BROWSING: LTE

iBwave integrates 5G into LTE and P25 network design scanner

In-building network design company iBwave Solutions has integrated 5G into its survey solution, to go with its LTE (4G) and Project 25 (P25) network planning capabilities. It means enterprises and public-safety organizations, plus network operators and system integrators, can use the firm’s mobile app...

How cellular IoT found its groove – five things to know about the eSIM revolution

In case you missed it, SIM specialist Kigen hosted a webinar earlier this month about smart metering – but more about the impact of embedded SIM (eSIM) technology, actually, for the whole IoT market – which presented a thorough view of the varying rates...

RedCap surge to drive cellular IoT volumes up 70% to 5.4b by 2030

Mass adoption of reduced-capability 5G (5G RedCap) for mid-tier cellular IoT applications will start from next year (2024), commencing in China, reckons analyst house Omdia. The arrival of RedCap, it said, will help to drive overall cellular IoT connections to 5.4 billion in 2030,...

Boldyn to build neutral-host 5G smart-city network in Rome

UK-headquartered neutral host provider Boldyn Networks has signed a deal with Roma Capitale, the municipal government covering the Italian capital plus 120 other municipalities around the city of Rome, to deploy 5G and Wi-Fi infrastructure across the Lazio region to support its ‘smart-city’ ambitions....

Broadband IoT more-massive than ‘massive’ IoT – way less than short-range IoT

The total number of cellular IoT connections will reach around three billion at the end of 2023, reckons Ericsson, with most, and the increasing majority, connected on so-called ‘broadband’ cellular IoT technologies LTE (4G) and 5G. The arrival of reduced-capability (RedCap) 5G through 2024/5...

Shake your market maker – why smart meters matter (part 2)

Note: this the second part of an introduction to 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...

Cox to resell InfiniG’s neutral-host CBRS offer – as part of new private 5G play

US broadband services and cable television provider Cox Communications will resell the new multi-carrier neutral host CBRS solution from InfiniG, announced last week. It is the first channel partner for the brand new InfiniG service, which launched ahead of MWC Las Vegas last week...

Orange commits to LoRaWAN in France beyond 2027

Orange has committed to non-cellular IoT connectivity technology LoRaWAN “beyond 2027”. The France-based mobile operator effectively told the SIDO Lyon, the major France-based IoT and AI trade fair, today (September 20) that it will continue to support the development of its public LoRaWAN network...

Deutsche Telekom integrates LoRaWAN and satellite cellular into global IoT offer

Deutsche Telekom is offering non-cellular LoRaWAN, as well as satellite-based cellular IoT, as part of its expanded global IoT proposition for connecting data-only embedded SIMs (eSIMs) in both low-power (LPWA) and also high-power wide-area IoT applications. It said it has integrated distributed LoRaWAN “more...

Industrial machine maker Kärcher taps DT for global IoT in 80 markets

German outfit Kärcher, a manufacturer of pressure washers, vacuum cleaners and industrial floor cleaners, has signed with Deutsche Telekom to supply global IoT connectivity to its “autonomous robot scrubber drier” machines in international markets. The family-owned firm is fitting new robot scrubbers with a...

Renesas to buy Sequans for $249m as part of rapid IoT buying-spree

Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics has agreed a deal to buy France-based cellular IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications for $249 million. The deal is expected to close “by the first quarter” of next year (2024), subject to its formal approval by the French firm’s works...

Deutsche Telekom operates 9,700 3.6 GHz antennas

Around 95% of households across Germany can already access Deutsche Telekom's 5G network German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom said that a total of 9,700 of its 5G antennas in 750 cities are currently transmitting on the 3.6 GHz spectrum band. In a release, Deutsche Telekom said...

Private networks Q&A: Verizon’s Andrea Caldini (Part 2)

Andrea Caldini is vice president of product engineering and development, global network and technology, at Verizon, and has been instrumental in the company's pursuit of private networks such as its deployments with KPMG in support of healthcare and life sciences, with the Port of Virginia,...

Cellular IoT revenues jump 24% – to 2% of total cellular revenues (but boom-time still beckons)

Global revenues from cellular IoT networks increased 24 percent to reach €10.8 billion in 2022, calculates analyst firm Berg Insight. However they account for just two percent of total mobile revenues among the largest operator groups, it said, and are in general decline, with...

Understanding enterprise wireless: Part 4—private cellular in action

In the final installment of our four-part podcast series presented in partnership with Nextivity, CEO of Nextivity Michiel Lotter discusses the company's private LTE networking-as-a-service solution, HARMONY. Lotter explains where he sees the solution fitting into the larger private networking market as well as...

Telit Cinterion sells automotive IoT unit to IoT-hungry German outfit Kontron for €24.5m

Bit late, but important to report: US-headquartered IoT module maker Telit Cinterion announced at the start of the month (July 3) that it has agreed to sell its cellular IoT automotive business to German IoT and IT electronics manufacturer Kontron for €24.5 million. The...

Deutsche Telekom operates 9,200 3.6 GHz antennas

Deutsche Telekom said 95% of households in Germany can already access its 5G network German carrier Deutsche Telekom said that 9,200 of its 5G antennas in 740 cities are already transmitting on the 3.6 GHz spectrum band. In a release, the German company said it has...

Vodafone Germany activates VoNR tech for 5G calls

Vodafone said that VoNR will be gradually activated in additional Germany cities in the near future Vodafone Germany has activated Voice over New Radio (VoNR) technology for 5G users in Frankfurt, Leipzig and parts of Düsseldorf, the telco said in a release. The telco said that...

Well, technically… LTE capabilities have supplanted those of WiMAX in enterprise networks: iBwave’s Kelly Burroughs (Ep. 100)

This week's guest, Kelly Burroughs, enterprise solutions director at iBwave Solutions, provides a deep dive into a private network deployment at a mining facility that the company supported. Specifically, Kelly discusses how iBwave helped the mining company discover its tech needs and then design...

AST SpaceMobile hits space-based LTE speeds of 10+ Mbps using AT&T spectrum

Space-based cellular connectivity company AST SpaceMobile said that it has repeatedly achieved download speeds of more than 10 Mbps over LTE as it tests its LEO BlueWalker 3 satellite with unmodified, commercial smartphones on the ground. AST SpaceMobile used leased AT&T spectrum and Nokia...

Total IoT connections to surge, but cellular IoT to lose share with 2G/3G switch-off

The total number of IoT connections will increase by 162 percent – more than double, less than triple – in the period to 2028, says the latest edition of Ericsson’s bi-annual mobility report. It has the total at 13.2 billion connections, as of the...

NB-IoT ‘stagnant’, LTE strong, RedCap ready – cellular IoT growth to spiral upwards

The total number of cellular IoT connections, on all cellular network technologies, grew 29 percent in the last 12 months, to finish 2022 on 27 billion connections, and will more than double in the period to 2030, when the figure tops six billion. So...

South Korea reaches 30 million 5G subscribers in April

SK Telecom accounted for 47.8% of the total 5G subscribers in Korea 5G subscribers in South Korea reached 30 million as of the end of April, with the addition of 423,000 users during that month, local press reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of...

Deutsche Telekom operates 9,000 3.6 GHz antennas nationwide

Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network currently reaches 95% of households across Germany German carrier Deutsche Telekom said that over 9,000 of its 5G antennas are already transmitting on the 3.6 GHz band. In a release, the European operator said it has expanded its mobile service...