Hybrid private networks extend the controls and policies of IoT devices in local 4G and 5G networks into wider macro coverage. In other words, they enable IoT devices registered on private enterprise-owned networks to roam securely off-site on public carrier-owned infrastructure. They effectively stretch...
US private networking specialist Celona has released an “end-to-end” neutral host service that operates over shared CBRS spectrum in the US. The cloud-based software solution allows organizations to extend public 4G-LTE coverage, initially with T-Mobile in the US, to environments with patchy mobile reception,...
The Bui Power Authority (BPA) hydro-solar hybrid power plant in Ghana has significantly boosted its operational management services and improved its critical communications capacities through the implementation of an evolved Long Term Evolution (eLTE) broadband network provided by Huawei Technologies.
Huawei explained that one of...
Something strange is occuring in the utilities sector with the introduction of private 5G at the critical edge, says Southern California Edison. The new capabilities of private cellular are unburdening the old grid-edge of low-power IoT, and also liberating it for game-changing high-power IoT....
The long tail of national regulation on ‘vertical’ private 5G spectrum continues to wag, in a slightly inconsistent manner. Swiss telecoms regulator BAKOM has announced it will open the 3400-3500 MHz (3.4-3.5 GHz) band for enterprises to deploy private 5G networks from the start...
Network equipment vendor HFR has said it will supply a “converged private 5G and Wi-Fi 6E network” for a new industrial complex “in the metaverse” at the Kyungnam Techno-Park in the coastal city of Changwon in the southeast of South Korea. The Kyungnam/Changwon development...
Orange is to design and build a private 5G network at the Aqaba container terminal in Jordan, handling shipping cargo for the Levant region in the Eastern Mediterranean. It will be the first private 5G network in the country, said Orange, and the operator’s...
The edge has always existed, as any bull-headed IT wizard will tell you; but it has not always existed like this. The edge-cloud continuum is well travelled by enterprise IT technicians, taking powerful advantage of the economies of hyper-scale afforded by cloud-based compute engines....
Four nines, five nines, six nines – everyone wants more nines. Every enterprise wants ultra reliability, with guaranteed uptime of 99.99 percent (or 99.999 percent, or 99.9999 percent). But here’s the thing; a flippant rule of thumb says every extra nine in pursuit of...
As part of the ongoing Postcards from the Edge series, RCR Wireless caught up with Dan Hays, principal at PwC’s strategy consultancy division Strategy&, to discuss how the Industry 4.0 ecosystem might impose some kind of industrial order on the new digital chaos at...
Nokia has deployed a private LTE network for US port operator Husky Terminal and Stevedoring, based at the Port of Tacoma in Washington, in the northwest of the US. The new network, running in CBRS spectrum, covers around 115 acres, including all of the...
There is no blueprint for the critical Industry 4.0 edge, really; there is no way to rationalise in an easy matrix of applications and architectures which workloads stay at the edge and which go to the cloud. At least not in practical and usable...
The telecom industry and its ecosystem strongly believe in 5G private networks' capabilities to conquer new markets, but the adoption of the technology by enterprises is slower than predicted. As many issues remain on both sides, is the technology ready to take on enterprises'...
Nokia has introduced a “modular and durable” industrial drone solution, Nokia Drone Networks, to run beyond-line-of-sight off a private cellular network and edge compute array. Nokia is bundling drones, a docking station, a ground control station, plus add-on IoT sensors and cameras. It is...
National Grid, the UK electricity and gas utility company, also operating in New York and Massachusetts, is advertising a million-pound vacancy for a cyber specialist to set ‘honeypots’ in its network systems to wrongfoot hackers and misdirect incoming attacks on critical energy infrastructure. The...
Speaking with system integrator NTT this week for an upcoming editorial report about how to allocate critical Industry 4.0 workloads, certain well-understood drivers to move computing and connectivity systems away from centralised cloud and network infrastructure onto enterprise premises were, again, made clear. The...
US-based private cellular specialist Celona has set up in southeast Asia via a series of channel sales deals with carriers and integrators in South Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. It follows its move beyond its original confines in the CBRS market in the US...
“You can't just put on a hoodie and be down with the kids.” RCR Wireless is in conversation with Wienke Giezeman, co-founder and chief executive at The Things Industries, the Amsterdam-based LoRaWAN collective selling middleware and tooling into the hyperactive low-power end of the...
US-based enterprise connectivity integrator-reseller Velaspan has introduced a managed private LTE/5G service for large enterprise customers. The new product uses Celona’s core and radio network solution initially, and leverages the 3.55-3.7 GHz CBRS band; it is targeted at enterprises in the construction, education, healthcare,...
If the White House’s $42.5B investment in Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) signals anything, it’s this: While the 5G journey may — at the moment — appear to be slowing, our nation’s digital expansion is not.
Estimations of the global market potential remain robust:...
Initially, US Cellular and Ericsson will focus on Industry 4.0 manufacturing, logistics, distribution and warehouse use cases
US Cellular and Ericsson are now jointly providing private wireless network solutions across several industries, with an initial focus on Industry 4.0 manufacturing, logistics, distribution and warehouse use cases. Eventually, the...
Frontier Communications has been facing pressure to show growth for several years. While they still face that pressure, when it comes to business services, they seem to be doing something right. Frontier Business is showing growth, and that may be where they will continue...
HFR's my5G solution is a pre-integrated private 5G system
Korean ICT solutions provider HFR announced a collaboration with compatriot operator KT n to advance technology development, expand private 5G use cases and support digital transformation for small to medium-sized enterprises, local governments and public enterprises.
This...
SmartSky and Cambridge Consultants discuss adapting cellular technology for aviation air-to-ground private networks
According to SmartSky CTO Dave Claassen, the biggest challenge of providing inflight air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity is that unlike a regular cellular network, ATG must operate in “three dimensions."
“You have to take off...
