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James Blackman

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James Blackman has been writing about the technology and telecoms sectors for over a decade. He has edited and contributed to a number of European news outlets and trade titles. He has also worked at telecoms company Huawei, leading media activity for its devices business in Western Europe. He is based in London.

  • What are dual-slice ‘campus networks’? Deutsche Telekom on LTE and 5G slicing for industry

    by James Blackman July 29, 2019
    by James Blackman July 29, 2019

    Deutsche Telekom is offering industrialists so-called ‘campus networks’, which offer a kind of proto-slicing as a pre-cursor to slicing-proper with 5G networks. But its recent work in the Port of …

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  • Mayors push US government for protection against smart-city cyber-attacks

    by James Blackman July 29, 2019
    by James Blackman July 29, 2019

    US mayors have signed a new resolution on data protection to push the US government to bring greater protection against the risks of cyberattacks on edge sensors associated with the …

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  • Smart ports: seven practical challenges for port authorities and terminal operators

    by James Blackman July 29, 2019
    by James Blackman July 29, 2019

    The Marseille Fos port in southern France is leading the new French Smart Port in Med initiative, with an ambition to “build the port of the future”. It has a …

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  • Smart port perspectives | Marseille: 5G, blockchain, and a digital map for tight ships

    by James Blackman July 26, 2019
    by James Blackman July 26, 2019

    The Port of Marseille Fos is amping up its smart port strategy with new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of …

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  • UK water utility connects to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network to stop leakages

    by James Blackman July 26, 2019
    by James Blackman July 26, 2019

    South East Water is connecting digital water meters, sensors and acoustic loggers on underground mains water pipes to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network in the UK. The arrangement is part of a …

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  • Smart port perspectives | Hamburg: ‘5G slicing works; hurry up with 5G, already!’

    by James Blackman July 25, 2019
    by James Blackman July 25, 2019

    Recent trials of industrial 5G at the Port of Hamburg have given the German port a lift, and clear designs about digital change. But it will count for nothing if …

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  • Industrial robotics firm Fetch raises $46 million in Series C funding round

    by James Blackman July 25, 2019
    by James Blackman July 25, 2019

    Silicon Valley based industrial automation and robotics firm Fetch Robotics has raised $46 million in Series C funding. The new venture capital takes its total funding to $94 million to …

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  • UK releases masses of spectrum for private, shared usage; squeezes operators

    by James Blackman July 25, 2019
    by James Blackman July 25, 2019

    Ofcom will open up a large tranche of the UK airwaves for enterprises to deploy private and shared networks, dedicating the 3.8-4.2 GHz band for local deployments, requiring national operators …

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  • “NB-IoT is cheap in China – from as little as $3 per module,” says Huawei

    by James Blackman July 25, 2019
    by James Blackman July 25, 2019

    Cellular IoT technologies are expected to take the lion’s share of the low-power wide-area (LPWA) market, but it has been a bumpy start – outside of China, at least. Rival …

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  • Ingenu’s second-coming: claims $2bn pipeline, contract wins, slates rivals

    by James Blackman July 24, 2019
    by James Blackman July 24, 2019

    IoT provider Ingenu has relaunched with a ‘2.0’ message about the suitability of its low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology for sundry industrial sectors, with a platform-as-a-service offer and a number of …

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  • Editorial Report: IoT Connectivity – Who’s Winning What?

    by James Blackman July 23, 2019
    by James Blackman July 23, 2019

    For all the experience of LTE and excitement of 5G, the IoT market has been propped by low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies. The concept of smart-anything as the prerequisite for industrial …

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  • Money, money, money etc – five benefits of smart factories and industrial IoT

    by James Blackman July 23, 2019
    by James Blackman July 23, 2019

    In the end, it comes down to customer satisfaction – which, in the end, comes down to money. However you spin it, smarter industrial operations make better products, more efficiently, …

