Per a Global market Insight report, market size for 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) is set to be valued at more than $25 billion in 2022-2023 and is poised to depict a 30% CAGR through 2023-2032, on account of the growing demand for high-speed...
Siemens has announced a new $150 million smart factory in Dallas-Fort Worth in the US to supply electrical equipment to US data centers and critical infrastructure. The new facility will make use of sundry Siemens-made IoT and AI software tools, notably to support digital...
Annual spending on 5G and LTE-based RAN equipment for use in shared and unlicensed spectrum will hit $3 billion by the end of 2026, up from around $1.4 billion by the end of 2023. SNS Telecom & IT forecasts compound annual growth of small...
Private network specialist Betacom, cloud provider Google Cloud, and IT distributor Ingram Micro have opened an Industry 4.0 showcase at the Factory Floor Lab in the Digital Manufacturing (MxD) Institute, located at the National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing in Chicago in the US....
Nokia has released a cut-down version of its Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private-cellular product for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the industrial sector. Called DAC Compact, the new solution claims a smaller form factor to deliver LTE/5G coverage at smaller sites. The Finnish firm...
Annual spending on LTE and 5G-based CBRS network infrastructure will account for more than $1.5 billion by the end of 2026 (2027). So says SNS Telecom & IT, promoting new research on the topic, timed to release with the CBRS hullabaloo at MWC in...
US broadband services and cable television provider Cox Communications will resell the new multi-carrier neutral host CBRS solution from InfiniG, announced last week. It is the first channel partner for the brand new InfiniG service, which launched ahead of MWC Las Vegas last week...
US-based in-building cellular connectivity provider SOLiD has combined with Israeli edge-cloud and private cellular software company ASOCS to deliver an Open RAN solution for private 5G and industrial IoT networks in the developing Industry 4.0 sector. Their solution, targeted at private 5G deployments in...
The neutral host market is hotting up in the US, suddenly. Following on the heels of Celona’s tie-up with T-Mobile on extending public 4G-LTE coverage with its equipment into the CBRS band, US-based indoor connectivity specialist InfiniG has announced a double-deal with T-Mobile and...
Federal agency says that the change will provide more stability for CBRS use
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has indicated its support for a change to the operations of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Spectrum Access Systems (SAS): Longer duration of the period in...
US private networking specialist Celona has released an “end-to-end” neutral host service that operates over shared CBRS spectrum in the US. The cloud-based software solution allows organizations to extend public 4G-LTE coverage, initially with T-Mobile in the US, to environments with patchy mobile reception,...
Something strange is occuring in the utilities sector with the introduction of private 5G at the critical edge, says Southern California Edison. The new capabilities of private cellular are unburdening the old grid-edge of low-power IoT, and also liberating it for game-changing high-power IoT....
Traditional drive testing uses highly specialized RF equipment and expertise to characterize deployments and issues in an area. It is limited, however, to only identifying issues only during the one or two hour period of the drive test. If conditions change, they won’t be...
'Lease to purchase' arrangement allows Comcast a window to reclaim the airwaves
Comcast is feeling so confident about its ability to make use of the CBRS band for mobile 5G services that it is willing to let its 600 MHz licenses go, in a $3.3...
60% of Comcast's network traffic comes from 3% of its geography, CEO says
Comcast is getting ready to activate Philadelphia as a trial market for cellular offload, as it explores what combination of its existing MVNO relationship with Verizon and its own cellular CBRS network...
US-based enterprise connectivity integrator-reseller Velaspan has introduced a managed private LTE/5G service for large enterprise customers. The new product uses Celona’s core and radio network solution initially, and leverages the 3.55-3.7 GHz CBRS band; it is targeted at enterprises in the construction, education, healthcare,...
As consumers of technology, we are all familiar with those times when a new product or service does not deliver the anticipated benefits. Maybe it was that 4K high-definition TV, or kitchen appliance, or computer that disappointed us. In almost every case, the underlying...
Today, the private network is supporting use cases in Las Vegas such as telemedicine and remote learning, as well as some IoT capabilities
In partnership with Japan-based NTT, Las Vegas City has laid claim to “the most extensive private network” in the U.S. The network...
Nextivity sees solving for complexity and risk management as key to driving private LTE adoption
While there’s industry consensus that it will be a marathon, not a sprint, for private LTE and/or private 5G to be broadly implemented across the massive world of enterprise, investment...
Andrea Caldini is vice president of product engineering and development, global network and technology, at Verizon, and has been instrumental in the company's pursuit of private networks such as its deployments with KPMG in support of healthcare and life sciences, with the Port of Virginia,...
Public and private cellular, Wi-Fi and low-power sensors all have a role to play in enterprise wireless for Industry 4.0
The vision of Industry 4.0 sees businesses of all sizes and in all sectors harnessing wireless connectivity and other complementary technologies to drive operational efficiency....
FWA is emerging as a cost-efficient, agile broadband solution
Despite its “fiber-first” approach to networks, Nokia knows that fiber won’t be the economical solution for every deployment, particularly in hard-to-reach or lower-density areas. Thanks to the additional capacity of 5G, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is...
Huge swaths of the U.S. population still struggle to work, study, or even communicate without access to reliable or affordable high-speed connectivity. This situation, given greater attention as our working and learning routines have shifted over the past few years, disproportionally affects tribal communities...
Semtech-owned IoT firm Sierra Wireless has partnered with telecoms software outfit Amdocs on a new network planning and management solution to reduce the complexity of private LTE and 5G networks. The new product goes with Sierra’s portfolio of IoT routers and modules, to work...
