BROWSING: LTE

Vilicom taps Athonet for private LTE/5G core network at Moray East windfarm in UK

Athonet has confirmed it is providing UK-based cellular system integrator Vilicom with the core network for its new private LTE installation at the Moray East windfarm off the coast of Scotland. The Moray East setup is billed as the first off-shore private LTE network....

Viaero Wireless selects Ericsson for 5G upgrade

U.S. regional telecommunications company Viaero Wireless has selected Swedish vendor Ericsson to replace and upgrade its existing LTE equipment to end-to-end 5G-ready products and solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson will replace existing core, radio access network (RAN), microwave and router equipment across...

Nokia, DigitalC to use Private LTE, CBRS to address digital divide in Cleveland, Ohio

Nokia is leveraging its Digital Automation Cloud end-to-end private wireless solution to bring affordable and reliable internet access to thousands of people in Cleveland Nokia is focusing its latest digital divide efforts in Cleveland, Ohio where the company is working with non-profit organization, DigitalC, to...

Citymesh teams with TowerEye on private LTE for festivals and events in Belgium

Citymesh is working with Belgium-based TowerEye on temporary private LTE (4G) networks for festivals and other events. Their private 4G installations will provide connectivity for ticket scanning, contactless payments, and Covid checks, plus flexibility to support other mobile and IoT applications. Broadcasting, and augmented...

Edzcom partners on mission-critical private 5G for emergency services, heavy industry

Finnish industrial networking specialist Edzcom is working with France-based communications software provider Streamwide to bring higher-grade security to mission critical private LTE and 5G networks. It said the partnership will allow it to expand its offering in the ‘critical communications market’. Streamwide divides its portfolio...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: The single score for network quality of experience (QoE)

Download this white paper to learn how the NPS integrates voice and data KPIs to calculate an overall network score and deliver improvement recommendations. The white paper also describes how Rohde & Schwarz (MNT) products implement the network performance score versions 1.1 and 1.2. In...

‘The objective is to minimise recovery time’ – the three-tier model for private 5G support

Spain-based Telefónica, as we have heard, is to establish regional network operations centres (NOCs) in Spain, Brazil, the UK, and Germany in order to manage private 5G networks on behalf of key industrial enclaves. This confirms what Enterprise IoT Insights heard previously, from Vodafone,...

Reconsidering PON: A shared platform for mobile backhaul (Sponsored)

The value of fiber for mobile network transport is undisputed: The enormous capacity and speed that fiber can enable is unmatched. But as operators bend ever more of their financial and operational resources toward deploying 5G networks, they may be overlooking an existing fiber...

IoT security market to hit $8bn by 2026 – to protect LTE, NB-IoT, LTE-M networks

The market for IoT security services will pass $8 billion by 2026, according to ABI Research, spurred by the need to secure spiralling numbers of IoT connections, mostly on LTE-based 4G mobile broadband, and NB-IoT and LTE-M based low-power IoT networks. The company reckons the...

‘Operators will change shape too’ – Radisys unpicks the private 5G riddle for telcos

Note, this article is taken from a longer editorial report on private 5G enterprise NOCs; to access the report, click here, or on the image below. For the attendant webinar on the same subject, including panellists from ABI Research, Vodafone, and Radisys, go here. US-based Radisys,...

Deutsche Telekom has deployed 55,000 5G base stations across Germany

German telco Deutsche Telekom’s 5G network already reached 55,000 base stations across Germany, the operator said in a release. According to the carrier, its 5G network infrastructure currently covers 85% of the German population. Deutsche Telekom also said it aims to exceed the 90% mark by...

Orange and Siemens team up on Industry 4.0 in France

Orange Business Services, the global enterprise division of France-based operator Orange, has struck a deal with German industrial giant Siemens in France to combine on industrial IoT, private 5G networks, cloud and edge computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity.  The partnership brings together the two companies’...

Federated Wireless, Learning Alliance to train 2,000 CBRS network installers

Federated Wireless is working with Learning Alliance Corporation, offering vocational training with businesses and colleges, to issue more than 2,000 certificates to newly qualified private-network installation engineers working with LTE in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) in the US. They said the move is...

France ends August with 28,821 authorized cell sites for 5G

France had a total of 28,821 5G authorized sites as of September 1, of which 17,559 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information provided by France’s spectrum agency ANFR. ANFR said that the number of authorized 5G sites...

‘5G is not a special flower’ – a two-sided tale of telcos’ trouble with enterprise 5G

If the main event – the big report from which this article is taken – makes the case for operator-led management of private industrial 5G networks, with a primary investigation into how and where they might run operations, then the below Q&A session veers...

Celona claims O-RAN compliant private 5G, inks investment deal for federal 5G systems

California-based private LTE/5G startup Celona is the first company to implement the O-RAN Alliance’s specifications for open radio access network (open RAN) software in private 5G enterprise networks, it has said. Celona said its O-RAN-compliant capabilities, newly certified, confirm its so-called ‘edgeless’ 5G architecture...

Mediacom taps Ericsson for rural CBRS fixed wireless

Mediacom began testing CBRS applications in 2019, and spent almost $30 million for 576 licenses in the PALs spectrum auction As the U.S. government funnels billions of dollars into rural broadband, Ericsson and Mediacom Communications have announced a partnership aimed at extending broadband services...

Vilicom and Mavenir team up on ‘UK-first’ open-RAN private LTE for offshore windfarm

UK-based cellular system integrator Vilicom has selected Mavenir to provide a private LTE network based on open RAN architecture for an off-shore wind farm in Scotland. The project is the first of its kind in the UK, the supplier companies said, combining open RAN...

‘Alarming’ – private 5G window is ‘closing to telcos’, almost before it opens

The rarefied opportunity for telcos to reinvent themselves with private 5G, as more than just dinosaur utility pipes, is about to pass the operator community by, according to ABI Research. The window of opportunity, presented by spectrum liberalisation and stripped-back 5G systems, is “closing”...

Utah Inland Port Authority to deploy private LTE/5G network from Athonet, Intel

The Utah Inland Port Authority, the state-run logistics agency developing a dry port in the northwest of Salt Lake City and other undeveloped land in Salt Lake County, has said it will build and manage its own private 5G network as the “foundation” for...

Free Mobile claims largest 5G network in France in terms of cell sites

French mobile operator Free Mobile, a subsidiary of Illiad, said its 5G network continues to be the largest in terms of cell sites, which results from its rollout on 700 MHz frequencies. The carrier also uses those airwaves to provide LTE services. The operator's...

Celona confirmed as key network partner is NTT’s global private 5G offer

More detail has emerged about NTT’s new private cellular as-a-service platform, launched last week for enterprises to deploy private LTE and 5G networks anywhere in the world. The firm has confirmed California-based private LTE/5G startup and CBRS champ Celona is providing the key LTE/5G...

Kajeet buys-in Red Rover private LTE practice to target schools, cities, industry

IoT connectivity provider Kajeet has acquired network design consultancy Red Rover, specialising in supply of LTE connectivity to ‘community and educational’ outlets, to launch a new private LTE networks practice. The acquisition fee has not been disclosed. Kajeet, which has been supplying wireless connectivity and...

GSA sees acceleration in 5G private networks globally

The industry organization Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) said that it is tracking at least 370 companies around the world that have been or are investing in private mobile networks, with 5G deployments beginning to gain momentum. The number includes trials and pilot deployments, commercial...