Wireless Broadband Alliance Releases New Report on Deployment of Public Wi-Fi for Venues and Network Owners
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the global industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services, has today released its report titled “Venue Requirements for User Engagement” which takes a fresh look at how users engage with and access services, how venues can optimize revenues, and create new business opportunities. The report offers best practice advice on developing a venue’s business case for public Wi-Fi, including how to improve user engagement with the use of...
Zain Omantel International (ZOI) joins ‘One Consortium’ to reduce Fraud and Enhance Trust in International Voice and Messaging
Middle East, 5, June 2024 – Zain Omantel International (ZOI), the Middle East’s premier international wholesale powerhouse, has joined ‘One Consortium’, a not-for-profit organisation working to tackle illegal and unwanted international voice calls and messages. ‘One Consortium’ brings together major telecom companies like, Lumen, Orange Wholesale, Verizon and Vodafone as well as global industry organisations such as i3Forum, the GSMA, Global Leaders Forum (GLF) and Global Solutions Council...
Telegraph42 connects Asian markets to the global internet with a new alternative route for fast and secure data transfer between Hong Kong and Frankfurt
FRANKFURT, June 10. Leading internet infrastructure company, Telegraph42 today announces the unveiling of an alternative data transit route between Frankfurt and Hong Kong which passes through the Balkan regions, the Middle East and Central Asia. The new ‘Southern Route,’ the first part of the larger of Digital Silk Way Project, is based on high-speed data transfer infrastructure, replacing reliance on existing subsea cable, and resulting in fast and secure, data transfer between Hong Kong...
GeoLinks Names Christine Morris Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
GeoLinks, an enterprise-level telecommunications company, announced today that Christine Morris has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Morris will lead strategic market activities to enhance enterprise-wide efficiencies and optimize revenue and profitability. “GeoLinks is pleased to welcome Christine to this crucial role. Her deep telecommunications industry expertise, broad sales experience, and proven leadership in strategic development will be invaluable as...
GlobalPlatform unveils initiatives to scale support for SESIP IoT security evaluation standard
In response to the growing uptake of GlobalPlatform’s Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms (SESIP) methodology, the organization has introduced several initiatives to further accelerate adoption. These include the launch of new certification stamps, expanding the number of labs and certification bodies (CB), new partnerships and the creation of an adopter program. Together, this raises the bar for IoT security by enabling the adoption of the methodology across new sectors, use cases...
Brsk launches full fibre rollout in Ashton in Makerfield and St Helen’s
UK multi-award winning full fibre provider brsk is celebrating another milestone in their North West rollout. They have announced today that work is underway to bring full fibre broadband to St Helens in Merseyside, and neighbouring Ashton In Makerfield in Wigan, Greater Manchester, further increasing their national footprint which has already passed 552,000 premises. Speaking of the network expansion into new areas, Chief Operating Officer Ian Kock, said, “Quite frankly, we think it’s...
Gavin Davies appointed as Wessex Internet’s first Chief Operations Officer
The Dorset-based rural broadband specialist has ambitious plans for the next five years and beyond, with recruitment to meet this growth also taking place across sales and customer support, network planning and operations, civil engineering, and garden works. Gavin brings significant leadership experience from operational roles in other technology and utility companies, including, most recently, Avonline. In particular, he has helped lead organisations through times of significant growth,...
Investors Inject £18m into UK AltNet Broadband ISP Voneus
Rural network builder and ISP Voneus, which aims to cover 350,000 UK premises via both their gigabit-capable fixed wireless access (FWA) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks, has received an additional capital injection of £18m from existing investors that appears to have changed its ownership structure a bit. Until recently Voneus was being backed by up to £250m from investors including Macquarie Capital, IIF, Tiger Infrastructure Partners and bank lenders. But the situation...
Apple launches ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI at WWDC 2024
News CEO Tim Cook called Apple’s AI launch the ‘next big step’ for the company At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this week, Apple has announced a new partnership with OpenAI that will integrate ChatGPT directly within Apple devices. In the day one keynote speech, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the company’s new integrated ‘Apple Intelligence’ system, which he characterised as “the personal intelligence system that puts powerful generative models right at the core” of your Apple...
Apple launches ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI at WWCD 2024
News CEO Tim Cook called Apple’s AI launch the ‘next big step’ for the company At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this week, Apple has announced a new partnership with OpenAI that will integrate ChatGPT directly within Apple devices. In the day one keynote speech, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the company’s new integrated ‘Apple Intelligence’ system, which he characterised as “the personal intelligence system that puts powerful generative models right at the core” of your Apple...