The COVID-19 pandemic has had an undeniable impact on the rollout of 5G technology and will continue to have a lasting impact on its future discourse. It has temporarily slowed down the rollout of 5G, largely due to restrictions on workers and installation crews, says Mark Yao, director of product management at HERE Technologies. However, in the long term the virus has meant that 5G is now more crucial to society than ever before. (more…)
July 14, 2020
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New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor, Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking the BL653 Series of modules from Laird Connectivity. (more…)
July 10, 2020
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Advantech, a global specialist in IoT, has launched its FWA-1112VC network appliance which introduces a series of features to its range of entry and mid-level white boxes for software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) and universal Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE). (more…)
July 6, 2020
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The Zigbee Alliance, an organisation of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT), reports that IoT platform provider Tuya has joined its board of directors. (more…)
June 29, 2020
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The automotive sector is undergoing significant evolution with almost every car manufacturer looking to make the driving experience of its customers similar to the ones we see in sci-fi movies, says Nick Mavrokordatos, associate director – Mobility & IoT, Tata Communications. Although we are still not sure when the first level 5 self-driving car will be on the roads, connected cars are already an everyday reality – many just don’t realise it. (more…)
June 26, 2020
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The race for 5G has dominated its fair share of telecoms headlines in recent times. Communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide have invested a vast amount on new network infrastructure. The race is now on, says Angela Logothetis, CTO of Amdocs Open Network, to identify the consumer use cases that CSPs can monetise to recoup the expenditure. (more…)
June 15, 2020
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Iskratel, a European solution provider for digital transformation of industries, and Telekom Slovenije, Slovenia-based provider of ICT solutions, have conducted the first tests of the 5G network they have built together to enable the smart factory in Kranj, Slovenia. The network will use the 5G core to provide low latency, high performance and secure connectivity. (more…)
May 22, 2020
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled new devices within its KW3x family of microcontroller units (MCUs). The new KW39/38/37 MCUs add bluetooth 5.0 long-range capabilities and expanded bluetooth advertising channels. (more…)
May 19, 2020
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Senet, Inc.’s CTO, Dave Kjendal has been named to the board of directors of the LoRa Alliance. Senet provides cloud-based software and services platforms designed to enable global connectivity and on-demand network build-outs for the Internet of Things (IoT). (more…)
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At the virtual 24th IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications (ISPLC), HomeGrid Forum’s Marcos Martinez, chair of the Contributions Working Group, unveiled the Forum’s latest work on advancing G.hn for Industrial and Smart Grid applications around the world. (more…)
May 18, 2020
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