Finnish network vendor Nokia and Finnish private LTE provider Ukkoverkot have signed a four-year deal to bring connectivity, automation, and intelligence to the Port of Kokkola, also in Finland.
The Port of Kokkola is the third largest ‘general’ port in Finland. It is also...
German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen will start construction of its own 5G mobile networks in 122 factories in Germany in 2020, according to a report in Wirtschaftswoche, the German business magazine.
Volkswagen, the largest automaker by worldwide sales, has issued a tender to network equipment vendors....
Deutsche Telekom said private networks are easy to talk about, but hard to manage, at Hannover Messe 2019 last week, swatting away the perceived jeapordy for operators in the industrial 5G debate.
Adel Al-Saleh, member of the board at Deutsche Telekom and chief executive...
In Germany, they’ve made a verb out of the UK’s protracted divorce from the European Union: ‘to Brexit’ - sich verabschieden, aber nicht gehen (to say goodbye, but fail to leave). It was a joke doing the rounds at Hannover Messe 2019 last week,...
The operator community has been widely criticised for its failure to serve industrial markets with high quality connectivity, acknowledged Deutsche Telekom at Hannover Messe 2019.
The German operator has addressed these complaints, and the industrial sector’s move to deploy private networks outside of operators’...
5G networks will only achieve the required reliability and latency for autonomous driving if sufficient edge compute functions are brought close to the roadside and architected correctly. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, between vehicles and with road infrastructure and services, will not enable driving systems to...
German regulator expects to award 41 blocks of spectrum in the 2GHz and 3.6GHz bands
Germany launched its 5G mobile spectrum auction after a court in Cologne rejected legal challenges from participating operators, international press reported.
The process, being organized by the country’s Federal Network Agency...
The country’s three mobile carriers had filed legal claims to challenge the terms of the 5G auction
A German court has dismissed the legal claims filed by the country’s three mobile carriers against the terms of an incoming 5G spectrum auction, the Federal Network Agency...
The carrier is currently carrying out 5G trials in Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland and the Netherland
BARCELONA -- German carrier Deutsche Telekom has 150 5G antennas already operational across the telco’s footprint in Europe, Claudia Nemat, board member for technology and innovation at Deutsche...
Sequans Communications has introduced a new version of its Monarch chip platform, combining LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity. The backward-compatible Monarch 2 chip brings a new secure element, a 60-percent boost in power efficiency, higher levels of integration, and lower costs.
Sequans called it the “most...
The edge computing company founded by Deutsche Telekom, MobiledgeX, is now live with its first public edge network that aggregates existing network operator resources -- from parent DT -- to host application cloud containers.
Telekom Deutschland CTO Walter Goldenits called the news "an important moment...
Eight further organisations have joined the Charter of Trust for cybersecurity, an initiative launched by Siemens last year to raise security in the internet of things (IoT) market. Membership of the charter now stands at 17. Siemens said the group’s first task is to...
All vendors would need to pass a security certification process in order to operate in the German market
Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced the intention to introduce changes in the country’s telecommunications law in order to implement stricter conditions to all foreign vendors willing to...
German telecommunications regulator said the 5G auction is scheduled for the second half of March
German telecommunications operator Telefonica Deutschland filed an emergency injunction seeking a temporary halt to Germany’s 5G spectrum auction, Reuters reported, citing a spokesman for the Cologne administrative court.
The country’s telecom...
The German Chancellor said Chinese authorities need to provide guarantees they will not have access to data handled by Huawei
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the Chinese government needs to provide guarantees that it will not have access to data handled by Huawei Technologies...
The German carrier aims to launch a new 5G trial near Frankfurt in Q2
Deutsche Telekom announced plans to set up new 5G test areas across Germany this year, the telco said in a statement.
The operator said that it aims to launch a 5G test...
Note, this is the second part in a feature about Nokia'snew industrial strategy. The first instalment can be found here.
Nokia’s latest results, which saw shares slip on a slow forecast for 2019 5G sales, present the company’s strategic re-organisation around three so-called ‘pillars’ –...
Deutsche Telekom also said it will start to review its network equipment procurement plans
The deployment of 5G across Europe would be affected if governments ban Chinese vendor over security concerns, Bloomberg reported, citing an internal assessment by German carrier Deutsche Telekom.
According to the briefing, the...
The company said it will apply for admission to the 5G spectrum auction, which is scheduled to take place later this year
German operator 1&1 Drillisch said it will apply for admission to the 5G auction with the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), according to a...
The German telco said the 5G conditions would discourage further development of mobile infrastructure across the country
German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom has filed a lawsuit against the 5G auction rules set by Germany’s communications regulator Bundesnetzagentur before the Cologne Administrative Court, local press reported....
The GSMA said current terms include unrealistic conditions for existing operators
German telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur has approved the final conditions and auction rules for the 5G spectrum auction scheduled for next year.
With this approval, the regulator said that the qualification procedure for admission to the...
The German carrier is working with partners to develop LTE-M solutions
German carrier Deutsche Telekom confirmed plans to launch LTE-M technology in 2019, the telco said in a statement.
The company, which is already working in the development of LTE-M solutions, recently announced the finalists of...
5G auction conditions outline national roaming, coverage areas
Germany’s communications regulator Bundesnetzagentur has published the final draft conditions for the country’s 5G auction. These draft conditions include increased coverage requirements and an expectation that German telcos would cooperate on national roaming.
Bundesnetzagentur’s President Jochen Homann said the...
Deutsche Telekom has unveiled a new smart city app, through which cities can pick and promote their smart city services. It has also announced a new smart city platform, for cities to pool their data, and a launch partner for it, in the city...
