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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.

  • Arm teams with Tech Mahindra on private 5G and open RAN test centre

    by James Blackman October 21, 2021
    by James Blackman October 21, 2021

    Arm has opened a virtual ‘5G solutions lab’ with India-based system integrator Tech Mahindra. The setup will provide a live test environment for Arm’s customers in chip production, network design, …

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  • Volkswagen recruits Nokia for private 5G network at flagship factory in Wolfsburg

    by James Blackman October 21, 2021
    by James Blackman October 21, 2021

    It is a year late, but automotive giant Volkswagen has deployed a private 5G network at its main plant in Wolfsburg in Germany. Nokia has supplied the networking equipment for …

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  • Vodafone and Deloitte team up on virtual centre for digital healthcare

    by James Blackman October 20, 2021
    by James Blackman October 20, 2021

    Vodafone and Deloitte have teamed up on a virtual centre for digital healthcare. The new facility, called the Vodafone Centre for Health with Deloitte, combines the former’s healthcare solutions and …

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  • Arm intros virtual design platform for IoT developers – to open ‘new IoT economy’

    by James Blackman October 19, 2021
    by James Blackman October 19, 2021

    UK-based Arm has introduced a new cloud-based IoT design system to enable software development for IoT without the need for physical silicon. The new offering, called Arm Total Solutions for …

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  • Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson claim ‘world first’ 5G slicing for enterprise use cases

    by James Blackman October 18, 2021
    by James Blackman October 18, 2021

    Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have claimed a “world-first” implementation of end-to-end 5G network slicing with on-demand quality-of-service (QoS) control for enterprise use cases. The tests ran in Deutsche Telekom’s innovation …

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  • Nordic offers embedded ML in resource-constrained cellular IoT modules

    by James Blackman October 15, 2021
    by James Blackman October 15, 2021

    Nordic Semiconductor is now offering embedded machine learning (ML) software with its cellular-based IoT chipset portfolio. The move continues its partnership with US-based Edge Impulse, which makes miniaturised ML (‘TinyML’) …

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  • Google intros new embedded IoT toolset to help manufacturers get smart

    by James Blackman October 14, 2021
    by James Blackman October 14, 2021

    Google Cloud has introduced a new embedded computing toolset to help manufacturers develop and deploy IoT solutions for consumers and enterprises. Slipping under the radar at the company’s annual Google …

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  • Vodafone issues NB-IoT iSIM prototype for environmental monitoring on UK’s Jurassic Coast

    by James Blackman October 14, 2021
    by James Blackman October 14, 2021

    Vodafone has deployed iSIM-based NB-IoT-connected sensor units, loosely resembling the printable iSIM tracker solution it developed with Altair and Arm for pharma firm Bayer last year, along the UK’s southern …

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  • Investment in industrial IoT to trump cloud, security, analytics in next three years

    by James Blackman October 14, 2021
    by James Blackman October 14, 2021

    New research from UK satellite company Inmarsat says IoT is set to overtake cloud computing as the primary Industry 4.0 technology, with enterprise IT investments in industrial IoT to trump …

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  • Nokia releases new private 5G devices for Industry 4.0 ‘teams and machines’

    by James Blackman October 14, 2021
    by James Blackman October 14, 2021

    Nokia has released a new range of industrial 5G devices to go with its twin DAC and MPW private wireless products, and its newly bundled MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) edge …

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  • Disruptive tech a hard sell for anxious enterprises – the real challenge for NB-IoT

    by James Blackman October 13, 2021
    by James Blackman October 13, 2021

    He-said / she-said; the finger-pointing between the rank and file in the cellular NB-IoT sector is futile, and wrong anyway. So says Adarsh Krishnan, research director at ABI Research, one …

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  • Celona scores hat-trick of private LTE deals in CBRS band – in schools, cities, factories

    by James Blackman October 13, 2021
    by James Blackman October 13, 2021

    Private LTE provider Celona has announced a hat-trick of private network projects. The Cupertino firm is working with Joint Venture Silicon Valley (JVSV), a local enterprise forum in Silicon Valley, …

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  • ‘No one is making money’ – the China NB-IoT story is a cautionary tale, says Nordic

    by James Blackman October 12, 2021
    by James Blackman October 12, 2021

    The China model for NB-IoT – state-sponsored incentives, flat-rated airtime pricing, commoditization of hardware – is not all it is cracked up to be, reckon some. Market stats, from various …

