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The key to private 5G?—‘Survival of the ecosystem’

Appledore Research sees private 5G pulling $232 billion in annual enterprise spend by 2027 There was maybe always a disconnect between what the telecoms set wanted out of private 5G (and how quickly they wanted it) versus what the industrial sectors meant to spend big...

Gen AI in action – what business leaders need to know (Reader Forum)

The level of attention on generative AI (gen AI) in business is no longer a surprise. It promises game-changing disruption – faster and more cost-effective operations, improved customer and employee experiences, and a competitive edge. The fact is that gen AI is evolving at...

IoT specialist TWTG sells to UK engineering firm IMI for €25m

UK engineering company IMI has acquired Netherlands-based industrial IoT developer TWTG Group for €25 million. TWTG, based in Rotterdam, will become part of IMI’s process automation business. Its portfolio of wireless sensors and integrated software allows plant operators to track, monitor, and optimise industrial...

‘Crossing the chasm’ – Celona answers your questions about private 5G

In case you missed it, California-based private 5G specialist Celona delivered a highly-engaging presentation to a highly-engaged audience at Industrial 5G Forum earlier this month – which prompted more questions than we could handle. Having presented for 20 minutes about ‘private 5G in and...

RealWear buys Almer in bid to ‘reshape the industrial AR market’

Wearable computing firm RealWear has acquired Switzerland-based Almer Technologies in a move set to “reshape the industrial augmented reality (AR) market”, the firm has said. The deal has been backed “strategically and financially” by Germany-based enterprise AR software provider TeamViewer, which sits on the...

‘We’re not ripping all that out’ – pragmatic Cargill on private 5G priorities

Did you see the interview with Airbus this week? Well here’s another dynamite entry for your over-stuffed private 5G files, pulled and transcribed from an interview at Industrial 5G Forum at the start of the month, which follows the story of US process manufacturing...

UK needs AI redundancy fund, proper AI training – but trust in the tech, says TBI

​​AI could save almost a quarter of private-sector workforce time in the UK over the coming decades – equivalent to the annual output of six million workers. So says the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) for Global Change, following up on its July missive to...

Siemens preps on-prem edge version of gen AI industrial copilot, signs ThyssenKrupp

Siemens has said its industrial ‘co-pilot’ tool, billed as the first and only generative AI (gen AI) assistant on the market that writes code for automation engineering, is to be offered as an on-premises hardware-software bundle. It has also said it will add “multimodality...

Airbus to replace Wi-Fi with 5G in “all industrial areas” within five years

More excerpts and leftovers, here, from the new RCR Wireless editorial report on private 5G in Industry 4.0 (check it out), rendered as a full Q&A with Hakim Achouri, telecoms expert and architect at European aviation and aerospace manufacturer Airbus. If you have been...

A ‘bright spot in gloomy telecoms’ – private 5G sales to reach $6bn by 2027

As referenced amid a bunch of stats in the preamble to RCR’s new editorial report on private 5G in Industry 4.0 (see image below), market research firm SNS Telecom & IT, based out of Dubai, has said the private 5G market is one of...

US private 5G provider GXC sells to energy and infrastructure outfit Motive Companies

Texas-based private 4G/5G provider GXC has agreed its sale to California firm Motive Companies, a provider of renewable energy and infrastructure solutions for industrial and commercial applications. Motive will provide GXC with "substantial resources" to expand its customer base and deliver advanced 5G network...

Private 5G is the ‘missing link’ – lessons from Capgemini’s Industry 4.0 workbooks

Consultancy firms love to talk, don’t they; and digital transformation (also covering private 5G) is surely their favourite topic. It is just the way they are built – to chat and discuss, with a view to delegate and collaborate (‘co-create’), and maybe, hopefully, to...

‘No one rings up and asks for a private 5G network’ – BT Business on 5G business

There’s lots of good stuff in the new RCR Wireless report on private 5G in Industry 4.0 – which is out now, free to download, and available here. But not everyone responded in time, and not everything made the cut. Here, for example, is...

Celona intros new security features, global partners for private 5G push

Private 5G specialist Celona has introduced a new suite of ‘zero-trust’ security capabilities, under the name Aerloc, for industrial customers deploying private 4G and 5G networks to underpin IT and OT functions. New capabilities include unified SIM-based authentication, dynamic and distributed policy enforcement, and...

Nokia, Rockwell Automation continue work on industrial transformation

Using private 5G Standalone in industrial automation emboldens key use cases, including AGVs, connected workers and untethered industrial assets The idea of bringing private cellular, both 4G and 5G, into the world of heavy industry has long been alluring to the telecoms sector. From the...

Siemens and ServiceNow bundle workflow automation, generative AI, cybsersecurity

Siemens is to bundle its cybersecurity and generative AI applications with ServiceNow’s workflow automation platform to drive confidence and practicality in generative AI for Industry 4.0. The tie-up with ServiceNow means the US firm’s Now Platform – used to digitise, organise, and augment industrial...

What’s new? What works? What gives? – Nokia on private 5G and IT/OT integration

Ahead of a new report about how to reconcile custom design and easy scalability of private 5G in Industry 4.0, here is a straight Q&A with David de Lancellotti, vice president for enterprise campus edge sales at Nokia, about the challenges to make private...

The internet of Big Ass Fans – environmental monitoring for healthier factories 

We’re playing this one straight. Kentucky-based industrial fan manufacturer Big Ass Fans is working with US printer company Lexmark, which has a sideline in IoT management software, and IT and cloud service provider Microsoft to produce an “IoT-powered comfort ecosystem” to monitor people and...

Five ways 5G unlocks IoT in Industry 4.0 – and three places to do it (Reader Forum)

Advances in automation have impacted every industry, but arguably none more so than the manufacturing sector. Traditional assembly lines are being replaced by intelligent factories where machines not only handle assembly but help optimise resources and drive down costs. This technology revolution, known as...

IT/OT integration, and the fuzzy end of the 5G lollipop – how to keep both sides sweet

Making calls, writing reports, doing the rounds – RCR Wireless stopped by industrial juggernaut Siemens to ask, effectively, what it made of comments by US system integrator Kyndryl last week that even the best-laid 5G-IT/OT integration plans go awry when heavy-handed IT goes up...

Integrator Xantaro buys security firm Nicos AG; bags global SOC, deal with Cisco

Hamburg-headquartered system integrator (SI) Xantaro Group has acquired fellow-German firm Nicos AG (stylised ‘nicos’) for an undisclosed fee, at once expanding its enterprise division and managed services portfolio, and handing it control of a service and security operations centre (SOC) with international reach. It...

Nokia and NTT DATA tie the knot on private 5G, finally – targeting cities, airports

ALERT: Last chance to sign up for the RCR Wireless webinar on how to scale private 5G in Industry 4.0 (‘balancing customisation and simplicity in private industrial 5G networks’) on October 10 2024, featuring speakers from CCS Insight, Ericsson, EXFO, and Verizon Business. Sign up...

‘Every factory’s a fiefdom’ – how IT/OT conflict derails big private 5G projects

Sign up here to join the RCR Wireless webinar on how to scale private 5G in Industry 4.0 (‘balancing customisation and simplicity in private industrial 5G networks’) on October 10 2024, featuring speakers from CCS Insight, Ericsson, EXFO, and Verizon Business. Also, look out for the...

Federated Wireless looks to ride BEAD wave with new CBRS planner tool

Spectrum management company Federated Wireless has released a new network planner tool for fixed wireless access (FWA) and private networks in CBRS spectrum in the US. The product is AI-powered, said the firm, insofar as it offers advanced radio frequency channel planning, coverage analysis,...