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Siemens sells slices of O2 Telefónica’s public 5G network to German water utilities

In sum – what you need to know Siemens-led 5G offer – Siemens will hold the customer relationship, selling slices of O2 Telefónica’s 5G network to utilities with its own increasingly AI-heavy Industry 4.0 solutions. Wide-area ‘private’ 5G – optimised public 5G slicing is the only...

Hyundai opens the smartest factory in America – pumped full of AI and 5G

In sum – what you need to know America’s smartest factory – Hyundai’s new $7.6 billion electric and hybrid vehicle plant, Metaplant America, claims a series of Industry 4.0 world-firsts, generally powered by AI vision and robotics, sometimes delivered on private 5G; the firm wants...

Verizon on AI: ‘Who better to be the hub and highway – than the hub and highway?’

Alert | For more about AI in telecoms from Verizon Business, don't miss the RCR webinar on April 8 – with panellists also from ABI Research, Red Hat, Spirent Communications, and TUPL. Sign up here. In sum – what you need to know AI...

AT&T certifies Celona’s neutral-host system for indoor CBRS coverage

In sum – what you should know Multi-operator support: Celona’s neutral-host solution is approved by T-Mobile and AT&T in the US; Verizon is pending. It supports up to five carriers, including private enterprise networks in CBRS spectrum. Quick and cheap coverage: Multi-tenant neutral-host cellular...

Fujitsu on private wireless—’It’s got to be easy’

Fujitsu is taking an all-in-one approach to private wireless, including a managed service offering, to drive adoption from enterprise and industry Communications service providers (CSPs) and network equipment vendors, both cooperatively and independently, have been gradually making inroads into the private wireless market. The high-level...

Nokia boosts Industry 4.0 apps library, intros Industry 4.0 marketplace

Nokia has bolstered its menu of industrial applications on its MXIE edge system to include new Industry 4.0 solutions for automation, efficiency, safety, security, and sustainability. At the same time, it has launched a new marketplace platform with new retail partners for enterprises to...

Ericsson claims its own path as 5G masterplan percolates around private 5G

Apologies, first of all; these MWC files are being held in a long production queue, which is jammed with reports and sponsorships, and other internal initiatives. But this interview with Ericsson, from the showfloor in Barcelona a couple of weeks back, works like a...

Ericsson and OneLayer intro zero-touch zero-trust private 5G network access

Private 4G/5G security startup OneLayer has developed a zero-touch zero-trust network access solution for private 4G and 5G networks with Ericsson. The novelty for the private networks sector is the zero-touch aspect; zero-trust network access (ZTNA) is the name of the game, almost, in...

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise taps Celona for private 5G debut

France-based software company Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) is offering Celona’s private 4G/5G system as part of its debut private 5G proposition for enterprises, integrated with its own connectivity management, powerline, and Wi-Fi switching equipment. ALE is targeting “complex industrial settings”, it said, such as factories,...

‘A thrill to be chased’ – Nokia takes back direct ‘control’ of private 5G push

It says something about the sense of opportunity in the private 5G space, perhaps, that Nokia, the most restless and innovative agitator-brand in the vendor market, can post a record quarter (“double-digit growth, globally”) and extend its lead at the top, and yet still...

Ericsson, Ooredoo drive digital transformation for enterprises in Qatar

Ericsson noted that this partnership establishes a foundation for the future integration of 5G-Advanced Swedish vendor Ericsson and Middle East telco Ooredoo Qatar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate digital transformation efforts for enterprises and public sector entities in Qatar. In a...

Ubiik boosts private/public/satellite cellular IoT system – with Kigen, Monogoto

Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik has introduced a ‘5G’ IoT router for use with public, private, and satellite-based NB-IoT and LTE-M networks. The product, called Pyxis, received certification from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Innovation, Science and...

TELUS signs 10-year deal to deliver “benchmark” private 5G at Calgary Airport

Canadian operator TELUS has signed a 10-year deal with the Calgary Airport Authority to deploy and manage a “benchmark” private 5G network at Calgary International Airport (YYC). They called it an “unprecedented 10-year agreement”, and said Calgary International Airport will be the first in...

Airspan buys Jabil’s open RAN assets – to target mobile operators

ICYMI (because we did): Last week, Airspan Networks announced a deal to acquire Jabil’s open RAN portfolio and associated intellectual property rights for an undisclosed fee. It follows on the heels of an agreement to buy Corning’s distributed antenna system (DAS) and small cell...

Nokia proof points about private 5G – devices, apps, traffic all rising fast

MWC 2025, Barcelona | In the press room, late on the final day, trying to digest a bunch of briefings. Further coverage will follow, including (time permitting) about a Barcelona derby game between old rivals Nokia and Ericsson in the private 5G space –...

Nokia signs with port operator Carrix for private 4G at US terminals

US marine port and rail yard operator Carrix has deployed Nokia’s DAC private 4G/5G system at container terminals in Jacksonville in Florida, Long Beach and Oakland in California, and Seattle in Washington. More will follow, suggested a press note. Carrix and its subsidiary SSA...

HTC installs private 5G for Nissan to support high-end VR cases

REIGN Technology Corporation (G REIGNS), a subsidiary of Taiwanese electronics firm HTC Group, has deployed a home-made private 5G network to Nissan Motor Company to support usage of its parent’s HTC VIVE virtual reality (VR) technology in the car maker’s production sites. There is...

Tampnet puts AI on private 5G for offshore energy firms

Norway-based Tampnet, a notable player in the supply of private 4G and 5G networks for offshore industry, is working with US industrial edge outfit Armada to bring AI applications to offshore energy and power companies. Tampnet, headquartered in Stavanger, holds spectrum for private offshore...

NTT Data ties-up with Palo Alto Networks on managed private 5G security

One way or another, Palo Alto Networks is picking them off in the private 5G space. The US firm, one of the premier cybersecurity outfits, has tied up with London-headquartered system integrator NTT Data (stylised NTT DATA) on a managed security product for 5G...

Nokia adds multi-modal AI sensor fusion to industrial 5G portfolio

Nokia has added to its burgeoning mission-critical (MX) tech supplies for Industry 4.0 with a new sensor fusion solution to mix multi-modal IoT data streams into an AI engine next to its private 4G/5G system to deliver singular contextual logic for bespoke industrial use...

Samsung, Hyundai hail RedCap tests on private 5G at world’s biggest car factory

Samsung Electronics has tested reduced-capability 5G (5G RedCap) on a private 5G network deployment at a factory belonging to Hyundai Motor Company in Ulsan, in South Korea. The tests were “end-to-end” and “successful”, the firm said, and marked an “industry-first” for testing RedCap on...

TRAI pushes for direct 5G spectrum access for enterprises

TRAI’s proposal could accelerate private 5G deployments, an area that has so far seen little traction in India The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently proposed granting direct access to spectrum for companies, enabling them to set up private 5G networks independently, according...

Celona ramps-up private 5G device certifications with new channel tie-ups

Private network specialist Celona is ramping up its channel activity, including to certify devices on its private 4G/5G system. It has appointed US engineering solutions company Truminds Software Systems to its partner scheme, with the firm integrating its API platform with the Celona system,...

NTT Data supplies private 5G to Belgian printing company Roularta

London-headquartered global system integrator NTT Data (stylised NTT DATA) has won a multi-year deal to deploy and populate a private 5G network at a 40,000-square-metre manufacturing facility for Roularta Media Group (RMG), Belgium’s largest printing company. Work has started already, with the private 5G...