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There has been a rapid increase in the maturity level of organisations adopting the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the research program report ‘Industrial IoT in the Time of Covid-19’ launched by global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat.

GUEST OPINION: While the rapid advance of 5G communications delivers comprehensive benefits for communication service providers (CSPs), the new technology also presents challenges in security and cost.

The 148-page State of IoT report researched by IoT Analytics highlighted recent IoT-related news stories, 100 largest IoT-related funding rounds of the last nine months, major acquisitions, the company’s input on 36 current trends, and a view of the IoT vendor landscape.

GUEST OPINION: While manufacturers and distributors continue to recover from the ongoing pandemic, many have learnt a valuable lesson around the importance of agility to remain resilient. The biggest takeaway has been the realisation that technology is a vital component in remaining connected with customers and suppliers in real-time.

Optus Enterprise and Myriota have partnered with Queensland’s Moreton Bay Regional Council to deploy ground-breaking Internet of Things (IoT) satellite water tank sensors that will monitor the level of water in outdoor water tanks, eliminating the need to send staff to remote locations for manual checks. The inefficient solution required one staff member per day per week to monitor waters levels.

Nozomi Networks announced its MSSP (managed security service provider) Elite Program – a complete program for OT and IoT managed security services. The program fully equips MSSPs with Nozomi Networks’ OT and IoT cybersecurity solutions, expertise and selling resources.

It's a busy time for rural, regional and remote telco Field Solutions Group (FSG). The company has secured three financial awards under the Federal Government's mobile black spot program to run the first neutral host radio access trial, to provide another 15 towers, and to trial domestic roaming.

Wireless specialist builds state of the art testing centre for enterprises and municipalities looking to deliver IoT solutions.

French health and medical IoT company Withings continues its trend of making health monitoring data accessible to all with its new Body Cardio scale, providing a wealth of insights including your cardiovascular rating - vitally informing your level of risk for disease - with no more effort than standing on a scale.

A study conducted by cloud security vendor Zscaler found there was a 700% increase in IoT-specific malware attacks in December 2020 compared with the pre-pandemic period.

Security vendor Nozomi Networks has announced enhancements to its channel program. Now known as ADVantage, the program aims to reward the company's top partners.

Indian public network operator SenRa and network management company Actility are partnering to hasten the rapid deployment of LoRaWAN globally across IoT segments. The partnership also sees solutions for human safety and asset management and contact tracing.

Woven Capital announced that it has made an investment in Ridecell, a leading platform powering digital transformations and IoT automation for fleet-driven businesses.

IoT Analytics, a market research firm specialising in Internet of Things market insights, released some forecast data on IoT enterprise spending 2020 to 2025, where it predicts global IoT spending to grow by 24% in 2021 led by investments in IoT software and security.

Ericsson projects that 5G mobile subscriptions will exceed 580 million by the end of 2021, driven by an estimated one million new 5G mobile subscriptions every day.

Qualcomm's next-generation solutions deliver advanced edge-AI performance, breakthrough power-efficiency, 5G connectivity capabilities and enhanced features for processing and security from entry level to premium tiers.

The global internet of things (IoT) market by revenue will be worth $1.1 trillion by 2024, with much of the growth coming from wearables, according to GlobalData.

Australia-based IT company Canopy Tools' IoT software has been adopted for a rural development program in Wales.

IoT provider Digi International is to relocate its Australian headquarters from Rocklea to Milton later this year.

Claiming to set a new global standard for IoT, Wirepas says it has developed an infrastructure-less and autonomous technology, becoming “the first non-cellular 5G.”