Vodacom South Africa (VSA) has partnered with the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) to ensure that traffic signals along major intersections operate during load shedding. This partnership managed by the JRA and facilitated through a service level agreement (SLA) will leverage electricity sourced from Vodacom’s adjacent buildings to power traffic lights. (more…)
July 7, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Renesas Electronics Corporation and Wolfspeed, Inc have announced the execution of a wafer supply agreement and $2 billion (USD) (€1.84 billion) deposit by Renesas to secure a 10 year supply commitment of silicon carbide bare and epitaxial wafers from Wolfspeed. The supply of high-quality silicon carbide wafers from Wolfspeed will pave the way for Renesas to scale production of silicon carbide power semiconductors starting in 2025. The signing ceremony of the agreement was held at Renesas’ headquarters in Tokyo between Hidetoshi Shibata, president and CEO of Renesas, and Gregg Lowe, president and CEO of Wolfspeed. (more…)
July 6, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
2degrees has announced that it is acquiring the broadband customer base of MyRepublic New Zealand as MyRepublic makes its exit from the New Zealand broadband market. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Samotics, a provider of real-time actionable insights to eliminate industrial energy waste and unplanned downtime has partnered with Partners in Performance (PIP), a management consulting company. This partnership aims to deliver enhanced condition monitoring and energy efficiency services to global industries, enabling digital transformation and improved performance. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
emnify has announced the appointment of Christopher Ruettgers, as its new chief product officer. Ruettgers had a good career at DT IoT, Deutsche Telekom’s global IoT (internet of things) unit, where he also held the positions of chief product officer and chief innovation officer. (more…)
July 5, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
BT has announced a partnership with HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) to offer customers a new managed service powered by HPE Aruba Networking delivering improved performance, flexibility and control of local area networks (LANs). It combines BT’s global reach and experience in the design, deployment and management of in-building wired and wireless connectivity with the HPE Aruba Networking LAN solutions.
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Semtech Corporation, a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and cloud connectivity service provider, has announced the appointment of Hong Q. Hou to the company’s board of directors. Hou has extensive experience in product and business development as well as operations management having served in numerous leadership roles at technology companies with large global footprints. Hou also will join the compensation committee of the board. (more…)
July 4, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Exostellar has announced the appointment of Tony Shakib as its new co-CEO (chief executive officer). Shakib will work alongside current CEO Hakim Weatherspoon during a transition period, with the plan for Tony Shakib to assume the role of CEO in future. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Momentum has announced an enhanced agreement that will enable Momentum to use OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency satellite fleet, on Eutelsat’s global connectivity solution.
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Enea has signed a contract for traffic management with a service provider in North Africa. The solution is part of the customer’s modernisation of mobile and fixed broadband and enables efficient management of services and data traffic, along with enhanced quality of experience. The agreement includes software licenses, professional services, and product support. Software licenses corresponding to a value of $1.4 million (€1.28 million) are recognised in the third quarter of 2023, while remaining parts of the agreement are delivered during the coming year. The total contract value is USD 2.0 million.
Posted by: Shriya Raban