Comcast Corporation has announced a new $4.5 million (€4.11 million), three-year grant to Per Scholas, a national nonprofit advancing economic equity through tech training and career building. The investment will enable more than 10,000 diverse adults across 15 markets to launch new tech careers, empowering individuals from low-wealth communities to earn a collective $450 million (€411.30 million) in new wages alone. Notably, the funding will also support Per Scholas expansion to three new markets in need of skilled technologists for digital economies allowing for even greater community impact. (more…)
June 27, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
HOPE Hydration (HOPE), maker of smart-city water refill stations, announced T-Mobile as the connectivity and IoT provider for its sustainable HydroStation technology. (more…)
June 14, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Kontrol Technologies Corp, a provider of smart buildings and cities has been selected by a municipal customer for net zero emissions building design and has received its second USA patent for system and method for detecting airborne pathogens. (more…)
June 9, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Catchpoint, an internet resilience company, and AFR-IX Telecom, an internet and data service provider, have embarked on a journey to improve the quality and reliability of internet connectivity on the continent. As the Internet has become increasingly essential for organisations to conduct their operations, they need a new level of visibility into every aspect of the Internet Stack. (more…)
June 1, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Munich, Germany – As cities grow, public transport operators must cope with ever-increasing numbers of passengers, especially during major events such as football matches and the Olympic Games. This, coupled with the need for sustainability and convenience, is creating an expanding market for digital ticketing and smart mobility. This transformation requires open standards that enable secured, convenient and interoperable ticketing solutions with the necessary transparency and trust. (more…)
May 19, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Record temperatures in Europe over the last year have had a much greater effect than leaving us blistering, says Frederic Godemel, EVP, power systems and services, Schneider Electric.
May 12, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Signify, has helped Mount Vernon, New York begin its smart city journey by leveraging something the city already owns: its street lighting. The City has added Signify’s Interact connected lighting system, management software and outdoor multisensor to a subset of its existing 4000 Lumec RoadFocus LED streetlights. (more…)
May 3, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Iteris, Inc., a technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, has announced it has been chosen by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to provide performance-based maintenance of traffic (MOT) in support of the I-494 Improvement Project in the Minneapolis area. (more…)
April 28, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
G.Network and Xantaro have demonstrated how Nokia’s 25G PON technology can deliver greater speed and capacity to UK businesses while removing the need for costly leased lines to be set up for bandwidth customers. (more…)
April 25, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, and networking solutions has announced that its Integra-ID5 multimodal biometric identification system (MBIS) solution was renewed for acceptance from the Western Identification Network (WIN), a consortium of western U.S. states and local law enforcement agencies. The contract for the implementation of this system ensures identification and investigation accuracy, availability and reliability as a service through 2032. (more…)
April 13, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban