IoT News

A new study from Juniper Research charts the growth in 5G IoT connections and revenue: the total number of 5G connections will reach 1.5 billion globally by 2025, rising from only 5 million in 2019. This is an annual average growth of 150 percent over the next 6 years.

Senet and Digital Matter announced a partnership to deliver integrated, low-cost LoRaWAN asset tracking devices, platforms, and networks. Senet also announced a strategic go-to-market partnership with T-Systems for ready-to-use IoT solution bundles for commercial and industrial applications. Bannister Lake announced a partnership with data aggregator and distributor Roadify Transit to provide customers with access to international real-time transit information.

Nuro, the robotics company that launched the world's first unmanned delivery service, debuted R2: its second-generation, custom-built vehicle, which was granted the first-ever exemption for an autonomous vehicle by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Security News

Proofpoint Inc. released its Cost of Insider Threats 2020 Global Report to identify the costs and trends associated with negligent, compromised, and malicious insiders. Notably, on average, impacted organizations spent $11.45 million annually on overall insider threat remediation and took 77 days to contain each incident.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that businesses in eCommerce, airline ticketing, money transfer and banking services will cumulatively lose over $200 billion to online payment fraud between 2020 and 2024, driven by the increased sophistication of fraud attempts and the rising number of attack vectors.

Leaderboard News

Partnership and acquisition news rolled in during the period. Nokia announced that it has joined forces with CENGN and NORCAT to install and operate a private LTE/4.9G wireless connectivity network in NORCAT’s Underground Centre to continue to advance the future of mining worldwide. Nokia also announced plans to acquire US-based Elenion to improve the supply chain and economics of advanced optical connectivity solutions for 5G, cloud, and enterprise networking

Internet Exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX and the largest IX on the West Coast of Africa IXPN (Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to kick off their new partnership.

Windstream announced a partnership with YouTube TV to provide Kinetic by Windstream customers with an affordable and innovative streaming solution for both live and on-demand content.

Swift ​​Navigation​, ​​which focuses on GNSS positioning technology for autonomous vehicles, announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom for a new precise position product offering.

Building on their existing alliance, Deloitte and Vlocity, Inc. announced that together they will apply the strength of their portfolios to accelerate 5G adoption and digital transformation for the media and entertainment industry.

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