M&A, Strategies, Alliances The prpl Foundation has formed the Carrier Interest Group, borne out of the now defunct Home Gateway Initiative, to promote carrier needs for MIPS chips in the smart home. pureLiFi has completed a Series B round, bringing its visible-light WiFi alternative closer to a full-scale launch. KDDI has picked Gemalto to provide it with connected car and IoT services, including eSIMs and Gemalto’s Linq-Us subscription management solution. Huawei and GE have announced an Industrial IoT partnership. Forecasts, Reports, and Blue Sky Thinking Vodafone’s latest IoT Barometer has been published, and finds that 63% of adopters have seen “significant” ROI, with 48% using IoT tech to support a large-scale business transformation. Navigant says that the smart energy market…