Smart cities have been discussed in academic and corporate settings since the late 1960s: at that point just a dream, a hope of a future in which technology supplements all areas of infrastructure and delivering insight to enhance its population’s lives. Smart cities are a popular topic of conversation: there are magazines and papers dedicated to them, business plans modelled on them, and government recommendations about them.
Read MoreCreating a programmable stadium – one year on
One year ago, Zeetta Networks was awarded funding by Innovate UK to transform Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol, into a programmable stadium. Now that we are twelve months down the line, we caught up with Head of Technology at Ashton Gate Stadium, Paul Lipscombe, to look back on the advancements that have been made – and his vision for the future.
Read MoreWhat’s next for the 5G Testbed?
A month has passed since the Layered Realities Weekend, and it would be easy to assume that the Bristol 5G Testbed project is now over – but far from it. The exploration of 5G with the public was more a celebration of the end of stage 1, and for Zeetta Networks, the real business starts now!
Read MoreA different approach to problem solving
Thanks to our recent successful bids to be part of the 5G Smart Tourism project, and the 5G RuralFirst project, life at Zeetta Networks has got even busier than it was before! We have some exciting work ahead of us, and that means that our different approach to problem solving is expanding out to new challenges.
Read MoreWhy automated networks are the smart choice for retail venue management
With increasing competition from e-commerce, bricks and mortar retail stores are seeking new ways to attract customers, combining experiential offerings and the personal touch with new technologies in the omnichannel environment.
Read MoreZeetta Networks NetOS® Provides Platform for New £5m 5G Smart Tourism Project
Zeetta Networks will be delivering the enabling technology that provides networks that can be controlled and managed by the different providers of tourism services in the 5G-Smart Tourism project, awarded £5m in the latest government budget that will create enhanced visual experiences for tourists using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in Bath and Bristol.
Read MoreZeetta Networks Reveals Vision and Mission at PwC Scale Event
Zeetta Networks has been selected to be a part of PwC’s Scale Programme, a cohort of twelve technology companies scaling up in the South West and disrupting their industries. This week members of our Senior Team attended the PwC celebration event to share our vision and mission with the other eleven companies.
Read MoreLayered Realities Weekend: The World-First 5G Bristol Experience
Crowds gathered from midday on Saturday 17th March to collect their tickets for Layered Realities, a weekend of 5G exploration and experimentation. All ages came to hear, engage, and play with the weekend’s activities, from those who had no previous awareness of 5G, to those curious about just how the theoretical could be made possible.
The interactions of physics and economics that help 5G add up
There is a constant negotiation between the disciplines of physics and economics; a tension between the natural science of matter and energy, and the dynamics of markets. The evolution of the telecoms industry, at the forefront of technology, shows how physics changes economics, whilst economics demands new solutions from physics and science. This is especially true in the area of 5G where optical technologies, which provide the core network bandwidth, and radio technologies for access, are being pushed to new heights. How does this play out? In this article, our VP of Engineering, Nathan Sowatskey, explores this tension.
Read MoreInterview: How was Mobile World Congress 2018 for Zeetta Networks?
The Zeetta Networks team attended Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last month where we were nominated for a GLOMO award, joined Facebook on their stand, and were invited to contribute to an exclusive virtualisation roundtable. We caught up with our VP of Engineering, Nathan Sowatskey, to get the lowdown on the biggest and most significant technology event of the year.
Read MoreInterview: Mobile World Congress Expectations and Excitement
Five of the Zeetta Networks team will be heading over to Barcelona next week to attend Mobile World Congress – and as we have already been nominated for a GLOMO, and invited to contribute to a roundtable on virtualisation, they have much to look forward to! We caught up with two of them, Nathan Sowatskey and James Hill, to chat about their expectations and excitement for the big event.
Read MoreThree vital steps to commercial 5G
5G networks are starting to become a technical reality this year, and will certainly be the words on everyone’s lips at Mobile World Congress (MWC18), which we’ll be attending in Barcelona later this month (Hall 7 Stand 7B13). 5G will have a huge impact on how we live in the connected world. The goal is high bandwidth, low-latency, and ubiquitous coverage. Potential applications range from predictive healthcare, enabled by connected devices that monitor our health, to increased efficiencies in city planning, based on widespread use of sensors and public access systems.
