies on measuring the travel time of signals from satellites to the receiver. These measurements are used to compute the pseudorange, which is used to estimate the distance between the satellite and the receiver. In open-sky conditions, positioning accuracy of 2-5 meters can be obtained. However, in dense urban environments or near reflective […]

System-on-chips (SoCs), system-on-modules (SoMs), and single-board computers (SBCs) all deliver on the promise of simplified hardware integration and help to reduce the number of discrete components in a device. This is achieved by bringing together functions such as memory, processing, and connectivity into one component that enables easy integration with a range of peripherals. Designers […]