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German industrial giant Siemens has called for the planet to urgently prioritise digital technologies, of the type it is selling, in order to meet environmental and societal challenges, and to equip the economy with the working tools to better cope in mass-crisis scenarios, such...

  Due to COVID-19, remote working has become a huge talking point; but even before the pandemic, remote working was trending upwards. While having employees work from home provides a number of benefits like lower overhead costs and improved productivity, the sudden boom in the...

Sigfox is offering to waive connectivity costs for US-based IoT projects developed on its connectivity infrastructure that seek to address critical challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The French firm’s US office has issued a called to the IoT community to “join forces” to...

Hannover Messe has been cancelled for the first time in its history as coronavirus continues to take hold in Europe, and other markets. Deutsche Messe, which runs the show, said at the start of March it had delayed the industrial technology trade show for two...

5G for remote collaboration, healthcare as Covid-19 prompts self-distancing Chinese vendor ZTE is currently working with industry partners to deploy innovative applications such as new media, distance education, and security in the 5G industry to fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement sent to RCR Wireless...

The list of telecom and tech events which are being cancelled due to the ongoing global outbreaks of novel coronavirus continues to get longer. As of yesterday, the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) conference, which was set to begin on March 30 in Las Vegas,...

This year’s Hannover Messe trade fair, arguably the second biggest event for the telecoms market in Europe, has been postponed until July. Deutsche Messe, which runs the show, made the announcement today (March 4), to put the event back by two months on account of...

Mobile World Congress Barcelona is still slated to go forward in less than two weeks, but the telecom industry's largest annual event is already seeing some significant impacts as companies large and small either reduce their presence or pull out of attending altogether, due...

The Digital Supply Chain Institute, a US research group focused on the evolution of supply chains in the digital economy, has recommended supply chain companies set up ‘war rooms’ to track and respond to the coronavirus crisis, and seek to implement automation and analytics...