Private cellular specialist Citymesh has struck a deal with Proximus to offer mobile and fixed telecom services on the Proximus network in Belgium, running alongside localised cellular services in 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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Telstra and Ericsson have struck a deal to bundle localised edge-based 5G connectivity and compute functions for enterprises in Australia. The pair are looking to develop a reusable “edge cloud …
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A1 Austria is working with Nokia to deploy private LTE and 5G networks for enterprises in Austria. The pair have already worked together to deploy private wireless campus networks in …
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Following four years of research and interviews with leaders in the industrial IoT (IIoT) space, Cambashi has settled on nine ‘verticals’, or ‘connected market areas’ for IIoT applications. These are: buildings, …
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NEC Corporation has opened a mobility test centre in Japan to develop autonomous driving technologies and intelligent transportation systems. The setup uses a private 5G network running high-speed video analytics …
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BT has installed a dedicated public 5G network at the University of Warwick in the UK in what it reckons is a first for the country. The new setup comprises …
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Note, this article is taken from a new report on the asset tracking sector, called Asset Tracking – and the March Towards Massive IoT. The report can be downloaded here. With …
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Time for an update on the state of play in the industrial IoT platform market; there are numerous studies and rankings of the principle platforms in the space, but Gartner’s …
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A Swiss startup has produced a self-disinfecting door handle that integrates an IoT module and platform to count and monitor usage, and signal for refills. The product, available in 2021 …
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Mercedes-Benz has integrated its in-car voice assistant system with the home-based Samsung-owned SmartThings platform to enable drivers and passengers to interact with connected devices in their homes. It is the …
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Could 5G networks in the future be fixed in the sky, aboard fleets of hydrogen-powered aircraft, instead of being fixed to masts and buildings with expensive rents? This is a …
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Telecoms roaming broker BICS has struck a deal with telematics provider Gurtam to provide international IoT asset monitoring and fleet management in 200-odd countries. The collaboration combines BICS’ global IoT …
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Cities must keep faith in “tech-first optimism” as they grapple with the fallout from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the next five years. A new forecast for smart-city spending in …
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Note, this article is taken from a new report on the asset tracking sector, called Asset Tracking – and the March Towards Massive IoT. The report can be downloaded here. …
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The number of industrial IoT connections will double in volume (up by 107 percent) in the next five years, going from 17.7 billion in 2020 to 36.8 billion in 2025; …
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Dutch chip-maker NXP Semiconductors has expanded its ultra-wideband (UWB) portfolio to include new integrated circuits (ICs) for IoT use cases including smart locks and real-time location system (RTLS) tags. UWB …
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Orange has announced new partners and revealed the results of new use cases to test private industrial-grade 5G at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium, the second largest port in …
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Electronics manufacturer Inventec has deployed a 5G standalone (5G SA) network at its plant in Taiwan, to bring automation and intelligence to its production line. The setup uses networking software …
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German system integrator Smart Mobile Labs is working with Nokia to deploy a private 5G network at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany, according to the Finnish vendor. It called …
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STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has followed up the summer purchases of France-based ultra-wideband (UWB) specialist BeSpoon and Canada-based cellular IoT connectivity firm Riot Micro with a deal for cellular IoT and 5G …
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Zeetta Networks and the University of Bristol have switched on a private LTE testbed at the UK’s National Composites Centre as part of the government-backed 5G-ENCODE project, which seeks to …
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The timing is uncanny, and probably rigged, but Nokia has followed old rival Ericsson to announce a deal with AT&T for cloud-based private LTE, and trumped it – in terms …
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Australian IoT operator National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has turned on a city-wide LoRaWAN network in Sydney, Australia, stretching north of the city along the Upper North Shore and west …
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RCR Wireless News · Private Wireless Podcast – Cost aspect of Private Wireless (ep. 1) Welcome to the inaugural episode of ‘Private Wireless’, a monthly podcast series where we explore the …
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What is asset tracking, anyway? And what is it worth? Because tracking of machine data, one way or another, is easily conflated with the internet-of-things (IoT) movement, at large. And …
