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Dutch space approval for 50 IoT satellites

Magnitude Space, recently renamed as Hiber Global, has received approval from the Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands to launch a fleet of up to 50 small nano-satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) applications. Hiber has its R&D in Delft (Netherlands) and its HQ in Amsterdam. It was […]

May 9, 2018By Chris Forrester

Broadband Forum brings IoT home with USP standard

The Broadband Forum has published its User Services Platform (USP) – a new standard for implementing, deploying and managing all types of devices in the broadband home. For the first time, USP brings a unified, common approach to securely deploy, manage, and control network-aware consumer electronics, including home and enterprise Wi-Fi, Internet of Things (IoT), […]

April 17, 2018

5G won’t save wireless connectivity revenue growth

There will be 9 billion user-linked subscriptions to wireless services by 2023, up from 7.7 billion today according to forecasts from Strategy Analytics’ Service Provider Group. The report, Worldwide Cellular User Forecasts 2018-2023 predicts that 5G adoption will follow a comparable path to that seen by 4G LTE, but warns that there is limited growth […]

March 28, 2018

Broadband Forum “holistic approach” to broadband development

A new conception of broadband is on target to be achieved as the industry experiences an era of unparalleled change and challenge, and networks transform to meet the opportunities of 5G, ‘cloudification,’ the Internet of Things (IoT), gigabit access, open source solutions and the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI). That was the message delivered […]

March 26, 2018

RDK adoption surges globally

At the 2018 Connected TV World Summit, RDK Management provided its annual update about the adoption of the RDK (Reference Design Kit) software used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from video and broadband services providers worldwide. “With more than 40 million

March 20, 2018

Eutelsat orders ELO ‘nano-sat’ for IoT

Eutelsat is joining the LEO club of Low Earth Orbiting satellite-owners. Having earlier dismissed LEO satellites, it has now ordered a small nano-satellite to tap into expected growth in demand from Internet of Things (IoT) operators. The satellite’s manufacturer is Tyvak International SRL, a subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation, a leading aerospace provider of nanosatellite […]

March 8, 2018By Chris Forrester

Accenture appointed Innovation Partner by Disney

Accenture has been appointed by The Walt Disney Studios as a founding member and Innovation Partner of StudioLAB, an initiative dedicated to reimagining, designing and prototyping the entertainment experiences and production capabilities of the future using innovative technologies. The Walt Disney Studios produces feature films from Disney, including Walt Disney Animation Studios; Pixar Animation Studios; […]

March 7, 2018

5G TV broadcast test

A 5G test site for broadcasting is being set up in the Bavarian Oberland as part of the Bavarian research project ‘5G Today’. Under the leadership of the Institute for Broadcast Technology (IRT), project partners Kathrein and Rohde & Schwarz are investigating large-scale TV broadcasts in the Further evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (FeMBMS) mode […]

March 1, 2018By Colin Mann

Globecomm joins AWS partner network

Globecomm has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) as a Standard Technology Partner. This agreement will enable Globecomm to seamlessly interoperate its global satellite and fibre network with AWS’s storage, compute and cloud content delivery services. “We have been developing platforms and scalable customer solutions on AWS since late 2014,” said Globecomm […]

February 21, 2018

IoT market maintains growth thanks to industrial markets

Despite being the focus of much talk in the media and in corporate strategies, the Internet of Things (IoT) is still only fledgling, even it is already represented 11.2 billion connected products shipped worldwide in 2017, according to an IDATE report. “We expect to see 10 per cent annual growth, and reach 35 billion units […]

February 6, 2018