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…
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87% of threats delivered in encrypted channels, Zscaler report finds
Zscaler published its Zscaler ThreatLabz 2024 Encrypted Attacks Report, exploring the latest threats blocked by the Zscaler security Cloud and providing insights into how encryption has become a conduit for more sophisticated threats, further compounded by the rise of AI.…
Functional safety and modularity next trends in robots, says NEXCOM
Jenny Shern, General Manager of NexCOBOT, a subsidiary of NEXCOM Group, spoke to IoT Insider about AI being the “next trend”, the growth of mobile robots and functional safety, and offering modularisation in robotics, sharing insights into the pain points…
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. …
Evolve and Purple partner to improve Wi-Fi offering
Evolve, a provider of managed network solutions and IT services announced a strategic partnership with Purple, a provider of Wi-Fi and place-based analytics solutions. Both Evolve and Purple are part of the BGF portfolio which was established to address the…
eSIM Go and Vodafone agreement will encourage MVNO creation
eSIM Go announced an agreement with Vodafone that will enable organisations of all sizes to become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The partnership will see eSIM Go offer connectivity on Vodafone’s network in the UK to their customers. Organisations…
UK suffering from broadband digital divide, research finds
New research has pointed to the UK suffering from a stubborn broadband digital device in spite of the expansion of full-fibre access. Entry-level tariffs in regions with less competition have caused significant “digital deprivation” with consumers facing higher prices for…
STMicroelectronics dish on their new NB-IoT module platform
STMicroelectronics’ aim to simplify large-scale IoT deployments with the introduction of its new NB-IoT ST87M01 module platform also revealed growing demand for power-efficient smart metering solutions that can integrate with different cellular networks, Carlo Masseroni, Product Marketing Manager told IoT…
Tapway and Asteria launch AIoT platform
Tapway, a developer of Vision AI software solutions and Asteria Corporation launched AIoT Suite, an integrated one-stop solution platform offering Tapway’s SamurAI Vision AI software and Asteria’s Gravio no-code IoT software. The new AIoT Suite platform enables companies to automate…
Quantum Dice joins UK government-backed initiative
Quantum Dice, a University of Oxford spin-out pioneering quantum random number generator (QRNG) technology, has joined the sixth cohort of the Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Technology Access Programme, a UK government-backed initiative aiming to integrate secure by design principles…
