Redzone continues to reduce Maine’s digital divide with major broadband expansion in October

“Wireless has become the new gold standard for rural broadband deployment in Maine and across America,” said Jim McKenna, Redzone President & CEO.

ROCKLAND, Maine (PRWEB)
November 04, 2019

Redzone Wireless, LLC, a Maine-based broadband services company, announced that is has constructed and activated 9 new fixed wireless broadband sites serving 33 Maine communities, extending broadband access to 33,650 new homes & businesses in mostly rural locations during the month of October.

The new sites provide connectivity which meet FCC and ConnectME broadband standards of 25/3 Mbps, and support video streaming on multiple devices, online gaming, distance learning, remote business applications, tele-health, video conferencing, and the full range of Internet applications typically used within a home or business.

Redzone’s new network coverage extends broadband to portions of 33 total Maine communities including:

1.    Arundel

2.    Appleton

3.    Belmont

4.    Biddeford

5.    Bucksport

6.    Dayton

7.    Durham

8.    Easton

9.    Frankfort

10. Farmingdale

11.    Gray

12.    Greene

13.    Leeds

14.    Lyman

15.    Monmouth

16.    Morrill

17.    New Gloucester

18.    North Pownal

19.    North Yarmouth

20.    North Raymond

21.    Orland

22.    Presque Isle

23.    Prospect

24.    Readfield

25.    Searsmont

26.    South Poland

27.    Union

28.    Verona Island

29.    Wales

30.    Washington

31.    Westfield

32.    West Gardiner

33.    Winterport

Redzone’s total Maine broadband coverage now reaches 349,000 households – more than 63% of all Maine homes. The new fixed wireless broadband network operates on FCC licensed Mid-band wireless spectrum, and is considered one of the the largest FCC licensed fixed wireless broadband deployments in the US delivering 25 Mbps broadband speeds in rural areas.

“Wireless has become the new gold standard for rural broadband deployment across America,” said Jim McKenna, Redzone President & CEO. “While Redzone is leading Maine in the development of fixed wireless infrastructure, national mobile carriers, regional telcos, and cable operators are increasingly deploying LTE and 5G fixed wireless as the preferred rural last mile broadband solution.” added McKenna.

Redzone’s strategy to disrupt the conventional model for delivering broadband access via cable, wire or fiber by extending Maine’s existing fiber infrastructure wirelessly has been highly effective, and dramatically reduced both the cost and time required to connect Maine homes to broadband.

Redzone uses powerful Gigabit microwave “backhaul” radios to quickly and cost effectively connect clusters of towers to to a single fiber optic line. This innovative approach has reduced broadband network capital costs by 90%, and it has accelerated the delivery timeframe to a few months versus the multiple years commonly required to complete a comparable fiber-to-the-home network.

“If Redzone can provide true broadband access to 349,000 Maine locations in just 4 years without tax payer funded subsidies, there is significant logical justification to shift the focus in Maine from funding fiber-to-the-home projects to favoring hybrid fiber/fixed wireless solutions,” said Michael Forcillo, Executive Vice President of Redzone Wireless. “In 2019 alone Redzone has delivered premium affordable broadband access to 55,000 new Maine locations without a single dollar of investment from taxpayers.”

According to ConnectME, Maine’s publicly funded organization dedicated to improving broadband in the state, there are still nearly 80,000 locations around the state that lack access to 25 Mbps service. Redzone estimates that it will address 20% of these un-served locations upon completion of its 2019 expansion – closing Maine’s digital divide by 25% this year.

Redzone offers a range of broadband plans and price options – including the most popular among Maine cord cutters providing FCC recommended 25 Mbps download speeds, including unlimited data, with no contracts or installation fees. Complete coverage and service information is available at http://www.redzonewireless.com.

Media Contact:

Michael Forcillo

website: http://www.redzonewireless.com

email: PressMedia@redzonewireless.com

phone: 207-596-5700

Redzone Wireless, LLC, established in 2014, is deploying an FCC licensed 4G LTE and 5G fixed wireless broadband network across Maine. The company’s advanced network platform maximizes coverage and capacity by leveraging its exclusive wide channels of FCC licensed Mid Band spectrum at 2.5 GHz – effectively extending the reach of regional fiber optic networks to large geographic areas. Redzone’s fixed wireless network provides an economically viable, and sustainable premium broadband Internet service as an alternative to wireline, fiber, or cable.

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KEEP

“We designed KEEP to discreetly blend into any home, allowing cannabis to be kept responsibly, not hidden.”

TORONTO (PRWEB)
November 07, 2019

Canadian tech company KEEP Labs today announced that it has been named a CES® 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree for KEEP, the first smart storage device designed to keep cannabis secure and discreet at home. The reveal was made during CES Unveiled New York, an invite-only tech event bringing together top media and industry leaders for a sneak peek of the best products expected in 2020.

Patent-pending KEEP uses biometric authentication with WIFI and Bluetooth connectivity, allowing responsible cannabis users to lock and unlock the device through the KEEP app with a look or touch. The app sends users push alerts to their phone in the event anyone attempts to access or move the device, giving peace of mind from anywhere.

