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  • Iridium, Qualcomm to Advance Satellite Messaging Service in Smartphones; Matt Desch Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium, Qualcomm to Advance Satellite Messaging Service in Smartphones; Matt Desch Quoted

    Iridium Communications and Qualcomm Technologies have agreed to enable satellite and emergency messaging services in various smartphone brands with plans to expand the capability to personal computers, vehicles and other consumer devices. Smartphones equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Satellite, which is backed by the Iridium satellite network, will enable users to gain global coverage and transmit […] More

  • Intel exec Venkata Renduchintala joins Accenture board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel exec Venkata Renduchintala joins Accenture board

    Venkata Renduchintala, a group president and chief engineering officer at Intel, has been appointed to serve on audit committee of Accenture‘s board of directors. Accenture said Thursday Renduchintala’s appointment brings the number of its board members to 12, including 11 external and independent directors. He leads Intel’s client and internet-of-things businesses and systems architecture group. His […] More

  • AT&T, Partners Work on Internet of Things-Based 'Smart City' Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T, Partners Work on Internet of Things-Based ‘Smart City’ Framework

    AT&T has partnered with seven other technology companies to produce a smart-city development framework intended to help local government organizations to harness  Internet of Things platforms for management of their cities. Cisco, Deloitte, General Electric, IBM, Intel, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have agreed to support AT&T’s strategy to help create more connected  communities, AT&T said Tuesday. […] More