Sydney, Australia – Speedcast, a communications and IT services provider, has been awarded a contract extension by Airbus to provide gateway hosting services offering secure access to its SKYNET military satellite system from the Asia-Pacific region. Airbus is the trusted partner for the UK’s secure military satellite communications program. (more…)
January 12, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
CommScope, a global provider in home networks, has announced its entry into the Wi-Fi 7 retail market with the launch of the SURFboard G54 DOCSIS 3.1 quad-band Wi-Fi 7 cable modem. (more…)
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Las Vegas, United States – Hesai, a global provider in lidar technology, debuts its fully solid-state lidar FT120 at CES 2023. The FT120 debuts along with a series of automotive lidars to showcase the exciting progress of OEM and autonomous mobility partnerships in the global market. (more…)
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Las Vegas, United States – Universal Electronics Inc.,, a global provider in wireless universal control solutions for home entertainment and smart home devices, has unveiled its extended family of QuickSet-certified connectivity solutions at CES 2023. As a global provider in entertainment and smart home control technologies, UEI is committed to helping its customers deliver more secure, sustainable, and scalable wireless control solutions for an ever-growing variety of home applications. (more…)
January 11, 2023
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San Diego, United States – Airgain, Inc., a provider of wireless connectivity solutions, creating and delivering products that include embedded components, external antennas, and integrated systems across the globe, has announced the release of its outdoor 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) reference design that has been tested and validated with Airgain’s RF testing and validation equipment. (more…)
January 10, 2023
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Atmosic Technologies, a developer in energy harvesting wireless platforms for the Internet of Things (IoT), and Energous Corporation, a developer of RF-based power for wireless networks, have announced a software update for their wirelessly powered sensor evaluation kit featuring Atmosic’s energy harvesting Bluetooth Low Energy system-on-chip (SoC) solutions and Energous’ FCC-certified 1W WattUp PowerBridge transmitter. The kit update now supports the recently announced AirFuel Alliance RF wireless power and charging standard to further enable the adoption and interoperability of radio frequency (RF) as a power source in addition to data communications. (more…)
January 9, 2023
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Fremont, United States – Actelis Networks, Inc., a market provider in cyber-hardened, rapid deployment networking solutions for wide area IoT applications, has announced that it has been selected by Northern Ireland Railways (NI Railways) to enable high-speed connectivity for a large-scale safety critical project.
NI Railways, a division of Translink, is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. The agency operates and maintains rail tracks, bridges, level crossings and signals, transporting with more than 1.5 million passengers each week going to work, school, health services, and leisure activities.
With the addition of NI Railways as a new customer, Actelis continues to enable new applications for both passenger and freight railway systems around the globe. Next to NI Railways, Actelis’ solutions are utilised by smart railways in Canada, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the United States.
NI Railways’ latest project involving the Actelis hybrid fibre-copper solution requires carrying data from the agency’s main signaling centre out to their support offices. Actelis’ solution was chosen for its high speed, media flexibility and reliability. Actelis’ products are implemented both trackside and in equipment rooms, to enable applications such as:
“The Actelis solution provides the reach, reliability, data security and speed we need to successfully support connectivity for some of our most critical network applications,” says Nigel Taylor, telecoms maintenance manager for Translink. “We look forward to adding new Actelis devices in 2023 at locations where we have fibre installed to further upgrade our network.”
Actelis is serving NI Railways together with its partner, The Kenton Group. The Kenton Group provides design, delivery, and support of network access needs internationally and throughout the United Kingdom.
“IoT and digital applications are necessary to support safe and efficient rail travel,” says Tuvia Barlev, chairman and CEO of Actelis. “We are extremely proud to extend high-speed connectivity throughout NI Railways’ network to enable the delivery of these services, meeting the needs of daily passengers across Northern Ireland.”
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January 6, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that Dubai’s population benefit from 2.1 million smart electricity and water meters. This is part of DEWA’s efforts to develop smart and advanced infrastructure in accordance with the highest international standards. The number of smart meters has increased from 200,000 in the first phase which was completed in January 2016 to 2.1 million meters currently. (more…)
January 5, 2023
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ZEASN, a smart home ecosystem operator has announced that Dr. Jack Q. Gao, CEO of Smart Cinema and the former president of Microsoft (China) has joined the board of directors of ZEASN as the chairman of the Global Strategy Committee to guide and promote ZEASN’s global strategic development. (more…)
January 3, 2023
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Ansan, South Korea – Seoul Viosys, a global optical semiconductor company, conducted a test on air sterilisation by air purifiers sold in the market. The test confirms that bacterial growth and its leakage occur through the filters. The company announced filters in air purifiers and air sterilisers can cause viral infection and virus spread. (more…)
December 30, 2022
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