Communication
LoRa Alliance Reports 150 Million LoRaWAN Devices Deployed Globally with 25% CAGR Growth
The LoRa Alliance, the open, non-profit organization defining, evolving and promoting the LoRaWAN standard, announced at The Things Conference that LoRaWAN-connected devices have reached 150 million globally. The figure is growing at a rate of 25% CAGR. The growth spans utilities, bu
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Keysight Enables UC Berkeley Research to Advance 6G Over-the-Air Testing
Keysight Technologies has announced a new collaboration to support research at the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC), aimed at speeding up and improving the testing of next-generation wireless devices. The work is led by Professor Aditya Muppala at the Universi
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PicoJool Raises $27.5M Series A for AI Infrastructure Optical Connectivity
PicoJool, a company developing optical connectivity technology for AI infrastructure, has raised $27.5 million in Series A funding led by Socratic Partners, with participation from Hudson River Trading (HRT). The round follows a $12 million seed round led by Playgroun
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Semtech and Palo Alto Networks enhance industrial IoT security with Zero Trust
Semtech has completed a product integration with Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), joining the extensive ecosystem of Palo Alto Networks Technology Partners to deliver interoperable solutions that help joint customers strengthen resilience and comp
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Morse Micro partners with Zephyr Project to enhance RTOS connectivity options
Morse Micro has joined the Zephyr Project, making its Wi-Fi HaLow software accessible to Zephyr, one of the most widely used and fastest-growing open source real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded devices. Wi-Fi HaLow is a lower-power, longer-range variant of
4 min readQuintessent expands leadership team for optical data center interconnect growth
Quintessent, a company developing resilient, low-cost optical interconnect products for AI data centers, has hired Ramesh Senthinathan, Ph.D., as vice president of system engineering, and Manar Mohamed as director of business development and marketing.Senthina
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Semtech 10G PON chipset supports triple-generation 50G OLT modules
Semtech has introduced what it describes as an industry-first chipset for 10G passive optical network (PON) optical line terminal (OLT) applications, combining the GN7153C OLT combo IC with the GN28L46 burst-mode transimpedance amplifier (TIA). Together, these two chi
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Quectel RG660Qx 5G module LGA version launched for railway communication testing
Quectel Wireless Solutions has announced a new LGA version of its RG660Qx 5G module series, a high-performance Sub-6GHz 5G platform that includes support for the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS). Paired with a dedicated evaluation environment, includ
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GCT Semiconductor partners to enhance next-generation UAV control and communications
GCT Semiconductor Holding, a designer and supplier of 5G semiconductors used to support wireless connectivity in AI data infrastructure, has announced a strategic partnership and license agreement with a leading infrastructure provider serving utilities and IoT market
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emnify Launches OEM Program with Free SGP.32 Bootstrap Connectivity
emnify, a provider of cloud-native IoT connectivity, has launched a new program for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building connected devices for international markets. The program addresses two common problems OEMs face: testing and configur
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LitePoint and STMicroelectronics Validate Next-Generation UWB Technology
LitePoint, a provider of communication test solutions, has successfully validated the physical layer (PHY) performance of STMicroelectronics ST64UWB chip family using LitePoint's next-generation ultra-wideband (UWB) test system, IQgig-UWB+. The collabo
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Semtech LR2022 and LR2012 transceivers now in production for LoRa Plus family
Semtech has expanded its LoRa Plus family of chips with two new transceivers, the LR2022 and LR2012, both now available in production. Together with the previously released LR2021, this brings the LoRa Plus portfolio to three production-ready transceivers, c
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