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Leading technology analyst firm Transforma Insights unveils its key ‘Transition Topics’ that will shape the Internet of Things landscape during 2025. Every year Transforma Insights publishes its list of IoT ‘Transition Topics’ highlighting where we expect to see seismic change occurring during the year. This year the list focuses on the application of Artificial Intelligence to IoT, the shift towards 5G, changing commercial dynamics and the growing impact of IoT regulations.

A few dozen ChatGPT queries cost a bottle’s worth of water. Tech firms should consider simpler solutions, like harvesting rainwater, to meet AI’s needs

In a recent report “Digital Transformation in the Transportation and Storage Sector”, Transforma Insights identifies seven domains of change in the transportation and storage sector, that are enabled by disruptive technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). This article focuses on critical aspects of last-mile delivery, highlighting advantages for businesses. We discuss key digital solutions essential for addressing last-mile supply chain challenges, such as drones, sidewalk autonomous delivery robots, mobile robotic stores, and the utilisation of smart lockers and mailboxes.

Semtech Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service now available in over 40 countries and territories, including in the U.S. and Europe

Semtech Corporation, a highperformance semiconductor, IoT systems and cloud connectivity service provider, today announced expansion of its AirVantage® Smart Connectivity Advanced solution to include VoLTE service in the U.S. and Europe. VoLTE enables seamless usage across data, SMS, and voice services required in applications among the healthcare, security, and smart city infrastructure segments.

Conducted in Prague, the demo saw a RedCap-capable router and camera connected to an O2 base station running on Ericsson kit. The camera was able to transmit data over the network to a Web-based dashboard and demonstrated its power-saving mode – a key RedCap feature designed to extend battery life.

The growth of the e-commerce sector has created considerable pressure for advances in logistics and supply chain processes. Customers have come to expect ever greater speed of delivery creating a considerable incentive to accelerate fulfilment times and accurately predict delivery times. This has put a strain on existing infrastructure such as warehouses, encouraging greater efficiency in intralogistics operations which were already one of the most vital components of any company’s supply chain

Networking giant Cisco has announced plans to sunset its LoRaWAN products, leaving the door open for smaller rivals to fill the void.

Over the course of the last 15 years, Transforma Insights’ analysts have tracked the growing use of remote monitoring and management of a diverse array of distributed assets, including cars, industrial equipment, energy infrastructure and healthcare devices, deployed for the purposes of improving customer experience, reducing maintenance costs and compliance with regulation, amongst other things. Collectively this trend has been termed the Internet of Things (IoT), writes Matt Hatton.

IoT solutions are being implemented to keep track of the health of various livestock. In the case of livestock that is typically kept in a single location (such as pigs and chickens), these are mostly static sensors that are deployed in barns, fields, and enclosures, and are used to keep a check on the animals’ health metrics and environmental conditions. Environmental sensors can monitor the intensity of light and levels of humidity, CO2, ammonia and temperature to help farmers automatically control ventilation and lighting systems.