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  • Hiber signs up to use Inmarsat’s ELERA satellite system for hard-to-reach IoT

    by James Blackman October 12, 2021
    by James Blackman October 12, 2021

    Busy Dutch industrial IoT scale-up Hiber has announced it will use Inmarsat’s new ELERA satellite IoT network to expand its own low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT network, which goes under the …

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  • Nokia adds third-party apps to MXIE edge system, claims 100Gbps on single 5G server

    by James Blackman October 12, 2021
    by James Blackman October 12, 2021

    Nokia has added a number of applications from third-party Industry 4.0 vendors to its new MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) solution, released last week, including PTC’s ThingWorx IoT platform and Kepware …

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  • UnaBiz raises $25m in Series B round to set itself as ‘unified LPWAN’ solution provider

    by James Blackman October 12, 2021
    by James Blackman October 12, 2021

    Singapore-based IoT service provider UnaBiz has raised a further $25 million as part of a Series B funding round led by Tokyo-based investment company SPARX Group. The round was oversubscribed, …

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  • Satellite IoT market to hit 15.7m connections in 2025, growing 35.8% per year

    by James Blackman October 11, 2021
    by James Blackman October 11, 2021

    The number of satellite IoT subscribers will increase at a compound rate of 35.8 percent per year to reach 15.7 million in 2025, from around 3.4 million in 2020. Analyst …

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  • Orange combines with IoT Continuum bandmates on pre-certified LTE-M trackers

    by James Blackman October 8, 2021
    by James Blackman October 8, 2021

    Swedish tracker company C Security Systems has appointed Orange Business Services, together with its bandmates in the recently-formed IoT Continuum initiative, to accelerate delivery of LTE-M trackers in Europe. C …

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  • Digital Industry Solutions | NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right?

    by James Blackman October 7, 2021
    by James Blackman October 7, 2021

    NB-IoT was supposed to connect everything. It hasn’t. Instead, it has coughed and spluttered, and faced cries about its cost, ecosystem, and coverage. But something is afoot, finally, as devices …

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  • Editorial Webinar: Cellular LPWAN | NB-IoT: What has gone wrong, and when will it go right

    by James Blackman October 7, 2021
    by James Blackman October 7, 2021

    NB-IoT was supposed to connect everything. It hasn’t. Instead, it has coughed and spluttered, and faced cries about its cost, ecosystem, and coverage. But something is afoot, finally, as devices …

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  • Druid Software recruited by Proximus and BICS to enable private-public 5G SA roaming

    by James Blackman October 7, 2021
    by James Blackman October 7, 2021

    Ireland-based private core network provider Druid Software has been recruited by Proximus to serve enterprise customers running private 4G and 5G installations. It has been working with the Belgian network …

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  • Peachtree Corners, T-Mobile press go on 5G-V2X for Level 4/5 autonomous shuttles

    by James Blackman October 6, 2021
    by James Blackman October 6, 2021

    The Atlanta suburb of Peachtree Corners in the US, playing home to a live smart city testbed, is working with T-Mobile to launch a new fleet of 5G-powered autonomous shuttles …

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  • Nokia mixes private 5G and edge compute in new MXIE master bundle for Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman October 6, 2021
    by James Blackman October 6, 2021

    Nokia has bundled industrial-grade compute, storage, and networking into a single edge solution for mission-critical Industry 4.0. The new package comes with industrial IoT sensing and analytics applications, as well, …

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  • Singapore Zoo installs 1,000 LoRaWAN meters in bid to save 10% of water, electricity

    by James Blackman October 6, 2021
    by James Blackman October 6, 2021

    Semtech Corporation has teamed with Singapore-based IoT metering company Sindcon to deploy around 1,000 (“plus”) LoRaWAN energy and water metering devices at the Singapore Zoo. Sindcon worked with local utility …

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  • Siemens targets smart buildings, smart factories with Wattsense buy, Zscaler tieup

    by James Blackman October 6, 2021
    by James Blackman October 6, 2021

    Siemens has bought French startup Wattsense, a hardware and software company offering a plug-and-play IoT management system for small and mid-size buildings, including schools, offices, warehouses and retail. Meanwhile, it …

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