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Druid joins with Red Hat and Napatech on private 5G for SA slicing, URLLC

Ireland-based private 5G specialist Druid Software has released a high-end version of its 5G core network for distributed private 5G deployments at the enterprise and network edge – in order for enterprises, operators, and other system vendors to be able to offload and manage...

TSN over private 5G gets closer for Industry 4.0 – with Cumucore/Kontron collab

Interesting announcement across the RCR news desk: Finnish firm Cumucore and Austrian outfit Kontron, both private 5G vendors, have combined to deliver time-sensitive networking (TSN) capabilities on a private 5G setup for Industry 4.0 customers. TSN is an Ethernet-based functionality, which enables synchronised comms...

Future Tech grabs $20m of Industry 4.0 private 5G deals in 2024 (mostly with Nokia)

More from US private 5G specialist Future Technologies, following from the long interview with the firm last week: the system integrator, on a stateside tear-up in the 5G-connected Industry 4.0 game, said it won over $20 million in industrial-grade private 4G and 5G deals...

Fujitsu installs Ericsson private 5G system for Jaguar Land Rover in UK

British car maker Jaguar Land Rover has deployed a private 5G network from Swedish vendor Ericsson – with help from the UK integrator arm of Japanese IT firm Fujitsu. Ericsson invited both companies on stage at its pe-MWC analyst event in London today (February...

Private 5G cellular networks: Transforming port operations (Reader Forum)

Editor's note: The following Reader Forum was written by Anish Sharma, a junior at at Eastside Preparatory School, where he studies computer science, robotics and applied AI. In the era of digital transformation, ports worldwide are embracing private 5G cellular networks to revolutionize their...

Kagan: Which companies are leading in the private 5G space?

What is the current state of private wireless, and where is it heading? Private wireless has been with us for several years and has gone through several periods of growth and change. Today, it appears Private 5G networks are showing growth. One question is: Will...

Private 5G specialist Future Tech bags Ericsson deal as sales spiral

Hold tight; you might want to catch your breath. How’s business? It is only conversational; a casual salutation at the start of a pre-MWC call to coordinate diaries. But Peter Cappiello, chief executive at US system integrator Future Technologies, has a whole lot to...

Ericsson appointed to deploy private LTE for LCRA smart-grid across Texas

Ericsson has been confirmed (by Ericsson) as the key vendor for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to deploy private LTE across “parts of” 68 counties in Texas, in the US. It follows news last month that LCRA had taken a new licence with...

Celona announces (another!) private-5G deal with STC in the Middle East

Either it has taken a year to get going, or else it has actually expanded – but US private 5G specialist Celona has stuck out another press note to proclaim its partnership with Riyadh-based telecoms group STC (Saudi Telecommunication Company; stylised stc) in the...

Dutch logistics firm KLG Europe tests private 5G from KPN

Netherlands-based transport and logistics firm KLG Europe has been testing private 5G on automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in a distribution centre with mobile operator KPN, as the latter fills-out commercial hardware facets of its so-called ‘KPN Campus’ private 4G/5G offer for large enterprises in...

Extending enterprise security to private 4G/5G – how OneLayer cornered the market

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...

Boldyn gets $1.2bn debt capital to fund enterprise push in the US

Boldyn Networks has secured a $1.2 billion debt facility in the US to support its plans in North America to supply private networks, neutral-host systems, and other connectivity solutions to enterprises. It follows almost two years after the US business, then BAI Group, reorganised...

‘Record quarter’ and ‘strong growth’ – Nokia, Ericsson hail private 5G sales 

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...

‘Fastest race, fastest network’ – Ericsson supplies private 5G to SailGP

Ericsson is supplying private 5G and edge routers to the international SailGP grand-prix series of high-performance F50 catamaran races around the world. Its Cradlepoint routers will be installed in the ‘wings’ of each F50 catamaran, and communicate with hardware and software systems from Oracle...

Plainer than fiction – five years at the sharp-end of private 5G with LHIND

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...

Vodafone Spain to deploy private 5G network in a mining site

Vodafone said that the private network will securely connect mobile equipment and machinery, significantly enhancing communication and real-time data access Vodafone Spain is set to deploy a private 5G network in a mine located in Navarra in collaboration with Spanish mining company Geoalcali. In a release,...

Kontron and Mugler deploy private 5G at German university

Slovenian Industry 4.0 telecoms specialist Kontron has worked with Germany-based system integrator Mugler to deploy a private 5G network in the 3.7-3.8 GHz band on the campus at Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences (TH Rosenheim) in Germany. Kontron, formerly Iskratel, has authored both...

UK working on CBRS-style dynamic spectrum assignment

Moves in the UK to open tranches of the 1.8 GHz, 3.8-4.2 GHz, and upper 6 GHz bands for dynamic spectrum assignment (DSA) in the UK, akin to the popular CBRS scheme at 3.55-3.7 GHz in the US, busy with fixed-wireless access (FWA), private...

Reality check – four reasons private 5G sucks, one reason it rocks

Something and nothing, here, but worth a look: the team at CCS Insight – which crosses over, individually, with the Global mobile Supplier Association (GSA), and so has double-dibs on private 5G thinkery – has polled 500-odd IT “decision-makers” in key industrial sectors (manufacturing,...

Boldyn to acquire German private 5G specialist Smart Mobile Labs

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...

A (baker’s) dozen key UK private 5G projects to make Industry 4.0 rise

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...

Freshwave installs private 5G for Industry 4.0 R&D at Scottish robotics centre

UK-based tower company and network sharing specialist Freshwave has deployed a ‘portable’ private 5G network at the National Robotarium in Edinburgh, Scotland, to test and develop commercial robotics solutions for Industry 4.0. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on...

US spending on private 4G/5G to jump 18% to $3.7bn by 2027

Another private 5G forecast for you (or your marketing departments): cumulative spending on private 4G/5G networks in the US will exceed $3.7 billion between 2024 and 2027, reckons market research firm SNS Telecom & IT. New spectrum and new technology means the market is...

Federated Wireless leads JMA, HPE in $6m private 5G project for Marine Corps

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has appointed Federated Wireless, sub-contracting JMA Wireless for radio (RAN) infrastructure and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for core network software, to deploy its “first commercial” private 5G network. The new $6 million deal, billed as a 42-month sustainment...