MWC 2025, Barcelona | Semtech Corporation has launched two new Qualcomm-based higher-end 5G broadband modules, gained certification in Japan for its low-power smart meter parts, and released samples of its …
James Blackman
James Blackman
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.
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Vehicle breakdown service The AA has a 4G/5G router from network equipment vendor Ericsson onto its entire fleet of vans in the UK. It has tripled its “roadside connectivity target” …
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MWC 2025, Barcelona | In the press room, late on the final day, trying to digest a bunch of briefings. Further coverage will follow, including (time permitting) about a Barcelona …
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MWC 2025, Barcelona | STMicroelectronics (ST) has announced two new generations of microcontrollers (MCU) in its STM32 line for use in IoT devices: a short-range wireless MCU, STM32WBA6, to connect …
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MWC 2025, Barcelona: Verizon Business has signed Bell Canada, Singtel, and Telenor IoT, as well as US satellite IoT operator Skylo, to provide IoT connectivity to its new Global IoT …
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MWC 2025, Barcelona: Germany-based security tech group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has announced a satellite IoT deal with US satellite connectivity startup Skylo, offering Release-17 level (5G-compatible) NB-IoT on geostationary (GEO) satellites. …
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Cellular IoT chip and module maker Sequans Communications announced support for reduced capability (RedCap) 5G in forthcoming Calliope and Monarch products. The new third-generation versions of both solutions retain support …
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US marine port and rail yard operator Carrix has deployed Nokia’s DAC private 4G/5G system at container terminals in Jacksonville in Florida, Long Beach and Oakland in California, and Seattle …
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REIGN Technology Corporation (G REIGNS), a subsidiary of Taiwanese electronics firm HTC Group, has deployed a home-made private 5G network to Nissan Motor Company to support usage of its parent’s …
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Norway-based Tampnet, a notable player in the supply of private 4G and 5G networks for offshore industry, is working with US industrial edge outfit Armada to bring AI applications to …
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A something-and-nothing release from the home of Industrie 4.0, worth memorialising if only to remember that the whole metaverse concept is alive and well in the enterprise space, and to …
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UK-headquartered chip design company Arm has extended its version-nine (Armv9) architecture to the far edge to handle AI workloads directly on IoT devices of various types, including vehicles, cameras, machines, …
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One way or another, Palo Alto Networks is picking them off in the private 5G space. The US firm, one of the premier cybersecurity outfits, has tied up with London-headquartered …
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Nokia has added to its burgeoning mission-critical (MX) tech supplies for Industry 4.0 with a new sensor fusion solution to mix multi-modal IoT data streams into an AI engine next …
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A couple of items across the news desk this week about non-terrestrial network (NTN; satellite) extensions for cellular 5G-branded IoT connectivity: Luxembourg-based NTN-IoT startup OQ Technology has signed Aramco Digital …
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Samsung Electronics has tested reduced-capability 5G (5G RedCap) on a private 5G network deployment at a factory belonging to Hyundai Motor Company in Ulsan, in South Korea. The tests were …
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UK-headquartered BT Group has signed with US interconnect and data-centre company Equinix to support its Global Fabric offer to multinational enterprises and with Canadian telecoms BSS and cloud services provider …
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Private network specialist Celona is ramping up its channel activity, including to certify devices on its private 4G/5G system. It has appointed US engineering solutions company Truminds Software Systems to …
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Global mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Wireless Logic is providing IoT networking and airtime to Ireland-based ‘sensory hub’ provider Cubbie to regulate immersive environments in schools, hospitals, libraries and other …
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State Farm Arena, home to the Atlanta Hawks, is taking a new IoT management solution from Verizon Business to help organise, scale, and optimise its IoT infrastructure. The US basketball …
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Network operator Movistar, owned by Telefónica, is working with Nova Labs to integrate the US firm’s decentralised blockchain-based Helium Network into its national cellular 4G/5G service in Mexico. A statement …
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London-headquartered global system integrator NTT Data (stylised NTT DATA) has won a multi-year deal to deploy and populate a private 5G network at a 40,000-square-metre manufacturing facility for Roularta Media …
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Germany-based Industry 4.0 system integrator Smart Mobile Labs (SML), acquired by Boldyn Networks in January (2025), has signed a ‘framework’ deal with national rail operator Deutsche Bahn for the planning, …
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More evidence, if it was needed, that 5G is all about enterprises – whether it is used by operators, themselves, to drive internal efficiencies, or sold to other sectors as …
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Philippines-based network operator Globe Telecom is working with Nokia to provide enterprises with enhanced security via network application programming interfaces (APIs), the Finnish vendor has said. The firm is testing …
