16 August 2023
Kia ora, Last week, NZ IoT Alliance hosted a webinar ‘Next Tech Frontier: Exploring IoT and Multi-Modal AI’. We were fortunate to hear from Fraser Paine, Aware Group, Steven Dirven, Shape Technology, and our own chair, Kriv Naicker, who provided an in-depth exploration of the merging areas of IoT and multi-modal AI, offering exciting insights and possibilities. It opened with … Continue reading "Highlights from the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona"
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08 August 2023
The New Zealand IoT Alliance was launched in 2017 and is governed by an independent elected Executive Council and there are vacancies for five positions in 2023. Our key purpose is to actively contribute to the prosperity of New Zealand through accelerating the uptake of IoT. We aim to accelerate IoT innovation by promoting collaboration across industry … Continue reading "Highlights from the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona"
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13 April 2023
Kia Ora, There’s been a lot of hype over the last few weeks with the rebrand of Vodafone to One NZ and their partnership with SpaceX to launch 100% mobile coverage across New Zealand in 2024. This rebrand and ambitious goal could significantly shift the IoT industry and bring increased competition between telecommunication companies in NZ. This competition could … Continue reading "Highlights from the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona"
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13 April 2023
Sam Wiffen CEO, Reveal Tell us about your organisation: Reveal are building the Google Maps of the underground What is your definition of location technology? Technology that adds location context to useful objects, tools and information What is your area of interest in the industry? Subsurface utility surveying and location What does a typical day … Continue reading "Highlights from the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona"
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27 March 2023
The technological revolution continues to amaze. Whether trying ChatGPT for the first time, delving into the world of crypto currencies, or tracking your daily activities via a smart watch. Technology has become more accessible than it has ever been. Location technology is no different. Free open source software and engaged communities provide a great place … Continue reading "Highlights from the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona"
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16 March 2023
Kia ora, IoT continued to drive interesting discussions at the recent Mobile World Congress 2023 event in Barcelona. Three key themes were identified: Evolving from Mobile IoT to Massive IoT to build sustainable long-term solutions for customersSustainable and secure large scale IoT solutions in the energy and environment sectorEmerging innovation enabling better global coverage and value for customers. A … Continue reading "Highlights from the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona"
Read More Kia ora, IoT continued to drive interesting discussions at the recent Mobile World Congress 2023 event in Barcelona. Three key themes were identified: Evolving from Mobile IoT to Massive IoT to build sustainable long-term solutions for customersSustainable and secure large scale IoT solutions
March 16, 2023
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Aotearoa will cope more efficiently with torrential weather such as record rainfall if it embraces technology faster, the NZ IoT Alliance executive director Alison Mackie says. Much of New Zealand has seen record rainfall this year as mother nature makes herself know
February 23, 2023
Kia ora, We’re a month and a half into the new year, and it’s already been one to remember. I hope you’ve all had a safe summer and are keeping as dry as possible during this extreme weather. Over the last few weeks, it seems as though we’re always preparing for the worst as mot
February 16, 2023
NZ IoT Alliance thanks the Finance and Expenditure Committee for the opportunity to submit on the Water Services Legislation Bill. This submission is in response to section 389 and the power for the Chief Executive to authorise persons to read water meters, and to bring forth consideration to emerg
February 14, 2023
IoT data-driven insights are driving measurable impact across various people, place and planet local and global initiatives. As this year draws to a close, we reflect on the challenges we’ve faced but also the increased impact, opportunity, awareness, and value of IoT solutions across consumer an
December 9, 2022
November 14, 2022 Simple, uncomplicated pieces of technology, connected together via the internet is creating a vast Internet of Things across Aotearoa that will help Kiwis respond better to climate challenges and improve business productivity. Businesses looking for ways to be more productiv
November 14, 2022
Last month our executive council chair, Kriv Naicker, and executive director, Alison Mackie, hosted our annual general meeting. We presented on the previous 12 months, our strategic vision, core activities for 2022-2023, welcomed the new executive council, and said some farewells. Some of our no
November 3, 2022
The Executive Councils of the New Zealand IoT Alliance and BlockchainNZ have identified organisational synergies that could deliver significant societal and commercial benefits. Significant efficiency gains and security improvements can be achieved by leveraging blockchain's decentralised
October 19, 2022
It was recently published by RNZ that Spark is holding customers’ geographic location data for seven years, far more than the average telco. The article investigated that although Spark holds their location data for seven years, Vodafone NZ stores their data for 14 months, 2 Degrees withheld
October 13, 2022