27 September 2022 – The Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University is pleased to announce the creation of Open6G, a new US Department of Defense (DoD) supported industry-university cooperative research centre focused on future open, programmable, and disaggregated 6G systems. Open6G is led by an anchor award under the auspices of the Innovate Beyond 5G thrust within the 5G-to-xG Initiative, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) (OUSD(R&E)). (more…)
September 30, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
London, UK, 15 September 2022 – The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) announced a successful proof-of-concept trial of Wi-Fi 6E at a major university campus in Europe. The trial showcases the Extreme Networks AP4000 Wi-Fi 6E access point’s unique ability to enable immersive, interactive learning experiences, including 8K video. This was also the first time Wi-Fi 6E was tested on a network connected to WBA OpenRoaming, which enables seamless handover between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. (more…)
September 22, 2022
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Camarillo, United States. 18 August, 2022 – Semtech Corporation, a global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, is collaborating with New Zealand’s IoT Ventures and global connectivity provider Lacuna Space. IoT Ventures has used Semtech’s LoRa devices to develop its drought early warning system, a network of low-cost rainwater tank and rain monitors to analyse water consumption and rain forecasts in remote New Zealand and South Pacific Island communities. (more…)
August 24, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
China, 4 August 2022 – evowera, an up-and-coming technology firm in China that focuses on the consumer electronics industry, has received the American Dental Association (ADA) Seal of Acceptance for its planck O1 adaptive sonic electric toothbrush (planck O1). (more…)
August 9, 2022
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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…)
July 21, 2022
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Herndon, Va., 12 July 2022 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global specialist in satellite communications, announced that Malaysian satellite operator MEASAT, is significantly expanding its iDirect Evolution-based satellite network to deliver a plethora of services to enterprises and communities located in rural and ultra-rural areas across Malaysia. (more…)
July 13, 2022
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Armonk, NY, 6 July 2022 – IBM has announced it has acquired Databand.ai, a provider of data observability software that helps organisations fix issues with their data, including errors, pipeline failures and poor quality before it impacts their bottom-line. Today’s news further strengthens IBM’s software portfolio across data, AI and automation to address the full spectrum of observability and helps businesses ensure that trustworthy data is being put into the right hands of the right users at the right time. (more…)
July 8, 2022
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Aachen, Germany. 30 June 2022 – umlaut, part of Accenture, has opened a private 5G standalone, Open RAN network in Aachen, Germany. The “5G Campus Lab” enables companies across industries to design, test and implement ultra-high-speed and low-latency connectivity solutions faster without having to invest in building their own network. (more…)
July 1, 2022
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McLean, United States. 1 June 2022 – Kajeet, a provider of private wireless and managed IoT connectivity, announced a collaboration with the Open Networking Foundation (ONF). The partnership is one of the many steps the company is taking to disrupt enterprise private 5G with a software defined open network innovation. Kajeet’s private 5G platform will integrate ONF’s Aether, an open source 5G connected edge platform, to bring together private wireless and edge cloud delivered as a turnkey cloud managed network as a service. (more…)
June 1, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Bellevue, Washington – T-Mobile launched 5G Advanced Network Solutions (ANS), a suite of supercharged, managed network solutions that give enterprises more flexibility than ever. 5G ANS leverages T-Mobile’s 5G network and spectrum to give customers the level of performance they need where they need it. (more…)
May 23, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban