More than 100,000 households in the Czech Republic are due to benefit from faster and more reliable fibre connectivity thanks to a multi-million partnership bringing together Czech operator CETIN with Kontron Transportation, which will deliver broadband routers and modems from Slovenia’s…
Communications
LPWAN “has a voice”, says Jason Legget of Connexin
News of Connexin lobbying the UK government to recognise Low Power, Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) as critical infrastructure passed across IoT Insider’s news desks recently and prompted us to speak to Connexin directly about this particular campaign, which reflects growing…
CRA partners with Netmore for LoRaWAN services in Czech Republic
Netmore Group, a global LoRaWAN network operator, has announced that CRA, the Czech cloud service provider, has chosen Netmore’s Operator Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to modernise and streamline the delivery of commercial Internet of Things (IoT) services to its customers. Netmore PaaS…
OQ Technology partners with Embry-Riddle to research 5G satellite
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and OQ Technology recently announced a collaborative relationship in which both organisations will work together on research and development in 5G satellite technology. The collaboration, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), will explore joint opportunities and…
AST and Vodafone enter into agreement on broadband connectivity
AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone have entered into a definitive, long-term commercial agreement through 2034, representing a significant step forward for both organisations in collaborating to expand broadband connectivity globally. The agreement establishes framework for Vodafone to offer space-based celular broadband…
Aqua Comms achieves high performance in WaveLogic 6 trial
Aqua Comms and Ciena has announced the first-ever 1.3 Tb/s wavelength transmission spanning 5500km across the Atlantic. This technical milestone was achieved using Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e), the industry’s first fully programmable coherent technology capable of wavelength speeds up…
EIB signs €30 million loan with satellite startup Sateliot
Spanish satellite startup Sateliot recently received a boost as the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a €30 million loan whereby the EIB will co-finance the roll-out of Sateliot’s constellation of over 100 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Sateliot is in…
NTT DOCOMO and partners realise 6G technology using AI
NTT DOCOMO, in colalboration with NTT Corporation, Nokia and SK Telecom announced that an indoor test with radio waves in the 4.8GHz band of 6G wireless technology using AI for the first time in Japan. The test confirmed communication speeds…
Vodafone and Three merge in £16.5bn deal
Vodafone and Three have finally merged, in a £16.5 billion deal, following approval from the CMA, who launched a months-long investigation in which it sought to make sure that the merger wouldn’t lead to weakened competition and result in other…
WBA releases architecture for residential Wi-Fi management
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) released an updated technical report, ‘Operator Managed Wi-Fi (OMWi): Reference Architecture and Requirements’. This update includes enhanced technical and operational requirements and introduces open-source, OMWi-compliant implementations from partners such as the prpl Foundation, and RDK-B. …
