By Bevin Fletcher  Telesat is teaming up to perform trials and advance 5G connectivity for industries as a new partner of the public-private ENCQOR 5G testbed in Canada. The satellite operator this week announced a strategic partnership with the five-year ENCQOR 5G initiative. The programme is supported by the governments...

By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent Standardization experts have formed a new focus group at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to optimize the “testbeds" for rolling out effective, sustainable fifth-generation (5G) infrastructure and services. With 5G poised to ramp up digital transformation worldwide, research communities are joining forces to maximize...

By Ron Chen, Senior Correspondent ASEAN Region and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) recently announced their collaboration for an education initiative on 5G in Malaysia that will help educate Malaysian students on 5G and emerging technologies. This collaboration will enable UTM students to participate and contribute...

By Stuart Thomson Mixed martial arts giant UFC is to join the discovery+ streaming service in the Netherlands and Eurosport in Spain as part of a new long-terms rights agreement with Discovery. The partnership includes rights to all live UFC events, which will also be available on-demand. Discovery said it...

By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent On January 5, 2022, HERE launched a one-stop, indoor mapping solution called Indoor Map as a Service. The solution includes custom mapping, 2D/3D indoor routing and indoor positioning services, which can support augmented reality and asset tracking use cases. HERE partnered with Navenio and...

Partners Imaging Giants Vexcel By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent At CES 2022, hype about autonomous vehicles usually gives way to predictions about the distant future – but this year, HERE is showing how connected car and ADAS technologies can be used today. As self-driving cars develop, these technologies are...

SK Hynix vice chairman and CEO Park Jung-ho told The Korea Herald at CES 2022 it is working on plans to jointly invest with sister company SK Telecom (SKT) and US-based Qualcomm to develop energy-efficient AI chips. Park reportedly stated he will discuss the matter with Qualcomm and was keen...

Verizon detailed plans to sell Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 smart glasses with BlueJeans Meetings, positioning the partnership as a way for frontline workers to increase productivity through hands-free video conferencing. When paired with a Google Pixel 6 smartphone used as a mobile hotspot, the glasses “will deliver customers a...

By Jonathan Easton Television Jamaica (TVJ) is to launch NextGen TV as a full member of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). The broadcaster will transition from analogue to the digital ATSC 3.0 transmission (NextGen TV) as part of a mandate from Jamaica’s government. The Jamaican government itself has applauded...

By Stuart Thomson TV professional services and video platform technology provider Wyplay has teamed up with interactive viewing experiences specialist Sceenic to develop ‘co-watching’ offerings for TV operators.  Sceenic has been developing Watch Together technology, based on a real-time video calling SDK, enabling people in the same group to watch...