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Go big, or go home – private 5G for smart warehousing (five takeaways)

Analyst house ABI Research, in association with US network design and services firm Betacom, has put out a white paper about private 5G in warehousing, and Enterprise IoT Insights has had a quick read and (borrowed and stolen and) come up with five takeaways...

AI as a native part of the cellular radio system: Implementation approaches and market opportunities (Analyst Angle)

The mobile industry is witnessing a fundamental shift in the way in which Radio Frequency (RF) systems are handled. In no small part, this is mostly due to the shift to 5G and its related use cases, which brings with it a massive burden...

Carriers add nearly 70 million 5G subs globally in Q2: Ericsson

According to Ericsson, the number of 5G subscribers at a global level reached 690 million as of the end of Q2 Nearly 70 million new 5G subscriptions were added globally during the second quarter of 2022, the latest update to the Ericsson Mobility Report reveals. The...

IoT gateway market to jump 20% per year with cellular sunsetting, industrial demand

Snap IoT analysis just in from ABI Research; the US-headquartered firm has run the rule over the post-coronavirus market for IoT gateways and concluded, because of industrial IoT takeup among other factors, that total global revenues from the sale of IoT gateways will jump...

Huawei launches the green development solution to reduce global carbon emissions (Analyst Angle)

Huawei recently held its Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week conference, July 18-22, 2022, with a commitment to building “simplified, green and intelligent” Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure. In addition to making recommendations for a joint industry standard for energy efficiency, Huawei also launched its...

Study shows big surge in global outdoor 5G small cell deployment

ABI Research said that the deployment of outdoor 5G small cells is forecast to reach 13 million by 2027 A total of 13 million outdoor 5G small cells will be deployed at a global level by 2027, according to a recent report by technology intelligence...

Does Huawei’s event set out a blueprint for future telco success? (Analyst Angle)

Huawei recently held its Win-Win Innovation Week in late July 2022 in Shenzhen, China. After a flurry of presentations on a wide range of topics, it is possible to see how the telco landscape will continue to evolve over the next three to five...

Can base station antennas turn over a new leaf and become more sustainable? (Analyst Angle)

The telecommunications industry is no stranger to sustainability development and goals. It is one of the first sectors to surpass the 20% target for the net-zero target by 2050 set by the United Nations (UN). Based on a recent GSMA report, operators accounting for...

ABI sees a new path for digital maps’ use in vehicles

ABI Research noted that applications such as lane centering, localization and location-enriched sensor fusion will see automotive digital maps expand out of the infotainment domain   Global revenues for intelligent speed assistance (ISA) and autonomous vehicle maps are forecast to surpass $500 million by 2027, according...

Tech truce, vendor tussle, new era, smart play – analysis of the Semtech, Telit deals

The IoT hardware market has, suddenly, shrunk – in order to expand, and to rebalance the western power-play. So say market watchers, reacting to the twin acquisitions this week by US-based chipmaker and Semtech, which has confirmed a deal to splurge $1.2 billion on...

Solving RF systems for advanced multimode cellular and Wi-Fi applications: Opportunities and challenges (Analyst Angle)

The adoption of 5G continues to thrive in the mobile market, with a raft of device types beyond smartphones set to form part of the wider ecosystem, extending to new industries and a wide array of device categories, including automotive, Extended Reality (XR), Personal...

Five thousand private 5G networks in China? BS! Talking definitions, storms in teacups

Someone somewhere said something about 5,000 ‘private networks’ in China. (Forgive me for not having the reference to hand; I am trying to write quickly and cover ground.) The point, as always, seemed to be just that China is running away with it –...

‘Below expectations’ – near-term private LTE and 5G forecasts adjusted down, again

Analyst house Dell’Oro Group has adjusted down its near-term forecast for the private LTE and 5G market. It said its calculations show that radio access network (RAN) shipments and revenues are “again coming in below expectations, resulting in another markdown”. The market will roughly...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 4 – the features

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 3 – the spectrum

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 2 – the devices

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

5G-Advanced to be launched in 2025: ABI Research

5G-Advanced will bring new enhancements to mobile network capabilities and use case-based support to help carriers with 5G commercialization Some 75% of 5G base stations will be upgraded to 5G-Advanced by 2030, five years after the estimated commercial launch, according to a report by global...

What value can fixed wireless access bring to mobile operators? (Analyst Angle)

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is a method of providing last-mile wireless connectivity to campuses, industrial facilities, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), residential estates, etc., and has been growing in popularity since the introduction of 5G, which was commercially launched in 2H 2019. According to the...

ATIS’ Next G Alliance and Japan’s B5GPC ink MoU on 6G technologies

The Next G Alliance is an initiative to advance North American wireless technology leadership over the next decade with the initial focus on 6G systems ATIS’ Next G Alliance and Japan’s Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium (B5GPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate...

An identity crisis, a catch-22, a €3.3m problem? What’s in the Unabiz/Sigfox in-tray?

It has been a month since Unabiz was declared the new owner of IoT tech provider and network operator Sigfox. And it has been a couple of weeks (such is the workload) since Enterprise IoT Insights was passed a shareholders’ note from the Sigfox...

Do mobile telcos really need fiber when they have microwave & mmWave? (Analyst Angle)

5G is picking up acceleration. The total installed 5G global cell sites are expected to expand from 986,000 cell sites in 2021 to 6.6 million cell sites in 2027 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 44.9%. It is not just infrastructure. 5G...

‘At a crossroads’ – make or break time for private 5G in Industry 4.0

This is the introduction to a new report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard. To read more, download the report here, or click on the image above; a webinar on the same topic is also available, here, with speakers...

Digital Factory Solutions | Industrial 5G innovation – from setting standard to becoming standard

Industrial 5G, capable of meeting the exacting performance requirements of mission- and business-critical applications, is continuing to evolve as relevant international organizations finalize standards for important features. As these standards are memorialized and then integrated into commercial products, what's the outlook for industrial 5G adoption,...

Volume, complexity, security to drive IoT device management sales to $36bn by 2026

Global revenues from IoT device management services will top $36.8 billion by 2026, according to ABI Research. The forecast represents a compound annual jump (CAGR) of 17.1 percent, from around $16.7 billion at the end of 2021. It said spiralling interest in IoT device...