Quebecor Inc., has announced that the acquisition of Freedom Mobile Inc., by Videotron Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quebecor, has been completed, creating the fourth wireless service provider in Canada. With a combined total of more than 3.5 million customers for mobile services alone and the expertise of nearly 7,500 employees, Freedom and Videotron have the leverage to further disrupt Canada’s wireless market.
April 7, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Comcast Business has announced that it is providing the Arlen Specter US Squash Centre home of US Squash and the country’s squash facility with next-generation wired and wireless connectivity, paired with enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) solutions from MachineQ. Together, these technologies are helping the “Specter Centre” improve back-of-house functions that drive operational efficiencies, deliver a rich fan experience, and facilitate training to enhance player performance. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Adtran has announced that Partner Communications is leveraging its open, disaggregated 10Gbit/s fibre access platform to offer multigigabit broadband services, increase competitiveness and grow market share. Partner Communications is Israel’s large mobile operator, and it also operates a fibre broadband network that passes nearly one million homes and connects hundreds of thousands of fibre customers. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Berlin, Germany. 3 April 2023 — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is piloting German environmental start-up Dryad Networks’ ‘ultra-early’ wildfire detection technology to improve fire detection speeds. This comes after severe wildfire seasons across the US which, in 2022 alone, saw nearly 70,000 wildfires reported and 7.5 million acres burnt. (more…)
April 6, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
According to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), UK job vacancies are reaching record highs, currently at 147% of the February 2020 average. In those three years, an estimated half a million people of working age have left the UK labour market, and more than three-quarters of UK businesses say that access to labour is threatening UK competitiveness. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
VicOne, a cybersecurity solutions provider, announced that it has expanded its partnership with DFI, a global provider of embedded motherboards and industrial computers. This alliance delivers enhanced automotive cybersecurity software solutions and services for the growing electric vehicles and connected transportation market. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Basingstoke, England – UL Solutions, a global provider in applied safety science, has announced the opening of its expanded Basingstoke electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and wireless testing laboratory with the debut of new testing facilities for the lighting and appliance industries. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Belden, a global supplier of network infrastructure and digitisation solutions, has announced its membership with Safer Buildings Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to resolving in-building wireless dead zones that impact first responders and citizens. (more…)
April 4, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
GoNetspeed announced that the city of Waterville and Town of Winslow will soon have access to GoNetspeed’s high-speed fibre internet. Through GoNetspeed’s privately funded [$4 million (€3.71 million)] investment in Waterville and Winslow, more than 7,200 locations will have access to future-proof fibre internet as early as this summer with construction beginning this spring. Residents and businesses interested in GoNetspeed services may visit GoNetspeed to indicate interest and receive construction updates. (more…)
April 3, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
The Fiber Broadband Association has announced a new practice white paper that explores microtrenching, an advantageous fibre broadband deployment method. The report compares microtrenching amongst other deployment methods as a valuable option in the fibre broadband construction toolkit and it also details the scrutiny that microtrenching faces, success stories, and practices. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar