Private Networks

Swedish telecoms group Telia Company has developed a new machine vision solution for inventory management in warehouses which runs on a hybrid (‘virtual’; semi-private) private 5G network. The project, part …

900 MHz spectrum in hand, Anterix is building an ecosystem to enable digital transformation of utilities in the US Anterix is around the halfway point of clearing its nationwide 900 …

Network design and services firm Betacom has developed a perimeter surveillance solution to run on private LTE and 5G networks in airports, warehouses, factories, and other venues. It has worked …

Core network specialist Druid Software has announced a deal with French neutral host operator and system integrator TDF to jointly provide private 5G systems to critical industry in France. The …

German chemical company BASF is to deploy a private 5G network at a facility in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium with the help of local networking specialist Citymesh. The …

Semtech has launched a new multi-band LoRa transceiver for IoT devices to support global spectrum bands and lower power consumption. The new LR1121 transceiver delivers terrestrial low-power wide-area (LPWA) connectivity …

The thing about new private cellular, and all the Industry 4.0 pyrotechnics that might burst from it, is that it is not just about shifting boxes and optimising business. There …

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has introduced a new open-source data converter for Microsoft Azure to enable IoT data going via Aruba Wi-Fi access points to be used in sundry business …

The fleet of safety drones from Citymesh are mounted with 4K cameras and 5G radios, and give local police and fire services a rapid assessment of incidents before dispatching crews.  …

The main business driver for private networks is security, according to a Spirent report It comes as no surprise that talk of private wireless was rampant at Mobile World Congress …

Put a pin in the bombast and a rinse in the dazzle; if MWC is an industry waypoint on the telecoms road, then the 2023 version said private cellular, as …

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, there was a panel discussion around whether private wireless is a real growth opportunity or is overhyped. That’s a very interesting question …

Sigfox parent Unabiz has continued to make good on its word to unify low-power wide-area (LPWA) network technologies by striking a deal with LoRaWAN network operator and system provider Senet …

‘The market approach is chaotic, but it doesn’t mean it’s overhyped:’ Intel exec A panel discussion at Mobile World Congress 2023 sought to answer one of the industry’s most burning …

Semtech has rebranded to incorporate its acquisition of Sierra Wireless into its iconography and impose some visual logic on its expanded product portfolio – and also to position itself, as …

Ericsson said its Private 5G provides 4G and 5G connectivity through its single server dual mode core Swedish vendor Ericsson has inked a reseller agreement with South African company Comsol …

Ahead of LoRaWAN Live in Orlando next week (March 14-16), and on the back of interesting recent crossover deals with both the cellular and non-cellular IoT crowds, RCR Wireless caught …

The private 5G market – or at least the hard-nosed Industry 4.0 end of it – has reached an “inflection point”, reckons global system integrator Kyndryl. So much so, the …

Late news out of MWC; Schneider Electric, Capgemini, and Qualcomm Technologies have worked together to develop an automated hoisting solution to attach to private 5G networks. The trio called it …

The Chinese government is to put major focus on 6G technologies, according to Chinese state newspaper Global Times. It reckons China has a competitive advantage in cellular because of its …

Indonesian telecoms operator Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) has appointed Finnish vendor Nokia to build a wide-area private wireless network in certain regions across the country. The brief from IOH, formalised …

Deutsche Telekom is to introduce a cheaper and simpler private 5G network offer for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using Microsoft’s multi-access edge compute (MEC) bundle, which includes a cellular …

Carrier services company BICS is providing private-to-public network roaming for enterprises installing private 5G networks from Microsoft. BICS said the pair have “collaborated to solve the challenges” of IoT roaming …

Two in two days for The Things Industries (TTI), and further progress towards a ‘unified LPWAN world’; Semtech Corporation, in charge of the LoRa technology for low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT …

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 …