ETSI, an organisation for globally applicable standards for information and communication technology (ICT), has adopted a new instrument, Software Development Groups (SDGs). This move will help ETSI adapt to the landscape of technology and standards development. Developing software to accompany standards will accelerate the standardisation process, providing faster feedback loops and improving the quality of standards. (more…)
February 7, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
The ETSI Industry Specification Group for Network Functions Virtualisation (ISG NFV) has just published its next drop of specifications around new enhancements of the NFV architecture that will support cloud-native network functions. (more…)
February 6, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Cable theft cost taxpayers millions of pounds each year and that’s just for infrastructure repairs. The total cost to the economy is even higher. Thieves are attracted to metal for its buoyant pricing, targeting overhead power lines, signalling cables, and even metal fences. But along with greater policing and stricter scrap metal controls, smart technology solutions can make railways security more robust, keeping commuters on-the-go and supply chains moving, and reducing repair costs, says Matthew Margetts is a director at Smarter Technologies. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Troy, Michigan, United States. 24 Janary 2023 – Viper Networks, Inc., an emerging international in LED Street Light products and integrated Smart Cities systems and solutions market, has announced that the Company has entered into an agreement with the City of Palos Hills, Illinois to install the company’s Apollo Smart Light poles throughout the city. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Cleveland, United States – Keyfactor, a machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, has announced it is now Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v3.2 certified. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
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…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
30 January 2023 – Orange Belgium and Telenet have signed two commercial fixed wholesale agreements, which is subject to the completion of the transaction related to the acquisition of 75% minus one share of VOO by Orange Belgium. The agreements will provide access to each other’s fixed networks for a 15 year period and cover both current Hybrid Fibre Coaxial and future Fibre to the Home technologies in both network areas. Orange Belgium believes these agreements will foster investment, benefit the customer and competition in the Belgian telecom market. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Openreach, a wholesale broadband network, is planning to trial a set of service management measures to encourage customers still using analogue phone lines to contact their provider and upgrade to new, digital alternatives. (more…)
February 3, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Frisco, United States – GreenWatt Lighting, a joint venture between MeshTek, an Internet of Things (IoT) company that creates and builds smart lighting and other systems, and GreenWatt Development have announced at the Texas Association of School Administrators the release of a new lighting system designed to help address the need for school safety and functional lighting. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
CityFibre, an UK’s independent full fibre platform, added over 1 million ready for service (RFS) homes to its full fibre network in 2022. The achievement marked its most productive year ever and a 40% increase on the previous year’s performance. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar