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AT&T and Nokia deploy private LTE network at APM Terminals port in Yucatán, Mexico

AT&T in Mexico has installed a private LTE network from Finnish vendor Nokia at the APM Terminals port in Puerto Progreso, in the Yucatán in Mexico. The pair are billing the new LTE installation as “industrial grade”. It uses Nokia’s Digital Automaton Cloud (DAC)...

The question is always the same: ‘Can we trust you?’ – NTT on its big-ticket 5G wins

NTT is making waves in the private 5G market right now; deals with BMW on a test installation at its production site in Dingolfing in Germany and with local airport operator Fraport on a major commercial engagement at Frankfurt Airport (which followed a parallel...

Private 5G rocks, says private 5G provider – with bigger savings, returns than Wi-Fi 6

More research from a private cellular network provider into the business value of private cellular networks says… private cellular networks rock, compared to enterprise Wi-Fi. Well, of course they do – the findings echo previous total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) calculations, from Nokia and others (and they...

Telit strikes again with acquisition of US custom IoT startup Mobilogix

Italian-American IoT module maker Telit has followed up its deal for the cellular IoT division of French firm Thales with the purchase of California-based custom IoT solutions startup Mobilogix for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition has closed already, said Telit. Mobilogix will make Telit...

Digi White Paper: Solutions for Utilities – Increasing Efficiency with Connectivity

Using Digi solutions, a power company can optimize grid performance, prevent outages, restore outages faster when they do occur, and enable consumers to manage their own energy usage right down to the individual networked appliance. The routers were a desirable choice for ElectriCities because of...

The top 10 industry sectors for private 5G

A California-based research firm, called TECHnalysis Research, has polled 400 US-based organisations either using or interested in using private cellular networks, and come up with a handy (regional-anecdotal) snapshot of the state of the market, with some decent figures to consider. Among them, it...

Nokia reportedly in talks with Adani to deploy 5G private networks

Adani Data Networks had secured 400 megahertz of spectrum in the 26 GHz band   Finnish vendor Nokia is in talks with Indian company Adani Data Networks to deploy private 5G using the millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported, citing a...

Euro transport and space agencies team up on satellite comms for smart vehicles

ERTICO, the European public-private collective of road transport agencies and organisations, has signed a provisional deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to collaborate on space technology and services to improve the safety and reliability of assisted and automated vehicles on European roads. The...

Behind the green curtain – Semtech reveals magic to merge cellular and non-cellular IoT

Note, this article is continued from a previous entry, available here.  So what happens behind the ‘green curtain’, exactly? What is the trick that non-cellular IoT leader Semtech is looking to pull off with its purchase of cellular IoT maker Sierra Wireless? Or rather, how...

Vodafone Idea seeks partners to boost enterprise segment: Report

Vodafone Indea secured frequencies in a recent 5G auction   Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea is focusing on potential partnerships with the aim of expanding its enterprise solutions following the acquisition of 5G frequencies, local newspaper The Economic Times reported. “The 5G ecosystem is still evolving. Our...

A truly connected enterprise is in sight, says Software AG (Reader Forum)

As the modern-day enterprise continues growing in complexity, so too does the data used within it – both in nature and usage. This is especially true of businesses employing IoT networks. Connected devices are becoming increasingly more sophisticated in terms of their functionality and...

Betacom and Airspan deploy private 4G/5G for Texas logistics company Teltech Group

Network design and services firm Betacom is helping logistics company Teltech Group to deploy a private LTE/5G network to automate its 200,000 square-foot warehouse in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. The warehouse will be a “showcase for warehouse automation and Industry 4.0 IoT capabilities”,...

TCS aims to help Indian firms to deploy private networks: Report

The DoT has recently invited applications from enterprises that are willing to set up private networks in India   Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) aims to help companies and organizations across different verticals to set up their 5G private networks, Indian newspaper The Economic Times...

Semtech on Sierra deal – ‘We are siding with the developer, and siding with the planet’

There is a temptation to view this deal as symbolic, somehow, suggests Enterprise IoT Insights; that with the purchase of cellular IoT champ Sierra Wireless, Semtech is stepping beyond the enduringly fragmented, slightly disjointed, vaguely dysfunctional unlicensed low-power end of the wide-area (LPWA) IoT...

Senet approves LoRaWAN gateways and sensors from China-based Milesight

LoRaWAN operator and system provider Senet has said it has approved gateways from China-based Milesight, which majors in analytics-based IoT solutions to run on LoRaWAN and 5G networks. The pair called it a “partnership to qualify Milesight LoRaWAN gateways and sensor-enabled end devices for...

India’s Adani Data Networks plans to provide domestic private 5G networks

Adani Data Networks, a subsidiary of Adani Group, recently secured 400 megahertz of spectrum in the 26 GHz band   Indian company Adani Data Networks, which is a subsidiary of local conglomerate Adani Group, has applied for a universal license in six geographic regions across India. According...

Nordic Semiconductor expands low-power IoT range with first Wi-Fi chip

Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its low-power IoT hardware portfolio to include Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. The Norwegian outfit has debuted its first Wi-Fi chip, the nRF7002, which it describes as a “companion IC (integrated circuit)’ to go alongside its existing products, in order to add...

Drei launches LoRaWAN network in Austria

Drei has been currently working with its partner SPL TELE in the expansion of the LoRaWAN network   Austrian operator Hutchinson Drei has set up a LoRaWAN network in upper Austria, parts of lower Austria, Vienna and the Burgenland region, the telco said in a release. Drei...

More isn’t always better: Three dangers of cheap IoT devices

More isn’t always better. Despite the Internet of Things (IoT) growing to 15 billion worldwide devices next year, many are cheap in price and quality. The result is lowering cybersecurity and overloading networks at a time when devices are increasingly entering the home and...

Lyft, Motional to launch new robotaxi in Vegas

Motional and Lyft have been conducting autonomous rides in Las Vegas since 2018   Motional and Lyft announced the launch of the former’s new all-electric IONIQ 5-based robotaxi, an autonomous vehicle (AV) designed for fully driverless ride-hail operation, as part of the Lyft network in Las...

Semtech supports water monitoring system in New Zealand

IoT Ventures selected Semtech to supply LoRa devices for its Drought Early Warning System, a network of low-cost rainwater tank and rain monitors   IoT semiconductor company Semtech announced a collaboration with New Zealand’s IoT Ventures and global connectivity provider Lacuna Space. As part of this collaboration,...

Comba secures part of a picocell contract with China Mobile

Comba noted that this deployment with China Mobile involved 20,000 small cell base stations   Hong Kong-based wireless infrastructure provider Comba Network, which is a subsidiary of Comba Telecom, said it was recently selected by China Mobile to contribute to the rollout of a large deployments...

US Army’s next-gen weapons program to use firearms with IoT tech

ARC said it technology platform will provide data on individual weapons at scale   National security and public safety company Armaments Research Company (ARC)said that its IoT technology will be introduced in the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program of record, in partnership with Sig Sauer. The...

Hyundai Motor, Boston Dynamics announce AI R&D center in the US

Hyundai Motor Group said that the set up of the new AI center in Massachusetts will require a total investment of $424 million   Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics announced an investment of $424 million to establish an artificial intelligence research center in the U.S. The...