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Does AT&T’s decision to ditch NB-IoT in the US, confirmed in RCR Wireless last week, spell the end for this clever and brave little IoT network technology? Just as a …

Nokia saw its (“comparable”) operating profit slide by 32 percent in the second quarter of 2024, finishing at €423 million, versus €619 million a year ago. Sales fell alongside, down …

India-based IT consultancy and system integrator Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched a generative AI aggregation platform for enterprise customers and a new IoT lab in the US, with a …

Whatever happened to the concept of ‘smart cities’? We used to write about them all the time, but the whole discipline seems to have splintered in recent years into a …

Spectrum management company Federated Wireless has launched an “adaptive planning” tool to expedite and optimise cellular deployments in shared CBRS network spectrum in the US. The product, Adaptive Network Planner, …

Nokia has joined Verizon’s list of approved network equipment vendors with certified private network systems that can be deployed with its own licensed mid-band spectrum. The US operator has issued …

The US and Japan have signed two new university research partnerships to collaborate on the technical and ethical development of artificial intelligence (AI). They have received $110 million in combined …

Philadelphia-based managed private cellular provider Velaspan is targeting enterprises in global markets with Nokia’s private 4G/5G solution. It is the one of the first managed service providers to be authorised …

Austin-based GXC, offering an Industry 4.0 twist with cellular mesh technology, is recruiting operators, resellers, and distributors to sell its private 5G system to US enterprises. It has announced a …

US operator Verizon has struck a deal with Japan-based counterpart KDDI to provide connectivity in North America to a forthcoming electric vehicle from Sony Honda Mobility (SHM), a joint venture …

Nokia has launched a dedicated business unit in the U.S. to deliver private cellular, edge computing, and other critical connected solutions to the federal government. The new unit, called Nokia …

Vodafone Business, the global enterprise division of UK-based mobile operator Vodafone, is pushing its state-side IoT credentials with a new reseller deal with tech advisory firm Bridgepointe Technologies in the …

Siemens has announced a new $150 million smart factory in Dallas-Fort Worth in the US to supply electrical equipment to US data centers and critical infrastructure. The new facility will …

Australian outfit Konvoy Group started three years ago, in the summer of 2019, as a keg rental business, offering logistics support to craft brewers in its home country. It has, …

A session at Private Networks European Forum (PNEF) last month considered the challenges, and broader cultural shift, to bring ‘private 5G to the masses’. Koen Mioulet, secretary at the European …

Twenty-six organizations and alliances in the US with active interests in private and shared cellular for enterprise usage have jointly written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National …

Federated Wireless has been conditionally approved as an automated frequency coordination (AFC) system operator by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to go alongside its role as gatekeeper for CBRS spectrum …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Someone somewhere said something about 5,000 ‘private networks’ in China. (Forgive me for not having the reference to hand; I am trying to write quickly and cover ground.) The point, …

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 …

Weird, and frustrating; Swedish vendor Ericsson has issued a press release, the day after Nordic rival Nokia, about a new working relationship with T-Mobile in the US on private 5G. …

Sigfox USA has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a Delaware bankruptcy court, owing almost $150 million in unsecured debt. The filing, on March 31, is separate from its parent’s …