Alf Helge Omre

Alf Helge Omre gained his Electrical Engineering degree from the Gothenburg Technical Institute in Sweden (1989) and BTech EEE at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK (1992). Omre started his career as a Sales Engineer at Teleste OY (1993) and as a Northern District Manager in Dallas Semiconductor (1996), followed by five years as Product Manager in Memec AS. Omre joined Nordic Semiconductor as a Product Manager for SoC/ASIC in 2002 and was promoted to his current position of Business Development Manager for Bluetooth Smart in 2010.

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Smart street lighting and cellular IoT is the gateway to the smart city

By Alf Helge Omre June 29, 2022

Turning previously ‘dumb’ LED streetlighting ‘smart’ is one of the easiest cost-to-benefit propositions in smart city because it effectively pays for itself. And this is especially true with the advent of cellular IoT technology because it means the supporting infrastructure needed is already in place.

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Topics: cellular IoT, Sustainability

Remote ID promotes drone flight safety and compliance

By Alf Helge Omre March 23, 2022

Beyond leisure, drones offer enormous potential for developing a wide array of innovative applications that benefit society.

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Topics: cellular IoT, Bluetooth Low Energy, asset tracking

Building better asset trackers for monitoring fragile shipments

By Alf Helge Omre July 7, 2021

Bluetooth LE can be used to report on the condition of fragile cargoes, while cellular IoT can forward that data to the Cloud wherever there's telecoms infrastructure.

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Topics: cellular IoT, Bluetooth Low Energy, asset tracking

Wireless monitoring keeps precise track of tank levels

By Alf Helge Omre June 16, 2021

Lack of fuel can still be inconvenient, disruptive, and even life-threatening. Wireless level sensors are making sure we never run out.

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Topics: cellular IoT, Bluetooth Low Energy

Micromobility solves 'last mile' problem and delivers whole new industry

By Alf Helge Omre May 12, 2021

Wireless-enhanced personal transport solutions are changing post-pandemic citywide transport and creating new business opportunities.

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Topics: Bluetooth Low Energy

First nRF5340 modules eliminate processor trade-off for developers

By Alf Helge Omre March 31, 2021

Single processor solutions will inevitably have to trade-off the processor's computational power against its efficiency. When that trade-off becomes too great, developers look towards dual-core solutions.

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Topics: thread, zigbee, Bluetooth Low Energy

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