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LoRa Alliance’s 2022 annual report confirms expansion of LoRaWAN’s LPWAN market with IoT solutions
Fremont, United States – The LoRa Alliance, a global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for the internet of things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), has issued its 2022 end-of-year report. The report highlights LoRa Alliance achievements as well as LoRaWAN adoption, technology and certification advancements over the past year.
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Mobile network operators (MNOs) used to rule the Internet of Things (IoT) airwaves; they owned the spectrum, which they had licensed from national regulators. That monopoly position was challenged by mobile virtual network operators, says Bob Emmerson, technology editor of Beecham Research. MVNOs competed by reselling the spectrum, but until recently there was no wide-area
Read moreInfovista announces sQLEAR a ML-based standard for 5G VoNR voice quality testing approved by ITU
Paris, France. December 2nd, 2021 – Infovista, the global provider of network lifecycle automation (NLA), announced that its sQLEAR machine learning-based algorithm has been approved by ITU for QoE testing of mobile all-IP voice services, including Voice over LTE (VoLTE), Voice over New Radio (VoNR) and OTT voice.
Read moreITU backs launch of global platform to protect telecom networks during COVID-19 crisis
Never before have telecommunication networks been so vital to our health and safety, and to keep our economy and society working, as during the COVID-19 crisis we are living through, says Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU. As a result, I have instructed my team to leverage without any delay ITU’s existing regulatory and policy-maker platform to help
Read moreNano-satellite service aims to bring IoT to 90% of the world without a network
Having launched its first two nano-satellites into orbit in late 2018, Hiber’s IoT network went live and has been used by customers since early February.
Read moreGlobal summit generates 35 pioneering proposals using power of artificial intelligence ‘for good’
Thirty-five innovative project proposals leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) ‘for good’ were generated at the 2nd AI for Good Global Summit, held last week in Geneva at the headquarters of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technology (ICT).
Read moreOpen source and standards – The path towards 5G and the Internet of Things
Following the success of last year’s event, the 2nd workshop “Open Source and Standards – The Path Towards 5G and the Internet of Things”, jointly organised by NGMN and the ITU, took place on 1st November 2017 in Bellevue (Seattle), Washington, USA. The workshop was hosted by Microsoft and co-organised by the IPR Plenary of
Read moreChina’s ZTE 5G enables subsea VR video transmission and signs 5G and IoT partnership with Telenet
ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, is to unveil its remote control service for 5th Generation mobile virtual reality (5G VR) underwater vehicles at the 5G World Summit 2017, London.
Read moreIoT and MVNO solutions provider Teleena secures 901 IMSI from ITU for cross-border data services
Teleena, the global provider for IoT and MVNO solutions announced that it has secured a 901 IMSI from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Read moreSigma Designs opens up Z-Wave to become an integral part of the smart home ecosystem
IoT is taking hold in a broad range of industries from automotive to farming to manufacturing. One of the biggest growing markets is the smart home with many areas ripe for development including controllers, lighting, thermostats, security, and sensors.
Read moreEricsson announces a 5G access network – but what is 5G?
On August 31, 2016, Ericsson announced the launch of its new AIR 6468 cellular radio. Ericsson stated that together with the 5G Plug-Ins announced in June, and the (already available) Radio System Baseband 5216, it now offers all the components of a 5G access network.
Read moreHomeGrid Forum and HomePNA Alliance merge to smooth migration to G.hn for home networks
Beaverton, Oregon, USA – HomeGrid Forum and the HomePNA Alliance have merged to create a single organisation focused on promoting advanced wired home networking technologies. The combined organisation will operate under the HomeGrid Forum banner.
Read moreHomegrid Forum says yes to draft ITU-T mimo specification for extending G.hn
The Homegrid Forum is backing the ITU-T Study Group 15’s draft standard (ITU-T G.9963, or G.hn-Mimo) that adds mimo (multiple input multiple output) technology to the G.hn standard for high-speed networking over existing home wiring.
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