There was some good chat about the drivers behind the surging interest from enterprises in private 5G at Industrial 5G Forum earlier this month. In truth, the same talking points kicked off just about every session, probably, but Canadian network software firm iBwave and...
Netherlands-based smart energy platform provider Netinium has integrated eSIM provisioning software from IoT module maker Telit Cinterion into its multi-vendor head-end system (HES) for smart metering and smart grids. The solution enables subscription management from an HES for the first time, to streamline smart-meter...
More Friday market figures for you; these provide a definitive evergreen overview of the smart metering market, arguably, as follows…
The total number of smart meters in the world will double over the next decade, from 1.7 billion at the end of 2023 to 3.4...
Oracle is incorporating cellular IoT connectivity and network APIs from AT&T into its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP), it has said. The move means Oracle’s enterprise customers can do away with the need to manage complex integrations and network contracts when deploying fleets of IoT...
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has appointed Ericsson to offer private 4G and 5G networks to small- and mid-sized electric cooperatives (co-ops) across the US. NRTC is leading the consortium, which also includes telecoms and energy utility Southern Linc, offering core hosting solutions,...
More satellite IoT stats; following on from yesterday’s post, reporting on Juniper Research figures, that the total number of IoT satellites will grow by 150 percent over the next five years, from 10,000 in 2024 to 24,000 in 2029, another analyst group has stuck...
Want more private 4G/5G market forecasts? Of course you do, and market research firm Kaleido Intelligence has come up with a humdinger: enterprises will spend over $7 billion per year on private 4G/5G networks by 2028, it says. Which sounds like a lot; but...
Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik has convened a gang of chipset makers and module makers to develop a working supplier ecosystem around the new 1.8 GHz ‘utility’ band in Canada, reserved for power utilities. These include GCT, Semtech (Sierra...
What to believe? Who to believe? (We’ll write about this one day.) But, just because it’s modish, and because it presents another (!) way to segment the non-traditional new-cellular comms market, new research reckons the combined market for public and private LTE and 5G...
Bharti Airtel said its IoT offering includes its proprietary platform dubbed “Airtel IoT Hub”
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with smart metering and digital solutions provider IntelliSmart with the aim of powering up to 20 million smart...
Nokia Bell Labs, the Finnish vendor’s research division, is working with Saudi energy company Aramaco, owned by Saudi Aramco, are working to develop 5G-related Industry 4.0 cases and proofs for “priority industrial sectors” in Saudi Arabia – and the wider Middle East and Africa...
There are some clever companies in the IoT space. Of course there are; but there are, arguably, more in IoT than anywhere else in the tech game. They just don’t generally make the same kind of noise. Sure, some talk way too much, but...
A survey of US utilities finds that nearly nine in 10 (88 percent of) utility executives reckon the energy transition is “extremely” or “very” important. Really, you have to wonder why the other 12 percent are still in their jobs. But less than half...
US satellite communications provider Ligado Networks is to offer a private LTE solution from Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik to run in Band 54 spectrum at 1670-1675 MHz. It is targeting the utilities sector, and other mission-critical customers. Band...
Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik has joined Electricity Canada, representing the electric power industry in Canada, to deliver private LTE networks for utilities in the 900MHz, 1.4GHz, and 1.8GHz bands. The arrangement furthers Ubiik’s international expansion, as well as...
Note: this an introduction to and reduction of a forthcoming editorial report on smart meters, covering ‘how IoT has changed up a gear in the utilities market’. The report will be available next month. RCR Wireless will host a webinar on the same subject...
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....
IoT investments in APAC are expected to reach $435 billion in 2027
Internet of Things (IoT) spending in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is forecasted to reach $277.5 billion in 2023, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year, according to IDC's latest Worldwide...
Nokia is to deploy a private LTE network in the Anterix-owned 900 MHz band in the US for energy provider Xcel Energy. The deployment will support the firm’s grid modernisation and renewable energy strategies, plus optimised delivery of electricity and natural gas. The deployment...
Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik has acquired New Zealand industrial IoT solution outfit Mimomax Wireless for an undisclosed fee. The pair said the deal created a “best-of-breed wireless solutions provider for utilities and critical infrastructure”. Ubik said it will...
Quectel, Telit Cinterion, and Fibocom captured more than half of the total cellular IoT module shipments in the first quarter of 2023, according to market analysis from Counterpoint Research. Quectel remained the leading vendor; Telit Cinterion climbed to second. Total shipments were flat compared...
Note, this article, a direct transcript of a conversation with Kathiravan Kandasamy, vice president of product management at US-based carrier services company Syniverse, continues from a previous entry, which can be found here.
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You mentioned also that, in your experience with customers, that the private...
So, is the correct way to look at this, then, that the private 5G market, when it talks about private 5G, is obsessed with a future where Volkswagen is animating its production lines using Release 18-level URLLC 5G networks? But that the wider enterprise...
Global system integrator NTT has announced a deal with Cisco to jointly “develop and deploy” IoT sustainability solutions for large organisations, mostly based on LoRaWAN. The new applications will be available on subscription, as-a-service, in order for enterprises to wrap their bids for sustainability...
