California-based semiconductor maker Semtech has announced it is working with IoT developer and engineering services company Oxit, based in North Carolina, to develop smart energy solutions for LoRaWAN networks. Semtech …
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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Verizon has added compute and storage into its 5G network infrastructure in Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix. Its project to build-out its multi-access edge compute (MEC) infrastructure, in partnership with AWS, …
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Telstra Health, the digital healthcare business of Australian telecoms provider Telstra, has said it is poised to acquire Sydney-based medical software company MedicalDirector for $350 million. It follows the firm’s …
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Note, this article is taken from an upcoming report on operator-run private 5G enterprise NOCs. Look out for the report next week; sign up here (last chance!) for the webinar …
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US farming company AeroFarms has recruited Nokia on a multi-year deal to supply private 5G, computer vision, machine learning, and autonomous drones. The pair are testing the technologies with current …
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Orange has struck a deal with Luxembourg-based satellite company SES Networks to bolster its connectivity offer for the maritime industry. The French operator said integration of satellite connectivity from SES …
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A new report by analyst company ABI Research says the growing breadth of IoT devices and use cases, combined with additional radio spectrum and protocols, is creating more complexity in …
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Massachusetts-based telecoms infrastructure provider Communication Technology Services (CTS) is working with core network provider Druid Software to bundle the Irish firm’s Raemis platform into its private LTE/5G offer in the …
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Note, this is part of a forthcoming report on operator-run private 5G enterprise NOCs. Look out for the report next month; sign up here for the upcoming webinar on carrier-run private 5G …
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A new report by analyst house ABI Research says the traditional telco community is restructuring its enterprise operations, including by establishing brand new business units, in order to deliver custom …
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Note, this is part of a forthcoming report on operator-run private 5G enterprise NOCs. Look out for the report next month; sign up here for the upcoming webinar on carrier-run …
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Adoption of 5G could add £6.3 billion to the value of the UK manufacturing industry by 2030, according to a new report from Vodafone. Investment in 5G in manufacturing could …
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Google parent company Alphabet has announced the launch of a new robotics software company called Intrinsic, spun out of its X research lab, or so-called ‘moonshot factory’. The X division …
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Vodafone has kickstarted a trial with UK Power Networks to connect the UK electricity network on a dedicated slice of its national 5G network. The initiative is part of the …
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Germany-based security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has acquired UK-based IoT airtime roaming and private network provider Pod Group for an undisclosed fee. Pod claims to have a hand in 600-odd …
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Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘Software AG, StarHub and the blueprint for carrier-led industrial private 5G’, available here. Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software …
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Federated Wireless has signed with Intel to use its Smart Edge platform to pursue private network trials using CBRS spectrum in the education sector in the US. The move is …
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US-based LoRaWAN platform provider Senet has said it is expanding its public LoRaWAN network in the Tampa Bay metropolitan region in Florida. The network extension, covering over 1,600 square miles …
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Let’s cut to the chase: will Sigfox and LoRaWAN, painted as arch rivals at the low-power end of the IoT space, ever be combined into a single IoT solution? Will …
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Vodafone UK has restated its commitment to NB-IoT and doubled the number of sites in its narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network to meet increasing demand for IoT services, it says. The …
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The magic in private cellular networks comes with the radio, and not with the core, says Nokia. And the magic in the radio cannot be so easily copied or imitated; …
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KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom, flush from an injection of new funds from Hitachi and Sony Group, has launched a new platform to allow IoT developers to connect devices using …
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Deutsche Telekom, China Unicom, Orange, China Mobile, and Vodafone have ranked top, apparently in order, in an assessment of 20 mobile network operators for enterprise 5G connectivity. These five are …
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Software AG remains set on its strategy to make mobile operators the go-to agents for private 5G in ‘vertical’ spectrum, and particularly in the Industry 4.0 space where it retains …
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Finnish private networking specialist Edzcom has been appointed by industrial machine manufacturer MGA Technologies to build a private 5G network at its new Industry 4.0 innovation lab near Lyon, in …