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 announcement last month it is to acquire a majority stake in Adelaide-based PowerHealth, a...
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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 crop varieties, as part of an autonomous drone-mounted machine vision application connecting between a...
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 will afford a way for merchant shipping customers to utilise IoT-based sensing and AI-based...
Deere & Company will acquire Bear Flag Robotics, a Silicon Valley-based startup, for $250 million to accelerate the development and delivery of smart farming tools like automation and autonomous vehicles.
"Deere views autonomy as an important step forward in enabling farmers to leverage their resources strategically to feed the world and...
5G will power remote control of industrial robots means to "help humans safely work in hazardous conditions"
In a move into 5G for industrial enablement, T-Mobile US announced this week it's partnering with a robotics firm to use the latest generation of cellular to embolden...
Federated Wireless has just completed a successful demonstration of a 5G private network in shared spectrum for the U.S. Department of Defense, ahead of a smart warehouse deployment at Marine Corps Base Albany 5G testbed.
The 5G network made use of 80 megahertz of CBRS...
Hitachi Rail purchasing Thales' Ground Transportation Systems business for approximately $2 billion
Japanese industrial heavyweight Hitachi Rail has entered into exclusive negotiations with French multinational Thales Group to purchase the former's Ground Transportation Systems business unit with an initial enterprise valuation just less than $2...
IoT connectivity firm Grid Connect launches Smart Power Cord for AWS
Investments in connectivity, cloud-based data processing, and the internet of things (IoT), is a key part of many industrial firms' digital transformation strategies. While 5G is seen as major driver of IoT implementations, there's...
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Automated guided vehicles are just one part of 5G manufacturing
An automated guided vehicle (AGV) is a portable robot that follows along marked long lines or wires on the floor, or...
Kajeet: Extending connected healthcare into homes without the internet is impossible
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Kajeet is perhaps best known as a mobile virtual network operator and MVNO enabler. The company was founded on a core mission of...
If connected healthcare becomes a primary delivery method, what about the 3 billion unconnected people?
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Lack of access to reliable broadband internet service is a global problem. At the end of April, Data Reportal...
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Will 5G manufacturing power the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will usher in smart factories. In these futuristic factories, connected devices will be able sense their environments and...
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 designing and integrating antennas into products. IoT antenna shipments will jump to 7.2 billion...
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 US. CTS is offering a managed private LTE/5G service to enterprises leveraging the Citizens...
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The response to the global COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of digital...
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 5G networks for private industrial usage, and to make 2021 a “boon year” for...
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There is no doubt that the emergence of 5G technology will have a great impact in the way Industry 4.0 manufacturers, or “smart factories,” produce and distribute goods. The key...
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At times, during the...
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 increase growth in the sector across the country, especially in the UK industrial heartlands...
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 has previously birthed standalone Alphabet businesses including autonomous car company Waymo and life sciences...