UK carrier BT and Associated British Ports (ABP) said they are currently trialing the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor technology to speed up the movement and processing of cargo goods and digitize the Port of Ipswich’s logistics and operations processes.
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The private LTE/5G bandwagon rolls on with system integrators (SIs) in Germany. Further to the report yesterday, that Ireland-based Druid Software has teamed up with IT specialist Becon in the home of Industrie 4.0, US radio equipment vendor Airspan Networks has announced a deal...
The importance of ‘vertical’ domain expertise, obtainable through partnership with industry-specific system integrators, has been a feature of the developing go-to-market strategies of private LTE and 5G players in recent months. It has been the case in Germany, in particular, where the government’s move...
By 2026, over three-quarters of enterprise small cells will be deployed and operated by private network operators or neutral hosts, according to Small Cell Forum (SCF). Deployments in shared spectrum will overtake those in licensed bands in 2025, it reckons.
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Qualcomm is teaming up with Capgemini to “unlock” private 5G for Industry 4.0, based on its new Release 16-capable 5G RAN platform and radio modem. Qualcomm and Capgemini will develop an off-the-shelf private network system, “tested and validated”, to provide clients a faster route...
After all the false starts and funny looks, is it time to take MulteFire seriously? Nokia says so. And, as the mainstream telecoms market wakes up to the Finnish firm’s long-time message about the industry-changing potential of private cellular, it is probably worth listening....
Singapore-based infrastructure company Surbana Jurong has installed 3,000 Sigfox sensors at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. Local IoT provider and Sigfox operator UnaBiz has provided the sensors, as well as the airtime to connect them. The sensors will feed data into a digital twin model...
Dutch mapping company HERE, in partnership with Vodafone and Porsche, have announced a partnership to trial a real-time warning system.
Specifically, HERE Technologies, Porsche and Vodafone are trialing how 5G technology and highly precise location determination can improve traffic safety and reduce the number of...
The LTE-based MulteFire standard, one of the pioneer technologies in the private cellular market, is alive and kicking – well, alive, anyway – and also mutating into something brand new, which is potentially more powerful for the telecoms industry’s great hopes for 5G as...
Orange has banded together with hardware, software, design, and manufacturing companies in the IoT space to accelerate deployment of cellular IoT in Europe. Canadian module maker Sierra Wireless, French-Italian chip maker STMicroelectronics, and French manufacturing and design firm Lacroix are its new crewmates, working...
German telco Deutsche Telekom has partnered with HHLA Sky, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik, to implement a campus network at the Port of Hamburg.
HHLA Sky will use this technology to control and monitor a fleet of industrial drones from a single control...
Ireland-based core network vendor Druid Software has announced a go-to-market deal on private 5G with system integrator Siticom. The Germany-based firm has an agreement with US-based Airspan Networks on 5G open radio access network (RAN) hardware. It appears the pair are Siticom’s preferred choice...
China-based IoT module maker SIMCom is offering its SIM7070 series NB-IoT device with an embedded SIM (eSIM) from German chipmaker Infineon, making the 24 mm x 24 mm SIM7070 the most compact eSIM-enabled module on the market. It is “significantly smaller” than standard eSIM-based...
Busy Belgian private network provider and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has acquired local Sigfox operator ENGIE M2M. The firm said the addition of ultra-narrowband (UNB) low-power IoT connectivity rounds-out its wireless portfolio for enterprises, which includes localised LTE and 5G connectivity in its own...
California-based startup Celona has announced support for software-based embedded SIM (eSIM) technology to simplify device provisioning for private LTE and 5G networks. The firm has also announced it has joined Qualcomm’s smart cities accelerator ecosystem as an approved supplier of cloud-based private network management.
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Global revenues from the sale of radio equipment for private LTE and 5G networks will top $2 billion by 2025, with the balance tilting towards 5G by the end of the forecast period, according to telecoms research firm Dell'Oro Group. Revenues from private 5G...
Netherlands-based LoRaWAN network operator Everynet has partnered with tower company Crown Castle to introduce LoRaWAN in 36 cities in the US by the end of 2021. Everynet said the rollout – actually in the country’s 36 ‘top metropolitan areas’ and ‘key logistics corridors’ –...
The industrial city of Kawasaki, in the greater Tokyo area, has signed with Japanese IT conglomerate Fujitsu to develop a new ‘smart city’ fabric using the latest connectivity, compute, and analytics solutions. Specifically, the city has commissioned the firm to install “next-generation” 5G, AI,...
IBM has said it is undecided, as yet, about whether to offer 5G network management services to enterprises, despite commentators repeatedly suggesting the New York firm might yet shape up as a prime candidate to handle the ‘run’ phase of new private cellular deployments.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of its AWS Wavelength multi-access edge compute (MEC) service in the UK, on Vodafone’s 5G network. The setup embeds AWS compute and storage services in Wavelength ‘zones’ at the edge of Vodafone’s 5G network, to...
Last week, Qualcomm released a glut of IoT solutions, variously offering Wi-Fi and 5G connectivity for enterprise and industrial IoT applications. The firm, compelled by rising demand for higher-grade IoT units as a consequence in part of changing Covid-era work practices, has released seven...
Santa Clara IoT tracking company Roambee has acquired Switzerland-based cold chain monitoring outfit Modum, which specialises in the pharmaceutical market. Roambee said the deal will help it to “dominate the real-time cold chain visibility space”. The transaction fee was not disclosed.
The acquisition is Roambee’s...
Private cellular provider Geoverse is to provide an LTE network in the CBRS band for Oakland Maritime Support Services (OMSS) at the Port of Oakland in the US. The new LTE deployment will enable various management applications for ‘intermodal’ transportation in the container yard...
IoT device maker MultiTech Systems has acquired LoRaWAN device vendor Radio Bridge for an undisclosed fee. The deal positions MultiTech to provide “everything from” sensors, embedded communications devices, modems and gateways, cloud connectivity, and device management services, it said.
Both firms are based in Minnesota,...
