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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.

  • AWS rolls network, compute, devices into one-stop managed private 5G service

    by James Blackman November 30, 2021
    by James Blackman November 30, 2021

    Big news in the excitable private 5G universe; Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced its own private 5G service, AWS Private 5G, incorporating small cell radio access network (RAN) units, …

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  • Former T-Mobile, Vodafone exec Ivo Rook to drive 1NCE’s global expansion

    by James Blackman November 30, 2021
    by James Blackman November 30, 2021

    Enterprise IoT Insights rarely reports on executive appointments, but this one is apposite in light of the cellular IoT market’s grab for scale in late 2021, and the good work …

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  • 730,360 kilometres, 2.44 seconds – scientists bounce LoRa message off the Moon

    by James Blackman November 30, 2021
    by James Blackman November 30, 2021

    A team of scientists in Europe has bounced a LoRa message off the Moon. The feat sets a new distance record of 730,360 kilometres for the distance travelled by a …

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  • Electronics manufacturer Compal installs private 5G smart-factory network from Enel

    by James Blackman November 30, 2021
    by James Blackman November 30, 2021

    Compal Electronics has deployed a private 5G network with a core network from Stockholm-based telecoms software and cybersecurity outfit Enea. The Taiwanese firm, one of the world’s largest original design …

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  • Porsche test drives private 5G from Ericsson at Leipzig production plant

    by James Blackman November 26, 2021
    by James Blackman November 26, 2021

    German sports car manufacturer Porsche has recruited Ericsson for a private 5G network at its manufacturing production complex in Leipzig, in Germany. Porsche is using an enterprise 5G licence from …

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  • Nokia and Telia deploy private 5G for Agnico Eagle at Lapland gold mine

    by James Blackman November 26, 2021
    by James Blackman November 26, 2021

    Nokia and Telia have combined to deploy a private 5G network for Canada-based Agnico Eagle Mines in Finland. The new 5G standalone (SA) setup will support above and below ground …

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  • Siticom taps Nokia, beats carriers to private 5G contract for WISTA science park in Berlin

    by James Blackman November 23, 2021
    by James Blackman November 23, 2021

    German system integrator (SI) Siticom has secured a contract to deploy a private 5G network at the WISTA Science and Technology Park in Berlin-Adlershof in Germany. Siticom is working with …

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  • PG&E deploys AI cameras to help detect wildfires in California

    by James Blackman November 23, 2021
    by James Blackman November 23, 2021

    Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is testing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) on a widening network of high-definition (HD) cameras in order to detect wildfires across 70,000 …

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  • Marseille connects 5,000 storm drains to Sigfox to guard against flooding, pollution

    by James Blackman November 23, 2021
    by James Blackman November 23, 2021

    Local smart-city IoT startup GreenCityZen is to connect up to 5,000 downpipes in the urban drainage network in the city of Marseille, in France, with Sigfox-based low-power IoT sensors. The …

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  • Hyperscalers outrunning telcos – but 75% of enterprises want hybrid public-private 5G

    by James Blackman November 22, 2021
    by James Blackman November 22, 2021

    Hyperscalers, with only varied and newly acquired in-house 5G knowledge, are outpacing telcos, with 40 years in the game, at private 5G, according to new research from Omdia. The analyst …

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  • Honeywell opens smart factories in Eastern Europe to drive smart logistics in region

    by James Blackman November 22, 2021
    by James Blackman November 22, 2021

    US smart buildings and performance materials conglomerate Honeywell is to open an advanced research and development (R&D) testing facility in the Czech Republic for its Honeywell Intelligrated warehouse automation business. …

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  • UK industrial AR startup XYZ Reality targets North America with AR hardhat solution

    by James Blackman November 22, 2021
    by James Blackman November 22, 2021

    London-headquartered industrial AR startup XYZ Reality has released its new AR headset, the Atom, for the construction industry. The new product (see promo video at the bottom of the page) …

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  • ‘A thousand flowers will bloom’ – should carriers climb into bed with hyperscalers?

    by James Blackman November 18, 2021
    by James Blackman November 18, 2021

    It is a good question, and maybe the only question for mobile operators going into the Industry 4.0 space. Camille Mendler, a chief analyst at Omdia, asked it of Google …

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  • Colt leads Accedian, Airspan, Athonet in 5G smart-building consortium in Paris

    by James Blackman November 18, 2021
    by James Blackman November 18, 2021

    UK telecoms integrator Colt Technology Services is leading a private 5G consortium including Accedian, ADVA, Airspan, and Athonet to test end-to-end private cellular in a real estate environment in France. …

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  • Vodafone adds 24m IoT SIMs in 12 months, tips EU’s Covid recovery plan for new growth

    by James Blackman November 18, 2021
    by James Blackman November 18, 2021

    Vodafone added 24 million IoT SIM connections in the 12 months to September 30. Its total connections count stood at 136 million at the end of the period, at the …

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  • Athonet tells enterprises to ‘bring your own’ private 5G RAN

    by James Blackman November 17, 2021
    by James Blackman November 17, 2021

    Private network specialist Athonet is telling enterprises to ‘bring your own RAN’ with the introduction of a facility in its network management system to select from a combination of radio …

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  • Is neutral host the killer app for enterprise 5G? (Reader Forum)

    by James Blackman November 17, 2021
    by James Blackman November 17, 2021

    Recent FCC rules establishing the commercial use of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum within the 3.55 to 3.7GHz range (band 48) is driving enterprise interest in the use …

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  • MFA intros PLMN ID facility to protect private 5G networks from unauthorised access

    by James Blackman November 17, 2021
    by James Blackman November 17, 2021

    MFA (MulteFire Alliance) has launched a new ‘network identifier’ scheme to provide enterprises with a unique global public land mobile network (PLMN) ID for their private LTE and 5G networks. …

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  • Orange plays SI in supply of non-cellular BLE tracking for Safran Aircraft Engines

    by James Blackman November 16, 2021
    by James Blackman November 16, 2021

    Orange Business Services, the IT and system integrator (SI) division of mobile operator Orange, has delivered a non-cellular Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) based indoor tracking system for aerospace manufacturer Safran …

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  • Five on treasure island – the key players sharing the spoils at the industrial edge

    by James Blackman November 16, 2021
    by James Blackman November 16, 2021

    Speaking yesterday (November 15) with Enterprise IoT Insights about a new deal to supply BLE-based trackers to France-based aerospace manufacturer Safran Aircraft Engines, Orange Business Services portrayed itself as the …

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  • Latency, but not as we know it – plus other industry drivers for the move to the edge

    by James Blackman November 15, 2021
    by James Blackman November 15, 2021

    Speaking last week on a webinar session with analyst house Omdia – following the release of its new industrial edge portfolio at Google Next 2021 last month, and ahead of …

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  • Overcoming IoT security threats from the start (Reader Forum)

    by James Blackman November 12, 2021
    by James Blackman November 12, 2021

    Here’s the sobering reality: across the Internet of Things (IoT), security has been overlooked. An amazing 1.51 billion IoT devices were breached in the first six months of 2021, an …

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  • IoT turns a corner (plus five IoT lessons from the top)

    by James Blackman November 12, 2021
    by James Blackman November 12, 2021

    From IoT for internal efficiency to external productivity A new report by analyst house Transforma Insights for IT hardware and services provider Oracle says enterprise internet of things adoption has …

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  • DT offers LTE-M solutions to help monitor flood risks, roof collapses, coastal erosion

    by James Blackman November 11, 2021
    by James Blackman November 11, 2021

    Deutsche Telekom has developed a new LTE-M based sensor solution with US based infrastructure and analytics company Divirod to help municipal authorities and water companies to gather data insights about …

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  • New design approaches to house 5G and IoT at the smart-city edge (Reader Forum)

    by James Blackman November 11, 2021
    by James Blackman November 11, 2021

    The constantly increasing demand for reliable, high-throughput digital connectivity is the crucial driver behind the ongoing deployment of 5G cellular systems across North America. In response, telecom providers are investing …

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