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Ericsson to deploy private 5G for Groupe ADP, Air France at three Paris airports

Ericsson is to deploy private LTE and 5G networks at three major Paris airports as part of a new contract with Groupe ADP (Aéroports de Paris) and Air France, as well as Groupe ADP’s digital tech subsidiary Hub One. The Swedish vendor will install a...

Over 70% of indoor private, shared cellular to be operated by new entrants by 2026

As much as 30 percent of the installed base of outdoor small cell networks and 71 percent of indoor enterprise systems in the next five years will be operated by new entrants to the cellular segment. This is the conclusion of a new market...

Will 5G Change the World? Jason Marcheck, Gartner (Bonus episode)

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Jason Marcheck, Gartner (Bonus episode) Enterprise software licensing in a 5G world Gartner Research Director Jason Marcheck looks at how, as enterprises strategically consider 5G adoption, software licensing and procurement adds an additional layer of cost and...

Solving the climate crisis with Industry 4.0 (Reader Forum)

We are currently facing a climate crisis that is becoming more severe with every continent it affects. Despite multiple warnings, energy usage continues to grow and countries are falling behind in adopting solutions to meet their 2030 climate goals. It’s no surprise that now...

Ericsson to build private 5G for Grundfos, help lead Danish Industry 4.0 charge

Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos is to replace wired connections with a private 5G network from Swedish vendor Ericsson and local operator TDC NET at its production plant in Bjerringbro, north of Aarhus, in Denmark. The project is a trial-run, with a view to a...

Ready, set, OnGo! CBRS to unleash Industry 4.0 in US, says Nokia (Reader Forum)

Anyone who has used a public Wi-Fi hotspot for more than the occasional web browsing and emailing knows how unpredictable it can be. Wi-Fi’s lack of predictability has held back the deployment of wireless in many enterprise applications where predictable performance is essential. Fortunately...

Phoenix Contact intros first industrial router for private 5G – with Ericsson and Quectel

Germany-based industrial IT hardware company Phoenix Contact has produced the first industrial 5G router for private networks, using a 5G module from China-based Quectel, and with impetus and testing from Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson. The trio had collaborated from an early stage, they said, to...

Ericsson offers industrial 5G trial kits via operators, starting with DT in Germany

Swedish network vendor Ericsson is offering trial kits of private industrial 5G networks to enterprises via its mobile operator customers. It has confirmed Deutsche Telekom in Germany as its first operator partner to resell the test networks to local industry. Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom already...

Nokia intros second-gen 5G C-RAN to bring new dynamism to carrier IoT endeavours

Nokia has launched a new cloud RAN (C-RAN) solution to enable operators to more easily activate new 5G services and revenue streams, including as they target new ‘vertical’ customer segments with industrial-grade networking in 5G network slices of both public and private networks. C-RAN offers...

EU reveals final 5G funding under Horizon 2020, focused on transport and industry

The European Union (EU) has signed off 11 new research projects into development of 5G industry and use cases in Europe, with a focus on mobility, supply chains, and manufacturing, as well as on Europe-based innovation around 5G hardware itself. The new projects are among...

Huawei Webinar: 5G: Between Value and Policy

5G networks are already delivering advanced, secure connectivity and value around the world. But the journey to maximum value and benefit to society must be aided and accelerated by sensible, growth-oriented policies. On June 17, join us for a thoughtful, informative webinar: “5G: Between Value...

HPE arms carriers with edge compute and networking bundle to attack Industry 4.0

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) has introduced an 'edge orchestrator' to enable telecoms carriers to bundle-up and resell edge-based compute, connectivity, and apps to verticals on a subscription basis, and to attack the Industry 4.0 space. The offer is presented by HPE as a means for...

5G will keep industry on “even keel” – Bosch boosts Industry 4.0 sales and investment

German industrial giant Bosch restated its expectation to capitalise both ways on new industrial connectivity and analytics in the next years as it revealed a 25 percent jump in sales of its own Industry 4.0 solutions, and a new €500 million investment to procure...

Three in five enterprises want operators involved in their 5G setups, finds Nokia poll

New research from Nokia says one third of enterprises in the energy, manufacturing, cities, and transportation sectors are already using 5G to drive industrial performance and digital change. Three in five enterprises will look to mobile operators for direction when planning 5G services, according...

Zeetta strikes global private 5G distribution deal with openRAN specialist Stordis

UK-based Zeetta Networks has struck a deal with Germany-based open networking specialist Stordis to develop and distribute its management software for private LTE and 5G networks to enterprise resellers globally. The deal covers distribution of the Zeetta Enterprise network management platform, which affords enterprises control...

Carriers can broker vertical spectrum access for private LTE and 5G, says Nokia

Note, this article continues from a previous post, entitled, ‘Three-tiered private 5G offer emerges as telcos embrace vertical, unlicensed bands’. Click here to go to the first instalment.   Nokia has warned mobile operators to grasp the nettle of private cellular, even if they are stung...

Siemens buys AR/VR specialist Vizendo to boost Industry 4.0 ties with BMW, Ford et al

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...

Telefónica and Siemens combine on Industry 4.0 cybersecurity in Spain

Spain-based telecoms operator Telefónica and Germany-based industrial provider Siemens have announced a deal to offer combined IT / OT cybersecurity for the Industry 4.0 sector in Spain, marrying their respective strengths in IT and OT security. The Spanish division of Siemens is offering its digital...

Three-tiered private 5G offer emerges as telcos embrace vertical, unlicensed bands

Network operators are looking to segment their private LTE and 5G offers for enterprises into gold, silver, and bronze tiers to distinguish between standalone systems using slices of public networks, managed services using privately-licensed ‘vertical’ spectrum, and plug-and-play installations running in unlicensed bands. So says...

‘4ms latency on LTE? Yes, you can, if you know your stuff’ – radio tuning for Industry 4.0

In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Justin Paul, director of marketing at Zeetta Networks, to discuss the challenges with AR (and VR) setups in the industrial space, as well as Zeetta Networks’ involvement in the...

5G research network goes live in Germany using Ericsson equipment

  Ericsson announced that a 5G research network has gone live in Aachen, Germany, using its equipment and services. Spanning a square kilometer of the Melaten campus of RWTH Aachen University, the network connects the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, the Laboratory for Machine Tools...

Consumer packaged goods industry is struggling with Industry 4.0, says report

Ninety percent of companies in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry are yet to leverage digital technologies at scale, and that even the best equipped of them are struggling to make their digital deployments pay. This is the conclusion of a new report from SmarterChains,...

Show and tell, knowledge transfer, quality assurance – three cases of industrial AR

Note, this article is taken from an editorial report on industrial AR, called Industrial AR – and the rise of the workers. The full report is available to download here.  Use cases for industrial AR are all variations on the theme of remote guidance. Whether...

Orange Business: ‘5G, the IT and OT convergence are critical Industry 4.0 drivers’

At the end of last year, Orange Business announced a major strategic overhaul, placing analytics and automation at the heart of its operations, and stating that 2-to-3% per year of its future growth through 2023 will come from supplying connectivity and intelligence to enterprises,...