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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...

Critical and complementary – setting the record straight on 5G and Wi-Fi

Time to set the record straight on cellular 5G and Wi-Fi 6/7, a panel of Industry 4.0 luminaries suggested at Private Networks Forum (PNF) a couple of weeks back; these technologies are not, and never will be, mutually exclusive, it implied. They will not...

Nokia deploys local 5G network in Japan

Nokia noted the solution includes the Japanese model of FastMile 5G Gateway, which was developed especially for local 5G use cases in Japan   Nokia announced that NS Solutions deployed Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology as part of a...

Athonet targets financial services sector with private 5G lab in London’s Square Mile

Private cellular network specialist Athonet has opened a 5G lab in the heart of London’s financial district dedicated to the financial-tech (fintech) scene. The initiative signals the Italy-based firm’s decision to move in earnest into the finance sector, by offering private 5G as a...

New Sigfox parent claims million-milestone and ready-supply for Sigfox 2.0 (‘Unabiz 0G’)

The first shot of blue sky in the murky Sigfox firmament? Maybe, just – even despite mutterings of discontent from the old guard and warnings of difficulty for the new regime. A press announcement, proclaiming the “first one-millionth” Sigfox tracker for European postal services,...

F5, SoftBank collaborate to provide advanced MEC services in Japan

SoftBank began nationwide deployment of MEC for 5G SA (5G MEC) in May 2022   F5 announced collaboration with Japanese operator SoftBank, to provide advanced Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) services in Japan and international markets. SoftBank began nationwide deployment of MEC for 5G SA (5G MEC) in...

Samsung Electronics, Naver Cloud claim first 5G private network in Korea

Samsung Electronics and Naver Cloud signed a MoU in March 2022 for a private 5G network collaboration   Korean companies Samsung Electronics and Naver Cloud announced that the companies have joined together to switch what they claim to be South Korea’s first private 5G network. Samsung noted...

NTT Com launches global service to support deployment of IoT equipment

NTT Com said the new service will target clients that deploy equipment such as automobiles, construction or agricultural machinery Japanese company NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced the launch of IoT Connect Mobile Type A, or ICM(A), an IoT connectivity service for mobile connectivity via SIM...

Fujitsu, AWS to boost digital transformation in finance and retail industries

Using AWS, Fujitsu will develop fully managed services that package everything from cloud infrastructure to services   Japanese company Fujitsu has recently announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate the digital transformation of customers in the financial and retail industries with...

Telenor to deploy 5G private network for the Norwegian Armed Forces

The Norwegian Armed Forces and Telenor had initially entered into a strategic ICT partnership in 2018 Norwegian operator Telenor and the country’s Armed Forces signed an agreement to collaborate to develop new 5G-based services, the former said in a release. The first phase of this collaboration...

Docomo, Yokogawa conduct test of remote control tech using 5G and AI

Both Yokogawa and Docomo are members of the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation Japanese telco NTT Docomo and compatriot firm Yokogawa Electric Corporation have conducted a proof-of-concept (PoC) test of a remote control technology for industrial processing. In a release, NTT Docomo noted that...

Pelion partners with BT to bring 5G supported IoT offering to customers

Pelion provides global cellular connectivity coverage on 2G, 3G and 4G LTE as well as NB-IoT via several direct agreements with Tier 1 operator partners IoT connectivity service provider Pelion announced an extension of its partnership with BT Wholesale, which will provide Pelion customers access...

Nokia integrates Azure Arc into MXIE bundle for mission-critical Industry 4.0

Nokia is to integrate Microsoft’s Azure Arc cloud management platform into its MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) solution for mission-critical Industry 4.0 environments. The tie-up will afford customers buying private wireless and edge computing from Nokia a way to also manage Azure workloads, in any...

Betacom taps Airspan, Druid for private 5G install at US Manufacturing Institute

Betacom is working with Airspan Networks and Druid Software, a familiar pairing for private RAN and core, to deliver a pirate 5G network in the CBRS band for the Digital Manufacturing Institute and National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing (MxD) in the US. The...

Tech Mahindra inaugurates 5G lab in Washington state

Tech Mahindra's goal is to develop mutli-vendor 5G solutions for enterprises Indian company Tech Mahindra, a provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, announced the opening of a 5G Lab in the United States. The new facility, located in Bellevue, Washington has...

BT to invest £100m to put UK enterprises in ‘digital fast lane’ and ‘soup-up security’

UK telecoms group BT has revealed a ‘charter’ to invest almost £100 million over the next three years in its new Division X digital change unit, which is at the heart of its broader strategy to establish itself as a ‘tech-co’ (“not a telco”),...

Ericsson (also) signs with T-Mobile to offer private 5G to US enterprise customers

Weird, and frustrating; Swedish vendor Ericsson has issued a press release, the day after Nordic rival Nokia, about a new working relationship with T-Mobile in the US on private 5G. It is the same press release, just with a different vendor attached, just as...

Austrian group A1 buys Bulgarian SI STEMO to sell digital change in Eastern Europe

Austrian group A1 Telekom has acquired Bulgarian system integrator STEMO for an undisclosed fee, in order to bolster its proposition for corporate clients, notably international corporate clients, in Bulgaria and beyond. The deal will feed back into A1 group businesses across central and eastern...

Corporate telco provider Iconec taps Athonet for private 5G push in Germany

German telecoms provider and system integrator Iconec (stylised iconec) is working with private LTE and 5G specialist Athonet to bring the Italian firm’s core network platform to the German enterprise market. Iconec has deployed an Athonet-made core network at its new lab in Nuremberg,...

Totally overhyped and utterly indispensable – why private 5G matters

What to say about the state of the private 5G market – about the state of ‘things’, if you like, at the top-end of the IoT game? I was asked to speak for five minutes to introduce the latest Private Networks Forum (PNF), put...

Cisco announces its first outdoor Wi-Fi 6E ready access point

Cisco also enhanced its IoT Operations Dashboard to help operations teams more efficiently remotely operate and manage industrial IoT   Cisco announced the launch of its first outdoor Wi-Fi 6E-ready access point and enhancements for industrial remote operations. “People expect seamless Wi-Fi – outdoors, walking across campus...

Bosch to make billions with green tech – 5G, IoT, AI subsumed in green Industry 4.0 push

German industrial giant Bosch has shifted its messaging, perhaps, in time for Hannover Messe, Europe’s big industrial trade fair, which sees its return next week after three calendar years of pandemic and disruption. Very squarely, the message from Bosch in its pre-show strategy update...

T-Mobile US appoints Nokia to build private 5G and hybrid 5G offer for US enterprises

T-Mobile US has recruited Nokia to help it with private 5G and hybrid public-private 5G networks. The pair will develop products for T-Mobile’s new suite of network solutions for enterprise and government customers, which will afford a higher degree of network ownership and control,...