IoT

More from US private 5G specialist Future Technologies, following from the long interview with the firm last week: the system integrator, on a stateside tear-up in the 5G-connected Industry 4.0 …

All told, 2024 was something of an annus horribilis for the cellular IoT sector, with consolidation and divestitures on the back of zero sales growth. But it could prove to …

British car maker Jaguar Land Rover has deployed a private 5G network from Swedish vendor Ericsson – with help from the UK integrator arm of Japanese IT firm Fujitsu. Ericsson …

Spain-based Telefónica’s big 5G showcase at the industry’s big 5G showcase, at MWC in Barcelona next month, will feature a pair of healthcare solutions, among other things. These will show …

Vodafone has a new deal with Saudi tech and telecoms outfit Mobily to expand its IoT coverage in Saudi Arabia. The deal is between the UK-headquartered operator’s enterprise IoT arm …

Hold tight; you might want to catch your breath. How’s business? It is only conversational; a casual salutation at the start of a pre-MWC call to coordinate diaries. But Peter …

NXP Semiconductors has agreed a deal to buy US edge AI chipmaker Kinara for $307 million. Kinara specialises in energy-efficient neural processing units (NPUs). NXP said it will combine the …

Qualcomm CEO discusses the “era of AI inference” and what it means for the company’s diversification strategy Qualcomm this week reported Q1 2025 financials marked by the company’s QCT business, …

System integrator Kyndryl is bundling AI security software from Palo Alto Networks into its own secure access service edge (SASE) offer. Its SASE services afford a “unified network security posture”, …

The Wi-SUN Alliance has unveiled a product certification programme for Wi-SUN based smart meters, smart sensors, and sundry IoT modules development kits. Certification will ensure Wi-SUN devices, compliant with the …

KDDI-owned virtual network operator (MVNO) Soracom is supplying out-of-the-box global IoT connectivity into a pair of new developer evaluation kits from France-based IoT chipmaker Sequans. The new modules are available …

Nokia and Ericsson both hailed healthy sales of private 5G networks to enterprises this week, to boost their final-quarter and full-year 2024 results. Nokia went furthest, to say it had …

A new government-funded scheme in the UK is seeking to apply IoT sensing and AI sense-making to lamb farming. The UK Agri-Tech Centre, an independent organisation for agricultural innovation, is …

Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), a pioneer integrator in the private 5G space, has been running a test network on a Raspberry Pi in its work labs and meeting rooms – …

Slovenian Industry 4.0 telecoms specialist Kontron has worked with Germany-based system integrator Mugler to deploy a private 5G network in the 3.7-3.8 GHz band on the campus at Rosenheim Technical …

Rockwell Automation has acquired Canadian industrial robotics outfit Clearpath Robotics for an undisclosed fee. The deal includes the Ontario firm’s namesake research division, developing autonomous technology for the innovation market, …

KDDI-owned virtual network operator (MVNO) Soracom has launched an integrated SIM (iSIM) solution for global IoT deployments. It adds a third SIM option to its developer portfolio, to go with …

Chip maker Semtech Corporation has had its EM8695 5G RedCap module certified by the FCC and PTCRB, the comms regulator and the telco review board in the US, and has …

Sigfox parent UnaBiz has convened a new ‘Sub0G’ ecosystem collective to develop smart IoT labels for the low-end of the IoT tracking market, targeting logistics and distribution sectors. French electronics …

We have done this exercise before; but that was back in 2022, and it is high time to update the list, especially with all the UK activity around private 5G …

France-based cellular IoT chip maker Sequans Communications has acquired Swiss firm Advanced Circuit Pursuit (ACP) for an undisclosed fee. ACP produces integrated circuits, radio frequency (RF) transceivers, and systems-on-chip (SoCs) …

UK-based tower company and network sharing specialist Freshwave has deployed a ‘portable’ private 5G network at the National Robotarium in Edinburgh, Scotland, to test and develop commercial robotics solutions for …

2025 is turning into a very important year in progression of the wireless and tech worlds. Thanks to new technologies like AI, quantum, IoT and more, this year looks to …

Another private 5G forecast for you (or your marketing departments): cumulative spending on private 4G/5G networks in the US will exceed $3.7 billion between 2024 and 2027, reckons market research …

So private 5G has made the national news in the UK. Except that’s not the news. The news, and mainstream coverage, is that mobile operator Vodafone has been appointed by …