Israeli edge-cloud and private cellular software company ASOCS is working with Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), the system integrator (SI) division of German aviation firm Lufthansa Group, and an early pioneer of private 5G in Europe, to test and develop its own industrial 5G positioning...
The Port of Tyne has deployed a private 4G and 5G network across its southern cargo terminal and industrial site in South Shields in the northeast of England. The project has been managed by UK operator BT, which has provided localised tranches of its...
IoT connectivity company Wirepas, selling a non-cellular mesh technology for industrial IoT, has raised $22 million to amp-up its enterprise sales operation in global markets. Wirepas, offering both low and high-power IoT mesh technology (and using 5G branding for the latter), claims higher levels...
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled “After More Than Four Years, Has 5G Lived Up to Expectations?” The article explores whether or not 5G has lived up to the hype, and potential reasons for the technology’s overall performance in the market....
Nokia has handed UK-based engineering and services firm NG Bailey a distribution contract to sell its private LTE and 5G solutions into the healthcare, manufacturing, education, infrastructure sectors in the UK. NG Bailey said it will open a 5G demonstration lab at its headquarters...
Cellnex-owned Edzcom, one of the pioneer firms in the industrial private cellular market, has a deal with electronics firm OMRON to provide industrial enterprises with a managed private LTE/5G service with the Japanese firm's industrial robotics products. The partnership has been formalised in the...
Network operator Hutchison Drei (Three) in Austria is rolling out a nationwide LoRaWAN network in its home work to provide industrial IoT connectivity for Industry 4.0 use cases, including for manufacturing companies, energy companies, solution providers, smart cities, retail companies, and facility management services....
Note, this article is taken from the RCR editorial report on Critical 5G Edge Workloads, published in September. The following is the first part of the foreword to the report. Go here to download the full report. The subject will be further explored in the upcoming...
The business arm of US wireless carrier UScellular has installed a private 5G network at KPMG’s customer co-creation centre at its headquarters in Chicago. The venue, dubbed the Ignition Center, measures 30,000 square feet and houses KPMG’s technology solutions teams. The new 5G network...
Annual spending on 5G and LTE-based RAN equipment for use in shared and unlicensed spectrum will hit $3 billion by the end of 2026, up from around $1.4 billion by the end of 2023. SNS Telecom & IT forecasts compound annual growth of small...
Note, this article is taken from the RCR editorial report on Private 5G for IoT, published in July. The following is the first part of the foreword to the report. Go here to download the full report. It also takes and collates excerpts from...
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) has selected Nokia to deploy a private LTE/5G network at its container terminal in Kingston, Jamaica, in the Caribbean. The deployment has been handled by US-based system integrator EGC International. KFTL is taking both Nokia’s Digital Automation Cloud private...
Private network specialist Betacom, cloud provider Google Cloud, and IT distributor Ingram Micro have opened an Industry 4.0 showcase at the Factory Floor Lab in the Digital Manufacturing (MxD) Institute, located at the National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing in Chicago in the US....
Nokia has hailed RedCap “successful” trials with telecoms firm BT Group and module maker MediaTek in the UK. Without saying much about the tests themselves, the trio took the opportunity to talk up the potential of reduced capability (RedCap) 5G to benefit both business...
In a major show of industry collaboration, Deutsche Telekom has combined with AWS and VMware, plus Mavenir and Dell, to develop a global private 5G network and edge compute platform for enterprises. The new proof of concept is dubbed a “globally distributed enterprise network”,...
e& noted that the 5G mmWave pilot used the 26Ghz band and delivered high speeds
Emirati-based operator etisalat by e& said it is paving the way for the launch of commercial 5G private networks with a recent pilot deployment of 5G millimeter wave covering more...
The oil company said that the private network has improved operational efficiency and safety at its RGTSU Melaka facility
Malaysian oil company Petronas claimed to have deployed the country’s 5G private network.
In a release, Petronas said that the 5G private network has been successfully deployed...
Nokia has been selected by Brazilian agricultural machinery manufacturer Jacto to build a private LTE and 5G network at its new ‘smart factory’ in Pompeia, in the province of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new network will cover the entire factory floor, of 96,000 square...
Nokia has released a cut-down version of its Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private-cellular product for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the industrial sector. Called DAC Compact, the new solution claims a smaller form factor to deliver LTE/5G coverage at smaller sites. The Finnish firm...
US-based system integrator Kyndryl is working with Palo Alto Networks to provide network and cybersecurity services for Industry 4.0 customers running private LTE and 5G networks. The pair are combining their network security services and platform security capabilities, respectively, to design, build, and manage...
The Polish government has released the 3800-4200 MHz (3.8-4.2 GHz) frequency band to cities and enterprises for private LTE and 5G network deployments. The Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has allocated the 3800-3900 MHz band for use by local governments exclusively, which can apply...
Annual spending on LTE and 5G-based CBRS network infrastructure will account for more than $1.5 billion by the end of 2026 (2027). So says SNS Telecom & IT, promoting new research on the topic, timed to release with the CBRS hullabaloo at MWC in...
Nokia has launched a number of industrial 4G/5G devices for hazardous environments in ports, mines, chemical plants, and oil platforms. They are targeted at companies buying its private 4G/5G networks. The Finnish firm has also updated its own team comms application to align with...
Siemens has stuck out a press release to declare the open availability of its private 5G system for industrial-grade networking in Germany, the original home of Industrie 4.0. Is that news, really? The German industrial behemoth’s in-house 5G project has been one of the...
