Australian data communications company NetComm Wireless Limited has reached an agreement with Spanish distributor ZOOStock to market its Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices in EMEA. The agreement includes distribution to Telefónica Group.

Cambium Networks™ has announced an exclusive distribution agreement, as Master Distributor, with Winncom Technologies for Iberia and Mediterranean countries, for its complete portfolio, which includes wireless broadband solutions - Point to Point, Multipoint and Backhaul - low bandwidth SCADA systems for industrial process control - IoT - last mile access and Wi-Fi, enabling the connection of industries, businesses and individuals.

National Instruments (NI), the University of Bristol, Lund University and BT have announced a collaboration in testing Massive MIMO for high-efficiency, next-generation 5G connectivity.

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) and the European Automotive Telecom Alliance (EATA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The aim of this partnership is to foster cooperation in the field of connected and autonomous driving solutions, as well as standardization, spectrum, and related use cases.

Aragon Photonics and Yenista Optics, both manufacturers of fiber optic test and measurement equipment, have signed an agreement to collaborate on high-resolution optical spectrum analysis equipment.

EXFO has acquired UK-based Ontology Systems; the company uses graph data and semantic searches to build real-time views of network services and related network elements.

Cavium, Inc. has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), an initiative founded by Facebook, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and others, which encourages the adoption of an open approach to global networks.

Equinsa announces its promotion for Fluke Networks Versiv equipment. By purchasing one of the Versiv kits specified in the promotion, the customer will receive a second main unit and a fiber optic camera, valued at over €3,000.

Researchers at the MESA+ research institute at the University of Twente have succeeded in transmitting more than 10 bits of information with a single photon using an ingenious method for detecting individual photons. The knowledge gained from this study can be used to improve the security and speed of quantum communication.

Narcís Tarrés is the new head of the IT channel for Europe at Salicru, one of the company's key markets in its internationalization strategy. His mission will be to strengthen the presence of Salicru's range of professional and home solutions in the European IT channel by acquiring, negotiating with, and managing IT wholesalers who will act as partners for the company in expanding its current markets and entering new ones.

ZTE and Net4Things have reached an agreement for the launch of next-generation products and services in the connected car sector in the Spanish market.

Tyco Retail Solutions is adding Zebra Technologies products to its growing portfolio of solutions. Tyco is integrating Zebra's RFD8500 and MC3190-Z mobile RFID (radio frequency identification) readers with its TrueVUE™ inventory intelligence software.

Nokia has carried out the first 5G connection in Oulu, Finland, using an Intel® architecture-based data center, as well as Intel®'s 5G mobile test platform as the end-user device.

The number of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and fiber-to-building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe increased by 23% in the first nine months of 2016, reaching almost 44.3 million FTTH/B subscribers. The number of ready households increased by 17%, reaching more than 148 million in EU391 at the end of September 2016, according to the latest FTTH market landscape update announced at the FTTH Conference 2017 in Marseille.

Telefónica, Huawei, and Kamstrup have successfully deployed their first client project with real-world data using NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) technology. One of Chile's leading water service providers has successfully tested the connectivity management of a remote metering solution for residential water meters.

By the time the trade fair closed its doors, Integrated Systems Europe had unequivocally demonstrated why it is the international destination of choice for AV systems integration professionals.

In 2021, there will be more mobile phones in the world (5.5 billion) than bank accounts (5.4 billion), running water supplies (5.3 billion), or landlines (2.9 billion).
This is according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Report 2016-2021, which, in its eleventh edition, reveals how the exponential increase in mobile users,

Keysight Technologies, Inc. will showcase its latest software-based design and testing solutions for LTE-A, 5G, IoT and Connected Vehicle technologies at the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 27 to March 2.

Xavier Casajoana, CEO of Voz Telecom, has been elected as the new president of the Spanish Association of Business Telecommunications Operators (ASOTEM). ASOTEM is an association whose purpose is to promote specialized telecommunications services in the corporate market, from large companies to SMEs, and even professionals and the self-employed, ensuring the quality of these services for the benefit of users and the sector.

Two companies that design and manufacture connectors for electronic products have announced a cooperation agreement, the so-called dual source alliance (DSA), under which each will produce a new generation of connectors for high-speed input and output devices and backplane cards, as well as cable assemblies for data communications applications.