US-based food manufacturing giant Mars has rolled out digital twin technology, marrying IoT sensor outputs with AI analytics inputs in a edge/cloud dashboard, across its factories in the US, specifically to reduce instances of over-filling packages in food production. The solution, designed with IT...
The CAT-1 LTE modem was initially defined in 2008 as a low-cost, low-power alternative to connect IoT devices that needed to transfer limited amounts of data. However, vendors and network providers at that time focused on higher throughput. The actual device introduction started about...
NTT doubled the number of network access points across the city
What better place to announce the expansion of a private LTE and 5G project in Las Vegas, Nevada than in Sin City itself. That’s exactly what NTT did last week at Mobile World Congress,...
LTE is used in 672 of the catalogued private mobile networks, according to GSA
At least 889 organizations have deployed LTE or 5G private mobile networks in one of more locations, according a recent report by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).
According to GSA report,...
The network update will support 3G, 4G and 5G NSA
Samoan operator Bluesky has selected Ericsson for the modernization of its equipment and services in the American territory of Samoa. The agreement represents the first time that the companies are working together.
Specifically, the network...
Belfast-based SIM development firm Kigen, previously part of chip design company Arm, is working with US carrier AT&T to enable IoT manufacturers to transfer SIM ownership of AT&T-connected IoT devices to their customers, in the form of end-user facing IoT providers, post-production – without...
As US IoT chipmaker Silicon Labs opens the (virtual) doors to its third Works With event (September 12-14), and readies a rush of new product releases (coverage incoming), Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Ross Sabolcik, the firm’s general manager for industrial and commercial,...
5G calls for fundamental changes in network architecture and technician knowledge, as well as the deployment of fiber deeper into the network. To make sure those changes are successful and 5G transformations are done right the first time, operators and contractors need to revamp...
Communication Service Providers (CSPs) face common evolutionary challenges on the path from LTE to 5G and long after, like how to implement widespread coverage while managing unpredictable demand, and how to monetize the considerable investment they’ve already made and will continue to make in...
Deutsche Telekom said it expected 99% of households in Germany will access the carrier’s 5G network by 2025
German carrier Deutsche Telekom said it has expanded its mobile services at 1,104 locations nationwide in the past five weeks, while it added 5G capacity at 72...
In 2020, the FCC approved usage of the 900 MHz band in the U.S. for private LTE and 5G networking by energy companies, in response to a long-standing request by Anterix
Private networking firm Anterix, which holds wide swathes of 900 MHz spectrum in the...
Paris La Défense, the major metropolitan business district in Paris, has called for applicants to run 5G neutral-host and use-case trials in 26 GHz mmWave spectrum at its site in the French capital. The two trial streams will be open, respectively, to public mobile...
US private cellular Ondas Holdings, parent of Ondas Networks, is to buy Israeli drone system and platform developer Airobotics in a $15.2 million merger acquisition. The new business will be combined with American Robotics, its other drone subsidiary, acquired by Ondas Holdings for $70.6...
Italian-American IoT module maker Telit is to acquire the cellular IoT unit of French aerospace, defence, and security company Thales in return for a quarter-share of its expanded industrial IoT business. Thales will take a 25 percent stake in the expanded Telit business, headquartered...
Vodafone recently said that its 5G Standalone network is currently available to nearly 10 million people across Germany
German carrier Vodafone announced the start of the deployment of 5G Standalone (SA) technology in the city of Munich, the company said in a release.
Vodafone will initially...
A mining engineer, a 5G wireless technology provider, a value-added reseller and an excavation equipment manufacturer walk into a bar.
No, it’s not the set-up for a joke. It’s a description of the kind of partnerships we can expect to see more often as we...
Deutsche Telekom highlighted that 92% of households can already access the carrier’s 5G network
German carrier Deutsche Telekom said it has expanded its mobile services at 855 locations nationwide in the past seven weeks, while it added 5G capacity at 123 locations.
In a release, the...
Spending on IoT-based asset tracking solutions, for monitoring goods in transit, will reach $45 billion globally by 2027, according to Juniper Research. The total spend will jump from $16 billion in 2022, representing growth of 184 percent over the five-year period. It said the...
Ireland-based Druid Software has announced a deal to supply private LTE and 5G componentry to German critical comms system integrator Hytera Mobilfunk (HMF). HMF has developed a “brand new private 5G radio solution”, called 5G Smart Box, which will utilise Druid Software’s Raemis system...
Right, let’s see how good my notes are two days later; shortly following a shot-across-the-bows from a top analyst at a London private 5G event (Omdia’s Pablo Tomasi at Private Networks in a 5G World), Sweden-based Telia and Germany-based Deutsche Telekom, on behalf of...
Cloud-native IMS solution provides dynamic, scalable core voice, messaging and multimedia
The IP Multimedia System (IMS) is the foundation of modern voice and messaging in 4G LTE and 5G, and it lies at the very heart of most Communication Service Providers’ (CSPs) core networks. A...
GSA said that the manufacturing sector was the largest private networks adopter
A new report from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) found that at least 794 organizations in 68 countries and territories are deploying private mobile networks based on LTE or 5G technologies.
The...
Deutsche Telekom said that over 67,000 antennas are already transmitting 5G across the country
German telco Deutsche Telekom said it is using spectrum in the 700 MHz range for the provision of 5G for the first time.
The European operator said that the use of the...
Vodafone's 5G SA network currently operates 4,000 antennas across Germany
German carrier Vodafone announced the start of the deployment of 5G Standalone (SA) technology in the country’s former capital city Bonn, and the target is to connect the entire population to the 5G SA network...
