News out of MWC a couple of weeks back that Cisco had teamed with NTT to get serious about big-ticket private 5G for multinational enterprises was somewhat overshadowed by rival HPE’s purchase of core network specialist Athonet to do the same. But that was...
Unabiz has announced yet another deal in its unremitting pursuit of a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) mashup, as it seeks to add the telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB) standard, commercialised in the the Johnny-come-lately MIOTY technology, to its developing roster of hybrid Sigfox and LoRaWAN solutions...
Swedish telecoms group Telia Company has developed a new machine vision solution for inventory management in warehouses which runs on a hybrid (‘virtual’; semi-private) private 5G network. The project, part of its work with Finnish logistics group Transval, automatically tracks and reports on the...
The new working group will define and identify digital twin applications for the telecommunications industry
The Digital Twin Consortium (DTC) announced a new working group with the aim of addressing the application and adoption of digital twins in the telecommunications market.
In a release, DTC noted...
Samsung Electronics has announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) chipset, the Exynos Connect U100, for use in mobile, automotive, and IoT devices. The new hardware solution offers precise distance measurements, down to “single-digit centimetres”, reckons the South Korean firm. It has introduced the U100 as...
Network design and services firm Betacom has developed a perimeter surveillance solution to run on private LTE and 5G networks in airports, warehouses, factories, and other venues. It has worked with Swedish cybersecurity networking outfit Axis Communications and US cybersecurity software firm Evolon on...
BT has said it is to make a “multi-million-pound investment” in mobile edge computing (MEC), rooted in its LTE (4G) and 5G network infrastructure. Its mission is to bring enterprise services and applications closer to customers. It is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
Core network specialist Druid Software has announced a deal with French neutral host operator and system integrator TDF to jointly provide private 5G systems to critical industry in France. The announcement is part of a charm offensive by the Irish firm both home and...
Something is afoot in the brave new IoT world of smart labels; DB Schenker, the logistics division of German rail firm Deutsche Bahn, has announced a smart-label solution to track small freight consignments globally. Israeli startup Sensos, the company behind the solution, is a...
German chemical company BASF is to deploy a private 5G network at a facility in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium with the help of local networking specialist Citymesh. The development, which actually follows a number of cellular-linked Industry 4.0 trials in the area,...
Semtech has launched a new multi-band LoRa transceiver for IoT devices to support global spectrum bands and lower power consumption. The new LR1121 transceiver delivers terrestrial low-power wide-area (LPWA) connectivity for LoRaWAN devices operating at 470MHz, 868MHz and 915MHz, and for LoRa devices running...
The thing about new private cellular, and all the Industry 4.0 pyrotechnics that might burst from it, is that it is not just about shifting boxes and optimising business. There is ostensibly a very neat – and very convenient, cynics might suggest – environmental...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has introduced a new open-source data converter for Microsoft Azure to enable IoT data going via Aruba Wi-Fi access points to be used in sundry business intelligence and analytics applications in the Azure platform. The firm’s Aruba business has worked...
Put a pin in the bombast and a rinse in the dazzle; if MWC is an industry waypoint on the telecoms road, then the 2023 version said private cellular, as a bountiful diversion, is probably just about on the horizon line. Unlike two years...
Barcelona, Spain- Industrial companies embracing 5G-based digital intelligent transformation strategies can achieve significant benefits including cost reduction, efficiency improvement, quality enhancement, energy savings and safety, Chen Zhiping, VP and GM of branding and PR strategies at ZTE said during a session at Mobile World...
HFCL said that the private 5G collaboration will target verticals including manufacturing, retail, warehouse, mining, education, defence and smart city
Indian company HFCL, which focuses on digital networks for telcos, enterprises and governments, announced a collaboration with Microsoft to create converged private 5G solutions.
In...
Semtech has rebranded to incorporate its acquisition of Sierra Wireless into its iconography and impose some visual logic on its expanded product portfolio – and also to position itself, as a home for both non-cellular and cellular IoT, as a proponent of planet-saving tech....
As part of the deal, Bouygues Telecom’s 5G network and private network solutions will be coupled with Siemens France’s IoT solutions
French companies Bouygues Telecom Entreprises, Alten and Siemens France have signed a three-year partnership with the aim of developing solutions to boost industrial 5G...
Ahead of LoRaWAN Live in Orlando next week (March 14-16), and on the back of interesting recent crossover deals with both the cellular and non-cellular IoT crowds, RCR Wireless caught up with Donna Moore (pictured), chair of the LoRa Alliance, to discuss how the...
The private 5G market – or at least the hard-nosed Industry 4.0 end of it – has reached an “inflection point”, reckons global system integrator Kyndryl. So much so, the firm has had to move hard to keep up with demand. “Our biggest concern...
Ericsson and Aeris Communications sought, somehow, to raise confidence in their conjoined IoT strategy at MWC, following the sale of Ericsson’s loss-making IoT Accelerator business to long-time partner Aeris at the end of last year. In Barcelona, Ericsson hosted Aeris on its stand, and...
Late news out of MWC; Schneider Electric, Capgemini, and Qualcomm Technologies have worked together to develop an automated hoisting solution to attach to private 5G networks. The trio called it a “first-of-its-kind” solution; a prototype has been installed at Schneider Electric’s hoisting lab in...
Cisco and NTT announced a deal to collaborate on private 5G in the automotive, logistics, healthcare, retail, and public sectors. They said they will “co-innovate”, and combine to bring to market both “technology and managed services”. Specifically, they said they would combine NTT’s managed...
IT services company Capgemini has opened a 5G solutions facility in San Francisco, in the US, to help enterprises boost their adoption of 5G and edge technologies. Located at Capgemini’s Applied Innovation Exchange (AIE), the center claims to provide a co-creation environment for innovative...
