Telus announces $100 million tech-focused social impact fund

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) (“Elastic”), the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, announced that Shay Banon, Elastic’s founder and chief executive officer, will present at the virtual Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. PT/ 1:30 p.m. ET. A live webcast of the event will be a

Google is taking on Microsoft’s HoloLens in helping to facilitate remote working with wearable mixed-reality tech Tech Data has been named as the distributor of Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 in Europe. Through the agreement, Tech Data resellers across the region will be able to access and build their own solutions with the wearable tech headset. Glass Enterprise Edition 2 was lau

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–nVent Electric plc (NYSE:NVT) (“nVent”), a global leader in electrical connection and protection solutions has introduced a redesigned SCHROFF website. The new SCHROFF.nVent.com features solutions for several industries including aerospace and defense, data center and networking, rail and transportation, telecommunications and test and measurement. It offers a best-in-clas

A group of major telecommunications companies Vodafone, BT, Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom recently announced something a bit unexpected. In the Open BNG Operator Position Paper, they call for a fundamental, industry-wide change to the way broadband networks are built. Specifically, they advocate for collaboration throughout the telco world, with a convergence around open broadband network gate

The UK government has introduced a new bill which could see telecommunications companies fined up to £100,000 a day or 10% of their revenues if they violate the ban on Huawei equipment. The Telecommunications Security Bill aims to improve the UK’s security standards as well as diminish the threat of operators using high-risk vendors such as Chinese tech giant Huawei, which was banned from being us

In July, the Government announced that – despite previously permitting Huawei a limited role in providing equipment for the non-core parts of the UK’s 5G network – it would be entirely shut out of the networks, along with other vendors considered to be “high-risk”. Mobile operators will have until 2027 to remove all Huawei equipment from their 5G infrastructure. The government’s decision to formal

A draft bill proposes tough penalties on firms that breach the ban on Huawei gear The UK government is considering a ban on installing Huawei's 5G equipment as soon as next year, to pacify politicians who are pressing for tougher restrictions on the Chinese telecom giant. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that the ban could come as early as September 2021. Con

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aerospike Inc., the global leader in next-generation, real-time NoSQL data solutions, today announced it has been named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech companies in North America. Ranked No. 91 in the San Francisco Bay Area and No. 452 overall, this

MELVILLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–November 23, 2020 – Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL), a world leader in secure and highly reliable location, public safety, navigation and communication technologies, announced that its Safety Security Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded a statewide contract valued up to $175.1 million to design,