By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu The news that General Motors and Honda are to deepen their collaboration in North America to share common vehicle platforms and technologies in a strategic alliance has sent a positive signal to the industry and not a few analysts are reacting.  Automotive Analyst at GlobalData, a...

To Boost Institut Pasteur de Dakar’s, African Laboratories On COVID-19 Biomedical Research Programme By Ifeoma Asika, Correspondent Campuses The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), are to support Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) based in Senegal with medical equipment and biomedical research in the...

Cognisant of one of its aims and objectives, namely to  ensure road safety and quality drivers on the road and to avoid road crashes and hitches, road safety regulator in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) and Driving School Associations (DSA) have adopted resolutions towards promotion of quality driver training...

Vodafone UK bolstered its enterprise offering, striking a partnership with autonomous vehicle specialist Aurrigo to offer a driverless transport service at a golfing event using its 4G network. In a statement, Vodafone said the partnership would allow golfers and their caddies appearing at the ISPS Handa Wales Open Tournament to...

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a leading provider of communications, networking and cloud solutions, and RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration and contact center solutions, August 11, 2020 announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to introduce a new co-branded cloud solution – Rainbow Office powered...

Intel and VMware partnered to develop an integrated platform aimed at simplifying deployments of virtualised infrastructure and services. The companies plan to combine Intel’s FlexRAN software reference architecture with VMware’s RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) to deliver programmable open interfaces vendors and operators can use to develop new radio functions incorporating...

By James Blackman Bosch has started to build a private industrial 5G network at its semiconductor factory in Reutlingen, in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, to test for Industry 4.0 compatibility and network optimisation, along with industrial partners including ABB, Ericsson, Orange, and T-Systems. The Reutlingen industrial 5G network will use the...

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu Mercedes-Benz and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited ( CATL) have entered the next stage of their strategic partnership and will create cutting-edge battery technology in support of the high-volume electrification of the Mercedes-Benz model portfolio. The Stuttgart-based luxury car maker with the three-pointed star is accelerating...

By Emanuel Oluebube, Correspondent UK Canon Europe is celebrating its successful ten-year long partnership with international climate protection solutions provider, ClimatePartner, enabling Canon to offer carbon-neutral papers to its office and cut-sheet customers. As part of its global responsibility to provide the highest quality products and to conduct business in...

…AI And Edge Computing Services Also By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu Orange and Google Cloud have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the transformation of Orange’s IT infrastructure and the development of future cloud services, in particular edge computing. The agreement reinforces Orange’s commitment, as set out in its Engage 2025...