Infrastructure company Arqiva and IoT specialist Sigfox have gone live with their first 10 smart city sites across the UK.

Broadcom has extended its IoT portfolio after introducing the industry’s first dual-band Wi-Fi audio chip and integrating NFC.

Cisco has launched a joint venture with household appliances company Bosch and technology company ABB to build an open software platform for the smart home.

Telenor Connexion, the M2M arm of the Norway-based operator, has developed a new product to help companies handle large-scale IoT SIM deployments.

Samsung has lifted the lid on a number of new developer platforms for consumer lifestyle technologies at its 2014 Developer Conference. 

M2M specialist Kore Wireless has bought rival RacoWireless, as it looks to broaden its reach within the Internet of Things sector.

Broadcom has extended its channel partner programme to include module makers, design house and original device manufacturers as it looks to build its Internet of Things product range. 

?The debate around the potential Internet of Things market has continued, with IDC predicting there will be 30 billion connected objects by 2020, with the sector worth $3.04 trillion (€2.44 trillion).

Cybersecurity in the increasing number of connected vehicles will be explored by a new partnership that includes digital identity expert Intercede, transport engineering R&D centre MIRA and automotive systems specialists Plextek. 

Telefónica has developed a "Lego-like" smart home product for consumers, which connects using 2G.

Telenor's M2M arm has installed new functionality into its modules that will stop Internet of Things applications overloading networks.

Truphone has been awarded a patent by the European Patent Office that will enable mobile SIM cards to automatically switch identity when users visit another country, negating the need to manually switch SIM cards. 

Unlicensed spectrum technology company NWave has become the latest to join the UK-based Weightless special interest group to develop the IoT standard.

The GSMA's Embedded SIM specification could earn operators €7 billion during 2020, as operators and vendors such as Telefónica and Vodafone have launched solutions using the technology, new research has found. 

NEC is developing a smart waste collection solution for Santander, Spain, which will use M2M sensors and GPS. 

ARM has launched a new software platform and Internet of Things based operating system in a bid to speed up innovation in the sector. 

OneM2M, a global standards initiative for M2M and the IoT, has announced it will showcase its first connectivity specifications later this year. 

Telefónica and Huawei are setting up working groups to explore the possibility of technology including 4G/5G networks, the connected home and virtualisation.

ARM has unveiled its new 32-bit Cortex-M processor targeting IoT devices and smart home applications.

Telekom Austria Group M2M has said it is ready to begin a large-scale roll-out of smart meters in Austria with its Österreich Zähler system.