Press Releases

Water utilities forecast to propel growth with global smart meter revenue to reach US$14bn by 2026

Water and gas meter shipments will see double-digit revenue growth over the next five years. If this market forecast comes true it will be welcome news in a market where smart electricity shipments are contracting and greatly slowing growth of overall revenues across the entire metering segment. (more…)

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January 3, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Speciality Products Experience Lab for structured cabling set up in India by Sterlite Tech

Sterlite Tech, a global data network solutions company, has established a Speciality Products Experience Lab (SPEL) in Silvassa, to focus on end-to-end connectivity architecture solutions for global telcos, ISPs, cloud companies and data centres. (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Huawei releases an AI fabric white paper, helping to build an intelligent and lossless data centre network

Huawei released AI Fabric, Intelligent and Lossless Data Centre Network in the AI Era. The white paper presents the urgency and necessity of building an intelligent and lossless data centre network by seizing AI opportunities to monetise data value. (more…)

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December 28, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

NTT Communications to acquire a stake in Transatel, for the MVNO and IoT markets

NTT Communications Corporation, the ICT and international communications solutions business within the NTT Group and Transatel, a global provider of Cellular Connectivity Management for the Internet of Things (IoT) and a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE), (more…)

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December 26, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

WatchGuard expands SD-WAN capabilities to its Unified Security Platform

WatchGuard has released version 12.3 of its Fireware operating system for its Firebox Unified Security Platform appliances. This features dynamic path selection capabilities to optimise WAN resources across complex, distributed networks while securing branch locations with a UTM platform focused on defence in depth. (more…)

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December 24, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Tigo and Ericsson accelerate digitalisation in Senegal

Tigo Senegal has selected Ericsson for its nationwide network modernisation project as it looks to accelerate digitalisation in the expanding Senegalese market. (more…)

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December 21, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

5G Americas elects T-Mobile’s Ray as chairman and Kathrein’s Nevelle as 2019 treasurer

5G Americas, the industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, announced that Neville Ray, chief technology officer and executive vice president for T-Mobile U.S., Inc. has been elected to serve as the 2019 chairman of the 5G Americas Board of Governors. (more…)

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December 19, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Yahsat and Hughes to form joint venture to deliver satellite broadband services

Yahsat, a global satellite operator based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company, and Hughes Network Systems (HUGHES), a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, announced an agreement (more…)

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December 17, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Tackling the industrial IoT’s failure rate

75% of Internet of Things (IoT) pilots fail. But when they do succeed, the stats show that organisations see a huge improvement in operational efficiency. It’s reason enough for many businesses to take the leap and, despite the high risk of potential failure, (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Cellcom selects Parallel Wireless virtualised open RAN for 4G network expansion

Wisconsin-based wireless carrier Cellcom has selected Parallel Wireless, Inc., a provider of end-to-end software-based network solutions for 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G for its network expansion. (more…)

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December 14, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello