BROWSING: In-Building Tech

‘This is where the fun begins’: Verizon makes 5G, MEC deals with the NHL, NBA

Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband is available in parts of more than 70 U.S. cities and 60 stadiums and arenas This week, Verizon has made further headway in the sports world, partnering with the National Hockey League (NHL) and with more National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. Verizon...

Thread Group and DALI Alliance to cooperate in the commercial lighting field

  The Thread Group, together with the DALI Alliance (DiiA), which is the global industry organization for DALI lighting control, announced that the alliance has adopted Thread as the first network technology that will be available with DALI+. The DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) protocol for...

Honeywell, SAP launch Connected Buildings solution

  Smart building specialist Honeywell announced the launch of a cloud-based solution for building owners and managers that streamlines and combines operational and business data to support better decision-making. The new solution, dubbed Honeywell Forge Real Estate Operations, extends the capabilities of Honeywell Forge enterprise performance...

Brazil’s GRU airport gets Wi-Fi 6 OpenRoaming network

Cisco exec: 'The only thing faster than the Wi-Fi 6 network is the process of connecting to it' The world’s first at-airport Wi-Fi 6 network using Wireless Broadband Alliance’s (WBA) OpenRoaming has been established at Brazil’s São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), providing secure and automatic connectivity...

Huawei, China Unicom demo 5G ubiquitous gigabit network at Beijing?s National Stadium

  China Unicom Beijing and Huawei unveiled a 5G indoor ubiquitous gigabit network in the National Stadium in Beijing as a part of a joint 5G Capital initiative. Combining the 5G LampSite digital indoor network products that support an ultra-wide bandwidth of 300 MHz and the...

ADRF introduces UL 2524 certified VHF and UHF public safety repeaters

  Advanced RF Technologies (ADRF), which specializes in in-building Distributed Antenna System (DAS) and repeaters for public safety and commercial radio frequencies, announced the commercial availability of its PSR-U Series VHF and UHF channelized digital repeaters. In a release, the firm said that the PSR-U Series...

Infosys collaborates with RXR Realty to develop a smart office platform

    Infosys, a specialist in next-generation digital services and consulting, has collaborated with RXR Realty to build and deploy a smart building health and wellness solution running on Microsoft Azure. RxWell is a public-health-based platform that provides health and wellness insights and management tools for property...

DZS and Andorix help QuadReal to complete fiber-based smart building transformation

  DZS, which focuses on packet-based mobile transport, broadband access, network orchestration and cloud-native automation solutions, announced that QuadReal Property Group has leveraged DZS FiberLAN technology for the fiber-based digital transformation of its commercial properties across Canada. Supported by Canadian systems integrator and DZS Elite partner...

Telef?nica inks smart building partnership with Siemens

  The Spanish subsidiary of German firm Siemens and Telef?nica Tech, Telef?nica?s holding company for digital businesses with high growth potential, will be offering the Spanish market their services and solutions for smart buildings in one package. This collaboration agreement will enable both companies to make...

Ericsson expands indoor 5G portfolio

  Ericsson has expanded its indoor 5G portfolio, with additions including Ericsson Indoor Air 1279, an Ericsson Radio Dot 4459 small-cell radio and Ericsson Indoor Connect, a support offering for multi-operator and multi-vendor scenarios. The Swedish vendor said that the first two new additions will initially...

Boingo Wireless ends Q1 with 76 DAS venue live with 41,500 DAS nodes

  U.S. distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 76 DAS venues live comprised of 41,500 DAS nodes and an additional 11,400 nodes in backlog, the firm said in its earnings statement....

Public Safety Communications Solution Delivers Higher Standards

When it comes to Emergency Radio Communication Enhancement Systems (ERCES), the reliability and radio coverage of the system can directly impact property and lives saved. If cellular coverage is spotty or otherwise poor inside a building due to construction materials or environmental obstacles, not only...

AT&T launches its mmWave 5G service at Seattle football stadium

  AT&T announced the introduction of AT&T "5G+" at Seattle?s downtown football and soccer venue, Lumen Stadium. 5G+ is AT&T?s name for 5G delivered using millimeter wave spectrum. AT&T said that customers with a compatible device and qualifying plan will now have access to the super-fast...

LafargeHolcing inks smart building solutions deal with Indian Institute of Technology

  LafargeHolcim, a global specialist in building solutions, has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad with the aim of collaborating on the development of innovative and smart building solutions. The research project, which will be funded by LafargeHolcim Innovation Centre (LHIC), will focus...

CommScope records revenues of $469m from venue and campus networks in Q1

  CommScope posted net sales of $469.6 million in its venue and campus networks business division in the first quarter of 2021, flat compared to the same quarter in 2020, the company said in its earnings statement. The company noted that sales in this specific business...

J2 Innovations announces upgrade to software platform for smart buildings

  J2 Innovations, which is part of Siemens, has announced the release of FIN Framework 5.1, its latest upgrade of its software platform for smart buildings, smart equipment and IoT applications. The latest upgrade, to be released in beta shortly -- with a full launch scheduled...

EnOcean launches IoT Connector

  German company EnOcean has launched its EnOcean IoT Connector, describing the new offering as "an ideal link between IoT data from energy harvesting sensors and IoT applications" that makes the integration of EnOcean products easier. The IoT Connector translates sensor outputs into ready-to-use data...

Raymond James firm selects mCloud Technologies for indoor air quality solutions

  mCloud Technologies, which provides asset management solutions combining IoT, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics, announced that it is bringing cleaner air to the head office of Cadence Financial Group, a wealth management group affiliated with Raymond James based in Vancouver, Canada. Through an...

Johnson Controls inks partnership with the International Well Building Institute

  Smart building specialist Johnson Controls announced a global partnership with the International Well Building Institute (IWBI), with the aim of promoting global application of the Well building standard. Under the terms of the agreement, the two organizations say they will work together to advance technology...

HqO obtains new financing to expand global footprint

  HqO, a tenant experience operating system for commercial office buildings, announced it raised $60 million in Series C funding from leading venture capital and commercial real estate firms. Previous investors Accomplice, Insight Partners, JLL Spark, Navitas Capital, DivcoWest, Allegion Ventures, and The Pagliuca Family Office...

Smart buildings specialist 75F to take part in Google?s Climate Accelerator program

  75F has announced it has been selected to take part in Google's Climate Accelerator program. Launching in June, the three-month program will grant 75F access to Google's facilities, engineering and machine learning expertise. In a release, the firm said that this selection will accelerate the deployment...

Equiem acquires British Land?s Vicinitee platform in global PropTech deal

  Australian tenant experience platform Equiem has acquired Vicinitee - British Land?s digital property management platform, used across more than 150 buildings throughout the U.K., including Broadgate, The Shard and The Gherkin. Equiem said that Vicinitee?s additional property management functionality will be integrated into Equiem?s platform...

J2 Innovations releases Project Haystack 4 open-source library

  J2 Innovations, which is part of Siemens, has released Haystack Core, an open-source software library for the latest Haystack 4 open standard which can be used by developers to create new smart building and IoT applications. J2 Innovations is a founding member of Project...

C2MI and Honeywell implement AI-driven tech to manage building access

  The MiQro Innovation Collaborative Center (C2MI), the largest electronics systems research and development center in Canada, recently selected Honeywell for its new thermal screening and risk self-assessment process at its Bromont, Quebec, facility. C2MI is a microelectronics research center that requires 24-7 laboratory access for...