Germany-based Becker Mining Systems, a supplier of systems and equipment for the mining industry, has agreed with Ericsson to resell the Swedish telecoms vendor’s private LTE and 5G bundle to its mining customers. The deal is a multi-country reselling agreement, said Ericsson. Becker Mining...
JMA and RIVA are outfitting the lab with sub-6 GHz and 5G millimeter wave radios
JMA Wireless and telecommunications equipment supplier RIVA Networks are adding private 5G capabilities to the legacy cellular networks at the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Rome Research Site (RRS) —...
An addendum of sorts, to the piece Enterprise IoT Insights compiled at the end of last week (October 21), on private networks in numbers; Analysys Mason has just issued a report that says private LTE/5G network deployments are “growing rapidly”, to the point spending...
We need to talk about private networks (some more). Because earlier this month, Enterprise IoT Insights opened the European edition of Private Networks Forum with a salutary address about the market, going so far as to suggest business is “flying” in most major industrial...
Note, this is a revised version of the intro/outro statements at Private Networks European Forum earlier this month, presented then as a way to invite conversation about the state of ‘things’ in Europe, and re-presented now as a think-piece for the same. It considers...
Nokia hailed “notable strength in private wireless” for sending enterprise sales spiralling upwards by 22 percent during the third quarter of 2022. The firm’s enterprise unit outperformed the rest of the business, with overall sales rising six percent over the same period a year...
A panel session at Private Networks European Forum earlier this month put the spotlight on the discipline of private 5G and edge system management, specifically, where traditional mobile operators are increasingly facing-off with rival factions in the developing Industry 4.0 supplier market. These other...
Taiwanese telecoms operator Chunghwa Telecom has deployed a private 5G network for local electronics manufacturer Delta Electronics, in conjunction with state-owned telecommunications company National Telecom, formerly TOT PCL, and MVNO and IoT airtime provider The WhiteSpace. The network has been installed at Delta Electronics’...
French regulator Arcep has awarded three new trial spectrum licences for enterprises to deploy private 5G networks in the 3.8-4.0 GHz band, taking its total roster of enterprise trialists in France to 13. The band is being liberated for French enterprises, in line with...
This is a fairly straight writeup of a summary report / blog from UK5G, the government-backed innovation network dedicated to industrial 5G in the UK, from a couple of weeks back, about findings from the UK’s grand £200 million trials and testbeds (5GTT) scheme...
KT said that its private 5G network testbed runs on the 4.7 GHz spectrum band
Korean telco KT unveiled plans to build a specialized 5G testbed running on the 4.7 GHz band with the aim of enabling multiple customers to access its core network equipment...
A new summary report / blog from UK5G, the government-backed innovation network dedicated to industrial 5G in the UK, makes for good reading. It concludes, ultimately, that industrial 5G is the same as industrial IoT – that it is a discipline that is massive...
Swedish operator Tele2 has supplied an Ericsson-made private 5G network to local electric boat manufacturer X Shore, to drive its production processes and sustainability agenda. Ericsson called the private 5G deployment, at X Shore’s new factory in Nyköping, south of Stockholm, “one of the...
Open RAN will triumph in private 5G, first. So said Jagadeesh Dantuluri, general manager for private networks at Keysight Technologies, speaking at Private Networks European Forum this week. These twin technologies (or tech splinter movements) represent “two of the most important things in wireless...
The deployment supports X Shore's mission of becoming the 'world’s most sustainable and efficient boat factory'
Ericsson announced that Tele2 is using its private 5G network portfolio at X Shore’s electric boat factory in Nyköping, Sweden to help the manufacturer achiever higher efficiency and sustainability.
“Our...
Private network vendor Nokia has bolstered its portfolio of industrial 5G devices with new ruggedised versions of its key 5G field-router and XR20 smartphone for the oil and gas sector. The new versions are designed for use in “hazardous, flammable, explosive, and dusty” environments,...
Japan-based NTT has expanded an already-major private LTE and 5G project in the City of Las Vegas, in Nevada in the US, by leading a vendor collective to double the number of network access points across the city, and also to open the infrastructure...
Australian satellite and IT comms provider Speedcast has deployed a private LTE network across four natural gas plants for Brazilian energy integrator Origem Energia in the state of Alagoas in the northeast of the country. The project has been carried out by Speedcast’s local...
Core network provider Athonet has expanded its fledgling private 5G vendor club to include a broader cross-set of companies to promote and deliver new cellular systems for enterprises. The new joiners are Airspan, Ambra, Imagine Wireless, Integra Network Solutions, Itatel, RippleLink, Teal Communications, and...
Swiss food-and-drink manufacturing conglomerate Nestlé has tapped Brazilian telecoms duo Claro and Embratel, both subsidiaries of Mexican group América Móvil, to build a private 5G network at a factory in Caçapava, a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Swedish vendor Ericsson...
Analyst house ABI Research, in association with US network design and services firm Betacom, has put out a white paper about private 5G in warehousing, and Enterprise IoT Insights has had a quick read and (borrowed and stolen and) come up with five takeaways...
As US IoT chipmaker Silicon Labs opens the (virtual) doors to its third Works With event (September 12-14), and readies a rush of new product releases (coverage incoming), Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Ross Sabolcik, the firm’s general manager for industrial and commercial,...
The pair transferred Black Hawk data to the 5G.MIL pilot network using AT&T's 5G private network
AT&T partnered with Lockheed Martin to test helicopter data transfer at the aerospace and defense company’s headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut. The companies transferred data from a Sikorsky UH-60M Black...
A long-time pain for many businesses has been dealing with poor indoor cellular coverage. Fortunately, recent advances in cellular technology have given rise to a more modern approach to improving in-building cellular coverage.
The emergence of new shared cellular spectrum options, such as Citizen’s Band...
