The connectivity problem hiding in smart bins and heart monitors

A drone surveying farmland. A cardiac monitor in a care home. A van full of groceries crossing rural postcodes. A public bin that messages the council when it’s full.

These use cases span sectors and serve completely different purposes, but they all rely on the same unseen foundation: uninterrupted, intelligent connectivity.

As IoT becomes more embedded across industries, connectivity is often treated as a given. But assumptions about network coverage, data routing, and SIM behavior can cause problems at scale. When you’re operating hundreds or thousands of endpoints across variable geographies, the gaps start to show.

And that’s where architecture matters.

Behind every successful IoT deployment is a stack of connectivity decisions that influence everything from service continuity to cybersecurity posture. And for all the ...