Nokia noted that SUSTAIN-6G’s core mission is to harness the capabilities of 6G to tackle pressing sustainability challenges
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has been selected by the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), a public-private initiative funded by the European Commission,...
You can’t put a price on data. Or can you? A staggering 92% of all internet access now comes via mobile phone, and by 2025 the industry will have reached the once-distant milestone of more than 1 billion active 5G connections. This is good...
The new collaboration seeks to boost the energy efficiency of Airtel's 4G/5G radio access network
Indian operator Bharti Airtel and Finnish vendor Nokia announced a partnership under the "Green 5G" initiative, aimed at implementing energy-efficient technologies and practices across Airtel's mobile network. In a release,...
SONIC Labs is delivered by Digital Catapult and supported by U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom
Digital Catapult has launched its first SONIC Labs Technology Access Program, in which it is collaborating with a number of organizations to address energy efficiency challenges in Open RAN (O-RAN) operations.
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The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has appointed Ericsson to offer private 4G and 5G networks to small- and mid-sized electric cooperatives (co-ops) across the US. NRTC is leading the consortium, which also includes telecoms and energy utility Southern Linc, offering core hosting solutions,...
More satellite IoT stats; following on from yesterday’s post, reporting on Juniper Research figures, that the total number of IoT satellites will grow by 150 percent over the next five years, from 10,000 in 2024 to 24,000 in 2029, another analyst group has stuck...
Want more private 4G/5G market forecasts? Of course you do, and market research firm Kaleido Intelligence has come up with a humdinger: enterprises will spend over $7 billion per year on private 4G/5G networks by 2028, it says. Which sounds like a lot; but...
KDDI-owned Soracom has embedded generative AI capabilities into its cellular IoT connectivity and services platform, it has said. It has introduced two new services to help IoT developers with more complex IoT deployments. These are Soracom Flux and Query Intelligence; the first is a...
Among the Africa AI use case applications identified, the vast majority are related to agriculture, climate action and energy, according to the GSMA
New artificial intelligence (AI) applications could boost Africa’s economic growth by $2.9 trillion by 2030, according to a new GSMA report.
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Private network operator and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has deployed a private 5G network – or rather upgraded an existing private LTE network – at the Nobelwind wind farm in the North Sea, about 50 kilometres off the Belgian coast. The work is part...
CelcomDigi said its collaboration with Petronas started with the deployment of a private 4G LTE network for Petronas
Malaysian oil company Petronas and compatriot telco CelcomDigi are collaborating to accelerate digital transformation in the energy sector using 5G, the later said in a statement.
The collaboration...
Vodafone said that the deployment of 5G SA networks in Scotland will benefit for several sectors including healthcare, agriculture, education and energy
U.K.-based carrier Vodafone said it aims to provide 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology to nearly 90% of Scotland by 2034 as a result...
Power distribution systems are rapidly evolving across the world in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and meet bold climate goals. Today, governments at the national, state and local levels are collectively investing trillions of dollars to build renewable energy sources and modernize their...
Mark Pierpoint, vice president of strategic innovation and partnerships at Keysight Technologies gives his view of the year ahead in telecoms and tech; he discusses the opportunities and challenges with artificial intelligence (AI), environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives around energy transition, and the...
Vodafone aims to use fully use renewable sources to power its networks by 2025
U.K. telco Vodafone is implementing a number of actions in order to be in a position to fulfill with its sustainability goals, according to Erik Kling, president and head of IoT...
Vodafone indicated that across renewables, wind power generation gains the greatest benefit from 5G Standalone technology
Transforming wind farms with 5G technology could help generate enough additional clean energy to heat 2.4 million homes across the U.K. by 2035, according to a recent research by...
The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes. To ease the migration to clean power, switching to renewables with as little friction as possible is key. The switch is bringing about a revolution in electricity generation and expanding its role across...
There are some clever companies in the IoT space. Of course there are; but there are, arguably, more in IoT than anywhere else in the tech game. They just don’t generally make the same kind of noise. Sure, some talk way too much, but...
US energy and automation conglomerate Honeywell has reorganised its business into four separate units, with enhanced focus on industrial automation, in order to realign with what it perceives as three global economic “megatrends” – being automation, aviation, and energy. The firm has folded its...
Note: this an introduction to and reduction of a forthcoming editorial report on smart meters, covering ‘how IoT has changed up a gear in the utilities market’. The report will be available next month. RCR Wireless will host a webinar on the same subject...
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....
China Tower said its net profit in the first half of the year climbed 14.6% year-on-year to $674 million
China Tower ended the first half of 2023 with a total of 2.06 million towers under management, after a net addition of 6,000 sites during the...
Nokia has announced a go-to-market deal for private LTE and 5G in Latin America with Spain-based mobile operator Telefónica. The pair will target the ports, mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors, described as the “most promising industries in the region”. The deal covers “Hispanic geographies”;...
Barcelona-based satellite IoT provider Sateliot, in the process of deploying a low-earth orbit (LEO) constellation of NB-IoT satellites, has struck a partnership with power grid solutions company Sentrisense to launch a satellite-augmented IoT service for electric grid sensors. The Sweden-headquartered firm’s IoT devices attach...