“Becoming a 2020 CES Innovation Awards Honoree in the Home Appliance Category is a huge acknowledgment for KEEP,” says Ben Gliksman, Co-Founder, KEEP Labs. “It shows how the perception of cannabis is changing and with change comes a need for safety in the home.”

Every detail was carefully thought out, including a rolling tray, clear sortable internal containers, a designated area for accessories and a built-in scale to keep track of inventory from the app. The hermetic seal keeps odors in while temperature and humidity monitors keep inventory fresh.

“We started KEEP Labs as three dads on a mission to create a more responsible cannabis culture,” says Philip Wilkins, Co-Founder KEEP Labs. “We designed KEEP to discreetly blend into any home, allowing cannabis to be kept responsibly, not hidden.”

With a sleek intentional design, KEEP combines streamlined functionality with tasteful modern elegance, featuring a compact look and a backlit LED display. KEEP comes in two minimalistic colorways; chalk white and slate black, $249. KEEP is available for backing now via crowdfunding, $149, http://www.discoverkeep.com.

The CES Innovation Awards program, owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products across 28 product categories.

About KEEP Labs

KEEP Labs is a Canadian tech company focused on responsible cannabis storage. Based out of Toronto Canada, KEEP Labs has over forty years of combined experience building and working with technology companies across the U.S., including Silicon Valley, Canada and internationally. Follow us @discoverkeep.

About CES:

CES® is the largest, most influential tech event in the world – the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world’s biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector. Learn more at CES.tech and follow CES on social.

About Consumer Technology Association:

As North America’s largest technology trade association, CTA® is the tech sector. Our members are the world’s leading innovators – from startups to global brands – helping support more than 18 million American jobs. CTA owns and produces CES® – the largest, most influential tech event on the planet. Find us at CTA.tech . Follow us @CTAtech .

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iPhone transcribing live

It’s great that we can use AI in a way that respects privacy, and helps people get their jobs done,

AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)
November 07, 2019

iPhone and iPad owners can now get unlimited minutes of private, editable transcription with the new app, Dictation by Blueshift.

Today (Nov. 7, 2019) Blueshift Development LLC, a company out of Austin, Texas, launched its app with the aim of providing private, affordable transcription.

Transcription happens entirely offline in the app, using new features found in the latest software release from Apple in iOS 13.0. This means that a variety of devices can now access quality transcription that does not involve sending audio to cloud services.

The app features live transcription while recording from the app. Users can also import audio and video after the fact to get the transcript.

People can also edit the app with timestamps at every word, so that they can select text to jump to that point in the audio for an easier time refining or correcting the transcript.

“I started out my working career as a journalist,” Matthew Waller, the developer behind Blueshift, said. “So I’m excited to help the trade and many others with transcription, just to get rid of some of the grunt work.”

Students, business professionals, interviewers and transcription professionals can use the app to get a head start on their project.

The app continues to lead in the trend of machine learning happening on device, a position advanced by both Apple and Google.

“It’s great that we can use AI in a way that respects privacy, and helps people get their jobs done,” Waller said.

Google for instance, introduced offline transcription that is available only through their flagship Pixel line of phones. Dictation will be available on any device that can support iOS 13.

Companies received criticism this summer after not being explicit that their voice assistant audio could be listened to by contractors.

Additional features in Dictation include transcribing in 13 languages and dialects, bookmarking audio during recording and during editing the transcript, trimming the file, exporting audio, exporting text, dark mode, searching for a file based on text inside the transcript or title and multiple window support on iPad.

The app costs $20 per year via a renewable subscription.

The app is available at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dictation-by-blueshift/id1474180179

People wanting to know more can learn about the app at http://www.dictationbyblueshift.com.

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The Dataclef team’s deep industry and technology expertise makes Dataclef Suite the obvious choice for building the future of Indian copyright management. – Javed Akhtar, IPRS Chairman

TORONTO and SEATTLE (PRWEB)
November 07, 2019

Today, Dataclef and the Indian Performing Right Society Limited (“IPRS”) are pleased to announce a significant expansion of their services agreement, growing their business relationship from claiming and reports processing to comprehensive back office and rights management services including tariff administration, member self-service tools, and brand support.

As one of the world’s fastest-growing music economies, India is attracting attention and product launches from national and global music companies of all sizes. The rapid expansion of music and technology use in India means that rights holders require modern, scalable music identification and royalty administration solutions. IPRS has determined that Dataclef Suite, a fully-configurable agreements-based platform, is perfect for the forward-thinking collection society.

“The commencement of this deal will restructure IPRS into a world-class, technology-driven copyright society focused on transparency and efficiency,” said IPRS Chairman Javed Akhtar. “The Dataclef team’s deep industry and technology expertise makes Dataclef Suite the obvious choice for building the future of Indian copyright management.”

IPRS is India’s only registered copyright society for music composers, lyricists, and music publishers, committed to instituting technology-driven processes that improve member engagement, licensing, and transparency in distribution of royalties.

