M&A, Strategies, Alliances SK Telecom has launched ThingPlug, an open IoT platform based on oneM2M standards, aimed at allowing anyone to develop and use IoT services. Dell is launching an IoT lab in Limerick, Ireland, and France has set up a similar lab in Angers. Alcatel-Lucent and Sequans are providing a ‘4G Kit for IoT,’ for Orange, launching a prototyping platform using Sequans’ LTE chipset and an implementation from Alcatel-subsidiary Bell Labs. Sigfox’s software stack will now be integrated with Samsung’s new Artik development platform, and Samsung Ventures has made an undisclosed investment in Sigfox. Orange, Foxconn, Swisscom, and KPN are the more prominent names involved in a €22.5m investment in Actility – aimed at accelerating the deployment of its…