Northumbrian Water picks Connexin for LoRaWAN

26 July 2024

Connexin has been selected by Northumbrian Water for its advanced water metering infrastructure (AMI) framework contract.

Connexin will manage the supply and connectivity of over 900,000 smart meters over across the North East of England supply region which serves a 2.7 million-person population, including the urban areas of Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside, and rural areas in Northumberland and County Durham.

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Whitbread taps Cognizant for digital transformation

25 July 2024

Cognizant and Whitbread have expanded their digital transformation relationship which will see the professional services provider support the hospitality company’s ongoing digital transformation with product design, product management and engineering as Whitbread expands its operations in the UK and Germany.

The renewed relationship will focus on realising Whitbread’s digital growth strategy which looks to deliver an enhanced customer experience.

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World faces ‘biggest internet outage in history’

19 July 2024

TV channels, transport networks and banks around the world have been knocked offline in a massive outage causing Windows computers to suddenly shut down.

Individuals have reported that their Windows computers are suddenly showing the “blue screen of death” and entering recovery mode. The issue mostly seems to be impacting PCs running on Windows 10 software.

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Cellhire supports BBC General Election coverage with IoT

12 July 2024

Cellhire played a major role in the BBC’s coverage of the 2024 UK General Election. The company deployed its ‘Count Cam’ packages powered with Cellhire’s IoT connectivity solution to 369 vote-counting locations across the UK to allow the BBC to live-stream footage as the election results unfolded during the night of July 4-5.

As votes were tallied and results announced, thanks to Cellhire the BBC was able to provide continuous coverage throughout the night, employing a combination of reporters, crews, freelancers and state-of-the-art streaming solutions.

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