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...
Private networks present a number of challenges for testing and assurance. By their nature, private networks are delivering some type of service aspect that cannot be achieved via the public network, whether that be more secure access, targeted coverage, or more sophisticated features such...
In today’s digital landscape, a highly secure and reliable network is a must-have. No matter the sector, traditional network infrastructure is struggling to keep up with the requirements of connected systems and businesses are under pressure to deploy new offerings constantly and rapidly.
Enter...
A new survey of enterprises interested in adopting private networks lays out two primary reasons that they want to do so—and it's not driven by vertical-specific, high-performance use cases.
Instead, they see the primary value of private networks as providing increased security and network...
Viavi outlines private Open RAN benefits and security complexities
Beyond macro public networks, Open RAN could also support the variety of deployment configurations necessary for private enterprise networks. But just as Tier 1 operators have to guard against security incidents to stave off financial and...
Pausing to reflect with media and analysts in London yesterday (August 3) on decent quarterly growth of 4.5 percent within its enterprise division, Vodafone provided some useful colour on its strategy and progress with ‘mobile private networks’ (MPNs; private LTE and 5G, by any...
US-based private network vendor Celona has introduced important – critical for hard-nosed Industry 4.0 – fixes to its private LTE/5G system to support key layer-two operational technology (OT) protocols to network industrial machines – including with PROFINET, most significantly, but also BUS, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT,...
Where were we? Oh yes; a quick-fire summary of a panel discussion with Intel and Microsoft from Private Networks Forum in May, which presents, in random order, five technology drivers and five business drivers (or other business concerns) for the rollout of 5G in...
Private 4G and 5G networks present enterprises with advanced options for connectivity by combining the higher performance, reliability and security of cellular technology with the practicality and control of local Wi-Fi infrastructure. They give rise to new and improved enterprise applications, ranging from better...
Leo Gergs, analyst with ABI Research said that the private 5G market is moving away from an exploratory phase
The global private cellular market is expected to reach $100 billion by 2030, with a growing participation of services and applications, according to Leo Gergs, senior...
A panel discussion with Microsoft and Intel at Private Networks Forum in May yielded some helpful insights about the push-and-pull for enterprises to deploy private 5G networks. The conversation, under the heading Mastering Each Vertical Via New Partnership Ecosystem, zipped through a number of...
Andrea Caldini is vice president of product engineering and development, global network and technology, at Verizon, and has been instrumental in the company's pursuit of private networks such as its deployments with KPMG in support of healthcare and life sciences, with the Port of Virginia,...
Andrea Caldini is vice president of product engineering and development, global network and technology, at Verizon, and has been instrumental in the company's pursuit of private networks such as its deployments with KPMG in support of healthcare and life sciences, with the Port of Virginia,...
A panel session at Private Networks Forum in May discussed what 5G delivers for enterprises now and what it promises to deliver in the future, with a keen eye on the applications that will swing the business case for them to invest in all-singing...
An IoT MVNO killer? It sure sounds like it, almost – if the whole rest of the global operator market could just pick it up. But no, says the global enterprise arm of US operator Verizon; IoT-geared MVNOs will plug into its new global...
A new report from analyst group SNS Telecom & IT, based out of Dubai, says global spending on private LTE and 5G network infrastructure for vertical industries will grow at a CAGR of approximately 18 percent between 2023 and 2026, eventually accounting for more...
This week's guest, Kelly Burroughs, enterprise solutions director at iBwave Solutions, provides a deep dive into a private network deployment at a mining facility that the company supported. Specifically, Kelly discusses how iBwave helped the mining company discover its tech needs and then design...