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 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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Siemens has expanded coverage of its private 5G product for Industry 4.0 customers, both in terms of its radio support and commercial availability. The new version covers larger industrial areas, now supporting up to 24 radio units, each with capability to supply 5,000 square...
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) has taken a licence with specialist US private network provider Anterix to use the local 900 MHz band for private LTE across its service areas in Texas. The agreement builds on its purchase of 900 MHz licenses from...
RCR Wireless does not normally pay so much attention to pay-walled market analysis reviews, but in the circumstances, and as a point of difference…
Another day, another analyst review of the private 5G market; this one, by UK-based Kaleido Intelligence, looks to have made a...
The Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA) and the 450 MHz Alliance (450A), working differently to develop private 4G and 5G networks for utility operations, have signed a deal to collaborate on the same. The former has focused mostly so far on private LTE (4G) for...
As Greil Marcus said of Bob Dylan, somewhere between Nashville Skyline and Blood on the Tracks: what is this shit? Because the newest ‘magic quadrant’ study from Gartner, which holds a Bob-like influence in the heritage pop canon of telecoms and IT research (partly...
Ireland-based core network provider Druid Software has raised $20 million in venture funding to expand its private 4G/5G deployments in the defence, shipping, and utilities markets, it has said. The funding round was co-led by Boston-based J2 Ventures and Singapore-based HICO Investment Group, which...
The private 5G Standalone network will utilize spectrum allocated to BSNL
Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), in partnership with Indian IT systems integrator Echelon Edge, has reportedly secured a contract with Coal India Limited (CIL) to install a private 5G network at...
The Port of Valencia (Valenciaport) in Spain is in the process of deploying a private 5G network to connect more than 25,000 handsets, tablets, vehicles, cameras, sensors, drones, and other devices, applications, and services. It has taken a 20 MHz chunk of the local...
Six billion dollars. That’s how high private 5G sales will reach in 2027, according to recent data from market research firm SNS Telecom & IT. These projections come after Analysys Mason said in early 2024 that enterprises will spend as much as $9 billion...
Enterprises are hungry. Appetites for digital transformation are reaching a new intensity, brought on in part by excitement around paradigm-shifting tools like generative AI. This enthusiasm is inspiring enterprises to be bolder with their technology roadmaps and strategies in general, lest they miss out...
In March 2022, Arcep opened a trial platform in the 3.8-4.0 GHz band for manufacturers and market players looking to experiment and test new 5G use cases
French regulator Arcep has announced an extension of its 5G trial window for professional applications in the 3.8–4.0...
I know that now is the time of year for industry leaders to rattle off their top five predictions for the coming year, offering up a list of bullets that just so happen to fit into their product launch plans for the new year....
A couple of submissions from Nokia, here, in response to RCR's request for industry soothsayers to step forward, and tell us about the year ahead – in industrial networking, computing, sensing, analytics (and everything in between) in the name of digital change.
Carlijn Williams,...
The jointly developed solution combines a 5G private network with private MEC and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software
Verizon is putting a new proposition in front of enterprise customers: a combination of its 5G private network connectivity, plus private Mobile Edge Compute and the NVIDIA AI...
