Avtec discusses the importance of open standards

The UK’s Communications Workers Union (CWU) has upped the ante in its pay dispute with BT management. In previous summer strike action over what CWU saw as an inadequate flat-rate pay deal of £1,500 (US$1695) – which, according to the union, was pretty much presented as a fait accompli to its BT frontline worker members back in April with […]

Communities looking to build smart infrastructure and find innovative solutions have a new resource they can turn to. Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Thursday the launch of its Smart City Competency, an initiative that “will deliver world-class AWS Partner recommendations to customers searching to build and deploy innovative smart city solutions,” according to a statement. It’s intended […]

Samsung Electronics America yesterday announced the market availability of the Galaxy XCover6 Pro smartphone and Galaxy Tab Active4 Pro tablet—two additions to the vendor’s rugged-device portfolio and the first device in each series to support 5G connectivity. Both of the new Galaxy devices are designed to work in difficult environments, as they are MIL-STD-810Hii compliant […]

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