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Dell, Airspan open private 5G members’ clubs for operators, integrators

Dell Technologies kicked off a private 5G charm offensive with the operator set last week, in time for MWC, offering pre-tested and validated edge compute and networking solutions, plus system integration and support, for operators to sell private 5G to enterprises. At the outset,...

Bosch and Nokia combine on 6G research for Industry 4.0

MWC 2023: Bosch has said it is working with Nokia to develop industrial IoT solutions based on incoming 6G cellular networks. It follows the same joint work, formalised by the pair in a partnership in 2017, on 5G networks, now coming to market, mostly...

Private 5G will be worth $96bn by 2030 – but half will go on problem-solving SI services

Ahead of a big week in Barcelona, when the telecoms set hits town for its annual MWC jamboree, and when the only talk of any outward substance will be about edge-based 5G for enterprises, analyst house ABI Research has stuck out a revised forecast...

HPE buys Athonet – ignites private 5G play, lights MWC touchpaper

Game, set, and match at MWC, and the contest hasn’t even started. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has bought Italian private core network specialist Athonet for an undisclosed fee. For our money (old Enterprise IoT Insights money), this is likely to be the biggest news...

RAKwireless intros integrate private 5G box solution for Industry 4.0 developers

RAKwireless, making hardware systems for the LoRaWAN-end of the IoT market, notably for the Helium community networks movement, has launched a ‘5G-in-a-box’ hotspot solution, available to system integrators and enterprises to support private 5G setups and experiments. The package features dual 5G and LTE...

Nokia boosts MXIE portfolio with top-end Dell server for intensive Industry 4.0 workloads

Nokia has bolstered its MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) hardware portfolio with a top-end server blade from Dell for hard-working Industry 4.0 installations on its Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private 5G platform. The new Dell server, in the form of the PowerEdge XR11, goes alongside...

AWS pushes private 5G with carrier quintet (DT, KDDI, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefónica)

AWS has opened a new shopfront and for operator partners to hawk their private LTE (4G) and 5G solutions to enterprises, to be combined with its own cloud-to-edge compute services and applications, including sundry IoT and AI/ML based solutions. AWS has deals with Deutsche...

Cox, Intel and Future Technologies to deploy private networks

Cox, which had launched its private networks business unit last year, uses both LTE/5G and fixed wireless infrastructure for its offering Cox Communications announced that it is working with Intel and Future Technologies with the aim of designing and deploying end-to-end private network for public...

Private 5G specialist Celona goes global – chases Nokia’s lead, junks ‘Frankenstein’ systems

Private networking specialist Celona has it in for Nokia. Some way through a pre-brief about its MWC news – about expanding beyond LTE to support 5G in the US, and beyond the US to support a range of 5G bands in global markets –...

LG CNS inks partnership to develop private 5G services

LG CNS established its 5G network system at Kyung Hee University last December LG CNS, which is the IT division of South Korea’s LG Group, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kyung Hee University to jointly develop technologies for a private 5G service,...

Nokia mulls opportunities for 5G private networks in India: Report

Nokia expects the first 5G private networks in India to be deployed in the next couple of quarters Finnish vendor Nokia said it expected investments in 5G private networks in India to reach around $240-250 million by 2027, local press reported Nokia India’s chief marketing...

MCS & Nokia: How to kick-start your Industry 4.0 digitalization journey (Episode 1)

Increased productivity, better operational resilience and improved worker safety – Industry 4.0 digitalization has proven to be a game-changer for many industries. To unlock the benefits of digital transformation, enterprises first need a robust foundation of high-performance connectivity throughout their operating site. A great way...

BICS White Paper: Seamless Global Connectivity for Private Networks

Large enterprises typically operate multiple campuses in sectors like transportation, manufacturing, ports, airports, hospitals, smart cities and energy, as well as governmental instances. These enterprises typically work in isolated “islands”. Their devices and employees need to stay seamlessly connected when moving outside of these...

Bright eyed, bushy tailed, mob handed – AWS is best-in-show at Barcelona IoT bash

How do you judge the best-in-show? By the bright eyes and bushy tails? Probably not if it is a tech fair. So how should one rate the stands at IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona? Is it a size thing? Is it a...

Nokia extends private 5G lab tests to validate Industry 4.0 devices, use cases

Nokia has expanded its private 4G/5G test lab facility, called ‘Lab-as-a-Service’, to validate third-party industrial equipment and devices connecting on its Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) and Modular Private Wireless (MPW) private LTE (4G) and 5G network solutions. The service, free to customers, supports device...

Five Indian firms apply to get licenses for private networks: report

The private network licenses have been applied for 20 geographical areas A total of five Indian firms have applied to obtain licenses in order to provide private networks in the country, local press reported, citing sources at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). According to the...

Boingo deploys converged network at new Newark terminal

The network features Wi-Fi 6, DAS and private LTE Boingo Wireless deployed a converged network at Newark Liberty International Airport’s (EWR) new Terminal A, which opened on January 12 and spans 1 million square feet. The network features Wi-Fi 6, DAS and private LTE...

What is Industry 5.0? (And what’s the beef with Industry 4.0?)

The first plenary session at IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona last week saw an address by the European Commission about Industry 5.0. Say what? Industry 5.0? What about Industry 4.0? Are we done with that already? Are we finished with this process...

NextWave and Airspan complete first phase of wide-area NYC private network

US outfit NextWave, engaged historically in various wireless spectrum pursuits, focused lately on municipal private cellular, has said its New York metro-area rollout is gathering pace with 120 eNodeB radio stations from Airspan Networks now operational as part of phase-one of its city-sized infrastructure...

Ericsson, Mugler ink private 5G network partnership in Germany

Ericsson noted that the new private networks will be powered by the Ericsson Private 5G solution Swedish vendor Ericsson has signed a partnership with European network provider and system integrator Mugler for private 5G industrial networks in Germany. The two companies had previously carried out a...

A note about Enterprise IoT Insights… last orders at the bar, the party is moving on

This is difficult to write. It is a pivotal moment for IoT, and we think – the team at Arden Media, publisher of RCR Wireless News and Enterprise IoT Insights thinks – that it will not survive. At least, not as we know it, or...

MFA, 5G-ACIA sign MoU to advance private 5G networks

MFA said it provides resources and tools through various channels for industry verticals to simplify their path to secure private networks MFA, formerly the MultiFire Alliance and now a private networking alliance, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries...

Amdocs teases new private 5G use cases – in healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing

US telecoms software and services outfit Amdocs has claimed to have developed a bunch of new private 5G use cases at its sandbox lab in Dallas, Texas. The new applications, being prepped for show at MWC in a couple of weeks, include 5G-sprung scenarios...

EU backs $100m venture capital fund for ‘Industry 5.0’ (Industry 4.0 with-a-conscience)

Zurich-based venture capital group Momenta has launched a $100 million target fund for ‘Industry 5.0’ tech – basically, for startups pushing Industry 4.0 with-a-conscience. The new fund is backed by the European Commission, which told IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona, where the...