By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region  and Precious John, Special Correspondent The Middle East’s leading publicly listed regional natural gas company, Dana Gas and its partner , the oldest private oil & gas company in the Middle East, Crescent Petroleum have announced the full resumption of the expansion project at...

By Jonathan Easton Spanish-language media company Univision has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Google. The partnership will see Univision deploy Google solutions across its portfolio of media and content properties. In particular, Univision will utilise Google Cloud to drive its digital transformation with the tech “enabling it to continue...

By Jonathan Easton Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has announced a ‘historic’ rights deal with the German Bundesliga through to 2029. The rights extension covers nine markets – Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland – and will see the broadcaster show more than 300 live Bundesliga...

By Jonathan Easton HDR10+ Technologies has announced a number of new strategic partners who will adopt the visual tech. The new OTT players to sign on are ViacomCBS’s Paramount+, along with Google and Roku. Paramount+, the body said, is now delivering original shows such as The Stand to certified HDMI...

By James Blackman Semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has joined the burgeoning MIOTY Alliance, to promote the novel telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB) technology, commercialized as MIOTY, as an alternative to low-power wide-area (LPWA) protocols like LoRaWAN, Sigfox, and NB-IoT in the industrial IoT and smart cities markets. MIOTY (a portmanteau of MY...

By James Blackman Semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has joined the burgeoning MIOTY Alliance, to promote the novel telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB) technology, commercialized as MIOTY, as an alternative to low-power wide-area (LPWA) protocols like LoRaWAN, Sigfox, and NB-IoT in the industrial IoT and smart cities markets. MIOTY (a portmanteau of MY...

By Jonathan Easton Japanese group Rakuten has announced a pair of major distribution deals with Samsung and ViacomCBS. The Samsung partnership will see Rakuten expand its free content offering on the Samsung TV Plus VOD service. During April and May, Rakuten TV will roll out a total of 166 new...

By James Blackman Nokia has teamed up with professional services consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) in Finland to help enterprises and mobile operators ”unleash the business potential” of ‘private wireless’ solutions, the umbrella term used by Nokia to capture a range of industrial networking technologies, but with focus particularly on...

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) of India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), have signed an agreement to establish a Facility for International Cooperation on Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (FIC-ISID). The...

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Correspondent Lagos Leading ICT and Digital Economy Publication-Cyber Era NG has wrapped up plans to partner  B2B Conferences and event organizers- Tradepass on two potentially industry disruptiving  virtual events for the African tech community namely BYTES ’21: LIVE – Africa and 3rd Edition CyFrica: LIVE. Confirming...