As organizations rush to automate factories, warehouses, and other industrial environments, deterministic network connectivity and uninterrupted mobility have become nonnegotiable. An increasing number of network-connected devices are being introduced into industrial operations at a faster pace than ever before while wireless connectivity has opened...
A new report from analyst group SNS Telecom & IT, based out of Dubai, says global spending on private LTE and 5G network infrastructure for vertical industries will grow at a CAGR of approximately 18 percent between 2023 and 2026, eventually accounting for more...
Nokia has announced a go-to-market deal for private LTE and 5G in Latin America with Spain-based mobile operator Telefónica. The pair will target the ports, mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors, described as the “most promising industries in the region”. The deal covers “Hispanic geographies”;...
Semtech-owned IoT firm Sierra Wireless has partnered with telecoms software outfit Amdocs on a new network planning and management solution to reduce the complexity of private LTE and 5G networks. The new product goes with Sierra’s portfolio of IoT routers and modules, to work...
BT has won a five-year contract with the British Army to deliver a managed Wi-Fi service across 162 new UK army sites, with a view to establish future ‘smart bases’. It is already working to establish a ‘smart base’ at the British Army base...
Canadian outfit iBwave Solutions has integrated a new site survey and planning tool for LTE-based networks into its network design solution for network operators, system integrators, and enterprises. The firm’s Mobile Survey app has now been integrated with the PRiSM handheld scanner and spectrum...
Cellnex-owned Edzcom, one of the pioneer firms in the industrial private cellular market, has been recruited by the Finnish mine redevelopment project Callio to deploy an underground private 5G network in the Pyhäsalmi mine in the municipality of Pyhäjärv in the Northern Ostrobothnia region...
It is easy to be benevolent when you’re top-dog. Which is true in life, of course – and is not to say that goodness should be graded by the relative comfort of the do-gooder. But what goodness is there in a boardroom, really? Because...
The deployment of 5G networks has been one of the most anticipated technological advancements in recent years. The lightning-fast speeds, low latency, and massive connectivity that 5G offers make it the perfect platform for a wide range of innovative applications across various industries. Read...
Nokia has announced a go-to-market deal for its private edge networking system with US-based system integrator DXC Technology. The pair said they will bundle the former’s compute and cellular components with the latter’s network operations centre (NOC) and management analytics in a DXC-branded managed...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has completed its purchase of Italian private core networking specialist Athonet. The US outfit hailed it as “a major leap forward… to revolutionize the private networking market”. It said it would do this, “in part”, by “simplifying and accelerating” private...
Note this article is continued from a previous post, under the header: Private 5G for IoT – a year to get real, two to get really-real, six to be ‘seamless’. To read the previous entry, go here.; to watch the original webinar discussion on...
Cellnex deployed a private 5G network at San Sebastian airport using equipment from Nokia
Spanish airport operator Aena and European telecom infrastructure and services operator Cellnex Telecom have started the operation of a private network based on 5G technology at San Sebastian International Airport, in...
California-based private cellular provider Celona has staffed-up its nascent European operation with new senior-level joiners from Qualcomm in the US, notably, plus from UK-based tech consultancy and integrator Empowered Technology. Celona is seeking to sell its private LTE/5G system into operator channels in Europe,...
In case you missed it, RCR Wireless ran a webinar session last month under the heading ‘Private 5G for IoT – plotting timelines, defining applications, and making bets’. The session is available on-demand, and also attached to a full editorial report, out in a...
The new innovation center at the Samsung headquarters in Plano, Texas explores vRAN, FWA and private 5G
Samsung has opened the doors to a new innovation and briefing center at its headquarters in Plano, Texas. In a press statement, Christine Nelson, senior manager of Samsung...
Are we being hoodwinked? Has the marketing got away from us? Maybe, and maybe not. When will we see a tech vendor put its name to a report that discusses the societal dangers of sacking a workforce to make everything zero-touch autonomous – so...
Wipro said that new offering enables enterprises to integrate private 5G with their existing LAN/WAN/Cloud infrastructure
Indian IT services and consulting firm Wipro launched a managed private 5G-as-a-service solution in partnership with Cisco, the former said in a release.
Wipro said that new offering enables enterprise...
The pair have created a roadway warning system to identify and then alert drivers and pedestrians to hazardous situations
NEC Corporation of America (NEC) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) announced this week that they have created a roadway warning system that relies on private 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) to potentially...
Apple has opened support in iOS 17 for private data-only cellular networks running LTE and 5G (in both standalone and non-standalone mode), meaning most new and new-ish iPhone (13 and up) and iPad models can now be used as work devices in private network...
Federated Wireless showcased how private 5G can make applications like real-time robotics and smart security cameras possible
Federated Wireless revealed that its demonstrations of a 5G private wireless network leveraging 5G-enabled IoT applications to support smart warehouse automation were deemed successful. The demos, which took place in...
Latest stats from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) says at least 1,148 organisations in 74 countries had deployed private LTE (4G) and 5G networks by the end of March (Q1 2023), up from 1,077 at the end of 2022. Which means (!?) 71...
Note, this article, a direct transcript of a conversation with Kathiravan Kandasamy, vice president of product management at US-based carrier services company Syniverse, continues from a previous entry, which can be found here.
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You mentioned also that, in your experience with customers, that the private...
So, is the correct way to look at this, then, that the private 5G market, when it talks about private 5G, is obsessed with a future where Volkswagen is animating its production lines using Release 18-level URLLC 5G networks? But that the wider enterprise...