On average, Indian music users consume 21.58 hours of music per week, far surpassing the global average of 17.89 hours. With this usage, and unique Indian musical intellectual property, expected to grow in coming years, IPRS is uniquely positioned to support India’s music economy growth and lead the way in auditable, data-focused rights management.

Dataclef Suite, with its flexible APIs, ERP backbone, and massive rights database, will ensure this growth is achieved with maximum payouts and minimum overhead. Dataclef’s exclusive matching technologies and groundbreaking agreements structure are purpose-built for the complex, high-scale challenges IPRS is solving.

“IPRS is fundamentally changing how music usage is processed and paid in the Indian music market,” said SOCAN Group CEO Eric Baptiste. “We are thrilled to be bringing the power of Dataclef Suite to IPRS, the Indian music economy, and the music creators and rights holders who make it an exciting and vibrant market.”

IPRS and Dataclef will immediately begin collaborative efforts to deploy and operate the new IPRS back office. The services being planned and assessed include functions, processes, and technologies required to launch a world-class copyright society using Dataclef Suite.

“With Dataclef Suite, we can manage the scale and complexity of licensing and payment agreements in the Indian music marketplace like no other partner,” said Dataclef COO Janice Scott. “Combined with IPRS’s focus on improving efficiency and transparency through technology, this is the beginning of significant positive financial and operational outcomes for Indian songwriters, musicians, and rights holders.”

About Dataclef

Dataclef is the world leader in solutions supporting music licensing, related data management, and digital delivery technology. Dataclef, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SOCAN, has developed an unprecedented music database from more than 200 world territories, which supports the most authoritative global music services platform ever built. Collection organizations, rights holders, DSPs, and brands can take advantage of our trailblazing music technologies. Our groundbreaking agreements-based deal structure and big data solutions empower accurate, transparent, economical rights management that scales to any size.

About IPRS

The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) is the sole Indian copyright society, registered by the Government of India under the Copyright Act, 1957, administering musical works and literary (lyrics) works associated with musical works. The members of IPRS comprise Authors (lyricists), Music Composers and Music Publishers. Javed Akhtar, eminent lyricist, screenplay writer and poet is chairman.

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ISLANDIA, N.Y. (PRWEB)
November 05, 2019

Festo now offers Magswitch switchable magnetic gripping and clamping solutions to automotive and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) through a new distribution agreement. Magswitch automation solutions are designed to last the life of a production line. The company has shown that energy costs can be lowered by as much as 90%, throughput can be increased by up to 30%, and capital costs reduced as much as 25% compared to systems using vacuum cups and pneumatic/electric grippers or clamps.

Magswitch offers single sided gripping systems featuring true on-and-off magnetic technology that can significantly simplify and lower costs of complete automation systems in OEM assembled lines in such applications as robotic welding, pick-and-place, and body-in-white. Magswitch components integrate seamlessly into the Festo electric and pneumatic automated motion architecture. “The technology is a natural complement to the Festo range of products and global customer base,” said Ian Cleaver, Festo Industry Segment Director.

Festo/Magswitch Solutions can be applied effectively to press lines and stamping operations where switchable magnets can handle lubricated sheet metal blanks more effectively than suction cups by gripping through lubrication. In assembly and body-in-white applications, Magswitch switchable magnets offer the versatility and simplicity of suction cups while maintaining the reliability and safety of traditional power clamps. With single sided clamping, Magswitch tools can facilitate higher speed and quality while welding, and when integrated with vision systems the tools streamline bin picking and handling randomly arranged components.

In machine tending and pick-and-place applications, operations can be performed significantly faster with switchable magnetic end-of-arm tools compared to mechanical grippers, power clamps, and suction cups. Separating ferromagnetic sheets with Magswitch sheet fanners and variable flux systems decreases downtime significantly and enables double blank detection. Magswitch offers custom-pole-shoe accessories with superior holding force that can securely grip components with various geometries. Applications in I-beam handling, fixture tooling, and ergonomic lift assistance can deliver efficiency gains while reducing downtime and capital costs.

“Switchable magnetics from Magswitch is an important addition to the Festo range of pneumatic and electric grippers and clamps,” said Darren O’Driscoll, product manager, Festo. “The fact these components integrate seamlessly within the Festo motion architecture adds additional value.”

“Festo technology is incorporated within our switchable magnetic components,” said Joseph Cyrek, Magswitch President of Automation. “In addition, we have joint research and development projects underway. Extending our relationship to include Festo being a supplier and distributor benefits the numerous companies that will now have access to Festo and Magswitch integrated solutions.”

For more information on Festo/Magswitch switchable magnetic solutions, call 800-993-3786 and visit http://www.festo.us.

About Festo    

Festo is a leading manufacturer of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components, and controls for process and industrial automation. For more than 40 years, Festo Corporation has continuously elevated the state of manufacturing with innovations and optimized motion control solutions that deliver higher performing, more profitable automated manufacturing and processing equipment. Connect with Festo: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube

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