It is easy to be benevolent when you’re top-dog. Which is true in life, of course – and is not to say that goodness should be graded by the relative comfort of the do-gooder. But what goodness is there in a boardroom, really? Because...
The deployment of 5G networks has been one of the most anticipated technological advancements in recent years. The lightning-fast speeds, low latency, and massive connectivity that 5G offers make it the perfect platform for a wide range of innovative applications across various industries. Read...
Nokia has announced a go-to-market deal for its private edge networking system with US-based system integrator DXC Technology. The pair said they will bundle the former’s compute and cellular components with the latter’s network operations centre (NOC) and management analytics in a DXC-branded managed...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has completed its purchase of Italian private core networking specialist Athonet. The US outfit hailed it as “a major leap forward… to revolutionize the private networking market”. It said it would do this, “in part”, by “simplifying and accelerating” private...
Note this article is continued from a previous post, under the header: Private 5G for IoT – a year to get real, two to get really-real, six to be ‘seamless’. To read the previous entry, go here.; to watch the original webinar discussion on...
Cellnex deployed a private 5G network at San Sebastian airport using equipment from Nokia
Spanish airport operator Aena and European telecom infrastructure and services operator Cellnex Telecom have started the operation of a private network based on 5G technology at San Sebastian International Airport, in...
California-based private cellular provider Celona has staffed-up its nascent European operation with new senior-level joiners from Qualcomm in the US, notably, plus from UK-based tech consultancy and integrator Empowered Technology. Celona is seeking to sell its private LTE/5G system into operator channels in Europe,...
In case you missed it, RCR Wireless ran a webinar session last month under the heading ‘Private 5G for IoT – plotting timelines, defining applications, and making bets’. The session is available on-demand, and also attached to a full editorial report, out in a...
Another day, another techno hub, and another carrier-sponsored effort this time. After Verizon and BT opened private-5G style demo rooms of various sorts in the last couple of weeks, Spain-based Telefónica has cut the ribbon on a new “open lab” in the name of...
At its WWDC23 developer event last week Apple announced its support for private 5G networks in a big way with a lot of exciting enhancements. This includes the ability to prioritize private cellular networks over Wi-Fi, goefencing, and many others. All of this is...
The new innovation center at the Samsung headquarters in Plano, Texas explores vRAN, FWA and private 5G
Samsung has opened the doors to a new innovation and briefing center at its headquarters in Plano, Texas. In a press statement, Christine Nelson, senior manager of Samsung...
Are we being hoodwinked? Has the marketing got away from us? Maybe, and maybe not. When will we see a tech vendor put its name to a report that discusses the societal dangers of sacking a workforce to make everything zero-touch autonomous – so...
Wipro said that new offering enables enterprises to integrate private 5G with their existing LAN/WAN/Cloud infrastructure
Indian IT services and consulting firm Wipro launched a managed private 5G-as-a-service solution in partnership with Cisco, the former said in a release.
Wipro said that new offering enables enterprise...
The pair have created a roadway warning system to identify and then alert drivers and pedestrians to hazardous situations
NEC Corporation of America (NEC) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) announced this week that they have created a roadway warning system that relies on private 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) to potentially...
Apple has opened support in iOS 17 for private data-only cellular networks running LTE and 5G (in both standalone and non-standalone mode), meaning most new and new-ish iPhone (13 and up) and iPad models can now be used as work devices in private network...
Federated Wireless showcased how private 5G can make applications like real-time robotics and smart security cameras possible
Federated Wireless revealed that its demonstrations of a 5G private wireless network leveraging 5G-enabled IoT applications to support smart warehouse automation were deemed successful. The demos, which took place in...
Latest stats from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) says at least 1,148 organisations in 74 countries had deployed private LTE (4G) and 5G networks by the end of March (Q1 2023), up from 1,077 at the end of 2022. Which means (!?) 71...
Note, this article, a direct transcript of a conversation with Kathiravan Kandasamy, vice president of product management at US-based carrier services company Syniverse, continues from a previous entry, which can be found here.
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You mentioned also that, in your experience with customers, that the private...
So, is the correct way to look at this, then, that the private 5G market, when it talks about private 5G, is obsessed with a future where Volkswagen is animating its production lines using Release 18-level URLLC 5G networks? But that the wider enterprise...
So where were we? Ah yes: five conclusions about the potential of private 5G to transform telco operations, and telco fortunes – as told by mobile network operators (MNOs) at RCR Live in London last month (all sessions available on-demand).
The conclusions, if we recall,...
Verizon Business has opened a UK demo office in London to showcase private 5G services and applications for enterprises. The new venue, called the London Hub, is aimed at customers in Europe and Asia Pacific, the company said, which it finds itself pitching to...
Over 20 companies in India had applied to secure 5G spectrum to set private networks in the country
India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has reportedly decided that it will not directly allocate 5G spectrum to enterprises for the deployment of private 5G networks, local newspaper...
A session at RCR Live in London last month considered the role of new private cellular networks as a platform for industrial transformation, and as part of the broader event topic of telco transformation. It brought together private 5G specialists from UK-based mobile network...
Jio is seeking to attract firms across automobile, healthcare, manufacturing and other industries to develop possible use cases of 5G
Indian operator Reliance Jio is said to be in negotiations with U.S. company Tesla for the deployment of a private 5G network for the latter’s...
