I know that now is the time of year for industry leaders to rattle off their top five predictions for the coming year, offering up a list of bullets that just so happen to fit into their product launch plans for the new year....
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.
Carlijn Williams,...
The jointly developed solution combines a 5G private network with private MEC and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software
Verizon is putting a new proposition in front of enterprise customers: a combination of its 5G private network connectivity, plus private Mobile Edge Compute and the NVIDIA AI...
Many industries are still in the experimental phase, grappling with the complexities of Industry 4.0. However, the dawn of the 5th Industrial Revolution is beginning to take shape, with AI poised to collaborate with humans. Is the next wave of innovation already gathering momentum,...
Note, this is a transcript, more or less, of the opening address at Industrial 5G Forum (still available on-demand) at the start of November; printed here for posterity, and to make up the numbers, but also because it works as an op/ed piece about...
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...
Generative AI hype hinges on its novelty: new creative possibilities, business applications, and growth opportunities. For manufacturers, this technology has the potential to streamline supply chain management, help plant managers proactively address maintenance problems and drive efficiency across manufacturing sites.
Today’s industry leaders are exploring...
Microsoft has signed a deal to sell its networking business Metaswitch to Utah-based cloud communications provider Alianza. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025; the fee has not been disclosed. Microsoft only acquired Metaswitch in 2020, as part of...
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 industrial landscape is experiencing a revolutionary transformation as private 5G networks emerge as the backbone of next-generation automation. In 2025, we’ll witness a significant shift from pilot projects to comprehensive implementations, particularly in regions where spectrum for private 5G networks has been made...
Private cellular specialist Celona held court for just 20 minutes at Industrial 5G Forum last month to deliver a handy overview of the whole private 5G spectacle, and to light-up some of its own private 5G pyrotechnics as well. It was the busiest session...
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...
An edge AI “easy button” for enterprise digital transformation
In their own effort to better (and more profitably) serve enterprise customers, CSPs are going through a number of network overhauls designed to deliver customizable compute, connectivity and services directly to business locations. Similarly, the enterprises...
Nextivity is working with LG Electronics (LG) to develop new enterprise devices and applications to “accelerate, simplify, and maximise” integrated private 5G and DAS infrastructure, the two companies have said. They will jointly “develop, market, and install advanced 5G infrastructure offerings” for various enterprise...
In the private 5G market, many applications are waiting for IoT devices to be ready. RedCap devices are very slow in coming to market…despite standards frozen more than two years ago. Some applications are starting to move ahead with the early devices…but any...
One more private 5G panel write-up, and it’s another cracker. Here, Peter Cappiello, chief executive at Future Technologies, Johnathan Lewis, director of innovation at Miami International Airport, and Dheeraj Remella, chief product officer at Volt Active Data hunkered down for 40 minutes last month...
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...
It is kind of funny to hear the top-feeders in the telecoms market talk about how they ‘get’ the enterprise sector, suddenly. It is kind of frustrating that, after years of hawking private 5G like it is a panacea for the diverse and dynamic...
There are a whole bunch of headaches, of course, that come with scaling private 5G systems to new venues and new markets. Even if they have been proven at one site, and the use cases and business cases have been mastered, the challenge to...
Cisco is to use France-based virtual network operator (MVNO) Transatel, owned by NTT Data, to provide enterprise customers with ‘out-of-the-box’ 4G and 5G cellular connectivity on its own eSIM solution in 180 countries. Cisco’s eSIM technology will be embedded initially into Cisco’s infrastructure solutions,...
Neutral host networks are 47 percent cheaper and 38 percent greener (over a period) than traditional single-operator 5G deployments. This is the conclusion of a new study by ABI Research, commissioned by UK-based shared infrastructure specialist Boldyn Networks, which uses live neutral-host installations by...
Singtel has drafted-in Ericsson to deploy a dedicated 5G network on a slice of its public 5G network at Tuas Port in Singapore, the new greenfield ‘mega port’ development that will eventually engulf and replace existing shipping terminals at the Port of Singapore. It...
There was some good chat about the drivers behind the surging interest from enterprises in private 5G at Industrial 5G Forum earlier this month. In truth, the same talking points kicked off just about every session, probably, but Canadian network software firm iBwave and...
Appledore Research sees private 5G pulling $232 billion in annual enterprise spend by 2027
There was maybe always a disconnect between what the telecoms set wanted out of private 5G (and how quickly they wanted it) versus what the industrial sectors meant to spend big...
