Why is solving the package theft/porch piracy problem so hard?
Problem: Are you sick of your packages keep getting stolen from your front door or porch? Problem: Are you sick of tedious and lengthy...
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Sep 13, 2020
Bringing NB-IoT Smartlocks to market
In late 2016 whilst we were attending an IoT accelerator in Venice, Italy, we received an email from Vodafone asking us if we were...
Aug 10, 2020
NB IoT - THE COMPLETE GUIDE
Narrowband IoT or NB-IoT is a wireless communication technology, classified as a 5G standard technology, and exists on telecommunication...
May 28, 2020
PRESS RELEASE: Lock down with new touchless smartlock to fight COVID-19
Digital Keys, a startup that develops and sells smartlocks for commercial use, is turning to a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to bring...
Oct 8, 2019
6 'smart' ways to improve building and organizational management efficiency.
A successful smart building implementation must have a focus on customer needs and wants. To make buildings smart, customer participation...
Sep 30, 2019
Smart Access Control vs Traditional Access Control
Recently various efforts to track employee movements on and off worksites with GPS and mobile phones/apps have faced employee backlash...
Sep 17, 2019
Why should I get access control?
Access control is defined simply as ‘the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource’. Smart access control is generally...
Mar 5, 2019
NB IoT Smart Access Brand Comparison
From the image above, you can immediately see one of the key benefits NB IoT smart access has over other brands, and that is there is ‘no...
Jan 30, 2019
6 reasons why telecommunication companies are backing NB IoT smart access
1. NB IoT Smart Access provides the telco's existing large enterprise customers with significant benefits including; improved security;...
Jan 2, 2019
Why buildings and enterprises crave smart access with NB IoT
Smart access has different definitions and implications depending on one’s perspective. From a Regulatory Perspective, smart access...
Oct 14, 2018
10 differences between NB IoT smart locks and Wi-FI/BLE smart locks
1. NB IoT smart locks use a licensed secure communication technology built specifically for device to device communications/internet...
Oct 3, 2018
What are smart locks really for?
It seems like startups are launching crowdfunding campaigns for new smart locks on a weekly basis. Each new smartlock startup is looking...
Aug 23, 2018
The Benefits of Smart Locks - residential and non-residential
When smart locks first came onto the market a couple of years ago, they were targeted at homeowners, with benefits marketed such as; Give...
Jul 16, 2018
Wireless Access Control and NB IoT
Last month the world's number 1 lock manufacturer Assa Abloy published a new report titled, 'The Wireless Access Control Report' full of...
Jun 27, 2018
IoT means that a device is no longer just a device
Back in the old days, we bought devices to do a certain something. That doing something was usually singular. The benefit was usually...
Jun 19, 2018
Our NB IoT smart lock journey
In 2016, our company LEAPIN Digital Keys worked with a German Lock manufacturer to implement our Software Development Kit (SDK) to make...
May 29, 2018
Why NFC and NB IoT are the perfect mix for smart locks
In the last few days reports have emerged in many leading tech journals, that Apple is about to expand the capabilities of the iPhone's...
May 24, 2018
Why Governments should step onto the IoT train to speed it up.
It’s well-known that big companies struggle to innovate. One of the main reasons for this, is that the big companies have more to lose. A...
May 15, 2018
Why machines need their own communication network - not Broadband, but Narrowband.
Locks, a form of access control, have not changed much in the last 2000 years since they were first invented by the Ancient Romans. Most...
Apr 26, 2018
The week that smart locks and dumb locks went mainstream
This week locks hit the mainstream media in big ways. We had the launch of the ‘Amazon key-in-car’, whilst at the same time, stories...
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