Existing cellular infrastructure now enables remote monitoring of wide-scale electricity transmission and distribution networks. The added value is identifying and pinpointing faults as soon as they occur or even before they occur.

In the drive towards a carbon-neutral world, households and businesses could, and should, be looking at hydrogen as a source of clean energy. And now, thanks to the rise of advanced smart metering based on cellular IoT wireless connectivity, this ambition is no longer just a pipedream.

According to analyst Navigant Research, we will see smart meters installed in six-out-of-ten homes worldwide by 2028. The driving forces behind that growth may be somewhat surprising.

How to handle the extra costs of Cellular IoT connectivity? In this article, we present three different business models.

Who picks up the bill for the extra features from Cellular connectivity? The market is already adapting, and new business models allow to cover for the additional costs, opening up new market opportunities.

Is the bricks-and-mortar shopping experience over? The world’s two biggest online stores think otherwise and are turning to wireless tech to marry online with the offline world.

5G promises faster and more reliable connections for consumer internet. This could bring cloud gaming to smartphones in the very near future, shaking up the gaming industry.

Connected sensors deployed in a smart way can detect trouble before it impacts processes or production, saving maintenance costs and avoiding downtime.

Technological solutions are ready to deal with the massive growth in urbanisation, but the focus must be in the right place for them to be effective.

Cellular IoT promises great benefits for complex industrial IoT implementations, but the real success stories could come when the emerging technology is paired with mesh networking.