Cyta announces the start of operations on the ARSINOE optical fiber subsea cable system, which will cover the country’s increased need for international connectivity in crucial areas, especially for Internet and Cloud services…
One STEP at a time: Vodafone introduces road safety platform
This week, Vodafone has announced its new vehicle-to-everything (V2X) platform, STEP, allowing road users and transport authorities to share data with one another in real time.
For many years now, vehicles have been growing increasingly more computerised and connected, with various commentators comparing modern cars to smartphones on wheels. This increase in vehicle digitalisation has many clear benefits, from mobile applications using location data to warn drivers of upcoming traffic to external sensors that alert drivers to potential hazards beyond their line of sight.
But despite this plethora of available data…
LatAm’s costly copper conundrum: The impact of cable theft
Like so many parts of the global economy, copper prices were deeply affected by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Temporary closures to copper mines and stockpiling in various markets, particular China, saw prices soar as supply was outstripped by demand.
Now in 2022, copper prices are spiking once again, facing something of a perfect storm on an international scale. In Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, accounting for roughly 28% of global production, poor ore quality and an ongoing drought have reduced output significantly since the start of the year.
Meanwhile, in Peru, the second largest copper producing nation (around 12% of the global supply)…
5G’s multifunctionality potential is still there to be exploited
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As Technology Advisor I´m translating the requirements and needs of professional users into technologies and innovations. With 5G, this starts in standardization, in which the requirements of the industry e…
Netomnia Add Horwich and Bamber Bridge to UK FTTP Broadband Build
Network operator Netomnia has today added the town of Horwich (Bolton) and the village of Bamber Bridge (Lancashire) to their ongoing UK rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP – XGS-PON) based broadband ISP network in England. The operator, which last year secured £123m of funding (here) and has so far covered over 90,000 […]
Startup Stories: how respeak are facilitating conversations and feedback with your customers
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Engaging customers, employees, and partners in a continuous conversation is critical for companies to learn and improve. Therefore, respeak offers the easiest software to build digital conversations that scale communication. Our use cases include user research, employee engagement, and customer feedback in which companies are experiencing high costs and large effort of getting to the real ‘why’ something is good, ‘why’ something is bad, and ‘why’ something needs improvement. Current tools such as questionnaires don’t adapt to the participants and fail to uncover deep insights…
Multi Billion Boost to Gigabit Broadband in Rural England Agreed
The Australian-based financial services firm Macquarie Group and UK Government have jointly announced a new £12bn private investment in “sustainable infrastructure“, which among other things includes a plan to help spread “super-fast wireless broadband and ultra-fast fibre” (FTTP) across more parts of rural England. Readers may recall that there were high expectations of a major […]
BT Set for New Union Battle as CWU Rejects “Insulting” Pay Rise
The Communications Workers Union (CWU), which represents around 40,000 staff at the UK telecoms and broadband ISP giant BT (inc. Openreach and EE), has rejected a new pay offer from the operator – described as a flat rate of £1,200 – as “insulting” given the “rising inflation and squeeze on household incomes.” BT says they […]
Startup Stories: reaching the other 80 billion
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KLEO Connect is a “New Space” global network, data management and application company. Its aim is to drive “digitalization and business transformation from space” within the global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Machine-To-Machine (M2M) market.
By delivering a global satellite communications network, KLEO Connect is targeting the “other 80 billion” and more devices that are estimated to become internet-ready in the next years. The relevant customer base covers all industry verticals, including automotive, transportation &…
DigitalBridge enters $820m tower deal with Telenet
DigitalBridge, a US-based real estate investment trust and associate of DigitalBridge Group, has announced its agreement with Telenet to obtain all of the operator’s mobile telecommunications towers in Belgium.
The investment group has agreed to pay $820 million for 3,322 of Telenet’s sites…