By Stuart Thomson French service provider Bouygues Telecom has teamed up with convergence technology specialist Realytics and connected TV advertising specialist Smart to launch a new integrated addressable advertising platform, TVMotik. Bouygues Telecom said that the trio’s alliance was centred on offering a full-stack technology platform to enable TV channels...

By James Blackman Japanese manufacturing group Mitsubishi Electric has inducted country-mate NTT Docomo into its new Industry 4.0 alliance in Thailand in order to offer private 5G with smart manufacturing solutions from other partners. Mitsubishi Electric called it “the first case of private 5G with Japanese equipment” – in Thailand....

By Juan Pedro Tomás Samsung Electronics America and Amdocs said they will collaborate to deliver end-to-end 4G and 5G private network solutions to US enterprises. In a joint statement, the firms said that the agreement includes delivery of Samsung’s complete set of private network solutions, including Citizen Broadband Radio Service...

By Catherine Sbeglia CommScope and Meta Connectivity are collaborating on flexible and open reference designs to accelerate the adoption of Open RAN. Working alongside a network of industry ecosystem companies in the Evenstar programme, the pair will develop a Massive MIMO (mMIMO) reference design based on O-RAN Alliance interoperability specifications,...

By Jonathan Easton German white-label turnkey tech provider NetRange has announced a partnership with Chinese set-top box ODM IK World. The partnership will provide IK world with a combination of ACCESS’s “NetFront Browser BE” and NetRange’s “NetRange Smart STB App Store” on AOSP. This will see IK World offer content...

By Stuart Thomson T-Mobile Netherlands and Nordic Entertainment Group’s (NENT Group) Viaplay streaming service have struck a multi-year partnership ahead of Viaplay’s launch in the country on March 1. T-Mobile will offer four months’ free Viaplay access to its customers in combination with a new T-Mobile broadband subscription. At a...

By Ron Chen, Senior Correspondent ASEAN Region The leading provider of training solutions to the military forces, CAE GmbH has been awarded a contract by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support. The contract will be delivered over the next seven years, with the option to...

China conditionally approved a US$35 billion merger of US chipmakers AMD and Xilinx, a deal which could create a powerhouse by combining companies with a growing presence in the mobile equipment semiconductor market. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on  January 27, AMD stated the...

Virgin Media O2 owners Telefonica and Liberty Global held early stage discussions with investors on the creation of a new fibre venture in the UK linked to the operator, Financial Times reported, a move which would further increase competition to BT. The news website reported following informal talks with potential...

By Jonathan Easton European news media company Euronews has agreed a distribution deal in North America and Spain with OTT service fuboTV. The deal will see Euronews’ English language edition and Africanews’ English language edition are now available on the fuboTV platform. The broadcaster provides viewers with 24/7 coverage of...