James Blackman

5G is a game of two halves, they say – because the industry is between rollout of 5G NSA and 5G SA architectures, and because there is everything to play …

Nokia has bolstered its menu of industrial applications on its MXIE edge system to include new Industry 4.0 solutions for automation, efficiency, safety, security, and sustainability. At the same time, …

Apologies, first of all; these MWC files are being held in a long production queue, which is jammed with reports and sponsorships, and other internal initiatives. But this interview with …

Barcelona-based startup Sateliot has taken €13.8 million of funding from the Spanish government to swell its ongoing Series B funds to €58.8 million. The firm, building a non-terrestrial network (NTN) …

Energy automation giant Honeywell has picked Verizon Business to organise 5G connectivity for its smart electric meters, and to help utility customers manage and modernise their grid operations. Both utilities …

Private 4G/5G security startup OneLayer has developed a zero-touch zero-trust network access solution for private 4G and 5G networks with Ericsson. The novelty for the private networks sector is the …

France-based software company Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) is offering Celona’s private 4G/5G system as part of its debut private 5G proposition for enterprises, integrated with its own connectivity management, powerline, and …

Nokia and Honeywell Aerospace Technologies are working with Canadian non-profit group Numana to develop quantum-safe networks for enterprises and service providers. A press statement said the work is focused on …

UK-headquartered floLIVE is different to every other IoT airtime provider out there – the company reckons. This is the case, it says. whether the comparison is with virtual operators (MVNOs) …

NTT Data has launched a suite of software services for agentic AI for use with cloud hyperscaler platforms and AI tools. It is pitching to “all industries” to help them …

An interesting Industry 4.0 update across the RCR news desk this morning says enterprises in China and the US are pushing harder with their digital change initiatives, and extending their …

Workflow automation software provider ServiceNow is to buy US-based AI outfit Moveworks for $2.85 billion as it seeks to “accelerate enterprise AI adoption” and deliver “AI agents for all employees”. …

Oracle has said it will invest $5 billion over the next five years to expand its data centre footprint in the UK to field local demand for cloud computing and …

It says something about the sense of opportunity in the private 5G space, perhaps, that Nokia, the most restless and innovative agitator-brand in the vendor market, can post a record …

KDDI-owned virtual network operator (MVNO) Soracom is working with vehicle and mobility manufacturer Suzuki Motor Corporation to commercialize electric wheelchair technology in industrial robots. The pair have a proof-of-concept (PoC), …

The cellular hardware and SIM security unit of French aerospace and defense firm Thales has picked virtual IoT operator (MVNO) Wireless Logic to provide global IoT airtime for its SGP.32 …

Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik has introduced a ‘5G’ IoT router for use with public, private, and satellite-based NB-IoT and LTE-M networks. The product, called …

The global IoT market will almost double in value over the next five years, growing a compound rate (CAGR) of 13.5 percent per year over the period, from a total …

Sweden-based Netmore Group, the last operator attempting to build a global LoRaWAN network, has expanded into South America, starting in Brazil, following completion of its acquisition of Dutch operator Everynet. …

Canadian operator TELUS has signed a 10-year deal with the Calgary Airport Authority to deploy and manage a “benchmark” private 5G network at Calgary International Airport (YYC). They called it …


Verizon Business has introduced a ‘zero-trust’ network access (ZTNA) service for enterprise customers to secure their devices, network, and cloud applications. It claims the service, called Trusted Connection, is a …

MWC was strange for Sequans Communications last year; it was the week after its proposed $249 million sale to Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics was called off because of an “adverse …

In case you missed IoT Stars – last Tuesday evening, the old Estrella Damn brewery, Barcelona – here is a recap of our conversation on stage with Wienke Giezeman, co-founder …

ICYMI (because we did): Last week, Airspan Networks announced a deal to acquire Jabil’s open RAN portfolio and associated intellectual property rights for an undisclosed fee. It follows on the …

Qualcomm Technologies has signed a deal to acquire US-based Edge Impulse, which makes miniaturised machine learning (ML) tools for microcontrollers (MCUs) in resource-constrained IoT modules. It is the latest move …