York County Council has finalised an agreement with Lit Fiber – York, a subsidiary of Lit Communities based out of Birmingham, AL that will provide high-speed broadband internet service through underserved and unserved areas of rural York County and then eventually through the city itself. (more…)
February 22, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
As we reported on IoT-Now.com, the US-based semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider, Semtech recently completed its acquisition of Sierra Wireless. To find out what lay behind the US$1.2 billion purchase of Canada’s specialist in cellular IoT and device-to-cloud IoT solutions, we sat down with Julie McGee, Semtech’s Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Officer.
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February 21, 2023
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Skylo, a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) service operator connecting anything, anywhere, has announced its on-going partnership with MediaTek, a global chipset manufacturer. With MediaTek’s 3GPP NTN-standard modem and Skylo’s NTN service, smartphone and IoT manufacturers are able to develop new devices, sensors, and wearables with in-built satellite connectivity. This allows OEMs to offer connectivity experiences that weren’t possible before, such as being able to text without any gaps or loss in coverage resulting in deeper customer relationships. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
IP Infusion, a provider of open network software and solutions for wireline and mobile network operators, has announced that Multinet, Pakistan’s premier information and communications solution provider, selected IP Infusion’s OcNOS networking operating system in its nationwide IP upgrade to 3.2 Tbps. This project, based on solutions developed by Telecom Infra Project (TIP), is an Open Optical and Packet Transport (OOPT) project to date. Multinet will be upgrading its transport network that spans the entire country covering more than 120 cities, across more than 14,000 kilometers, and supporting more than 150 million people in the region. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Union City, United States – Third Wave Automation (TWA), a provider of high-reach autonomous forklifts, has announced an investment by Qualcomm Ventures and Zebra Technologies, bringing total funding to [$70 million (€65.64 million)]. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Morrisville, United States – Extreme Networks, Inc., a provider in cloud networking, has announced that it has completed Wi-Fi 6 network deployments at five NASCAR racetracks, including Darlington Raceway, Daytona International Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Richmond Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. Verizon Business is the technology integration and managed services lead for the project. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Telink Semiconductor Co., a provider of high-performance, low-power system-level connectivity chips, has announced that it has helped HooRii Technology acquire Matter certification for its smart plug product. This will enable HooRii to deliver consumers a smart home product designed for interoperability. (more…)
February 17, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Plano, TX – Ribbon Communications Inc., a global provider of real time communications technology and IP optical networking solutions to many of the service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators to modernise and protect their networks, has announced that Bharti Airtel, India’s telecommunications services provider, has selected Ribbon to build its new high-speed transport network. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Dover, United States – QA Cafe, a provider of test solutions and capture analysis tools for broadband access, enterprise networks, consumer electronics, and service providers, has announced fully automated line-rate 10 gigabit throughput testing in their CDRouter test solution. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Comcast has signed contracts with Indiana’s Office of Community & Rural Affairs (OCRA) to bring gigabit-capable broadband service to unserved parts of Indiana. The initial finalised agreements will enable Comcast to build to rural, unserved portions of Allen, Bartholomew, Carroll, Cass, Delaware, Fayette, Hendricks, Jennings, Johnson, Hamilton, Huntington, La Porte, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Porter, Starke and Wayne counties.
February 15, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban