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…
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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…
SEALSQ launches its answer to secure digital identity provisioning
SEALSQ recently announced the launch of INeS Box, a state-of-the-art solution designed to address growing demand for secure digital identity provisioning in the manufacturing stage of connected devices. The INeS Box is designed to simplify, secure and scale the process…
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…
4m Silicon Labs SoCs shipped for smart metering initiative
Silicon Labs has shipped four million FG23 SoCs for smart electricity meters as part of India’s Advanced Metering Initiative (AMI). The initiative was announced in 2021 as part of a move to modernise India’s power grid and reduce losses. Reportedly,…
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…
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…
