Indra has signed a collaboration agreement with MASMOVIL to promote smarter, more connected, and sustainable mobility through the development of advanced 5G-based solutions and services for various modes of transport.
 
The two companies will create a test site, a new innovation space for validation and testing at Indra's facilities in the Community of Madrid. This space will be equipped with state-of-the-art 5G technology and the necessary hardware and software to deploy and validate new smart mobility solutions and services, which can then be implemented in real-world environments.

ACCIONA Energía has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 100% renewable electricity to Interxion for the next 10 years. Under this contract, ACCIONA Energía will supply more than 65 GWh/year of renewable electricity to cover the power consumption of the company's three operational data centers in Spain. The agreement includes an extension to the contract to supply the new data center that Interxion is building in Madrid and to meet the increased energy demand of the Madrid campus, designed as a digital hub for Southern Europe.

Trend Micro Incorporated has signed a new agreement with Pro-face by Schneider Electric. Industry 4.0 represents a radical convergence of IT and OT technologies to drive efficiency and cost savings on the production floor. However, it also exposes critical manufacturing systems to the risk of compromise.

Hikvision and Vision Analytics, Seitech's division specializing in artificial intelligence and vision, have announced a strategic technological and commercial collaboration agreement with the aim of jointly promoting these new technologies.

Thanks to the development of AI algorithms that are applied to different sectors, services and products, information can be automated and processed faster and more efficiently, transforming images into data, exporting them in seconds and creating business intelligence dashboards to help with business decision-making.

Trill Impact, the private equity fund backed by Nordea Asset Management, has completed the acquisition of the Spanish multinational Aiuken Cybersecurity. This acquisition continues the fund's acquisition of European cybersecurity companies, which began just a few months ago with the purchases of Swedish companies Arctic Group, ID North, and Pulsen IAM, and reinforces its commitment to building Allurity. 

TRUMPF Photonic Components and KDPOF have become strategic partners in automotive data communication solutions. The two companies are combining their expertise in components and networks for optical data communication.

"With our strategic partnership, we are going a step further and aim to establish VCSELs and optical networks as an indispensable part of the cars of the future. Having a supplier like TRUMPF as a partner in the working groups enriches the discussion with a deep understanding of the manufacturing and design of VCSEL components and photodiodes," explains Rubén Pérez-Aranda, CTO of KDPOF.

TRUMPF states that, due to the automotive industry's push towards autonomous driving, a vast amount of data needs to be processed in vehicles. Consequently, optical interconnects are necessary to manage the data flow, acting as a nervous system that connects sensors and electronic control units, while also meeting stringent electromagnetic interference requirements.

"After a long collaboration, it's great to now enter into a strategic partnership with KDPOF, combining our long-term expertise to shape the future of data communication within automotive networks," says Joseph Pankert, Vice President of Product Management at TRUMPF Photonic Components.

"Our long-term studies have already shown that 980 nm VCSELs can operate at much higher temperatures while maintaining excellent reliability. This is what the automotive industry demands, and we therefore support the move towards a new long-wavelength standard," Pankert adds.

Compared to data centers, automotive applications not only require a much wider operating temperature range, from -40°C to +125°C, but also interconnect lengths of less than 40 meters. Due to its robustness against wear and random failures, 980 nm VCSEL is recognized as the preferred wavelength to become the new standard. In addition to its performance characteristics, 980 nm fits into existing OM3 fibers with limited dispersion loss.

Both TRUMPF and KDPOF participate in the IEEE P802.3cz working group. The current draft approved by the IEEE 802.3 working group vote for multigigabit optical data transmission in the automotive sector provides optical specifications that utilize reliable light sources based on proven longer-wavelength technology. Driver assistance and the operation of autonomous vehicles will benefit from equipment manufactured with standardized components.

"The automotive industry is very demanding. That's why the IEEE 802.3 standard focuses on high reliability conditions that offer a useful life of 15 years or more," says Pérez-Aranda.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IBM to accelerate European deployments of open radio access networks (RANs). IBM plans to use Keysight Open Radio Architect (KORA) at its Open RAN Center of Excellence (CoE), established in 2021, to help mobile operators drive innovation to meet the standards defined by the O-RAN Alliance.

Minsait, an Indra company, has joined with Red Hat and Intel to introduce to the market an open, scalable solution with advanced security capabilities for the virtualization of electrical substations, which can be used in both the primary installation segment and secondary substations (or transformer centers).

Fractus and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia – BarcelonaTech (UPC) have agreed to create the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub, a research center where deep tech technologies will be designed and improved, with the aim of developing disruptive technological solutions based on high-potential scientific challenges with significant social impact. Fractus is one of the first spin-offs to emerge from the UPC.

SQream and Hitachi Vantara have joined forces to offer solutions that will enable large organizations to better utilize analytical systems such as Hadoop-Hive, Cloudera, and Teradata to accelerate critical insights and run AI/ML models on even the largest datasets using SQream's data acceleration platform and Hitachi Vantara's innovative object storage offerings.

RS Group plc has reached an agreement to acquire Risoul y Cia, SA de CV (Risoul), a family-owned distributor of industrial and automation product and service solutions in Mexico.

The acquisition of Risoul is in line with the Group's strategy to accelerate organic growth through high-quality inorganic opportunities that expand our geographic reach, extend the complementarities of specific products, and develop our product and service solutions offering.

Nokia today announced a strategic alliance with Furukawa Electric to accelerate the deployment of optical LANs in Latin America. Optical LANs are among the growing number of enterprise services based on advanced fiber optic technologies, providing ultra-high bandwidth to support multiple critical, high-bandwidth applications for a variety of use cases.

Avatel Telecom has signed a letter of intent to purchase 100% of LyntiaAccess, one of the leading neutral operators in the wholesale telecommunications market in Spain, with the French fund Antin Infrastructure Partners, according to Bloomberg.

Senko Advanced Components, Inc. announces the acquisition of CudoForm, a global company that designs and manufactures high-precision metallic micro-optical components with applications in data communications, consumer photonics, and biosecurity.

Ingram Micro and Barco announce the signing of a new distribution agreement for the marketing of ClickShare products in the Iberian market. Barco, a world leader in professional visualization and collaboration solutions for meeting rooms, will strengthen Ingram Micro's strategy in the ProAV and UCC areas for the development of its audiovisual solutions and Unified Communications business.

EET Spain has signed a European distribution agreement with LANCOM Systems, a leading European manufacturer of networking and security solutions for the public and private sectors. Its portfolio includes hardware (WAN, LAN, WLAN, firewalls), virtual network components, and cloud-based software-defined networking (SDN).

Keysight Technologies, Inc. and Sauce Labs Inc. have joined forces to offer cloud-based testing for enterprise applications and secure mobile devices, browsers, and desktops.

Eurona and TotalEnergies have signed an agreement to jointly bring satellite internet and sustainable energy to homes in rural Spain for the first time. The complementary strengths of both companies – Eurona's focus on rural areas and TotalEnergies' focus on residential and small business customers – ensure a significant penetration rate covering all of Spain through a differentiated value proposition.

Nokia today announced a partnership with DOCOMO and NTT to define and develop key technologies for 6G. The collaboration will focus on two proof-of-concept projects for emerging 6G technologies: an AI-native air interface and sub-THz radio access. The goal is to demonstrate the increased performance of an AI-based 6G air interface compared to a conventional air interface, and to prove that high-speed data beamforming access can be achieved in a high-frequency 140 GHz band.

Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH and Solidigm, a global supplier of NAND flash and SSD products, have signed a worldwide distribution agreement. The agreement covers Solidigm's entire product portfolio and is already in effect.