Yearly Archives: 2019

World Economic Forum’s new Industry 4.0 policy bureau puts focus on AI, blockchain

Membership of the World Economic Forum’s fledgling Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network (Centre Network) has swelled to over 100, with five nations...

Siemens and SAP join Industry 4.0 initiative to move enterprises out of digital ‘pilot trap’

A new industrial consortium including SAP and Siemens has convened to help industrial organisations go beyond the ‘pilot trap’ with their Industry 4.0 deployments. The...

Sigfox seeks new USA president; responds to staff exits, office moves, sales talk

Sigfox USA has confirmed its president, Christian Olivier, has left the business. It said the decision was mutual, and the business is preparing a...

Debating the future of the 2.5 GHz EBS spectrum

Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel continued her backing of an incentive auction for Educational Broadband Service licenses at 2.5 GHz at a forum in...

Deloitte examines if companies are ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Study finds executives appreciate the benefits the Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring but many lack a clear strategy Political and corporate leaders gathered in Davos,...

Vodafone, O2 ink letter of intent to add 5G to existing network sharing deal

  The two UK carriers said they also aim to upgrade their transmission networks with higher capacity optical fiber cables   UK carriers Vodafone and Telefonica UK...

M1 adds Nokia’s IoT platform to enhance smart city portfolio

  The Singaporean telco, together with Noki,a had launched a nationwide NB-IoT network in 2017   Singaporean telco M1 said it will use Nokia’s Impact IoT platform...

UK tech incubator sets up Industry 4.0 demo labs to show LoRa based IoT solutions

UK tech incubator Digital Catapult is sponsoring a pair of UK firms to set up as Industry 4.0 showcase labs for the rest of...

Ericsson says 5G investment could be affected by uncertainties with Huawei

Ericsson's CEO also said that rollout of 5G in European markets could experience a slow down due to regulatory issues Political troubles being faced by...

“Take your bullshit tech, and come back when it’s ready” – and other Airbus rules for Industry 4.0

European aerospace firm Airbus has a 10-year back-log of orders, explains Sébastien Boria, R&D technology leader at Airbus. “Which means we have no problem...

Verizon, Nokia CEOs talk Fourth Industrial Revolution in Davos

Nokia CEO on Fourth Industrial Revolution: "If ever something was worth working, it's this." Harnessing steam to drive mass production; tapping electricity to globalize manufacturing;...

Casualties of digital transformation? Poor integration costs businesses, report says

As enterprises seek to modernize and digitalize their operations, application and cloud integration issues are costing about half of large enterprises between $250,000-$500,000 per...

National Instruments White Paper: 3GPP Release 16: Study Items and Road Map

For those following the development of 5G, it might be easy to say 5G is already here. In reality, that is partially true. 3GPP Release...

Ericsson alum joins T-Mobile US to support 5G plans

Ulf Ewaldsson named T-Mobile US SVP of Technology and Transformation Last year Ericsson consolidated its business units and Ulf Ewaldsson left his role as heading...

Ericsson, Singtel open 5G facility in Singapore

  The new facility will allow the companies to test and co-develop 5G solutions for industries   Ericsson, Singtel and Singapore Polytechnic (SP) have opened what they...

Huawei’s CEO warns about potential job cuts: Reports

  The executive said that Huawei would probably face difficult times as a number of countries are planning to ban the vendor in 5G contracts   Ren...

Aeris partners with Roambee to enhance cold chain monitoring via IoT 

  The combined solution will allow companies to monitor shipments and assets through IoT technologies   Internet of things company Aeris announced it is working with Roambee,...

Mobile, fixed and edge are ‘pillars’ of AT&T Business 5G strategy

Vertically-focused 5G strategy includes retail, manufacturing, healthcare and finance Right now commercial 5G services, inherently limited to device availability—although that will change throughout 2019, reach...

Sensing and sense-making: Seven key supply chain technologies

I read it somewhere, and it made sense; the application of new digital technologies in the global supply chain is about two critical functions...

IoT: Can security issues bring an end to the IoT?

  The Internet of Things has been growing relentlessly for over a decade now. Is it, however, an already developed and mature phenomenon? Or maybe...

5G enables IoT industry application

  5G-based Smart Water-control and Monitoring Problems such as flood and soil erosion, water pollution have led to global water resources crisis. Traditional means of water...

AT&T and Redaptive partner to make commercial buildings more energy efficient

Commercial buildings account for 19% of energy usage in the U.S., with heating and lighting comprising more than 50% of those costs. Despite the...

Honeywell partners with Smartworld to develop smart building infrastructure in UAE

The?Middle East and Africa to double spending on smart building technology Honeywell Building Solutions has entered a memorandum of understanding (Mou) with UAE systems integrator...

Mobile phone afterlife—why the second-hand market will be all the rage in 2019 (Reader Forum)

Mobile phones have become so ubiquitous that it appears everyone has one. Today, there are all different levels of phones on the market—from prepaid...

A cost-effective way to double LTE site capacity without massive MIMO (Analyst Angle)

A critical challenge facing 4G LTE fixed wireless operators is how to cost-effectively increase site capacity.   Although there are many options available, including Massive...
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