The EMEA Satellite Operators Associations (ESOA) and the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) have joined forces to strengthen their relationship and foster closer cooperation in integrating satellite solutions into the 5G ecosystem. This cooperation agreement brings together two widely recognized industry organizations in the fields of cellular and 5G satellite networks, respectively.

Today marked the close of the thirteenth edition of the event, which took place over two days at the Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre in Malaga. Nearly 800 local telecommunications companies from across Spain attend to define the technology they will incorporate into their networks, in which they invest €760 million annually.

Schneider Electric has appointed Ana Carolina Cardoso Guilhen as Channel Director for APC by Schneider Electric in Iberia. With over six years of international experience at the company, Carolina takes on this new role to drive the Channel business and support its Partners during a time of significant challenges and technological disruption.

ZTE has opened its first cybersecurity lab in Europe. With the opening of the center, located in Rome, Italy, the company reinforces its commitment to the ICT industry in combating cyber threats.

Grupo Noria has reached an agreement with the American company Corning to distribute Corning products through its sales channel. The products now available will include a wide range of fiber optic connectivity products, copper structured cabling, and wireless solutions for communication networks.

The COFITEL Group has become INNO Instruments' exclusive partner for the Spanish market. This decision stems from the COFITEL Group's commitment to INNO's business philosophy: "to offer a close and trusting relationship with the customer and thus create business opportunities for everyone.".

The TRISON Group has finalized the acquisition of the British company Beaver Group, an agency specializing in creating audiovisual solutions for customer experience using display and interactive technology. With this integration, the TRISON Group consolidates its position in Europe in the digitalization of physical spaces and customer experience, a position already strengthened six months ago with the acquisition of the French company TMM Communication.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. has announced that the company's Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) test solution (E6953A DSRC V2X) has received OmniAir Qualified Test Equipment (OQTE) consideration from the OmniAir® Consortium, the industry-leading partnership that fosters interoperability and certification for intelligent transportation systems (ITS), tolling, and connected vehicles.

AMETIC, the Spanish digital sector's employers' association, has appointed Francisco Hortigüela as its new director general, effective next May. Hortigüela replaces María Teresa Gómez Condado, who, after two years in the position, is leaving the association to pursue a new professional project of her own volition.

Albentia Systems has become a member of the UK Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (UK WISPA). This new partnership will allow UK WISPA member operators to access Albentia's point-to-multipoint wireless broadband solutions.

Future high-speed communications networks based on millimeter wave technology (30-300GHz) will be more stable and efficient at delivering high-quality video, content, and multimedia services at extremely high speeds, thanks to the results of an innovative research project.

Vertiv has announced an expansion of its Vertiv Partner Programme (VPP), which includes three key initiatives: a new incentive plan, a completely redesigned partner portal, and an even broader product catalog. This demonstrates Vertiv's commitment to resellers and distributors in the European, African, and Middle East (EMEA) channel.

TE Connectivity is collaborating with sister company HARTING to establish Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) as the default infrastructure enabling the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Both companies will promote solutions that define the infrastructure for SPE.

The 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium, established to develop specifications for 25 Gbps and faster Ethernet, has announced the availability of a low-latency Forward Error Correction (FEC) specification for 50 Gbps, 100 Gbps, and 200 Gbps Ethernet networks.

The fund promoted by the European Commission to support digital entrepreneurs in the development of ultra-broadband networks, CEBF-Connecting Europe Broadband Fund, will be presented at the CECABLE Conference on April 9 in Barcelona by Xavier R. Martín, responsible for Iberia.

In recent years, media consumption has shifted towards smartphones and other mobile devices. Reaching billions of smartphones will be the future of online streaming with ATSC and 3GPP. As part of the Bavarian research project "5G TODAY," Rohde & Schwarz is investigating large-scale TV broadcasts in a 5G HPHT (High Power High Tower) transmission field trial near Munich.

RC Microelectrónica has signed a distribution agreement with GISMA Steckverbinder GmbH, a manufacturer of submersible connectors since 1983 for the naval, renewable energy, petrochemical, defense and industrial applications industries.

Following the recent completion of a major research project, mobile operators will see reduced operating costs and greater performance, flexibility, and interoperability in 5G networks. The four-year TIGRE5-CM project, coordinated by the IMDEA Networks Institute in Madrid, offers an architecture designed for future mobile networks based on the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm.

Moxa Inc has announced its participation in the OPC Foundation's Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative as part of its commitment to developing Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) technologies.

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a key technology for connected driving, specifically for driving safety. It is vital that the industries involved in connected driving work together to transform these concepts into sustainable businesses for all stakeholders.