Accenture makes strategic investment in cloud-based reality data solutios provider Cintoo

New York, USA and Sophia Antipolis, France. 27 January 2022 – Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Cintoo, a provider of solutions used to better manage and leverage 3D data sourced from reality capture devices in the cloud.

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PTC and Schaeffler announce new strategic alliance to accelerate digital transformation roadmap

31st January 2022- PTC and Schaeffler have announced a new alliance that will see the global automotive and industrial supplier standardise PTC solutions to deploy an integrated, end-to-end IT landscape.

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Optiva grows partnership with Google Cloud to increase telecom customer success

Toronto, Canada – Optiva Inc. a provider of mission-critical, cloud-native monetisation and revenue management software, announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud to help telecom operators and service providers accelerate their digital transformations and journey to the cloud, private and public, and deployment on the edge.

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Telli Health announces partnership with global eSIM and IoT connectivity provider Eseye

Miami, FL, USA. 27 January, 2022 — Telli Health announced a partnership with eSIM connectivity vendor Eseye to provide embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) eSIM cards for all remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices that can roam on any cellular network.

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Wasabi Technologies and Axis Communications partner on interoperable cloud storage for modern video surveillance

Boston, MA, USA. January 26th, 2022 – Cloud storage company Wasabi Technologies, is partnering with Axis Communications, a specialist in network video, to deliver cloud storage for AXIS Camera Station (ACS) VMS.

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IoT permanent roaming connections to reach 825mn globally in 2026, says Kaleido Intelligence

London, UK – Kaleido Intelligence’s IoT Roaming: Market Strategies & Forecasts 2022 report predicts a 27% average annual growth in permanent roaming IoT (Internet of Things) connections between 2021 and 2026, as market demand for sensing, monitoring and telemetry applications grows following on from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sigfox goes into receivership after raising and spending €300mn, seeks buyer in 6-month court protection

France-based IoT service provider Sigfox has gone into receivership, blaming reduced demand and a shortage of key components caused by the pandemic. As Jeremy Cowan reports, the company has been granted bankruptcy protection by a French court during a 6-month ‘observation period’ as it seeks a rescue deal. 

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Atmosic claims the lowest power bluetooth 5.3 SoC advanced product family with energy harvesting technology

Cambell, USA.19 January 2022 – Atmosic, the world provider of energy harvesting wireless platforms for the Internet of Things (IoT), unveiled the ATM33 Series Bluetooth 5.3 family of high-performance system-on-chips (SoCs), further enhancing Atmosic’s patented advanced energy harvesting and ultra-low power technology.

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Unreliable mobile coverage poses serious operational and safety concerns in smart construction and Industry 4.0

“IoT driven processes along with predictive maintenance and proactive monitoring technologies are reliant on cellular connectivity for reliable and safe operability,” says Gearoid Collins of Vilicom.

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Data has become the biggest technical challenge for 81% of fintechs worldwide

Eton, UK. 26th January 2022 – 81% of global fintechs cite data issues as the biggest technical challenge they face, with almost three-quarters (74%) of fintechs whose solutions are in the early adoption phase and almost all (85%) of those with an established offering or whose products have large scale adoption see it as their biggest

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Transsion and HERE partner to enhance location accuracy experience for smartphone users

Beijing, China and Mumbai, India. 25 January 2022 – HERE Technologies, the location data and technology platform, announced that Transsion, the provider of smart devices and mobile services in global emerging markets, has selected HERE Network Positioning to improve its location accuracy capabilities in emerging markets such as Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand.

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Francisco Partners to acquire IBM’s healthcare data and analytics assets

Armonk, NY and San Francisco, CA, USA. 21 January 2022 – IBM and Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses, announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Francisco Partners will acquire healthcare data and analytics assets from IBM that are currently part of the Watson

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Automotive ethernet test solutions from Rohde & Schwarz accelerate Realtek’s entry into the automotive market

Rohde & Schwarz, a global test & measurement company, is partnering with the automotive chipset development team of Realtek, one of the network and multimedia fabless IC design companies to ensure compliance with current and future OPEN Alliance standards.

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Vodafone UK announces 3G retirement in 2023

London UK, 25 January 2022 – Vodafone announced that it will begin retiring its 3G network in 2023 as part of a network modernisation programme to improve 4G and 5G experience for all customers. The programme, which will see 3G coverage gradually phased out and replaced by strengthened 4G and 5G services, will mean customers across more parts

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Meta works with NVIDIA to build AI research supercomputer

January 24, 2022 – Meta Platforms gave a big thumbs up to NVIDIA, choosing the technologies for what it believes will be its most powerful research system to date.

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Self-driving service started in freezing cold Finnish winter

Finland. 25 January 2022 – A 2.5-month self-driving last-mile service trial for the tramline is up and running in Finland. The weather conditions have been really snowy, cold, and challenging, but the vehicles have performed well. A group of test passengers was satisfied with the ride experience.

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