Press Releases

Virgin Media and Vodafone strike new mobile deal

Virgin Media has agreed a five year deal with Vodafone UK to bring innovative new services, including 5G, to more than three million mobile customers and provide further flexibility to grow its mobile operation. (more…)

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November 6, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Commercial IoT connectivity management platforms had 1bn devices under management, says Berg Insight

According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of devices managed on commercial IoT connectivity management platforms (CMPs) will grow at a CAGR of 32.6% from 770 million in 2018 to reach 3.15 billion by 2023. (more…)

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November 5, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Westermo acquires the Irish company Virtual Access

Westermo, a business entity of the Beijer Group, has acquired 100% of Virtual Access Limited, an Irish-based technology company specialising in wireless industrial routers and gateways, and managed connectivity services for customers in the utility, traffic management and telecommunications sectors. (more…)

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November 1, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

First 5G-compliant charging system enabling telcos to monetise 5G services, claimed by Matrixx Software

Matrixx Software, a company specialising in transforming global commerce, has introduced what it says is the industry’s first 5G digital commerce platform including a 5G 3GPP-compliant Converged Charging System (CCS). (more…)

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October 31, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Companies work to enable ‘rapid, seamless and out-of-the-box cloud connectivity’

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, reports it is able to simplify the device-to-cloud experience for IoT developers. (more…)

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October 30, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

UK home automation market grew 14% in 2018

Still considered to be in the early, high development growth stage, the UK home automation market has doubled in size between 2014 and 2018 according to a report recently published by AMA Research(more…)

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October 28, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Vodafone UK opens London digital hub and reveals that 5G could boost London’s economy by £30 billion

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan opened Vodafone UK’s new digital hub, as new research shows that 5G could provide a multi-billion pound boost to the capital by 2030. (more…)

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October 25, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Eseye partners with Gemalto to simplify and accelerate global IoT deployment

Eseye a UK-based company specialising in ubiquitous global IoT connectivity, announced a strategic partnership with Gemalto, a Thales company. Together they aim to deliver the world’s first family of pre-integrated modules that will simplify Internet of Things (IoT) device design, cloud connectivity and accelerate time-to-market. (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Switching off 2G: New report for UK SPF highlights the potential impact of switching off 2G networks in the UK

While the UK has started the deployment of 5G networks, the older 2G networks will inevitably face switch-off (or ‘sunsetting’ as it is known in some countries) at some point. This is despite being relied on by the elderly, users in rural locations and numerous machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, such as many smart meters. (more…)

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October 23, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Semtech’s LoRa devices create an efficient monitoring solution for reducing energy consumption

Semtech Corporation, a supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced that IHM Pacific, a developer of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for the smart utilities, and Andrea Informatique, a consultancy firm specialising in new technology and software design, (more…)

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October 22, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello