Private LTE and 5G network adoption by enterprises is accelerating, as utilities, manufacturers, energy firms, port operators, and other industries with specialized needs see their digital transformation held back by both technical and economic limitations of traditional networking approaches. But as these organizations build...
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 “record” quarter at the end of last year for new private 5G (and...
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 – if only just to show enterprise customers (and network vendors, if pushed) how easy...
Shared infrastructure provider Boldyn Networks has signed a deal to acquire Germany-based private 5G specialist and Industry 4.0 integrator Smart Mobile Labs (SML) for an undisclosed fee. It signals the UK-headquartered firm’s move into the German market, a key geography in the developing private...
Singapore-based mobile operator StarHub is working with Nokia on application programming interfaces (APIs) to monetise its 4G and 5G network assets with local enterprises. The pair are looking to enable 4G and 5G access for developers to use network data about such things as...
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 in early 2025. So here goes: a fairly comprehensive list, in reverse-chronological order (we...
Nokia said its smart nodes are expected to enhance indoor connectivity for Zain KSA’s enterprise clients
Nokia and Zain KSA have announced a collaboration to address indoor mobile coverage challenges and optimize enterprise connectivity in Saudi Arabia.
The partnership will introduce what it claims to be...
RCR Wireless does not normally pay so much attention to pay-walled market analysis reviews, but in the circumstances, and as a point of difference…
Another day, another analyst review of the private 5G market; this one, by UK-based Kaleido Intelligence, looks to have made a...
The Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA) and the 450 MHz Alliance (450A), working differently to develop private 4G and 5G networks for utility operations, have signed a deal to collaborate on the same. The former has focused mostly so far on private LTE (4G) for...
As Greil Marcus said of Bob Dylan, somewhere between Nashville Skyline and Blood on the Tracks: what is this shit? Because the newest ‘magic quadrant’ study from Gartner, which holds a Bob-like influence in the heritage pop canon of telecoms and IT research (partly...
Vodafone Idea has recently initiated trials for its 5G services in India
Indian telco Vodafone Idea has announced plans to initiate a phased rollout of 5G services in 2025, as part of its broader strategy to enhance network capabilities and improve customer experience.
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Nokia and its partners took great care to ensure that the network survives the 239,000-mile journey to the Moon
Nokia said it has completed the final integration of its Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) into Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission lander, called Athena. The milestone means...
The Port of Valencia (Valenciaport) in Spain is in the process of deploying a private 5G network to connect more than 25,000 handsets, tablets, vehicles, cameras, sensors, drones, and other devices, applications, and services. It has taken a 20 MHz chunk of the local...
The slicing solution allowed e& UAE to automatically detect when a gaming console connected to the network and instantly create a dedicated slice
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that Emirati-based telco e& UAE has become the first operator globally to utilize its network slicing solution to...
A couple of submissions from Nokia, here, in response to RCR's request for industry soothsayers to step forward, and tell us about the year ahead – in industrial networking, computing, sensing, analytics (and everything in between) in the name of digital change.
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Nokia Bell Labs, the research and development (R&D) arm of Finish vendor Nokia, is working with the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), the Fraunhofer Society’s electrical engineering group, and Charité, Europe’s largest university hospital, in Germany to look at how sub-terahertz (sub-THz) wireless technologies...
New 5G SA mmWave deployment uses millimeter-wave spectrum
Nokia said that it will deploy Europe's first 5G Standalone millimeter wave network, to support Italian provider EOLO's goal of connecting underserved communities with Fixed Wireless Access services.
The four-year deal for a 5G SA mmWave network...
Talk about scale, right out of the gate; Vivo, the Brazilian unit of Spain-based Telefónica, has recruited Nokia to deploy private LTE (4G) networks at 30 locations belonging to Brazilian brewing company Ambev. These include factories, warehouses, and other logistics and distribution centres, it...
Nokia and Motorola Solutions have integrated hardware and software in a single ‘out-of-the-box’ 4G/5G drone solution for first responders and emergency services, plus mission-critical industries. It is “AI-enhanced, turnkey automated”, they said. Specifically, Nokia has integrated Motorola Solutions’ CAPE navigational software with its...
The radio access network consumes, by far, the majority of power needed to operate mobile networks. Given the reality operators are facing—pressing needs to reduce operational costs while working towards long-term climate action goals without sacrificing network performance—more energy efficient RAN is a key...
Nokia has introduced a ruggedised 5G-enabled 360-degree camera (Nokia 360 Camera) for industrial usage, including with private 5G networks. The product, offering immersive 8K streaming, is a world-first, it said. It also supports Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, and “spatial audio” (3D OZO) streaming. It...
Nokia said the genAI solutions aims to streamline service provision, reduce costs and increase network efficiency
Nokia's Bell Labs Consulting and Saudi Arabian telco stc Group, announced the successful trial of a generative AI solution that will be implemented to streamline service provision, reduce time...
IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl has expanded its partnership with Nokia, already geared to provide private 4G/5G networks, to also offer data center networking solutions and services to big global enterprises. The US firm will incorporate Nokia’s data center networking solution into its systems...
Energy consumption is one of the biggest factors of OpEx, says AI-RAN Alliance Chair Alex Jinsung Choi
The reduction of operation expenses (OpEx) is a key priority for telecom operators, and according to Alex Jinsung Choi, chair of the AI-RAN Alliance and principal fellow of...
