Seeing as you enjoyed our last post so much, here is another entry based on the same report by the CTIA, the cellular industry association in the US, and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, its equivalent for the automotive industry, about how 5G connectivity...
Vodafone said the new private 5G SA network will allow Ford to optimize its production processes
Vodafone Spain has deployed a private 5G Standalone (5G SA) network that will allow Ford to optimize production processes at its Almussafes factory in Valencia.
In a release, Vodafone said...
Security threats for companies operating in different verticals increase when a new technology is integrated into a legacy system with increase of connected devices
Changes in processes and the conversion of IT and OT teams create new challenges and security vulnerabilities for companies in different...
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...
The Atlanta suburb of Peachtree Corners in the US, playing home to a live smart city testbed, is working with T-Mobile to launch a new fleet of 5G-powered autonomous shuttles for local residents. The service is being provided by mobility solutions provider Beep, with...
Adoption of 5G could add £6.3 billion to the value of the UK manufacturing industry by 2030, according to a new report from Vodafone. Investment in 5G in manufacturing could increase growth in the sector across the country, especially in the UK industrial heartlands...
Argo AI, Lyft and Ford Motor Company announced that are working together to commercialize autonomous ride hailing at scale.
The partners said that this collaboration brings together all of the parts necessary to create a viable autonomous ride hailing service, including the self-driving technology, the...
The telecoms sector has come in for a pasting in these pages recently as the industrial set have laid into it about its approach to industrial 5G. The argument goes that traditional operators and vendors are trying to solve industrial challenges with telecoms solutions,...
Ericsson is to deploy a standalone private 5G network at a Ford engine plant in Valencia, in Spain. The trial installation is part of a European Union initiative to drive Industry 4.0 development. It puts focus on wireless control of autonomous automated guided vehicles...
The Atlanta suburb of Peachtree Corners, in Georgia in the US, has ‘filled the tank’ and pressed ‘go’ on a new Level 3 autonomous test vehicle, based on an open-source platform, from automaker Ford, for smart-city developers to try out new mobility technologies on...
Ford, Audi, Toyota and others have had to halt or reduce production; TSMC calls addressing the shortage a “top priority”
A shortage of semiconductors necessary for vehicle production has forced major automakers around the world to idle production facilities, according to numerous reports. In a...
Vehicle maker Ford, automotive supplier Bosch, and property developer Bedrock are combining on a demonstration project in Detroit, Michigan, to automated valet parking, so vehicles drive and park themselves in an enclosed garage.
The project, at Bedrock’s Assembly Garage in Detroit, is billed as the...
Vodafone Business deploying Ford's private 5G network with U.K. government backing
As part of a U.K. government 5G investment program aimed at fostering digital transformation of industries, Vodafone Business announced it will build a private 5G wireless network at automaker Ford's campus in Dunton. A...
Siemens has acquired Swedish service and software company Vizendo, maker of augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) training solutions for automotive manufacturing. The deal sees it deepen its Industry 4.0 contracts with the likes of BMW, Daimler, and Ford, which it already serves...
Miami-Dade County in southeastern Florida in the US has deployed an IoT solution for waste water management to mitigate regulatory issues, prevent sewer overflows, improve water quality, and ensure safety for the public.
Tech company Itron, based in Washington state, has been drafted in by...
Industrial IoT firm Seeq raises $24 million from equity sale
Seattle-based industrial analytics company Seeq has raised $24 million from investors, according to a report in Computer Reseller News.
Seeq has sold $24.3 million of equity to an unnamed investor group, according to the report, which...
Qualcomm is working with over 30 Chinese automotive companies, including the China-based joint ventures with European and US car makers, to showcase the commercial viability of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology for connected and autonomous vehicles.
China will deploy commercial C-V2X in vehicles from next year,...
Ford also testing in Miami and Washington D.C.
Ford Motor Co. said it will add
Austin, Texas, to the list of cities where it plans to launch a commercial
transportation service using automated vehicles in 2021.
The U.S. automaker previously conformed it would begin transporting people and...
The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) carried out a live demo of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in Berlin, the entity said in a release.
During the demo, 5GAA members including BMW Group, Daimler, Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer Institutes FOKUS and ESK, Ford, Huawei, Jaguar Land Rover, Nokia,...
Ford's move could shift the conversation around the 5.9 GHz spectrum allocation
Ford Motor Company has confirmed that it will use cellular vehicle-to-everything technology in all new U.S. models by 2022, in a break with automakers who favor the use of Dedicated Short-Range Communications.
In a...
Car companies Audi, Ducati, and Ford have joined with California chip maker Qualcomm to prove the “maturity and potential” of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology by showing their vehicles navigating a crossroads by themselves.
The showcase at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas...
AT&T has slipped out a minor announcement about LTE connectivity on latest-model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks in the US, starting from the fall, just as the technology and automotive markets appeared in a newly climactic embrace ahead of the 2019 Consumer Electronics...
The greatest challenge for Chris Penrose, president of IoT solutions at AT&T, is just to order and manage the multiplying opportunities afforded by the advancement of machine connectivity and intelligence.
For Penrose, the key is that business is repeatable, and his resources within the business...
“Cars are the ultimate mobile device," said AT&T this week, as it announced another two million connected cars in Q3, as well as an expanded deal to supply connectivity to heavy-duty Daimler trucks outside of North America, and restated its plans for 5G cellular...