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  • LoRaWAN has the edge on NB-IoT, and Sigfox has retreated, says Proximus

    by James Blackman July 23, 2019
    by James Blackman July 23, 2019

    Device availability, network flexibility, and technical features give LoRaWAN the edge on NB-IoT today, reckons Proximus. But competition between the two IoT technologies will grow closer, it expects. Meanwhile, Sigfox …

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  • What IoT applications does LoRaWAN serve best? Senet suggests 19

    by James Blackman July 22, 2019
    by James Blackman July 22, 2019

    LoRaWAN supports a broad set of IoT applications, applicable to a wide variety of vertical markets. Below is a comprehensive list of 19 use cases, as provided by LoRaWAN provider …

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  • Prioritise shared and electric cars over autonomous – to slash emissions by 95%

    by James Blackman July 19, 2019
    by James Blackman July 19, 2019

    Cities must use all new mobility options, starting with shared and electric vehicles, if they are to decrease vehicle emissions by as much as 95 per cent by 2050. Focus …

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  • Shake Shack, Five Guys, Hard Rock Café put LoRaWAN on the menu

    by James Blackman July 19, 2019
    by James Blackman July 19, 2019

    Restaurant chains Shake Shack, Five Guys and Hard Rock Café have deployed LoRa-based temperature monitoring systems in their commercial kitchens. UK firm CM Systems, a specialist in monitoring systems for …

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  • Sigfox expands 0G capacity six-fold, rolls into Portugal with 15-year Securitas deal

    by James Blackman July 18, 2019
    by James Blackman July 18, 2019

    Sigfox has said it will boost its so-called 0G network infrastructure six-fold in terms of capacity and features to serve as a cellular back-up network for an expanding customer base. …

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  • Freight IoT firm Traxens takes €20m Series C funding, following Maersk investment

    by James Blackman July 18, 2019
    by James Blackman July 18, 2019

    French IoT firm Traxens has followed up news of pending investment from shipping giant Maersk with the closing of a €20 million Series C round of investment funding. Traxens said …

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  • Three NB-IoT deployment models – and why NB-IoT performance is not what it should be

    by James Blackman July 18, 2019
    by James Blackman July 18, 2019

    Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is a cellular-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology. Specified in Release 13 of the 3GPP in June 2016, it coexists with GSM and LTE in licensed frequency bands. …

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  • Traxens gets Maersk investment, 150,000 order for trackers, role in port project

    by James Blackman July 16, 2019
    by James Blackman July 16, 2019

    French IoT firm Traxens is poised to receive major investment from shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, alongside a big order for cellular cargo trackers. It has also been drafted into the …

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  • NNNCo and Enzen sign $8m deal to drive LoRaWAN ‘at scale’ Down Under

    by James Blackman July 16, 2019
    by James Blackman July 16, 2019

    Australian internet-of-things (IoT) operator National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has signed a strategic investment agreement with global energy and environment company Enzen Group. The $8 million deal is geared towards …

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  • Telensa rolls on with New Zealand deal for 15,000 smart street lights

    by James Blackman July 16, 2019
    by James Blackman July 16, 2019

    UK firm Telensa has struck a deal to provide smart controls to 15,000 LED street lights in the City of Dunedin in New Zealand. The arrangement is part of a …

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  • Ramp-up to bonkers billion target starts now, says Sigfox, citing ‘0G’ and sub-$2 trackers

    by James Blackman July 15, 2019
    by James Blackman July 15, 2019

    French IoT company Sigfox claims 6.7 million active devices in the field (“not counting proofs of concept, just commercial rollouts in diverse industries”), in 63 countries on five continents. It …

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  • Port authorities and terminal operators: private networks and public slices in sea ports

    by James Blackman July 12, 2019
    by James Blackman July 12, 2019

    Sea ports have become a primary focus for the telecoms sector as it maps out potential customers for private communications networks, particularly as the industrial space at large hits upon …

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  • “A million private networks in the US” – boom time beckons for industrial LTE and 5G

    by James Blackman July 11, 2019
    by James Blackman July 11, 2019

    The rise of private industrial networking should be measured by the number of new networks, and network operators, and not by the number of cell sites, reckons Italy-based industrial networking …

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