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Singtel has showcased its 5G network’s enhanced mobile broadband capability to support ultra-high-definition (UHD) content at Mediacorp’s annual live New Year’s Eve countdown party, Let’s Celebrate 2023.  Part of the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2023 celebrations, the show featured hosts Germaine Tan and Maya Davidov using Singtel 5G handsets with 5G SIM cards to make a video call during the main show. Four roving hosts also used 5G technology to provide live hourly show updates between 5 pm and 11 pm. The enhanced clarity and ultra-low latency of 5G were demonstrated when Singtel applied network slicing technology to the airing of the hourly live updates and streaming of the video call. A key capability of 5G, network slicing provides multiple virtual networks with tailored slices of network resources. This is done so quickly that each network appears to have a dedicated network. Singtel said the show serves as further proof that outdoor events can leverage the reliability o...

Keysight Technologies' Eggplant test automation platform has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Continuous Automation Testing Platforms, Q4 2022 . Forrester evaluated 15 vendors, assessing them on 26 criteria grouped into current offering, strategy, and market presence. The Eggplant platform received the top rating possible for 12 criteria, including: automation execution/continuous testing, testing journey, reporting, analytics and quality insights, product vision, execution roadmap and commercial model. Diego Lo Giudice, author of The Forrester Wave report, wrote: "The combination [of Keysight and Eggplant] has huge potential for market penetration in the metaverse, IoT, industrial, automotive and other physical and digital markets. The newly joint vision of Keysight and Eggplant will become the platform for enterprise-wide automation, test, and assurance of digital systems and products." Gareth Smith, GM Software Test Automation at Keysight Technologies, said:...