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Mobile World Congress 2023: OpenNet, 6G, reality +, metavers… everything to expect from the event
Europe’s largest cell phone and telecommunications conference is back! Every year at the same time, Barcelona will host the Mobile World Congress (MWC) from February 27 to March 2, dedicated to the world of mobility. A must-attend event for young start-ups and major developers, which brings together nearly 75,000 participants to discover all the new […]
Nano SIM, eSIM, iSIM… how does it work, and what are the differences?
In everyday life we have been using telecommunication SIM cards for smartphones for years. For ten years, we have seen their format reduced to the mini-SIM, the micro-SIM and finally the nano SIM. And since 2017, we have seen the emergence of eSIM solutions (for embedded SIM). The latter are virtual cards. In terms of […]
Why is Nb-IoT a good connectivity alternative to traditional mobile networks?
2G and 3G networks are historically very good choices for IoT and M2M use cases, as they generally do not require high bandwidth (such as video streaming) and data usage is generally low (~ 3 MB/month per SIM card) overall in 2G case. Since 2G and 3G networks have been in commercial use for more […]
5 key criteria to choose your IoT platform
The Internet of Things is spreading at exponential speed in the corporate world and transforming not only the way they work but also the very nature of their business. However, bringing an IoT project to life can be very complex, especially when the technology is not the core business of the company. Many companies would […]
New Look & Feel for thethings.io
We are excited to announce that thethings.iO has a new look & feel! 2022 will be synonymous of renewal at thethings.io. While some of you may have noticed that our logo has changed, that’s not the only new thing… After a lot of hard work put into design and development, we have given thethings.iO a […]
IoT platforms, what are they and why can they really help your business to grow?
An IoT platform is a set of services to collect, store, correlate, analyze and exploit data. A platform is therefore a set of APIs and communication drivers, databases, processing and calculation services and often a web service to generate visualization and exploitation dashboards. As a result, an IoT platform is designed to reduce the development […]