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Understanding CAT-M and the Role of Data Limits in IoT Connectivity

March 7, 2021

The energy consumption, maintenance, and cost of various IoT solutions depends in part on the amounts and types of data your devices need to send and receive. Here we talk about various cellular and W...

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Keeping Students Connected: 4 Things to Look for in a WiFi Hotspot Provider

March 1, 2021

Schools and districts everywhere quickly deployed student WiFi hotspot programs in 2020 to ensure students had access to distance learning. While these initiatives were not rolled out under ideal circ...

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How to Make the Most of Your Distance Learning Data

January 21, 2021

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country were forced to close and to quickly – sometimes frantically – transition to distance learning. In this environment, distance learning d...

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NB-IoT: Functionalities and Applications

January 19, 2021

How Does NB-IoT Work? In this post, we talk about Narrowband IoT, or NB-IoT – why it was developed, how it works, its benefits, its applications, and tips on NB-IoT deployment. What Is NB-IoT? Narrowb...

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Distance Learning: Here to Stay

January 14, 2021

While virtual learning has been on the scene for a few decades, the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 suddenly thrust 55.1 million K-12 students into a fully remote learning environment – resulting in the ...

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The Future of 4G and 5G LTE in Education

January 7, 2021

Advanced wireless technologies such as 4G and 5G LTE are force multipliers for other innovative technologies such as IoT, AI, and edge computing. These are the technologies on which future industrial ...

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IoT Applications in Waste and Wastewater Management

January 5, 2021

According to a UN report, 80% of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused, and two billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress. Furthermore, more th...

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2020 Education Wrap-Up

December 31, 2020

Just like that, we’ve reached the near end of an unprecedented year in K-12 education. From videoconferencing calls to new modes of instruction to exhausted WiFi bandwidths, educators and students hav...

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The State of WiFi Connectivity in Public Libraries

December 10, 2020

Digital Divide – Before COVID and How Libraries Help The Digital Divide affects approximately 16 million K-12 students in the U.S. (Common Sense Media 2020), leaving them without Internet access at ho...

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