PLDT, Smart, University of Baguio to promote engineering excellence

PLDT Inc and its wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc. recently joined University of Baguio (UB) during its annual tripartite collaboration. This will further enhance existing curriculum of programmes in College of Engineering. (more…)

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September 6, 2023

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Melita invests €50mn to keep Malta on high position in Europe

Melita‘s CEO, Harald Roesch, has announced the “Road to 10 Gigabits” initiative during a live presentation in Mriehel, in the presence of the Economy Minister, Silvio Schembri. This 10 Gbps (gigabytes per second) technology is expected to deliver broadband speed 10 times more than present nationwide network and will contribute to development of our society thereby improving the way we all connect, live, work, and play. (more…)

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Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

LG enables cross-brand connectivity through LG ThinQ smart home platform

LG Electronics (LG) is set to present commercial implementation of Home Connectivity Alliance‘s HCA specification 1.0, enabling cross-brand appliance connectivity through LG ThinQ smart home platform. By the end of this year, consumers will be able to control appliances from diverse brands, such as Samsung and Vestel, with intuitive-to-use ThinQ app, providing smooth interconnectivity and a smarter, more convenient home. (more…)

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Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

FCC, HUD partner to promote internet access for low-income communities

The Federal Communications Commission and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced partnership to promote awareness of Affordable Connectivity Programme (ACP) among federal housing assistance recipients. HUD secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced partnership while engaging with community members and touring a recently built computer lab at Yesler Terrace in Seattle,Washington. The partnership agreement reflects HUD’s commitment to increase outreach activities, alongside work both agencies are doing to decrease time it takes for recipients of HUD assistance to sign up for programme. The partnership monitors work that commission is doing to coordinate with other federal agencies to ensure that low-income households participating in eligible federal assistance programmmes are provided information about ACP, including how to enroll in programme. Starting this week, FCC and HUD will partner on ACP outreach targeted toward recipients of HUD assistance. (more…)

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Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

IoT Now Magazine Q1 2023: Could 2023 be the year of making it easy?

iSIM is a major theme throughout the latest edition of IoT Now’s quarterly industry report. The technology is rapidly gaining traction as consumers and businesses alike realise the technology’s potential to save costs, streamline operations, and enhance governance. We look at how this technology shapes business and consumer connectivity in multiple case studies, success stories, and analyses from industry insiders.

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February 27, 2023

Posted by: IoT global network

ICANN publishes UA roadmap for domain name registry, registrar systems

25 January 2023 – Domain Name System (DNS) has expanded dramatically. There are more than 1,200 active new generic top level domains (gTLDs) representing many different scripts and character strings of varying length. Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) enable people around the world to use domain names in local languages and scripts, with more than 60 IDN country code top level domains (ccTLDs) representing global communities online in native scripts. (more…)

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February 6, 2023

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

GoNetspeed connects customers in Bangor to high-speed fibre optic network

Bangor, Maine, United States. 23 January 2023 – GoNetspeed, a high speed 100% fibre to the premises internet provider, has announced that internet service is officially available to homes and businesses throughout City of Bangor. Through GoNetspeed’s $5 million (€4.54 million) investment in Bangor, many residents and businesses now have the ability to experience high speed, symmetrical upload and download internet speeds and voice service directly to their home or business. (more…)

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February 2, 2023

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

AMTSO publishes guidelines for testing of IoT security products

San Francisco, United States – AMTSO, the cybersecurity industry’s testing standard community, announced it has published guidelines for testing of IoT security products. Comprised of input from testers and vendors, the guidelines cover principles for the testing of IoT security products providing recommendations on test environment, sample selection, testing of specific security functionality, and performance benchmarking for testers. (more…)

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September 7, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Increasing funding in research and a network launch to drive the 5G technology market

The ongoing research in industrial fields and advances in radio technologies have fuelled expansion of the 5G technology market. Additionally, the recent growth of the 5G technology market has been fuelled by factors such as an increase in internet users, a large amount of data generation and transmission in the industrial and IT sectors, and workplaces that are becoming more digitally advanced, says Pradip Shitole, team lead in digital marketing at Market Research Future. (more…)

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August 1, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Sustainable AI computing for IoT

AI and Computing can, if not properly planned, be extremely heavy and wasteful of CPU resources. To put it in perspective, the computing power required for AI landmarks, such as recognising images or defeating humans at Go, increased 300,000-fold from 2012 to 2018. (more…)

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October 21, 2021

Posted by: Mattias Bergstrom