IDC Directions 2020, the seminal ICT industry event for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), takes place at Dubai’s iconic Atlantis, The Palm on Thursday, January 23. (more…)
January 14, 2020
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Visa Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Plaid, a network that makes it easy for people to securely connect their financial accounts to the apps they use to manage their financial lives. Visa will pay total purchase consideration of $5.3 billion (€4.7 billion) to acquire Plaid. (more…)
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M2M/IoT market research provider, Berg Insight, has released new findings about the market for smart waste management says Levi Ostling, IoT analyst at Berg Insight. The installed base of smart waste sensors reached 379,000 worldwide in 2018. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.8 %, this number will increase to 1.5 million in 2023. (more…)
January 13, 2020
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ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has won Industry Leader Award at Next Generation Optical Forum (NGOF) for its packet enhanced OTN 5G transport solution. This award fully verifies ZTE’s technological innovations and industry application capabilities. (more…)
January 10, 2020
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Rockwell Automation, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Avnet Data Security, LTD, an Israeli-based cybersecurity provider with over 20 years of experience providing cybersecurity services. (more…)
January 9, 2020
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Global consumer electronics company Coolpad, announced that it is working with Borqs Technologies Inc.,, a global provider of software and products for IoT providing customisable, differentiated and scalable Android-based smart connected devices and cloud service solutions. With Borqs, Coolpad will drive 5G product development and its adoption by global carriers. (more…)
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HERE Technologies, a global provider of mapping and location platform services, announced a collaboration with Bose Corporation to jointly enable their respective developer communities to deploy augmented reality (AR) location applications and services. (more…)
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Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business division of Cubic Corporation a ticketing, fare collection and management solutions for public transportation systems, and Moovit, the Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions company and provider of the most popular urban mobility application, have signed a definitive agreement to co-develop next-generation mobile solutions for public transit agencies. (more…)
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Idemia, the global provider of Augmented Identity, has announced the appointment of David Desharnais as the group’s chief digital product officer. As executive vice-president and a key member of Idemia group’s executive committee, Desharnais will lead Idemia’s cloud and digital platform strategy. (more…)
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Almost half the population of the US, UK, France and Germany now owns a smart home device of some kind. This is up from one-in-three only a year ago, according to a new consumer survey from the UK’s Futuresource Consulting. (more…)
January 8, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello