Economy

By Manuel Nau, Editorial Director at IoT Business News. How Regulatory Shifts and SGP.32 Are Redefining Enterprise IoT Strategies The Internet of Things is entering a new phase of scale and complexity. Global IoT connections…

Key Insights (AI-assisted): EU clearance for a higher‑power, far‑field transmitter signals regulators’ growing comfort with RF wireless power as part of mainstream IoT infrastructure. It effectively legitimizes over‑the‑air power for large‑scale Ambient IoT rollouts in…

“Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.” -Thomas Jefferson Let me introduce you to Sam. Sam has obesity, Type…

Over the five years since the COVID pandemic, the AIER Year End Holiday Index has climbed by an average of about 3.8 percent per year, resulting in a total increase of just under 21 percent.…

Pre-provisioned cellular connectivity aims to simplify IoT manufacturing, logistics, and device activation at scale emnify, a cloud-native IoT connectivity provider, is introducing a factory-first approach to IoT connectivity that enables devices to connect instantly, reliably,…

Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan recently proposed ditching the federal funds rate target as the Fed’s main policy tool. Her proposal would ensure that the Fed can continue to effectively implement monetary policy, but it…

Reports in early December indicate that President Donald J. Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that would block state-level laws regulating artificial intelligence and replace them with a single federal standard. According to…

As this report goes to press, 14 of the 24 components of the Business Conditions Monthly lack published data beginning in September or October 2025. Where updates have occurred, releases are often incomplete and may…

Inflation was lower than expected in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported yesterday, in the first official inflation release since October following the extended government shutdown earlier this fall. Over the two months…

Key Insights (AI-assisted): Validating a mainstream Nordic cellular IoT chipset over a 3GPP-compliant NTN removes a major barrier between terrestrial LPWAN deployments and satellite coverage. It signals that existing NB-IoT device designs can be extended…