Private Networks

As we embark on the journey into 2024, the telecom landscape stands at the threshold of a profound transformation: Join us on this rhetorical journey where curiosity-sparking questions unfold the …

Traditional 5G investment slowed in 2023 creating these technology sectors At CES 2024 there will be plenty on hot new wireless technologies including private wireless, 5G-A, fixed wireless access (FWA) …

BT has started to roll-out its global network-as-a-service (NaaS) offer in carrier neutral metro-edge cloud facilities (CNFs) around the world. The service, offered as Global Fabric, was announced in October; …

The total number of cellular IoT connections will reach around three billion at the end of 2023, reckons Ericsson, with most, and the increasing majority, connected on so-called ‘broadband’ cellular …

Note, this article is continued from a previous instalement, available here. There was lots of other good stuff during the Devil’s Advocate session earlier this month at Industrial 5G Forum. …

This session, a couple of weeks ago at Industrial 5G Forum, was presented as a kind-of empire-strikes-back; an opportunity for established connectivity providers to put the boot into this new …

US-based private networking specialist Celona has claimed the industry’s “first automated eSIM solution” for enterprise mobile device management (MDM) systems. The embedded SIM (eSIM) solution “streamlines” the onboarding of cellular …

Qatari mobile operator Ooredoo has deployed a private LTE network from Nokia for the oil and gas industry, covering offshore and onshore operations. In a press statement, Finnish vendor Nokia …

Las Vegas selected Juniper Networks’ Cloud Metro solution, featuring ACX7024 cloud metro routers and EX4300 switches Juniper Networks announced the city of Las Vegas has selected Juniper Cloud Metro solutions …

At the center of the Industry 4.0 ecosystem, agreed Industrial 5G Forum panelists, are the use cases The complexity of the Industry 4.0 ecosystem, coupled with the disparate needs of …

GSA highlighted that at least 47 operators in 27 countries have already launched 5G SA networks A total of 121 operators in 55 countries and territories have invested in public …

The Port of Virginia in the US expects to have autonomous trucks running on a private 5G network at its site from early next year (2024). The port has a …

The ‘private 5G’ partnership between system integrator Kyndryl and network vendor Nokia has so far resulted in 18 “large installations” on three continents, according to the former. Certain of them …

The great promise of private cellular is that some day every enterprise will be able to have its own 4G or 5G network. There is a long way to go …

It seems strange for a telco to lean on its telco roots to sell digital services to enterprises – but that’s what Orange has done, as OBS becomes Orange Business. …

Siemens is working with US software firm ServiceNow to offer a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution to identify and manage operating technology (OT) devices in industrial settings. The solution is designed to …

Private wireless is a relatively new space in the wireless industry. It is very different from public wireless, which is what we are familiar with. This has been with us …

UK-headquartered neutral host provider Boldyn Networks, majority owned by Canada-based CPP Investments, has agreed to acquire private networks specialist Edzcom from Spanish tower company Cellnex Telecom for an undisclosed fee. …

Has 5G failed? No. Except you’d be forgiven for thinking so given everything that has been written about it in recent months – at least among the things I read, …

Vodafone Germany said the new campus network will be ready by the end of 2024 German carrier Vodafone announced it is setting up a private 5G-based campus network for BASF …

On the face of it, the acquisition of local internet service provider EDPnet by Belgium-based Citymesh, which describes itself lately as a telco “challenger” brand in its home market, holds …

Telefónica and Siemens are to provide Spanish battery manufacturer Basquevolt with the “best technological and connectivity solutions” to launch a new “prototyping line” at its plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital …

The Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure (RDI) has announced local spectrum licences in the so-called ‘3.6 GHz band’ are available now for local private 5G networks. It has confirmed that …

Nokia Bell Labs, the Finnish vendor’s research division, is working with Saudi energy company Aramaco, owned by Saudi Aramco, are working to develop 5G-related Industry 4.0 cases and proofs for …

Local mobile operator NTT East, part of the multinational NTT group, has convened a cellular-geared Industry 4.0 working group of 18 domestic and international 5G equipment vendors to collaborate on …