Smart Factory

Bosch has started to build a private industrial 5G network at its semiconductor factory in Reutlingen, in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, to test for Industry 4.0 compatibility and network optimisation, along …

Vodafone is to build a private LTE network, upgradeable to 5G, for Centrica Storage Limited (CSL), the gas storage and processing unit of UK gas and electricity supplier Centrica. The …

The UK government has awarded £30 million to six new 5G testbeds, as part of a wider £200 million campaign to leverage 5G to energise the UK industrial sector, and …

Mobile network operators are “uniquely placed” to provide a fully integrated solution for ‘verticals’ that encompasses networking, edge and cloud-based compute infrastructure, and data and device management platforms, according to …

Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for the full …

Deutsche Telekom’s IT and cloud services division T-Systems has teamed up with robot maker and automation specialist KUKA to offer a combined Industry 4.0 package for small and medium-sized enterprises …

Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB has released an analytics software and services suite to combine data from information and operation technology (IT and OT). The new ABB Ability Genix product “collects, …

Ericsson has revealed the first product off the production line at its new Texas-based 5G-geared smart factory has been delivered, to US operator Verizon. The item, itself, is notable: a …

Nokia and Telefônica Brazil have struck a deal with Brazilian mining firm Vale to provide a private LTE network to the open-pit Carajás Mine, the world’s largest iron ore mine, …

In truth, Wi-Fi HaLow is not new. The solution, geared towards low-power mid-range IoT solutions, was announced back in 2016. But there is gathering momentum around it, with chips and …

UK telecoms provider BT has been appointed as the lead technology partner for the Worcestershire 5G Testbed (W5G), billed as the UK’s first live private 5G network. Swedish vendor Ericsson …

The industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) is here to stay. Many heavy industry companies in fields such as engineering, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing are accelerating their adoption of digital transformation …

Siemens sounded rather chuffed last week with the progress of and prospects for industrial 5G, home and abroad. The company said at its digital enterprise summit that 5G, when it …

Orange and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have demonstrated 5G network slicing in a robot-powered Industry 4.0 setup. The pair said they will expand the demo into an “end-to-end campus trial” …

While the UK decision to ban Huawei from national 5G infrastructure does not, as it stands, cover the China-based firm’s ability to supply private cellular to UK enterprises, it will …

Spanish infrastructure company Cellnex Telecom has acquired Finnish private networking specialist Edzcom for an undisclosed fee. The deal was announced in the company’s six-month business update for the period to …

UK based telecoms provider Vilicom has struck a deal with Danish power company Ørsted to design and deploy an LTE network at its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. On completion, …

Cars featured about 10 million lines of software code a decade ago; they will have closer to 500 million lines of code by the time they drive themselves, some time …

Nokia has announced the commercial availability of its industrial-grade standalone 5G (5G SA) solutions for private enterprise networks, alongside a new contract with the mining division of Swedish tool manufacturer …

Spending on private and shared enterprise networks will surpass spending on public cellular networks in about 15 years. The traditional operator community has a fight on its hands to guarantee …

Verizon and IBM are combining their capabilities in 5G connectivity, edge and cloud computing, and data analytics to service the industrial market’s pursuit of digital change, as part of the …

Siemens and SAP have agreed to offer each other’s industrial production software as complementary solutions in an integrated Industry 4.0 offer, enabling a digital thread between lifecycle management and business …

The World Economic Forum has published a study that says “nature-positive” enterprise solutions can create 395 million jobs and $10 trillion in revenue by 2030. A major subtext of the …

BehrTech has released the latest version of its MYTHINGS Central network and device management platform for MIOTY-based low-power wide-area IoT networks. The 3.0 version includes backend integration with Microsoft Azure, …

Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for …