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‘Scale is the thing’ – Schneider Electric sets out strategy as private 5G user and reseller

Note, for more on this topic, and more on Schneider Electric's private 5G story, catch Zach Nimboorkar on the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on April 28 on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard). He is joined by speakers from ABI Research, MFA...

Dish and Cisco partner with Duke University to trial CBRS neutral-host network

Dish Wireless and Cisco, in partnership with Internet2, have launched a Neutral Host Network (NHN) pilot at Duke University using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) shared spectrum. Stephen Bye, chief commercial officer at Dish Wireless, explained that it can be challenging to provide consistently reliable connectivity...

Nokia shifts private 5G sales strategy to go all-indirect, zero-touch, mega-sized

Another challenge, apart from devices, with the mission to scale industrial 5G is with sales channels. Speaking a while back, following its “flagship” arrangement with system integrator Kyndryl for its various Industry 4.0 gear, Nokia says its strategy on private networks has shifted, decisively....

UnaBiz appointed as new owner of Sigfox SA and Sigfox France SAS 

Singapore-based UnaBiz is the new owner of France-based ultra-narrowband IoT company Sigfox, the Commercial Court of Toulouse confirmed today. UnaBiz has acquired Sigfox SA, the primary technology company, and Sigfox France SAS, its network operator subsidiary in France. The deal, which takes Sigfox out...

NEC launches suite of workplace management solutions

NEC said that its Smart Workspace components can be deployed individually or as a complete solution   NEC Corporation of America (NEC) has announced the launch of a comprehensive suite of workplace management solutions. In a release, NEC noted that hybrid working is taking the place of...

Sierra Wireless partners with Orange Wholesale to boost IoT coverage

Sierra Wireless had initially entered an IoT partnership with Orange Wholesale France in 2021   IoT specialist Sierra Wireless announced a news partnership with Orange Wholesale France, with the aim of expanding its access to global networks and connectivity coverage across Europe. Sierra Wireless had initially entered...

The big 5G problem – not networks, not spectrum, but devices (Talking 5G Blues)

Note, for more on this topic, and to hear more from MFA and others, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28 – also featuring speakers from ABI Research, Schneider Electric, and Vodafone; check...

Volume, complexity, security to drive IoT device management sales to $36bn by 2026

Global revenues from IoT device management services will top $36.8 billion by 2026, according to ABI Research. The forecast represents a compound annual jump (CAGR) of 17.1 percent, from around $16.7 billion at the end of 2021. It said spiralling interest in IoT device...

SAS helps improve vaccine cold chain integrity with IoT analytics

The NC Collaboratory turned to SAS Analytics for IoT and Microsoft Azure for this project   The North Carolina Collaboratory and analytics specialist SAS are using IoT analytics and sensor data from vaccine storage freezers to strengthen cold chain integrity and improve dosage delivery, particularly to...

Dell Technologies to enterprises: ‘Make your plans to incorporate 5G’

Private 4G/5G and edge computing are key enablers of enterprise digital transformation Seeing a big opportunity in enterprise adoption of 5G and complementary solutions, Dell Technologies has invested heavily in establishing and growing its Telecom Systems Business. The group works with operators, who themselves are...

Utilities are starting to benefit from initial 5G use cases: Telit

The Telit executive said that artificial intelligence can transform utilities customer engagement as well as their operations   Companies operating in the utility sector are starting to see the benefits of certain initial use cases enabled by 5G technology, Jitender Vohra, director of carrier relations at...

SoftBank Robotics partners with UnaBiz to integrate IoT sensors, robotics

This alliance is part of SoftBank Robotics’ roadmap to implement an IoT system onto a unified smart facility management platform   SoftBank Robotics Group (SBRG) has announced a partnership with IoT provider UnaBiz, with the aim of integrating IoT sensors and robotics in building management and...

NTT announces new managed campus networks services enhancements

NTT’s Managed Campus Networks solution complements NTT’s Managed SD-WAN and Managed Private 5G offerings   NTT, a global technology and business solutions provider, announced a number of enhancements to its Managed Campus Networks service, a portfolio of consulting, technical and managed services designed to provide integrated...

1NCE upon a time in the West – how 1NCE brought order to the global IoT game

Yes, we have done the Leone analogy before, kind-of (see: 1NCE upon a time in America), but the original Spaghetti Western title works even better to tell the story, briefly, of how cellular IoT rode into town on a horse called 1NCE, and brought...

Sigfox sale gets delayed to April 21 – ‘a week to convince the government,’ says UnaBiz

The Commercial Court of Toulouse in France has delayed its decision on the sale of Sigfox until April 21. The decision, originally scheduled for today (April 14), gives Singapore-based UnaBiz, the long-time front-runner to buy ailing IoT firm, another week to appeal against the...

France’s Derichebourg Multiservices installs 1,200 sensors into ceiling lights at new HQ

France-based facility services company Derichebourg Multiservices has integrated 1,200 IoT sensors into the LED ceiling lights at its new headquarters in Créteil (pictured), near Paris. Data from the sensors will help the firm optimise its energy management at the site, as well as to...

Sigfox spies skulduggery – UnaBiz blocked (and appealed) as Sigfox sale gets political

Singapore-based UnaBiz, the front-runner in the race to buy Sigfox, has had its bid for the ailing French IoT firm blocked by the French Ministry of Economy, as political hyper-sensitivity around economic nationalism, and even protectionism, mounts ahead of the French presidential elections on...

Smart buildings to reach 115 million in 2026: Juniper Research

Juniper Research found that the global shipments of sensors used in smart buildings will exceed 1 billion annually in 2026    The number of buildings globally deploying smart building technologies will reach 115 million in 2026, an increase from 45 million in 2022, according to a...

A ‘most complex’ challenge – Bosch and AWS knit together global logistics services

Bosch and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are combining on a new digital services platform for the logistics industry, to launch in Europe, India, and the US in late 2022. Bosch is in charge of the platform itself, developing and operating the solution, which includes...

“The fate of Sigfox is in your hands” – Henri Bong’s open letter to President Macron

An Open Letter to Presidential Candidate Macron Subject: Resumption of Sigfox activity #SauvonsSigfox #ReviensLeon Presidential candidate Macron, You gave me a taste for politics. You have given me hope in a government with progressive values, capable of destroying dogmatic practices that chained France to immobility and futile...

Lufthansa Technik doubles-down on private 5G in Hamburg workshops

Lufthansa Technik, which has arguably set down the definitive private 5G deployment in the Industry 40 sector, has extended its private 5G network in Hamburg, Germany, to a second aircraft engine ‘overhaul workshop’, it has announced. The firm is now running remote parts inspection...

5G could be a game changer for the utilities sector: Ericsson

Ericsson believes that the real promise of 5G for a utility is the introduction of lower network latencies   The adoption of 5G technologies could be a game changer for utility companies, Per Wahlen, vice president and head of Business Development at Ericsson North America, told...

GCF joins with 5G-ACIA to ‘investigate’ industrial 5G certification needs

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly investigate industrial 5G certification needs. The pair said they will share information on industrial IoT use cases and related requirements for testing...

Swedish motorcycle maker RGNT selects Telenor IoT

Telenor IoT currently operates 17 million of IoT connections globally and has access to over 500 networks in more than 200 countries   Swedish electric motorcycle manufacturer RGNT Motorcycles has selected Nordic operator Telenor IoT to scale their connectivity solutions. With Telenor IoT’s connectivity service, RGNT will...