When it comes to industrial 5G capabilities, the technology has yet to live up to the hype, according to Andreas Mueller, head of communication and network technology in the corporate research department of Robert Bosch. Speaking at the Brooklyn 6G Summit this week and...
Global cellular IoT provider 1NCE has launched in Japan with operator Softbank. Its debut in Japan comes six months after Softbank’s expanded stake in the firm was discussed, and four months after it was confirmed. Softbank, already a major investor in Cologne-headquartered 1NCE, announced...
Chinese IoT specialist Fibocom is looking to grow its business globally, and in support of that effort has recently launched several new products across its robust module portfolio. RCR Wireless News caught up with Fibocom’s SVP of IoT Overseas Sales Department Dan Schieler to learn...
When Turkish appliance manufacturer Arçelik began its digital transformation journey in 2015, it had the opportunity to start from scratch with its new factory in Ulmi, Romania, which was in the pipeline, but not yet built. Upon its completion, the Romania facility became the...
Swedish vendor Ericsson has completed the rollout of a private LTE network for regional US electric utility Evergy, covering 20 cell sites in Kansas and Missouri. Locally-headquartered engineering consultancy Burns & McDonnell has been engaged, also, on the new network’s design and build, and...
US-based cold chain management company DeltaTrak is working with Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson to provide global tracking and monitoring data for perishable food and biopharmaceutical products. An announcement says DeltaTrak is working with Ericsson “through Deutsche Telekom”; it adds that the firm is using...
The edge-optimized Kubernetes and Linux deployment targets resource-constrained devices
Red Hat on Tuesday announced Red Hat Device Edge, a new Kubernetes and Linux deployment aimed at resource-constrained edge devices. The new deployment is currently in development, but is planned as a developer preview early next...
Germany-based Becker Mining Systems, a supplier of systems and equipment for the mining industry, has agreed with Ericsson to resell the Swedish telecoms vendor’s private LTE and 5G bundle to its mining customers. The deal is a multi-country reselling agreement, said Ericsson. Becker Mining...
A smart cities story, which is really only about extending mobile broadband coverage; UK-based shared infrastructure provider Freshwave Group is working with operator Virgin Media O2 and media company Clear Channel to connect London bus stops, to provide LTE network densification for mobile operators...
Fujitsu noted that the digital annealer offers users access to powerful combinatorial optimization problem-solving capabilities for challenges that prove difficult for conventional hardware
Japanese ICT company Fujitsu and compatriot firm Toyota Systems announced the launch of a new automobile production instruction system at Toyota‘s Tsutsumi...
An addendum of sorts, to the piece Enterprise IoT Insights compiled at the end of last week (October 21), on private networks in numbers; Analysys Mason has just issued a report that says private LTE/5G network deployments are “growing rapidly”, to the point spending...
We need to talk about private networks (some more). Because earlier this month, Enterprise IoT Insights opened the European edition of Private Networks Forum with a salutary address about the market, going so far as to suggest business is “flying” in most major industrial...
Rogers will establish the Rogers Technology Center of Excellence at the Norcat Underground Center to develop new solutions for the global mining industry
Canadian operator Rogers Communications and skilled labor training company Norcat have announced a five-year strategic relationship to accelerate technology adoption in the...
Samsung has been focusing on the provision of private 5G networks in a number of markets including Japan, Korea and the U.S.
Korean vendor Samsung Electronics announced it is currently supporting Japanese telco NTT East’s private 5G network expansion.
In a release, the company said that...
Note, this is a revised version of the intro/outro statements at Private Networks European Forum earlier this month, presented then as a way to invite conversation about the state of ‘things’ in Europe, and re-presented now as a think-piece for the same. It considers...
Nokia hailed “notable strength in private wireless” for sending enterprise sales spiralling upwards by 22 percent during the third quarter of 2022. The firm’s enterprise unit outperformed the rest of the business, with overall sales rising six percent over the same period a year...
Smarter communities bring real benefits, but creating them requires the right technology and the right partners from the outset.
In our new Smart communities report 2022 ‘The building blocks of smarter, more connected communities’, we examine how organisations regard smart communities, as well as their...
A panel session at Private Networks European Forum earlier this month put the spotlight on the discipline of private 5G and edge system management, specifically, where traditional mobile operators are increasingly facing-off with rival factions in the developing Industry 4.0 supplier market. These other...
BT said that the project consortium has shown how key agricultural processes can be optimized through improving forecasting accuracy, increasing farm productivity and reducing fruit waste and fungicide use
U.K. operator BT said it has delivered a robotics platform and management system, as part of...
Bosch CyberCompare supports companies and the public sector when purchasing cybersecurity for enterprise IT, Operational Technology and IoT used in production or products
German company Bosch announced plans to launch its cybersecurity procurement platform Bosch CyberCompare in the U.K. market.
Bosch CyberCompare supports companies and the...
TCS also said it aims to use mmWave spectrum for its own internal operations
Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), part of holding company Tata Group, has applied to participate in the demand study for 5G private networks being conducted by India’s Department of Telecommunications...
Nokia said that this transformation project is expected to create more than 340 new high-value jobs
Nokia Canada announced plans to transform its facility in the city of Ottawa into a sustainable research and development (R&D) hub with funding from the federal, provincial and city...
US-based food manufacturing giant Mars has rolled out digital twin technology, marrying IoT sensor outputs with AI analytics inputs in a edge/cloud dashboard, across its factories in the US, specifically to reduce instances of over-filling packages in food production. The solution, designed with IT...
The Airtel ‘Always On’ solution complies with the Automotive Research Association of India’s AIS-140 standard implemented by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Indian operator Bharti Airtel announced the launch of its new IoT connectivity solution, dubbed “Always On."
In a release, the telco said...
