HyperConnectivity (comms)

Now in its 17th year, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and it continues to play a critical role in raising awareness of the online threats faced by both organisations and individuals alike. This year’s theme, ‘Think Before U Click’, focuses on the importance of personal accountability: whether we’re checking personal emails or accessing the company server, diligence must always be exercised to avoid inadvertently opening the door to hackers.

Over the last decade, mobile has connected more than 2.5 billion people to the internet, with mobile broadband coverage reaching in excess of 90% of the world’s population. Despite this rapid expansion of mobile internet infrastructure, there is still a coverage gap of more than 600 million people, who live without mobile internet connections and the vital benefits this provides.

The number of people working from home has risen astronomically this year due to COVID-19. Consequently, numerous companies have been reliant on remote desktop connections to enable their employees to access their work computer from home.

New mobile-first connectivity solutions for Vodafone Ireland’s business customers are being enabled by global 5G and LTE wireless WAN vendor, Cradlepoint, and distributor, Westbase.io. The partnership aims to provide these customers with access to the latest developments in cellular networking.

For the fifth year in a row the mobile industry has increased its impact across all 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) enabling essential services for people and businesses.

EasySend, a no-code AI-powered platform transforming manual processes into digital journeys, has raised US$16 million (€13.77 million) in new funding. This follows the completion of an $11 million (€9.46 million) Series A round led by Hanaco with participation from Intel Capital.

Basware has launched SmartPDF AI, the latest version of its SmartPDF service. This is designed to automate the conversion of machine-readable PDFs to e-invoices above 97% accuracy, requiring extremely minimal manual effort.

Mobileum is part of a consortium that has been awarded a €1.8 million (US$2.1 million) research & development (R&D) investment grant by the European Union (EU) to expand its RAID risk management platform 5G capabilities.

There are a lot of things being said about 5G right now. However, one thing is for sure, says Jordan Morrow, global head of Data Literacy at Qlik: it spells a new era of connectivity. An era that will open opportunities for new services, while also delivering more data, more devices, and more instant responses.

In July 16 Eurozone banks from five countries — Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain — presented the idea of a unified payment solution for consumers and merchants across Europe – the European Payments Initiative (EPI).

SSE Enterprise Telecoms has unveiled a significant network expansion programme. It aims to bring high capacity 100Gbps and 10Gbps services to businesses across the UK, to facilitate 5G rollouts and aid the deployment of next-gen connectivity technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

New and existing users of Vivitek’s popular NovoDS Digital Signage solution, can now benefit from updates that are set to increase public safety with crowd control – using a People Counting widget – while also enhancing creativity and productivity.

European drone group, Parrot reports that the results of an independent data-privacy and security audit of its FreeFlight 6 mobile application for the ANAFI series of drones.

The iPhone was released by Apple, and the world had never seen anything quite like it. It ushered in the age of portable tech and the smartphone era was born. Now startupsgeek.com has analysed the data to show how the world has changed since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007.

AccelerComm, a Southampton University spin-out supercharging 5G, satellite and other wireless communications with IP which increases spectrum efficiency and reduces latency, has raised £5.8m in Series A funding.

Ericsson has agreed to acquire Cradlepoint, the US-based specialist in Wireless Edge WAN 4G and 5G Enterprise solutions. The investment is key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of capturing market share in the rapidly expanding 5G Enterprise space.

According to a recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights, the digital twin market is set to grow from its current market value of more than US$4 billion (€3 billion) to over $35 billion (€29 billion) by 2026, gaining traction over the 2020 to 2026 period.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, reports that Arcelik, one of the manufacturers of household appliances, has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider for machine learning and analytics across its entire operations.

Varnish Software, a provider of high-performance digital content distribution systems, today launched a new 5G-ready content delivery network (CDN). This reportedly enables customers to build new services that harness the power of 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC).

Advantech, a global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) systems and embedded platforms, has announced the latest 3.5″ SBC MIO-5393 powered by 9^th Gen. Intel Xeon/Core. Featuring a compact 146 x 102 mm (5.78 x 4.01 in) design, this single board computer offers impressive I/O functionality and domain-focused features like CANBus.

The future of work in Africa is under the spotlight at this year’s AfricaCom and AfricaTech, part of the virtual Africatech Festival.

DataRobot, a specialist in enterprise artificial intelligence (AI), has announced enhancements to its AI platform designed to further transform data into real business value.

The travel time it takes to get engineers on site (42%) and a lack of in house skillset (42%) are the two big challenges organisations face in resolving a network outage quickly. This is according to a recent study commissioned by Opengear, a Digi International company.

With 15 years of experience in the IoT technology market, Spain’s Libelium is evolving as a complete solution provider by incorporating new business models alongside a new corporate image and renewed website.

G-Core Labs, an international provider of cloud and edge solutions, has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that is part of the company’s public cloud. The platform reportedly allows business and development teams to significantly reduce the time-to-market of their applications based on artificial intelligence.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that global mobile business messaging traffic will increase by 10% this year to 2.7 trillion, up from 2.5 trillion last year. The mobile business messaging market is comprised of three main messaging protocols: SMS, RCS (Rich Communication Services), and OTT (Over-the-Top) messaging applications.

Following the release of a new IDTechEx report, “3D Electronics 2020-2030: Technologies, Forecasts, Players“. Dr Matthew Dyson, technology analyst examines various approaches to 3D electronics, Here. He evaluates the different technologies, their potential adoption barriers and their applicability to the different application areas.