Cologne, Germany. 1NCE is future proofing vendor lock-in issues with its new solution,  Freedom to Switch. Clients can now be at ease knowing they can add or switch connectivity providers when applicable without applied fees. 1NCE customers can integrate 1NCE industrial SIM cards and chips that include eUICC technology assisting in future preparations.

Manchester, Massachusetts. Blues and 1NCE have partnered to increase the global coverage of its solutions using the IoT connectivity 1NCE delivers. The collaboration supports IoT device maturity coverage and further expands on cellular connectivity of Blues’ Notecard, a wireless IoT module that is simple to integrate.

As IoT matures as an industry, it’s becoming clear that most use cases will involve battery-powered devices, which poses a unique set of challenges. As much as 70 percent of IoT projects may fall into this category, and their chance to thrive is going to depend entirely on energy saving strategies to prolong device lifetime.

Las Vegas, Nevada. 1NCE will acknowledge its innovative software business unit, 1NCE OS, during CES 2023. 1NCE OS is easily integrated into new and existing connectivity and software platforms for customizable IoT ecosystems of any size.

MQTT is a popular protocol for connecting Internet of Things (IoT). But it’s incompatible with Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) – an increasingly popular communications standard for most IoT projects. It works fine during prototyping, giving companies the false impression that MQTT is the right choice of protocol.

But chances are high that products using MQTT will suffer performance issues or completely malfunction when they’re in the field. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that many manufacturers and system integrators aren’t aware of the consequent risks: high-expense support efforts, the need to reengage development teams, problems in distributing firmware updates to the device fleet, and product recalls.

1NCE announced at Embedded World Nuremberg the expansion of its global IoT network coverage. The company has doubled its footprint of Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) coverage and now has one of the world’s largest NB-IoT coverage maps, available at a single price worldwide.

Winners have been chosen based on a 15-point rubric that considers solutions’ Design Excellence (5 points), Relative Performance (5 points), and Market Impact/Disruption (5 points).