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AXILSPOT, a global leader in enterprise WLAN solutions reinforced its commitment to bolster the digital transformation of India with the unveiling of its Partner Awareness Generation and Sales Training programme. Under the inclusive programme, training sessions were held across the country for the company's partners to help them garner better information about the company's cutting edge solutions as well as...

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of the world's first wearable, hands-free speech translation device, suitable for tasks in which the users' hands are often occupied, such as in diagnoses or treatment in healthcare. In recent years, with an increase in the number of visitors to Japan, more and more non-Japanese patients are going to hospitals, creating issues in...

Highlights: Itron agreed to acquire Silver Spring Networks (SSN) in a transaction valued around $830 million, which is expected to be completed in late 2017 or early 2018. Itron is a technology and service company focusing on the energy and resource efficiency sector with full-year 2016 revenues of $2 billion. SSN provides connectivity platforms, software, and services in the utility,...

The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s Working Group on Technologies in Space and the Upper-Atmosphere, launched a report today, Identifying the Potential of New Communications Technologies for Sustainable Development. The Working Group, chaired by Rupert Pearce, CEO, Inmarsat, found that satellite and high altitude systems offer significant advantages for expanding broadband coverage in developing countries as well as driving solutions...

Ultimaker, the industry-leader in 3D printing technology, have issued a challenge to creative, enthusiastic educators in Asia-Pacific countries. The contest encourages innovation and hands-on learning by challenging teachers to create actionable lesson plans that incorporate 3D printing. Educators have until November to win a high-end 3D printer for their school. The goals of the challenge are to find creative and...

Wirex will announce on Tuesday at Japan’s biggest Fintech summit that it has significantly disrupted the global payments industry by successfully integrating a multi-asset off-chain liquidity network powered by smart contract technology, enabling ultra-low cost instant payments on a global scale. This means instant global multi-currency payment solutions, a fully-automated trustless blockchain environment for M2M payments with zero blockchain...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the BME680 environmental sensor from Bosch Sensortec. The BME680 delivers superior environmental measurement performance, made possible by the internal compensation and calibration of gas, pressure, temperature and humidity sensors. The sensor enables new capabilities for mobile...

Amphenol RF is pleased to announce the expansion of our popular SMPM product line to include several new connector configurations. These connectors utilize the micro-miniature interface and perform at a frequency range of DC to 65 GHz. They are most commonly used in high-frequency coaxial applications with small package design requirements. The SMPM product line is available in full detent...

Nexperia, the former Standard Products division of NXP, announced a new series of Trench 9 power MOSFETs, targeted primarily at the automotive industry, which combine the company’s low voltage superjunction technology with its advanced packaging capability to deliver high performance and ruggedness. Five years ago, the company introduced the world’s largest range of automotive-qualified Power-SO8 MOSFETs. Now Nexperia is...

GaN devices are set to supersede existing IGBTs and MOSFETs in many applications, offering superior performance, lower losses and higher switching speeds. What does not change is the need for isolated high-side drivers and isolated driver power supplies with an insulation barrier that can cope with the high switching voltages, demanding operating temperatures and fast slew rates. To handle...