New research from Nokia says one third of enterprises in the energy, manufacturing, cities, and transportation sectors are already using 5G to drive industrial performance and digital change. Three in five enterprises will look to mobile operators for direction when planning 5G services, according...
UK-based Zeetta Networks has struck a deal with Germany-based open networking specialist Stordis to develop and distribute its management software for private LTE and 5G networks to enterprise resellers globally.
The deal covers distribution of the Zeetta Enterprise network management platform, which affords enterprises control...
Note, this article continues from a previous post, entitled, ‘Three-tiered private 5G offer emerges as telcos embrace vertical, unlicensed bands’. Click here to go to the first instalment.
Nokia has warned mobile operators to grasp the nettle of private cellular, even if they are stung...
New Japanese market entrant Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Rakuten, is having talks with several governments around the world regarding the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP), Tareq Amin, representative director, EVP and CTO of Rakuten Mobile, said in a recent press conference.
“It’s been...
A first principle of private cellular in shared or unlicensed spectrum is LTE-based networks can be quickly deployed in emergency scenarios. This is the idea with various network-in-a-box solutions, which can be helicoptered in to crisis zones.
Of course, crisis zones have become a feature...
Private LTE and 5G provider Quortus has secured investment from US-based edge analytics firm Communications Systems Inc (CSI) and UK-based telecoms solutions provider cellXion to drive sales in North America, Europe, and Japan, as the market for private industrial networking gathers pace.
Quortus, based in...
In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Farid Bichareh, smart factory chair at the Industrial Internet Consortium and chief technology officer at research and engineering firm AASA (and also at subsidiary LiFi solution provider 01LightComm). Bichareh...
Network operators are looking to segment their private LTE and 5G offers for enterprises into gold, silver, and bronze tiers to distinguish between standalone systems using slices of public networks, managed services using privately-licensed ‘vertical’ spectrum, and plug-and-play installations running in unlicensed bands.
So says...
Telekom Slovenia (Telekom Slovenije) has hailed the rollout of its 5G-connected smart factory in Slovenia, deployed with local industrial networking provider Iskratel, claiming it is making rapid headway to define its 5G-geared Industry 4.0 proposition for the wider market.
The state-owned network operator is following...
Mexico City has completed one of the fastest-ever integrated deployments of a connected city-wide surveillance system. The Mexican capital has seen 13,720 LTE-based video cameras installed in four months.
Austin-based video surveillance firm Eagle Eye Networks said it was installing 250 cameras per day in...
In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Justin Paul, director of marketing at Zeetta Networks, to discuss the challenges with AR (and VR) setups in the industrial space, as well as Zeetta Networks’ involvement in the...
Siemens has struck a deal with private network provider Ondas Networks to range the California firm’s wireless radio systems under its own brand in North America, as part of its offer to the railroad sector.
The German industrial giant will integrate radio technology from Ondas...
New Japanese market entrant Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Rakuten, has already activated a total of 4,738 radio stations in the country, which is more than the 3,432 initially planned, Rakuten Mobile chairman and CEO Mickey Mikitani said during a conference call...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to approve usage of six megahertz of 900 MHz spectrum for private networking by utility companies in the US, declaring the ‘juice is worth the squeeze’ despite its diminutive spread.
The six-megahertz is split between two five-megahertz holdings...
The internet balloons will provide a 4G service that supports Data, Voice, SMS and USSD
As part of a new Loon and Vodacom deal, the companies will use Loon’s balloon-based internet solution to expand the Vodacom network in Mozambique so that it can service un-served...
In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Ian Henderson, chief technologist for manufacturing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to discuss the challenges with contemporary AR (and VR) setups in the industrial space. Here is the interview, in...
Almost nine in 10 manufacturing businesses in the world’s industrial heartlands want their own private LTE and 5G networks to drive forward Industry 4.0 initiatives and digital transformation. Three quarters are set to upgrade their communications networks in the next two years. Wi-Fi and...
iBwave, the leaders in in-building network design, are proud to announce a new update to their software suite, Release 14.
Users can download the latest version to gain access to features such as 5G best beam analysis, Wi-Fi 6 design capability, and enhancements to...
Designed for leaders in wireless, this Award Solutions’ educational session delves into key considerations that competitive carriers need to know today to optimize the path towards 5G.
You’ll learn what 5G brings to the table, what carriers can do to prepare for 5G, get an...
Nokia’s enterprise chief Kathrin Buvac has quit the Finnish vendor to take a role at another technology firm. Her departure, scheduled for the end of the month, follows on the heels of the announcement Rajeev Suri, the company’s president and chief executive, will also...
Nokia’s enterprise business showed growth of almost 20 percent during the first quarter of 2020, compared with a year ago, on the back of continued sales momentum for private LTE networks to the industrial sector.
The Finnish firm, in the process of fielding a hostile...
The decision last week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make 1,200MHz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band in the US available for unlicensed usage, covering low-power operations over the full allocation and standard-power devices in 850MHz of the band, is a...
By 2025, almost one quarter (23 percent) of all private LTE and 5G networks will be deployed by smart cities, either at local or national government level. Other major industrial sectors to negotiate their own spectrum and manage their own wireless networks will be,...
Note, this article is taken from an editorial report on industrial AR, called Industrial AR – and the rise of the workers. The report is available to download here.
Let us start with the scenario the main article finishes (see report) with: a connected...
