Spending on big data and analytics in the oil and gas industry is increasing at a rate of about 75 percent per year, as companies rapidly dispense with in-house IoT management to go with big cloud providers instead. Analyst house ABI Research said the...
Austria-based A1 Telekom has acquired a majority share in local smart-city analytics startup Invenium, in which the mobile operator has held a stake since 2017. The unit, originally a spin-off from Technical University Graz and the Graz-based Know-Center, a European research center for data...
Analytics and integration firm Software AG has scored a couple of major industrial IoT wins, it claims, running to seven and eight figures over multi-year subscriptions, and generally reasserted its buoyancy as the enterprise queue for digital-change has been reshuffled in the wake of...
Telefónica has purchased Valencia-based cybersecurity firm Govertis for an undisclosed fee, as part of a concerted buying spree. The company will be integrated into the Spain-based carrier’s digital-change unit, Telefónica Tech, and specifically its ElevenPaths cybersecurity sub-division. Telefónica said to expect more acquisitions in...
South Korea based electric power equipment company LS Electric has signed up Finnish vendor Nokia to supply an analytics-based asset management platform to local power utilities.
LS Electric, a division of Seoul-based conglomerate LS Group, wants an IoT and AI solution to enable customers to...
Real-time Bluetooth-based sports analytics is coming to football (soccer), says Finnish duo Wisehockey and Quuppa after putting their real-time locating system (RTLS) to the test in their home country.
Player and ball movements were tracked during a pre-season match between top-tier Finnish teams earlier this...
The Digital Supply Chain Institute, a US research group focused on the evolution of supply chains in the digital economy, has recommended supply chain companies set up ‘war rooms’ to track and respond to the coronavirus crisis, and seek to implement automation and analytics...
Industrial IoT firm Seeq raises $24 million from equity sale
Seattle-based industrial analytics company Seeq has raised $24 million from investors, according to a report in Computer Reseller News.
Seeq has sold $24.3 million of equity to an unnamed investor group, according to the report, which...
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, has issued an executive order to hire a new ‘algorithms management and policy officer’ to bring transparency and order to the city’s use of data and analytics tools.
The move comes after the city convened a...
The possibilities are endless. That is what some vendors say about 5G, as they urge operators to partner with manufacturers to transform the technology into a lucrative revenue stream. Their intentions are good. The reality, though, is more complicated. In fact, there’s a widening...
Crowd-sourced device data analysis showed that users spent less than 10% of time on 3G
5G may be the new kid on the block, but LTE is the workhorse of current networks -- and Verizon's LTE outperforms the rest in terms of consistent, high-quality user...
Telecom market data firm Comlinkdata has acquired crowdsourced mobile network and performance data company Tutela for an undisclosed sum.
Tutela gathers device-based data on mobile usage and performance; its software runs in the background in thousands of Android and iOS smartphone apps to deliver anonymized...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has acquired the business assets of big-data firm MapR for an undisclosed fee.
California based startup MapR had raised $280 million over eight rounds of funding, including from Google, since being established in 2009. The one-time star of the big...
Every business today is feeling the pressure to digitally transform its operations to keep up with or stay ahead of its competitors. But nobody feels that imperative more keenly than small business and franchise owners. That’s because smaller businesses, which are often in remote...
Today’s emergency response centres — or public safety answering points (PSAPs) — face many challenges. Their responsibilities are growing. Cases are more complex, and police, fire and emergency medical services need to work together seamlessly. An emergency response system based on voice only is...
Orchestration solution includes automation, assurance tools from CENX acquisition
With limited 5G deployments commercially available in some key global markets right now and operators set to quickly scale out coverage, the early focus is on enhanced broadband, both fixed wireless and mobile, with revenue not...
Network monitoring and visualization deal to support CSP's network integration and automation
As EXFO reported its quarterly results today, the company also dropped the news that it has won a deal worth $4.9 million with an unnamed Tier One service provider in the U.S., to...
Digital transformation for communication service providers(CSPs) can be tedious to achieve if not supported through efficient transformation tools. Compared to the existing provisioning and management of services (service lifecycle), the digital environment requires a real-time engagement with the customer and a real-time management of...
Service assurance and analytics company MYCOM OSI has been acquired by private equity Inflexion, which said that the telecom industry's transition to 5G and internet of things services represents a significant opportunity for MYCOM OSI's cloud-based assurance solutions. Financial terms of the deal were...
The Gemalto IoT Connectivity Smart Saver platform provides a fast and easy way for OEMs and IoT service providers to tightly monitor IoT data rate plans while improving efficiency.
Benefits & features:
SaaS (Software as a Service) platform with zero touch integration
Automatic real-time data...
P3 Group CEO discusses the evolution of testing and the role of crowd-sourced, device-based data
Crowd-sourced, device-based data offers new insights into the customer experience and cost savings for network planning and optimization purposes, according to Hakan Ekmen, CEO of P3.
P3's approach to benchmarking has...
Multi-access edge computing presents some unique challenges for deployment and operation
Multi-access edge computing is part of a major re-architecting of the network that involves placing compute and storage resources closer to the consumer or enterprise end user. It is expected to be a major...
Las Vegas, in Nevada, is using artificial intelligence to detect and fix issues within its IT systems, including those underpinning its various smart city projects. California-based FixStream said its deal with Las Vegas is the first implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) for IT operations...
Using AI-driven analytics to please customers and streamline operations in a 5G world
Every day we’re being bombarded with emails, blogs, and vendor dissertations about 5G addressing everything from new media delivery to gigabit speed to mobile devices.  With seemingly limitless bandwidth possibilities, the value-add...
