Communications

Wireless connectivity has become ubiquitous. Thanks to the continued evolution of Wi-Fi, we don't think twice about wirelessly streaming megabytes of data at home or work using a wide area network (WAN). However, consider your local street light part of a smart city project; how does that communicate? Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics further discusses.

The Connectivity Standards Alliance announced the release of the Matter 1.0 specification and the opening of the Matter certification programme.

Baicells Technologies has announced availability of its new 5G small cell, the Aurora243. Developed on the Qualcomm 5G SoC (system on a chip) solution, this scalable platform marks Baicells next step in introducing 5G platforms to their existing commercial solution portfolio that serves operators, enterprises, and communities.

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the QPF4656 and QPF4730 Wi-Fi 6 and 6E (802.11ax) front-end modules (FEMs) from Qorvo.

Linx Technologies has introduced a series of six external magnetic-mount antennas serving 5G cellular, ISM and low power wide area (LPWA) applications.

Vodafone unveils its new Pro II home broadband packages. Vodafone Pro II plans come with the new Vodafone Ultra Hub and Super WiFi6E Booster delivering the UK’s fastest Wi-Fi technology throughout the home.

Singapore has again emerged as leader in Omdia’s Global Fibre Development 2022 Index, with maximum scores in seven of the nine metrics (referenced below).

Over the next year, the telecoms industry is going to see a huge amount of innovation, driven by developments such as telco and hyperscaler convergence, the introduction of 5G standalone, the wider adoption of open RAN and new applications and services designed for the network edge.

KYOCERA AVX designed and developed the custom high-performance antennas implemented in Swisscom’s new third generation WLAN-Box, the WLAN-Box 3, which can be used as a repeater or WLAN access point to significantly expand Wi-Fi coverage in residential applications.

This article originally appeared in the August'22 magazine issue of Electronic Specifier Design – see ES's Magazine Archives for more featured publications. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are used in many industries in a growing variety of logistics applications. Unlike fixed material transport systems like conveyors, AMRs can drive around a facility unlimited by a fixed route. Rolf Horn, Applications Engineer at Digi-...