The Federal Communications Commission and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced partnership to promote awareness of Affordable Connectivity Programme (ACP) among federal housing assistance recipients. HUD secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced partnership while engaging with community members and touring a recently built computer lab at Yesler Terrace in Seattle,Washington. The partnership agreement reflects HUD’s commitment to increase outreach activities, alongside work both agencies are doing to decrease time it takes for recipients of HUD assistance to sign up for programme. The partnership monitors work that commission is doing to coordinate with other federal agencies to ensure that low-income households participating in eligible federal assistance programmmes are provided information about ACP, including how to enroll in programme. Starting this week, FCC and HUD will partner on ACP outreach targeted toward recipients of HUD assistance. (more…)
September 6, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Juniper Networks announced that Savant Systems has selected Juniper’s AI-driven enterprise solutions, including wireless access. This will help expand home automation experience by bringing intelligent controls to millions of homes. (more…)
September 5, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA) has announced members will begin adopting HCA Interface Specification 1.0 in Q4 2023 and continue into 2024. The HCA Interface Specification 1.0 provides a framework for cloud-to-cloud (C2C) interoperability and establishes a foundation of tangible benefits for consumers, starting with legacy device integration and paving the way for energy savings in future. (more…)
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Seeq Corporation has announced a partnership with Databricks. This partnership aims to create a native integration between both platforms to access high-quality asset and process data. It also seeks to unify IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) data processing while accelerating the adoption of AI/ML (artificial intelligence / machine learning) in industries such as industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and energy. (more…)
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CityFibre has passed 3 million premises as it continues its full fibre network rollout to reach up to a third of the UK. CityFibre passed 2 million homes in September 2022 and is on course to deliver a million ready for service premises to ISPs by the end of this year. (more…)
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ETSI has announced completion of its Release 2 specifications on fifth generation fixed network (F5G). Building upon the accomplishments of Release 1, the ETSI F5G group has introduced an array of additional features that bring fibre fixed networks into the next level. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Version 5.30 of dataFEED OPC (open platform communications) suite from Softing Industrial introduces two noteworthy features. The first is an OPC UA tunnel, enhancing security for OPC Classic communication. The second feature is support for InfluxDB databases
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Baicells Technologies, has partnered with Tohono O’odham Utility Authority (TOUA) to bring access to advanced broadband connectivity and opportunity for tribal residents. The reservation boundary is approximately 30 miles west of Tucson, Arizona and extends south along the border with Mexico, Tohono O’odham nation of roughly 28,000 members, is spread across a number of remote villages where bringing access to broadband has always been a major challenge. Previously relying on basic Wi-Fi connectivity, in limited locations and with high Mbps speeds only in single digits, TOUA long recognised need to overhaul and upgrade their infrastructure and so built out their network plan. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
GCI announced that it has been granted $35 million (€32.40 million) from US Department of Agriculture Rural Development’s ReConnect programme to bring fibre-optic connectivity to Toksook Bay, Emmonak, and Tununak. Connectivity will be delivered to three communities through an expansion of AIRRAQ network, a joint GCI-Bethel Native Corporation (BNC) project to deliver high-speed broadband service to communities in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. (more…)
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Trilliant will serve as Diamond Partner of Digitalisation Track at Energy Transition Conference as part of its commitment to Asia Pacific region. The conference, created and hosted by Tenaga Nasional Berghad (TNB), will take place on August 28 and 29, 2023 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. (more…)
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