SoftBank and Sumitomo Electric have been conducting joint demonstrations to realize 5G-based smart factories since 2019
Japanese companies SoftBank and Sumitomo Electric announced plans to collaborate with the aim of realizing smart factories using 5G technology, the companies said in a release.
As part of the...
BT is launching a series of 5G-based augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) showcases in the UK to give private enterprises and public sector organisations a taste of how their industries will change with new digital technologies, and a sense of how they...
The Canadian government has announced it will licence 80 MHz of mid-band spectrum at 3900-3980 MHz for local shared and private 5G networks. It has also proposed to release portions of the mmWave bands at 26 GHz, 28 GHz, and 38 GHz for local...
New industry-poll shock: critical comms vendor says enterprises are suffering with un-critical comms. That is the gist of a new survey from Ericsson-owned Cradlepoint, now established (or viewed, at least) as the Swedish firm’s enterprise-facing private 5G business, which says that 70 percent of...
An interesting news release from today, in light of the state-of-the-market address at Private Networks Forum yesterday; French cellular IoT maker Sequans Communications has announced what it calls the first “specifically optimized” 5G chip for IoT devices, offering a Release 17 bundle of broadband...
Note, this is a transcript of the introductory address at Private Networks Forum (May 23), to tee-up the show and capture the state of the market; the full event is available on-demand now.
This is the fourth version of Private Networks Forum (May 23; available...
European aerospace firm Airbus has teamed up with Spanish tower company Cellnex Telecom to collaborate on critical private 5G solutions for public safety agencies and private enterprises in Europe. The pair has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), announced at Critical Communications World (CCW)...
NTT has developed an integrated push-to-talk (PTT) application for airport workers to switch between private 5G and terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) communications. The solution, a joint development with Nippon Airport Radio Services (NARS), has been deployed at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan. The...
Development of the 5G standard is ongoing, and much of its most enterprise-relevant functionality will be made available in forthcoming releases.
This webinar considers what private 5G offers to enterprises today, how and when its functionality will develop for enterprises over the next few years,...
Amdocs claims to have developed / solved a series of “new use cases” for private 5G networks at its new sandbox lab in Texas. The US telecoms software firm said it has worked with Microsoft to create new solutions for industrial maintenance and training...
This article continues from another post, under the header: ‘They’re still figuring it out; we've moved beyond’ – Nokia expands Industry 4.0 view. Click here to read the previous instalment.
The problem with Industry 4.0 in brownfield sites is that playground software is fighting for...
A couple of years back, Nokia talked up its private 5G cloud system like a Netflix-style content platform; almost three years later, it is looking to deliver on that concept by loading its MXIE edge-compute servers with Industry 4.0 applications. It is a telling...
US-based Federated Wireless, offering spectrum services in the CBRS band, has convened a new neutral host sales push, under the banner Neutral Host 2.0, to make available interoperable cellular products from a tight band of pre-approved private 4G and 5G suppliers to networks operators...
The 5G private network was activated at a supply site owned by Ericsson in Tallinn, Estonia
Ericsson and Telia said they have jointly launched what it claims to be the first enterprise 5G private network in the Baltics.
In a release, the two companies said that...
UK telecoms group BT has folded its Division X business, founded early 2022, further into its BT Business division. The consolidation, which makes Division X a part of its product team within BT Business, has seen Marc Overton, managing director at Division X, call...
A bit late, but of some note; last month, Mines Nancy, a major grande école for engineering in France, opened a private 5G innovation platform at its campus in Nancy in northeastern France to enable engineering students and university partners to develop 5G-based industrial...
Finnish vendor Nokia and Colombian operator Claro have deployed a private LTE network at Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Bahía in Cartagena, billed as the “most modern” multipurpose maritime port in Colombia. The solution includes Nokia’s Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private networking solution, plus its MX...
Telenor said it is offering 5G network slicing technology capabilities for its customers
Telenor Sweden announced the launch of new 5G-based services for companies and other businesses, in partnership with Nokia.
In a release, Telenor said it is launching customer-specific mobile private networks that enable these...
This article is continued from a previous post, under the header, “The last word from Industry 4.0’s Mister 5G’; to read the intro-part, click here.
The explanation from Daniel Mai, replacing Sander Rotmensen as Mister 5G at Siemens, that the German firm’s new private network...
“I don't know why I should have to defend that, actually”, says Sander Rotmensen at Hannover Messe a couple of weeks back, still in position with Siemens at the time as the firm’s Mister 5G, responsible for stewarding its box-fresh private 5G system into...
Nearly a quarter of a million people are expected to attend the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix this weekend
In preparation for the thousands of fans expected at this year’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, Verizon has deployed a private wireless network...
Wi-Fi has a critical role to maximise the potential of private 5G in the enterprise space, says a new report by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). The vision, for the likes of Cisco and HPE, major Wi-Fi players with 5G interests and a hand...
5G technology has been already used in 52 of the 97 major economic categories in China
The Chinese government plans to increase resources to accelerate 5G deployment across the nation, local press reported, citing an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The...
Nokia has released a cellular-connected drone solution for enterprises to run remote security and maintenance inspections of sites and equipment. It claims it is the first CE-certified cellular drone solution, meeting European health, safety, and environmental protection standards. It works with public and private...
