Press Releases

Nexar to acquire Veniam to leverage vehicles as engines of data

Tel Aviv, Israel, 3 August 2022 – Nexar, an AI mobility company, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Veniam, the provider of intelligent networking for the internet of moving things. With this acquisition, Nexar will combine vision data captured and processed from billions of miles of driving with Veniam’s communications technology at the edge. Together, the companies will exponentially increase the reach and decrease the costs of rich mobility applications and the real time mapping of the physical world. (more…)

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August 9, 2022

Posted by: Shriya Raban

NextNav, Valor Systems partner to bring vertical location capabilities to public safety agencies nationwide

McLean, United States. 02 August, 2022 – NextNav, a provider in next generation GPS, has partnered with Valor Systems (Valor), an industry provider in public safety and security software applications, to provide z-axis vertical location capabilities to first responders, public safety agencies, and corporate security clients. By leveraging NextNav’s Pinnacle network, Valor’s computer aided dispatch (CAD) products and mobile suite of software solutions will now provide critical vertical location data needed to precisely pinpoint the location of threats or civilians in distress during an emergency. (more…)
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Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

CRTC Broadband Fund to allocate $20.5mn for mobile wireless and Internet access services in Manitoba, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador

August 4, 2022 – Ottawa-Gatineau – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that ten projects will receive up to [$20.5 million (€20.08 million)] in funding from the Broadband Fund.

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August 8, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Semtech set to acquire Sierra Wireless for enterprise value of about $1.2bn

02 August, 2022 – Camarillo, United States , & Vancouver, Canada – Semtech Corporation, a global supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, and Sierra Wireless, Inc., a Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, announced a definitive agreement under which Semtech will acquire all outstanding shares of Sierra Wireless for [$31 per share (€30.43 per share)] in an all-cash transaction representing a total enterprise value of approximately [$1.2 billion (€1.18 billion)], subject to customary closing conditions. (more…)

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August 3, 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

Connectivity ‘future-proofed for decades’ says Isle of Man government as new subsea fibre optic cable goes live

28 July, 2022 – A new multi million pound fibre optic cable running under the sea has further strengthened the Isle of Man’s connectivity to Ireland and the UK, with onward connections to continental Europe and the US. (more…)

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July 29, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Hackney Council housing to receive broadband upgrade.

Council housing across Hackney will be upgraded to state of the art ‘full fibre’ broadband, thanks to an agreement between the council and full fibre broadband company G.Network. (more…)

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July 27, 2022

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Infovista enables accurate Open RAN network planning with launch of Planet 7.7

Paris, France. 21 July 2022 – Infovista, the global specialist in network lifecycle automation (NLA), has announced support for Open RAN planning with the launch of version 7.7 of Planet, its AI-powered RF planning solution. Operators looking to deploy O-RAN in greenfield or as a replacement to existing network infrastructure can now accurately model their network deployment to identify the optimal topology. (more…)

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July 21, 2022

Posted by: Shriya Raban

NSW emergency services deploy Telco Authority’s Kymeta antennas for local communication during disasters

20 July, 2022 – Optus, Australia’s satellite owner and operator, has expanded its partnership with the New South Wales Telco Authority, by increasing the reach of the Authority’s current regional network to provide lifesaving communication solutions for the state’s emergency services. (more…)

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Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

LG now part of Connectivity Standards Alliance board

Seoul, South Korea, 18 July 18, 2022 – LG Electronics (LG) has been named to the board of directors of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (the Alliance), the global organisation focused on developing, evolving and promoting universal open standards for the Internet of Things (IoT). (more…)

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Posted by: Shriya Raban