Read More5G Goes for Gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics
There is something even more exciting than the heart-stopping ski jumps and hair-raising luge at the Winter Olympics, kicking off next month in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Alongside the awe-inspiring human achievement, technological innovation will also be demonstrated on the global stage. The Games are tipped to be the biggest 5G showcase yet, giving sports fans, venues, and smart cities alike, a taster of what this new tech can offer and its impact on our future.
Read MoreZeetta Networks leads the way in developing new technology at MEF17 Hackathon
At MEF17, Zeetta Networks played a part in making the MEF’s Lifecycle Service Orchestration Architecture a reality. This architecture enables an agile approach to streamlining and automating the service lifecycle, so that network service providers can achieve a paradigm shift away from the current situation.
Read MoreZeetta’s software-defined networking technology helps to “connect the unconnected” at the TIP Summit 2017
Earlier this month our two co-founders Vassilis Seferidis, CEO and Mayur Channegowda, SDN Architect, swapped Silicon Gorge in Bristol for Silicon Valley in California, where they joined technology giants including Facebook and global Tier 1 telcos at the Telecoms Infra Project (TIP) Summit. Attendance at the TIP Summit followed our selection, by leading telecoms companies, for a place in the TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centre - giving access to over £125 million in venture capital.
Read MoreZeetta Networks participates in ‘Managing Networks of the Future’ discussion at INCA 2017
During the conference Vassilis Seferidis, Zeetta Networks CEO, presented Zeetta Networks’ cutting edge NetOS® technology, in a workshop on ‘Managing Networks of the Future’. The Independent Networks Corporation Association’s 2017 conference on the 16th of November focussed on advancing developments in ‘Building Gigabit Britain’ and informing national policy on the future of the UK’s network provision.
Read MoreZeetta Networks is included in the TechSpark top tech companies recognised for their investment success
Zeetta Networks is celebrated among 16 other high-tech companies for its investment success by TechSPARK in recognition of the south west as a burgeoning hotbed of tech innovation. Since TechCity’s UK Tech Nation 2017 report in March 2017, which showcased Bristol and Bath as an upcoming digital tech cluster raising £109 million in investment between 2016 and 2017, the growth has only accelerated.
Read MoreOrchestrating the smart city: Zeetta Networks showcases NetOS® at MEF17’s hackathon
- Zeetta Networks showcases its innovative NetOS® software at an MEF17 hackathon
- NetOS® will be demonstrated in relation to the smart city via the Bristol is Open project
- MEF is the must-attend telecoms event from 13 to 16 November in Orlando, Florida
Zeetta Networks is excited to be demonstrating NetOS®, its innovative software-defined networking platform, at MEF17 this year in Orlando, Florida. The SDN solution will be applied in relation to the smart city using the Bristol is Open project at an exciting hackathon.
Read MoreSDN on the race track at the US Grand Prix – a milestone for telemetry and driverless cars
At Zeetta Networks, we are driven towards making complex, demanding operational networks easier to own with software defined technology, and the US Grand Prix marked a first for real-world SDN deployment in cars: Formula 1 Team McLaren-Honda hit the race tracks with SDN at the wheel.
McLaren-Honda partnered with NTT Communications Corp to provide WAN and NFV services to deliver second by second data reports, geared towards increasing lap times. At Zeetta Networks we are immersed in the role SDN will have in the advancement of automated vehicles, set to play a key part in the industry’s current development of driverless cars. This example of SDN technology in the driver’s seat of a Formula 1 race car represents the tip of the iceberg for telemetry and future real-world SDN deployment in cars.
Read MoreSmart Infrastructure 2017 Drives Conversations Between Technology and Venues
Our Smart Infrastructure 2017 event challenged the current state of networking in stadia last week, with over 80 delegates attending from around the world to gain insight into the evolving smart culture in networking and venue management. Our innovative NetOS® platform was placed upon the Ashton Gate Stadium network, and we gave three live demonstrations on how our technology enables virtualization, automation, and monetisation.
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