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Cisco took time out with Enterprise IoT Insights at MWC a couple of weeks back to discuss its late entry into the private 5G market, plus its channel strategy around …

The operator pack, as one would expect, is dividing in two around the Industry 4.0 market, suggests UK-based BT, with serious-minded enterprise-geared providers restructuring their sales operations in order to …

UK-based Wyld Networks has launched a range of sensor-to-satellite LoRaWAN devices for IoT applications where there is little or no terrestrial connectivity. The new hybrid terrestrial and satellite IoT devices, …

Another late entry from the MWC files, this time from a discussion with IBM; but another one, again, where the talk is somehow timeless, at least in a 2022/3 timeframe, …

Qualcomm said that the new camera IoT solution is designed to help safeguard environments with smart devices at the connected intelligent edge   Qualcomm Technologies unveiled the firms’ latest smart …

Vodafone and Nokia have deployed a private LTE and 5G network to underpin “the world’s first marine-focused 5G testbed” in the UK port city of Plymouth, on the Devon coast. …

KDDI-owned IoT provider Soracom has announced a deal with Orange to expand its network for IoT connectivity “around the world”. The arrangement allows Japan-based Soracom to take advantage of Orange’s …

Note, for more on this topic, and to hear more from Vodafone and others, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on …

RUBICONSmartCity is a cloud-based technology suite that helps city governments run smarter waste, recycling, and heavy-duty municipal fleet operations   Rubicon Technologies announced that it has entered into a three-year …

Telefónica Tech, the digital change unit of Spain-based operator Telefónica, has acquired UK-based digital transformation and data analytics company Incremental for £175 million. Incremental, a major Microsoft partner in the …

The total number of private LTE and 5G networks will increase to 13,500 installations globally by 2026, according to analyst group Berg Insight; this is a 10-fold increase, roughly, from …

Washington DC based satellite 5G provider Omnispace is working with Dutch satellite IoT company Lacuna Space to offer “global” LoRaWAN coverage for IoT solutions. The service will employ the LoRaWAN …

Both firms aim to offer IoT end-to-end solutions to smart cities and smart utilities across these two countries Universal Communications Group (UCG) and National Narrowband Network Communications (NNNCo) announced a …

Despite the UK government announcement on the 8th December regarding the phasing out of 2G and 3G networks in the UK, there remains a lack of clarity in the future …

Blockchain-based edge-operated network company Helium has a new roaming deal with Dutch LoRaWAN network operator Techtenna, allowing Techtenna-originated LoRaWAN devices to utilize Helium’s network in Europe and the US, and …

Cellnex Telecom is to deploy a private 5G network, plus edge componentry, for the automotive branch of engineering group SEGULA Technologies in Germany. The project is being handled by Edzcom, …

AT&T is working with Microsoft to enable US enterprises to roam from private LTE and 5G networks using the shared CBRS band to public networks using its own licensed spectrum …

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how businesses view and use their workspaces. While employees have begun returning on-site, concerns about health and safety remain high. As a result, real-time workspace-utilization insights …

Bouygues Telecom has announced it will shut down its LoRaWAN network in France from 2024, and start to sell new IoT business and migrate existing IoT accounts to its cellular-based …

Telefónica is working with La Marina de València, the maritime district in the southeastern port city of Valencia in Spain, to ‘digitise’ electricity and water supply for boats, including with …

This might seem like a cop-out, but the irresistible narrative from MWC over the week, that the grand-standing on the show floor masked (and revealed) a battle between three industries …

NTT-owned IoT MVNO-enabler Transatel has introduced a private LTE/5G extension for its IoT roaming SIM to enable connected devices to switch between public and private cellular networks. It described the …

Note, this article was updated with additional information on March 2. Nine companies have entered bids for ailing IoT firm Sigfox, as the deadline for its sale passed last Friday …

MWC, Barcelona: Vodafone has launched a blockchain-based trading platform for IoT devices and sensors. The new Digital Asset Broker (DAB) platform, nominally geared to drive an ‘economy of things’, allows …

US private networks and small cells provider Boingo Wireless is working with Qualcomm to “streamline” IoT deployments for enterprise customers, it has said. The Los Angeles firm has joined Qualcomm’s …