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MulteFire Alliance on 2021: More variety and volume for private LTE and 5G

Industry 4.0 is here, and private wireless is enabling industry verticals to capitalize on the promise of this ‘fourth industrial revolution’. 2021 will see a major transformation in automation of factories, ports, and other industrial IoT venues. Enterprises are ready to automate their processes,...

Proximus to deploy private 5G network at Belgium’s Port of Antwerp

  Belgian mobile operator Proximus and the port of Antwerp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a digital transformation project. As part of the initiative, Proximus will develop a private 5G network that can be a driving factor for innovation and digital transformation in...

CK Hutch opens UK centre for private 5G, drawing on Heathrow, Felixstowe blueprints

CK Hutchison, owner of the Hutchison telecoms group in Asia and Three (3) mobile brand in Europe, has opened a centre of excellence to provide bespoke private LTE and 5G networks for large enterprises. It cited as prime candidates for industrial LTE and 5G enterprises...

Rotterdam recruits Traxens to handle IoT data for Container 42 smart-port project

French IoT firm Traxens has joined the Port of Rotterdam’s new smart container project, Container 42. It will provide the sensors in the container, to measure various physical and environmental impacts, as the container makes its way around the world in a bid to...

Private networks in Europe: Mining and port operations drawing major interest

Most currently 5G deployments are very much focused on delivering enhanced mobile broadband to consumers. But leveraging connectivity to digitize and transform industries is drawing significant interest from the telecom ecosystem given the trends around stagnant ARPU and slowing device upgrades. Combining high speeds,...

“There’s nothing you can’t do with LTE” – talking ports and private networks with Druid Software

The rise of private cellular networks has been a key narrative recently in the story of industrial transformation, propelled by the emergence of advanced data analytics (AI), distributed sensing and processing infrastructure (IoT), and super-fast connectivity (5G). Irish firm Druid Software has helped to...

Port authorities and terminal operators: private networks and public slices in sea ports

Sea ports have become a primary focus for the telecoms sector as it maps out potential customers for private communications networks, particularly as the industrial space at large hits upon the opportunity for new LTE and 5G networks to bring digital advancement. But networking...

Nokia and Industry 4.0 country-mates seed private LTE/5G testbed for cargo ports

Three Finnish industrial-change specialists, including telecoms vendor Nokia, have banded together on a collaboration project to construct a private LTE test network for developing industrial IoT applications for shipping ports and terminals. Private networking specialist Ukkoverkot and port machinery maker Kalmar, owned by port automation...

Volvo Trucks unveils autonomous transport solution

Volvo Trucks announced that its electric, connected and autonomous vehicle Vera will form part of an integrated solution to transport goods from a logistics centre to a port terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden. The new project is a result of a new collaboration between Volvo Trucks and the...

Nokia and Ukkoverkot tie-up another private LTE deal with another Finnish port

Finnish network vendor Nokia and Finnish private LTE provider Ukkoverkot have signed a four-year deal to bring connectivity, automation, and intelligence to the Port of Kokkola, also in Finland. The Port of Kokkola is the third largest ‘general’ port in Finland. It is also...

LTE docks at Oulu, as Nokia and compatriots go mob-handed on private networks

Finnish network vendor Nokia and Finnish private LTE provider Ukkoverkot have signed a five-year deal to bring connectivity, automation, and intelligence to the Port of Oulu, also in Finland. The project will start with the establishment of a private LTE network, attaching to internet...