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| Unified Office Awarded Second US Patent for Transmission Network Unified Office, Inc, a leading managed services provider offering reliable hybrid cloud-based business communications services, IoT services and data analytics, announced today that the US Patent Office has issued a second patent for its end-to-end Highest Quality Routing Protocol transmission network. |
| Gilat and Telesat Demo 5G Connectivity over LEO Satellite Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that a Gilat high throughput modem enabled the first ever demonstration of 5G services over a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. The successful test was conducted with tier-1 European operator Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite connected to the University of Surrey’s 5G test bed network. |
| Swiftpage Launches Act! Growth Suite Sales & Marketing Platform for SMBs Swiftpage, the provider of Act!, a leading cloud-enabled CRM and marketing automation platform aimed at helping small and midsized businesses (SMBs) grow, today announced a new approach to connected CRM, marketing, sales and customer service technology with Act! Growth Suite, an all-in-one sales and marketing platform purpose-built for SMBs. |
| FMC GlobalSat to Partner with LeoSat for Faster Satellite Connectivity FMC GlobalSat, a leader in delivering reliable, secure, and cost-effective Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions utilizing wireless and global satellite networks, announced it has entered into an agreement with Washington, D.C.-based LeoSat, a leading innovator in low earth orbit (LEO) high-speed communications networks. |
| MobiledgeX and TELUS Announce Plans to Trial Canadian Mobile Edge Network MobiledgeX, which helps make edge computing widely accessible and easy to consume, today announced it will work with TELUS, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, to trial its edge network in Canada. |
| Bluebird Network Partners with Global Connectivity Provider Megaport Bluebird Network (Bluebird), a leading Midwest telecommunications company, today announces it has partnered with Megaport Limited (ASX:MP1) (Megaport), a global leading Network as a Service (NaaS) provider, to enable private access to cloud providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, IBM Cloud, Nutanix, and Salesforce. |
| Research Predicts Public Cloud Usage in Telco to Double in 2019 Optiva Inc., an innovative software provider of mission-critical, cloud-native, monetization solutions to leading communication service providers (CSPs) globally, is advising CSPs at TM Forum Digital Transformation World that telco public cloud usage is predicted to double in 2019, according to a recent research report by industry analyst firm Ovum, entitled “Understanding the Business Value Of Re-architecting Core Applications on the Public Cloud.” |
| FCC Offers Broadband Subsidies to Advance Faster Rural Broadband The Federal Communications Commission took steps today that could result in over 1 million rural homes getting faster broadband service. Specifically, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau extended offers of broadband subsidies to 516 rural “rate-of-return” companies in 46 states through a predictable cost model, rather than the current legacy system, which dates to the era of voice-only service. |
| Telenor Chooses Newtec to Triple VSAT Throughput for Maritime Services Telenor Satellite has selected Newtec Technology to meet growing demand for bandwidth. Newtec’s platform will enable Telenor to deliver more scalable services for cruise liners, ferries and offshore support vessels. |
| CloudSmartz to Drive DT for Seaborn, Advance Service Delivery CloudSmartz, a global software company exclusively focused on next-generation solutions for Communications Service Providers, in collaboration with Seaborn Networks, a leading developer-owner-operator of subsea fiber optic cable systems, today announced that CloudSmartz will enable Seaborn’s digital transformation strategy and deployment over the next several months. |
| Nokia Joins ConectarAGRO to Advance IoT Technology for Brazilian Agriculture Nokia today announced that it has joined ConectarAGRO initiative to promote innovative connectivity solutions to the Brazilian agribusiness sector. |
| FCC Reforms Improve Broadband Access in 43 States Over 106,000 rural homes and small businesses in 43 states will get access to improved broadband service due to recent FCC reforms to the Universal Service Fund. |
| Microsoft and Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corp to Build SOVA Innovation Hub Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corp. (MBC) and Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a partnership to build the SOVA Innovation Hub in Southern Virginia. |
| FiberLight Automates Network Operations with Blue Planet FiberLight, an industry leader in providing high-performance metro and long-haul fiber transport services, selected automation software from Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, to dramatically improve its service delivery process across its multi-vendor network. |
| oneM2M Wins Top IoT Standards Award oneM2M, the global standards body for IoT, has won recognition at the Annual Compass Intelligence Awards. |
| Smart City Lighting to Save Cities $15 Billion by 2023 New data from Juniper Research has revealed that smart street lighting deployments will realise $15 billion in cumulative energy savings for cities to 2023. |
| VLC Technology Can Advance Smart City, Smart Home Development Visible Light Communication (VLC), modulated with G.hn technology, is set to be the next major innovation in realising the full potential of both the Smart Home and the Smart City, according to HomeGrid Forum. |
