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BMW recruits NTT and Intel for private 5G test site to drive Industry 4.0 gains

Some new light on the murky, creeping digital change taking place in the automotive sector, long-considered the flashiest venue for Industry 4.0 (but highly secretive and deeply conservative), and specifically at one of its blue riband manufacturers, in the original home of Industrie 4.0; German...

Telefónica and Boston Scientific, Nokia and OneLayer look to secure hospital 5G

Note, this article is not about remote 5G surgery! A couple of press notes across the desk at Enterprise IoT Insights this week make a play of 5G security in hospital settings. Firstly (in no order), Spain-based network operator Telefónica is working with US...

Frankfurt Airport appoints NTT to deliver “Europe’s largest private 5G network”

Frankfurt-based airport operator Fraport, which operates Frankfurt Airport in Germany, has commissioned IT service provider NTT to build the “Europe’s largest private 5G campus network” (so-far announced), it has said. Work on the project will begin in the third quarter, with network tests in...

AI-LINK tests smart warehouse tech with Keysight tools

  Based in China, AI-LINK, provides industrial internet of things (IIoT) solutions, built on 5G and cloud edge computing technology platforms   U.S. firm Keysight Technologies announced that Chinese company AI-LINK is using Keysight's 5G test tools for end-to-end performance validation of cloud-native 5G radio access network...

Private 5G in China – JD Logistics powers through big summer sale with 5G AGV fleet

JD.com, the other mega China-based online retailer, has been running at least 100 “self-developed” automated guided (or “ground”) vehicles (AGVs) over a private 5G network, apparently from local vendors Huawei and ZTE, to automate certain pick-and-pack supply chain operations at its busiest warehouse complex...

‘Below expectations’ – near-term private LTE and 5G forecasts adjusted down, again

Analyst house Dell’Oro Group has adjusted down its near-term forecast for the private LTE and 5G market. It said its calculations show that radio access network (RAN) shipments and revenues are “again coming in below expectations, resulting in another markdown”. The market will roughly...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 6 – the channel

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 5 – the system

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

Indian government confirms four bidders for 5G spectrum

The 5G spectrum auction is scheduled to start on July 26 India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) confirmed that it had received applications from Adani Data Networks, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel for participation in upcoming 5G auction. The telecom department also said that...

Looking in the eyes of enterprise – four key requirements for private 5G (Reader Forum)

Operators and vendors alike have stars (and more than a few dollar signs) in their eyes as they gaze longingly at the private wireless opportunity. It’s true; enterprises across industry verticals want to unleash a range of next-gen, connectivity-driven use cases. Finally, a market...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 4 – the features

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 3 – the spectrum

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 2 – the devices

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 1 – the standard

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

Nokia and Contela complete private 5G interoperability trial in South Korea

Nokia Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), RAN and Contela's core solutions were used to conduct the interoperability trial   Finnish vendor Nokia and Korean wireless communication equipment manufacturer Contela announced the completion of what they claim is Korea's first interoperability trial between SME (small and medium enterprise)...

Virgin Media O2 and Nokia deploy private 5G network for NHS hospital in UK

The business arm of Virgin Media O2 (now being abbreviated as VMO2, we are informed) in the UK is working with Finnish vendor Nokia on a private 5G deployment for an NHS hospital in South London, to variously support remote patient monitoring, remote maintenance...

Siemens issues private 5G ‘reality check’ – ahead of 2023 launch, and R17 magic drop

The big news out of Hannover Messe a couple of weeks back was that there was no news – not from Siemens about private 5G, anyhow. Not real news, at least; just word that its new private 5G system – incorporating home-made 5G core...

Athonet makes private 5G club to handle the sell-build-run of CBRS networks in the US

Consortiums, alliances, ecosystems – there are too many to count, and too many to report. But news that Athonet has started its own private 5G club in the US, to combine and recommend suppliers for deploying cellular networks in shared and unshared CBRS spectrum,...

Cisco partners with GDIT to offer private 5G to US government agencies

Cisco said that the partnership will enable the provision of end-to-end tailored solutions for government entities   Cisco announced its expanded relationship with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, to deliver Cisco private 5G services to government entities in the U.S. Cisco...

UK must level-up private/public 5G ‘playing field’ for enterprises (operators) – Vodafone

Vodafone has suggested the industrial 5G market in the UK will be skewed unfairly towards elite private enterprises, in position to invest more easily in their own private network infrastructure, and collectively screwed out of £7 billion per annum in potential economic gains, mostly...

Indian firms see 5G as a key enabler of digital transformation: Ericsson

The government of India recently confirmed that some 5G frequencies will be reserved to enable enterprises to deploy private mobile networks Indian enterprises view 5G as the key enabler of their digital transformation, according to a recent research conducted by Omdia for Ericsson in India. According...

Druid supplies Raemis core into new private 5G radio system from German SI HMF

Ireland-based Druid Software has announced a deal to supply private LTE and 5G componentry to German critical comms system integrator Hytera Mobilfunk (HMF). HMF has developed a “brand new private 5G radio solution”, called 5G Smart Box, which will utilise Druid Software’s Raemis system...

How is security foundational to private 5G?

Private 5G networks change the security landscape, these experts contend, by converging siloed cellular, IoT and enterprise security needs.

‘More simple than you think’: Verizon, Nokia on deploying private 5G at a UK port

What does a port want to get out of a private 5G network? First and most importantly, to solve coverage issues, according to Verizon and Nokia representatives. In a session at Hannover Messe 2022, Juergen Broemmer of Verizon and Mike Kuczura of Nokia walked the...