By Ron Chen, Senior Correspondent ASEAN Region Batelco and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on next-generation 5G technologies and innovations in line with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s digital economy vision. This latest MoU is part of Batelco’s efforts to enhance its network capabilities to achieve...

By Ron Chen, Senior Correspondent, ASEAN Region Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido President, Kiyohiro Houkin and Sony Group Corporation Chairman, President and CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida have  announced  that they have jointly opened the "Social Innovation Division for Planetary Boundary*" at the University. Utilizing Hokkaido University's academic knowledge and the Sony Group's...

By Stuart Thomson France’s homegrown SVOD service Salto has struck a partnership agreement with Amazon Prime Video that will see the streamer become available to Prime subscribers within Prime Video Channels. From May, Amazon Prime members will be able to subscribe directly to Salto via their Amazon accounts. Salto said...

By Heather Landi Forge Health, a company that integrates digital health services and in-person care for behavioral health and substance abuse care, picked up US$11 million in new financing to build out its tech capabilities and expand its value-based partnerships. The White Plains, New York-based company operates clinics in New...

By Stuart Thomson Cloud-based live video specialist M2A Media has teamed up with BT Media & Broadcast to bring what it claims to be the world’s first orchestrated cloud connectivity to BT Tower in London, Europe’s leading content exchange.  In a proof-of-concept trial, which tapped M2A Media’s cloud IP transport...

By Godson Umejiego, Senior Correspondent, USA Komodo Health, a technology company driving patient-centric insights at scale, and Datavant, the leader in helping organizations securely connect health data, today announced an expansion of their partnership. Together, they will enable life sciences companies to securely connect proprietary and third-party clinical trial data,...

Telma Madagascar and Ericsson have deployed Ericsson’s unique three-sector, dual-band Radio 6626 across five major sites in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo. Combining three sectors and two frequencies in one radio unit, Ericsson’s Radio 6626 will enable Telma Madagascar to radiate all three sectors in their towers through just one radio unit....

By James Blackman The Global Certification Forum (GCF) and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly investigate industrial 5G certification needs. The pair said they will share information on industrial IoT use cases and related requirements for testing and certification of...

By Angeline Mgbele, Senior Correspondent, Abuja Being one of the key implementers of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) for a Digital Nigeria, coupled with an ambitious target of achieving 95 per cent of digital literacy by 2030, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is forging more...

By Amanda Pedersen GE Healthcare and Imeka want to expand the capabilities of MRI for brain imaging and advance precision medicine for brain health. Based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Imeka has developed a neuroimaging technology with broad applicability in research and clinical care settings across the spectrum of central nervous...