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South Korean proptech startup Zigbang acquires Samsung SDS’ smart home IoT business

TechCrunch

Zigbang , a South Korean proptech startup that provides real estate transactions service, announced on Thursday that it will acquire Samsung SDS’ home internet of things (IoT) unit to make a foray into the smart home industry. . Its main products include digital door locks and wall pads that connect to users’ smartphones.

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An Overview of IoT eSIM Technology

The Crazy Programmer

The number of internet of things (IoT) connections are expected to reach 25 billion by 2025. As the IoT device connections increase, there is more demand for cellular connectivity from the enterprises and industries that use IoT devices. What is IoT eSIM? Thus, IoT eSIMs are approved by the largest operators in the world.

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The Future Of The Telco Industry And Impact Of 5G & IoT – Part II

Cloudera

On the B2C side, this means faster download speeds, lower latency and that consumers can download ultra-high-definition video on the go. The real opportunity for 5G however is going to be on the B2B side, IoT and mission-critical applications will benefit hugely. 5G and IoT are going to drive an explosion in data.

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Scylla and Confluent Integration for IoT Deployments

Confluent

Through the Internet of Things (IoT), it is also connecting humans to the machines all around us and directly connecting machines to other machines. In light of this, we’ll share an emerging machine-to-machine (M2M) architecture pattern in which MQTT, Apache Kafka ® , and Scylla all work together to provide an end-to-end IoT solution.

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The Future Of The Telco Industry And Impact Of 5G & IoT – Part 1

Cloudera

Technology like IoT, edge computing and 5G are changing the face of CSPs. The current scale and pace of change in the Telecommunications sector is being driven by the rapid evolution of new technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, advanced data analytics and edge computing. Telcos have been pumping in over 1.5

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

” Read on to find out what insurtech investors think about where the sector is heading in 2023, why they feel IoT and parametric insurance are a hot opportunity, how Apple will change the game if it ends up launching its insurance product and more. We are clearly in the early days, whatever the industry!”

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Brazil’s Kovi closes $104M Series B to make car ownership ‘more inclusive’ in LatAm

TechCrunch

The company also enhanced its B2C offering so that drivers can access a car, with “everything included,” from insurance to 24-hour road support and preventive maintenance through Kovi. So the company quickly pivoted by changing its model to a pay-per-mile model so that it could act as a “Root Insurance for car owners,” Neto said.

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