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Nokia launches 5G innovation platform in France

Nokia noted that the platform has the main goal of testing and integrating 5G industrial uses in France   Nokia announced the launch of the 5G Innov Lab platform as part of the France Recovery plan. In a release, the Finnish vendor noted that the platform has...

Las Vegas rolls the dice on a smart, data-driven future

As part of its smart city vision, Las Vegas has invested in a private LTE network and range of IoT initiatives With its iconic, glittering and air-conditioned high-rises, Las Vegas rises out of a hostile, arid desert climate, standing as a testament to what can...

1NCE doubles NB-IoT coverage with new roaming in Americas, Asia, Europe

Germany-based IoT provider 1NCE has said it has doubled its NB-IoT footprint with expansion into Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Slovak Republic, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United States. The company claimed it has the “world’s largest NB-IoT coverage map, available at a single...

Naver Cloud partners with Qualcomm for 5G drone system

Naver said that the new drone system is expected to be commercially available in 2023   Naver’s cloud computing arm, Naver Cloud, has partnered with U.S. chip manufacturer Qualcomm and local drone developer Argosdyne to build what it claims to be Korea’s first drones running on...

Private 5G networks to enable digital transformation of India: BIF

Last week, the Government of India announced plans to hold an auction of 5G spectrum by the end of July   Broadband India Forum (BIF) said that the decision by the Indian government to allow private firms to own and operate 5G private networks will pave...

US Ignite seeks proposals to install IoT based systems at Fort Carson

The initiative is part of the Artificial Intelligence for Traffic and Weather project at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs US Ignite is seeking proposals from technology partners to design, install and operationalize an IoT based real-time traffic and weather monitoring system at two military access...

Flight of the navigator – the Airbus quest to build, run its own multi-market 5G network

European aviation and aerospace firm Airbus effectively headlined the latest Private Networks Forum (PNF), hosted by RCR Wireless and Enterprise IoT Insights, in May, as the premier (the first, at least) enterprise on the schedule. Fresh from a panel with Intel, Qualcomm, and Telefónica,...

Singtel deploys 5G network at Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center

Singtel said it will implement its Paragon solution, an all-in-one platform for 5G networks, edge computing management and services orchestration   Singapore operator Singtel signed an agreement with Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) to deploy Singtel’s 5G infrastructure network solutions at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center...

Deutsche Telekom and Telia strike back at anti-operator agenda in private 5G market

Right, let’s see how good my notes are two days later; shortly following a shot-across-the-bows from a top analyst at a London private 5G event (Omdia’s Pablo Tomasi at Private Networks in a 5G World), Sweden-based Telia and Germany-based Deutsche Telekom, on behalf of...

IoT spending in Asia-Pacific to reach $436 billion in 2026: IDC

According to IDC, China will represent 60% of the regional IoT spending in 2022   IoT spending in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is forecasted to reach $436 billion in 2026, growing at a CAGR of 11.8% during the 2021-2026 period, according to a new report by...

Telit opens its new global headquarters in California

Telit said that the new Irvine office will also serve key projects and customers in the region   Global IoT specialist Telit announced the opening of its new global corporate headquarters in Southern California. The new office is located in the City of Irvine, in Orange County’s technology...

Google makes private 5G play – with Betacom, Boingo, Celona, and others

Google Cloud has followed hyperscale mega-rivals Microsoft and AWS into the private 5G market with a bunch of specialist vendor and channel partners, starting with Betacom, Boingo Wireless, Celona, Crown Castle, and Kajeet. It said it is offering “turn-key” private 5G with the option...

Hyundai Motor to pilot autonomous car-hailing RoboRide service in Seoul

Hyundai Motor plans to operate an initial demonstration service for internally selected personnel   Hyundai Motor Group announced it will pilot a RoboRide car-hailing service in Gangnam district, in Seoul, South Korea, utilizing IONIQ five battery electric vehicles (BEV) with in-house developed level 4 autonomous driving...

Operators advised to start again with private 5G in spectrum markets they still control

More operator-bashing this morning at a two-day Informa event in London (Private Networks in a 5G World, June 14 and 15); the opportunity to take cellular into enterprise premises is “fading away” from them, remarked Pablo Tomasi, principal analyst at Omdia, kicking-off the conference...

European IoT spending continues its double-digit growth: IDC

IDC noted that the largest share of IoT spending this year is expected to be in the manufacturing and resources sector   Enterprise IoT spending in Europe is expected to reach $208 billion in 2022, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things...

Rockwell Automation opens new facility in Korea

The new facility will be located at the Rockwell Automation Seoul office   Industrial automation specialist Rockwell Automation recently announced the opening of its Customer Experience Center (CEC) in Korea at the Rockwell Automation Seoul office. The newly opened center consists of five zones where customers can experience...

Integration, simplification, multiplication – three signs private 5G has come of age

This is a rehash (and extension, in the end) of a previous post, to an extent; but it distils the message from before, and says there are sure signs, at last, that the private cellular market, covering localised installations of enterprise-geared 5G, nominally, has...

Global shipments of cellular IoT modules grow 39% y-o-y in 2021: Study

Quectel, Fibocom, Sunsea AIoT, Thales and Telit, hold 68% of the cellular IoT modules market in terms of revenues last year   European IoT analyst firm Berg Insight reported that annual shipments of cellular IoT modules reached 428 million units in 2021, an increase of 39%...

Edzcom, Signify to build private smart-city network on 5G lightpoles in Finland

Finland-based Edzcom and Netherlands-based Signify have entered a partnership to build a private smart-city 5G and IoT network using street-lighting and other road infrastructure for the city of Tampere, in Finland. The network, which is to be deployed and densified in quick-time by Edzcom...

Siemens buys UK industrial IoT firm Senseye for global smart factory push

Siemens has acquired UK-based industrial IoT firm Senseye for an undisclosed fee. Senseye, founded in 2014, provides analytics-based (“AI-powered”) predictive maintenance solutions for industrial machines, offering ways to manage and reduce unplanned downtime and to boost productivity and sustainability. The firm, headquartered in Southampton, was...

Softbank takes equity stake in 1NCE – as “only company that can deliver global IoT”

Global cellular IoT provider 1NCE has confirmed a long-trailed deal with Softbank, a major investor already in the firm, to release equity to the Japan-based carrier in return for exclusive distribution rights in Asia Pacific. Softbank will sell 1NCE in 19 markets in the...

Nokia and Edzcom/Cellnex renew private 5G vows, hit the Industry 4.0 trail in Europe

It is a partnership of industrial-minded telco country-mates that effectively helped to build the early private LTE and 5G market, with joint references in a number of key installations in Europe over the last five years, notably in the ports and mining sectors; now...

Turkcell, Ericsson demo 5G-supported autonomous mobile robot solution

Turkcell will start providing 5G-ready private connectivity to its enterprise customers in the logistics sector with the support of Ericsson Private 5G solution   Turkcell and Ericsson said they have successfully performed a 5G industrial use case demonstration of a safe crossing for Autonomous Mobile Robots...

Astrocast to buy Dutch IoT scale-up Hiber, raise further funds for satellite network

Consolidation in the satellite IoT space, already, and again; Swiss satellite IoT operator Astrocast has agreed a deal to acquire busy Dutch industrial IoT scale-up Hiber. Astrocast, with a network of 12 nanosatellites as it stands, has a stated plan to have 20 in...