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Vodafone NZ will trial its narrowband IoT network with business customers in late 2017 ahead of a full network rollout across New Zealand in early 2018. Vodafone NZ has announced that it will be deploying its narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network early next year across New Zealand. Vodafone NZ had initially tested NB-IoT networking… Continue reading Vodafone NZ to deploy NB-IoT network in 2018

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Anytime anyone utters the words “China slowdown,” companies that have just about any exposure to China fall into a swoon as investors head for the hills only to come back a day or two later and buy those same shares at higher prices as calmer minds prevail.… Continue reading Forbes: The Optical Components Sector Opportunity Is A Lot More Than Just China

Artesyn has added three 50V DC/DC converter modules to it portfolio in a move to support what it sees as the rapidly growing application of GaN and high voltage LDMOS technology to provide increased power density and higher efficiency. The AVE450, AVE500 and ADH700 modules are rated at 450W, 500W and 700W respectively. Each features… Continue reading DC/DC converter modules for high power applications

17 customized products designed to resolve common C-TPAT and other major security challenges DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, announced the launch of its Americas Supply Chain Security Consultancy service. Led by former customs and law enforcement professionals and with a global team of more than 250… Continue reading DHL launches Supply Chain Security Consultancy

Change is something which the distribution sector has dealt with regularly over the last two decades or so – whether it was the move from catalogues to the web or the acquisition of companies stuck in a ‘no man’s land’ between the big broadliners and the smaller specialists. But the pace of change seems to… Continue reading A shift in the distribution sector

A year and a half ago, seventeen people jumped to their deaths from the roofs of the factories where Apple’s hottest products are made.  There was some outrage in the press, but the general feeling, aside from grief, was powerlessness; and in some cases, an urge to justify our indifference. It’s an eighteenth death that… Continue reading In 21st Century Supply Chain Is The Key To The Whole Enterprise

Flextronics USA disclosed Wednesday that it will move 500 workers and its U.S. headquarters to San Jose, an indication that the surge of tech expansions has begun to widen. Tech giants have gobbled up just about every large office in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Cupertino. Now the push is moving beyond those Silicon… Continue reading Flextronics to move 500 jobs to San Jose, as demand heats up

SINGAPORE, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Flextronics FLEX +0.02% today announced that it was recently rated by the China CSR Research Center as one of the Top-100 Foreign Companies in China. The rating was specifically created to honor and recognize Fortune 500 Companies who have positively contributed to China’s economic as well as… Continue reading Flextronics Named as One of China’s Top Foreign Companies

Every day, staggering numbers of air, land and sea passengers, as well as millions of tons of cargo, move between nations. International trade and commerce has long driven the development of nations and provided unprecedented economic growth. Indeed, our future prosperity depends upon it. At the same time, threats to trade and travel — whether… Continue reading Davos 2012: The urgent need to protect the global supply chain

Apple in 2011 became the biggest purchaser of semiconductors, beating out all other leading electronic manufacturers, including Samsung Electronics and HP, technology research firm Garner said on Tuesday. Apple increased its spending on semiconductors 34.6 percent, from about $12.8 billion in 2010 to $17.3 billion in 2011, Garner estimated. That was enough to boost the… Continue reading PCMag: Apple Top Semiconductor Buyer in 2011