Chunghwa Telecom announced a strategic partnership with US satellite company Astranis to bring a dedicated micro GEO satellite to Taiwan. With features such as rapid deployment, high performance, and exceptional reliability, this satellite will significantly expand satellite capacity over Taiwan. The…
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CSignum secures £6M to transform underwater wireless networks
CSignum has completed a £6 million Series A funding round. The investment will accelerate growth of its EM-2 family of products which are transforming the way critical wireless sensor data is transmitted from submerged environments to networks above. The funding…
Anritsu and MVG to support Wi-Fi 7 OTA measurements
Anritsu announces a new solution that combines Microwave Vision Group’s (MVG) multi-probe OTA (Over The Air) test systems with Anritsu’s Wireless Connectivity Test Set MT8862A to support IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) OTA measurements. Wi-Fi 7 is a standard designed to…
Telenor IoT adopts SGP.32 standard
Telenor IoT recently announced it is taking a major step forward by becoming one of the first to adopt the new global eSIM standard SGP.32. Beginning in autumn 2025, as soon as standardised SGP.32 SIMs become commercially available, the company…
EdgePoint launches solar site to power telecoms sector
EdgePoint Towers has successfully launched its first solar hybrid site, marking a major milestone in its renewable energy initiatives. This deployment represents a significant step toward advancing sustainable energy solutions in Malaysia’s telecommunications sector. The new solution delivers up to…
Kinetic unveils $23 million investment in fibre network
More than 21,000 Texans are set to benefit from a $23 million network hardware upgrade as Kinetic unveiled an aggressive plan to significantly enhance its residential and business fibre network speed capabilities in 2025. As a result of this hardware…
SEALCOIN successfully integrates IoT devices with satellite communications
WISeKey recently announced that its subsidiary SEALCOIN unveiled a groundbreaking Proof of Concept (PoC) that illustrates its ability to integrate with remote IoT devices through satellite communications. Leveraging the WISeSat Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation and the FOSSA IoT platform,…
Taking RAIN “to the next level”: a conversation with Paul Muller
The RAIN Alliance recently launched an initiative where it will oversee the standardisation of integrating RAIN reader capabilities into smartphones. Much like the NFC Forum’s NFC technology has become ubiquitous and is most commonly used for contactless payments, the RAIN…
Mavenir and Terrestar achieve satellite voice over NB-IoT
Mavenir and Terrestar Solutions have achieved a milestone by successfully completing an industry first Voice over NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) call in NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) mode. The achievement was conducted over a 3GPP-standardised NTN S-band spectrum, avoiding interference that…
Sateliot backed by Spanish government investment
Sateliot is in the final stage of a Series B financing round of 70 million euros after the €13.8 million investment of the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), dependent on the Spanish government, which has been approved today by…
