IoT module maker u-blox is the primary out of the blocks, it says, to have its LTE-based Cat 1 and Cat 4 IoT modules licensed as “gold-standard” cyber-secure by the European Telecommunications Requirements Institute (ETSI). The corporate’s LARA-R6 (Cat 1) and LARA-L6 (Cat 4) mobile module sequence have been “efficiently examined to adjust to” new Radio Tools Directive (RED) necessities utilizing the ETSI EN 303 645 commonplace, it mentioned. As such, they’re the “first out there to realize the RED cybersecurity certification.
The European Union (EU) will mandate the brand new RED certification for all wi-fi merchandise by summer season 2025. The delegated act (DA) was delayed from late 2024 to additional put together its EU-wide harmonisation. It establishes a regulatory framework for radio tools, together with necessities for security and well being, electromagnetic compatibility, and spectrum effectivity. Article 3.3 of the directive contains necessities for cybersecurity round community safety (3.3 d), private knowledge and privateness safety (3.3 e), and fraud (3.3 f).
However regardless of the two-year timeframe, IoT makers can already certify their merchandise in opposition to sure cybersecurity requirements, together with ETSI EN 303 645 – thought of the premise for the RED cybersecurity certification. Swiss agency u-blox mentioned it has already made the RED necessities an “integral half” of its product design to get “forward of the curve”. It said: “As cyberattacks and privateness considerations develop, there’s an pressing want for wi-fi units… to function enhanced safety. With stricter rules… producers are racing to fulfill the very best safety requirements.”
Take a look at and compliance firm Eurofins E&E handed the LARA-R6 and LARA-R7 sequence. Eurofins E&E can also be providing IEC 62443-4-2 cybersecurity certification, which additionally complies with the RED Article 3.3 d/e/f necessities. All future u-blox mobile modules will adjust to the ETSI EN 303 645 commonplace – and “all subsequent main business requirements”, the corporate mentioned.
Martin Leach, head of ‘product centre mobile’ at u-blox, mentioned: “As a Swiss firm, high quality and safety is in our DNA. We contemplate safety of the utmost significance and due to this fact keep abreast of the evolving regulatory panorama to make sure that our merchandise are all the time compliant with the most recent safety pointers. We embrace safety in all levels of improvement and method safety rules compliance by way of established business requirements, making it simpler for our prospects to develop safe and top-quality merchandise.”
Final month, u-blox introduced its 16 x 16mm LEXI-R10 IoT module, billed as “the smallest single-mode LTE Cat 1bis IoT module” in the marketplace. Thrice smaller than the u-blox LENA-R8 (256 vs. 810mm2), the brand new LEXI-R10 is pitched for functions requiring Cat 1bis connectivity with out 2G fallback or positioning options, it mentioned. It said: “The module adapts completely to size-demanding designs, making it perfect to be used instances similar to asset monitoring and aftermarket telematics.”
The agency has additionally launched an energetic L1/L5 multi-band GNSS antenna, ANN-MB5, to supply “multi-frequency and multi-constellation” meter-level GNSS positioning. It’s included in u-blox’s new NEO-F10N GNSS module, and is, once more, focused at “aftermarket telematics, automation, and monitoring”, plus industrial IoT positioning functions.
