Press Releases

Vertiv undersea cable landing station positions Somalia for greater internet access, connectivity

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has completed the installation of Hormuud Telecom’s undersea cable landing station (CLS) in Somalia. This critical infrastructure is projected to support economic, societal and digital growth in the region, by empowering more Somali citizens and businesses with access to the internet. (more…)

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November 9, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Inmarsat Government, Rocket Lab partner to develop L-band radio in support of NASA’s CSP

Long Beach, United States – Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a launch and space systems company, announced it has been selected by Inmarsat Government as partner to develop and manufacture an L-band radio in support of NASA’s Communications Services Project (CSP). CSP seeks to accelerate the development of commercial near-Earth communications services by partnering with satellite communications (SATCOM) providers. Rocket Lab will help enable Inmarsat’s InCommand, a real-time, near-Earth telemetry, command, and control (TT&C) service for satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) for the CSP with the company’s Frontier-L radio connecting to Inmarsat’s ELERA global L-band network in geosynchronous orbit (GEO). (more…)

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November 8, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

T-Mobile, Sinch deliver NextGen 911 real-time text to make fast access to public safety support easier for customers

Bellevue and Chicago, United States – With a vast majority of the estimated 240 million 911 calls made in the U.S each year coming from a wireless device, fast and reliable connectivity in an emergency matters. T-Mobile has been at the forefront of public safety connectivity solutions like location-based routing and NextGen 911 because every second counts and instant communication with 911 telecommunicators can save lives.

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November 3, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

MetaBlox Network demonstrates decentralised connection to Wi-Fi OpenRoaming at WGC

Vancouver, Canada – MetaBlox Network, a web3 project building a global OpenRoaming Wi-Fi network in a decentralised way, presented at the Wireless Broadband Alliance’s (WBA’s) Wireless Global Congress (WGC) in Amsterdam on October 19th, 2022. WGC is Europe’s Wi-Fi conference, where new developments in wireless networking technologies are presented and discussed by industry leaders. This year, a main focus of the event was accelerating Wi-Fi OpenRoaming adoption towards building one global Wi-Fi network. (more…)

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Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Clearwave Fiber continues buildout of fibre internet in Savannah

Savannah, United States Clearwave Fiber continues its construction of a state-of-the art, all-fibre internet network in the Coastal Empire. This latest expansion for the Savannah-based operation marks a continuation of almost 6,000 route miles of fibre in the Southeast and Midwest. The company’s goal is to bring the most advanced and fastest internet available to more than 500,000 homes and businesses across the United States by the end of 2026. (more…)

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November 2, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Samsung Electronics debuts Matter functionality, ushering a new era of interoperability

Samsung Electronics announced the availability of Matter functionality, allowing for device control via the SmartThings app. SmartThings hubs will receive an over-the-air update, and the SmartThings Android app will be updated to provide capability to control all Matter-compatible devices. Through this update, SmartThings users can control their Matter devices from a single application, instead of using multiple apps from different device manufacturers. (more…)

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October 31, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

SaskTel, Whitecap Dakota First Nation partner to enhance community’s water management with smart technologies

SaskTel and Whitecap Dakota First Nation (WDFN) announced that they have partnered on a pilot project to enhance the community’s management of critical water resources with smart technologies. (more…)

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Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

VVDN, Google Cloud partner to set up CoE

Fremont, United States VVDN Technologies, a global provider of engineering, and digital services and solutions, announced it has entered into a multi-year global partnership with Google Cloud. The partnership will help customers accelerate app modernisation and cloud transformation. VVDN will also develop the next generation of innovative solutions, namely IoT and video cloud platform, and a NextGen enterprise private 5G Cloud, etc., through this new partnership with Google Cloud. (more…)

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October 20, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Improved network quality and user experience to be showcased in CloudCO demo

Fremont, United States – As the broadband industry migrates to software defined open networks, 14 vendors, service providers, and consultancy companies are coming together to demonstrate greater automation, reduced network congestion and greater interoperability. (more…)

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October 18, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

LF Networking welcomes TELUS as platinum member; TELUS CTO, Ibrahim Gedeon, to join LFN governing board

San Francisco, United States – LF Networking (LFN), the de-facto collaboration ecosystem for open source networking projects, announced that it welcomes TELUS as a platinum member. The communications technology company joins 18 other global organisations as platinum members, all working to accelerate open source networking, collaboration and innovation that will ultimately transform the way we live and work -enabling a new era of smarter, sustainable technologies in key verticals such as agriculture, healthcare and manufacturing.   (more…)

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October 17, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar