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Vendors sell, integrators build, operators run – the case for carrier-led private 5G (ramble on)

This is a summary of a conversation with Vodafone’s group head of IoT business development, Phil Skipper. The interview will be published in full next week; the below works as a teaser, and a rejoinder to a piece published last week, called The role...

SAP and Software AG team up on self-service analytics for smart factories

Software AG and SAP have announced a deal to offer the former’s TrendMiner industrial analytics software on the latter’s industrial cloud platform for Industry 4.0 operations. The pair said factories can use TrendMinder as a self-service tool to bring new insights to shop floor...

Vodafone claims Ireland’s first private SA 5G network at manufacturing research site

Vodafone has deployed what is being considered Ireland’s first private standalone (SA) 5G network at Irish Manufacturing Research’s (IMR) facility in Mullingar. IMR, an independent not-for-profit manufacturing and industrial energy efficiency research organization, will use the dedicated 5G network to develop and demonstrate smart...

Quectel White Paper: Inside IoT’s earliest 5G use cases

The transformative power of 5G is now starting to be felt in industry, bringing ultra-high data rates, ultra-low latency and unprecedented reliability to IoT applications in enterprise.Market-leading IoT module supplier Quectel, the first to market with 5G modules, has published a white paper exploring...

Microsoft buys UK rapid prototyping outfit The Marsden Group to drive Industry 4.0

Microsoft has acquired UK-based industrial technology and rapid prototyping outfit The Marsden Group for an undisclosed fee, as it continues to fill-out its cloud, analytics, telecoms, and software portfolio for the Industry 4.0 market. It said the deal will enhance its ability to create “new...

IBM and Samsung open Industry 4.0 studio to forge industrial 5G and AI in Asia Pacific

IBM has teamed up with network vendor Samsung and mobile operator M1 in Singapore to open an ‘Industry 4.0 studio’, in its own name, to develop and test 5G and AI solutions for industrial applications in the Asia Pacific region. The new standalone (SA)...

Siemens to bundle radio, core, devices into full 5G system for ‘blue collar’ Industry 4.0

Siemens has said it will provide an entire industrial 5G ‘system’ for private cellular networks in industry, covering the radio access network, core network, and compatible end-devices. It said industrial automation specialists are best to “take care of” the new 5G requirements from industry,...

Smartest factories post 93% jump in output during ‘unprecedented’ Covid disruption

The World Economic Forum has added 15 new ‘smart’ manufacturing sites to its ‘global lighthouse network’, and claimed production output among Industry 4.0 leaders spiralled upwards by 93 percent in the past year, through the Covid-era. New joiners include factories owned by Bosch, Foxconn,...

‘IoT is on a roll’ – Nordic Semi looks to South America for ‘massive’ IoT surge

Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its presence in South America with a new sales and technical support agreement with Brazilian consulting firm BP&M. The chipmaker reckons “IoT is on a roll” in the region with “massive deployment of cellular IoT” and “increasing focus on short-range...

European automotive firms, smart cities get behind industry-wide data sharing

German carrier Deutsche Telekom has issued updates on key projects around industry-wide data sharing in the automotive supply chain and smart cities sectors in Europe. It has also announced, via subsidiary T-Systems, a “high three-digit million” deal with DHL Deutsche Post for public, private,...

Well, technically… 5G will significantly increase entry points for security threats: Nokia’s Mona Noor (Ep. 33)

Mona Noor, a product manager at Nokia, dives into some of the biggest security threats our networks will have to deal with in a 5G era, compares the inherent security of cloud and on-premise servers and explains why home IoT devices aren't built to...

‘The centre of everything’ – manufacturing, healthcare, cities drive $800bn edge spend

Up to $800 billion will be spent on new and replacement server equipment and edge computing facilities in the period to 2028, driven by the deployment of 5G in industry, alongside the commoditization of edge hardware and the rise of open source networking software....

Semtech and MXC connect LoRaWAN into blockchain-based smart-city IoT

Semtech Corporation is working with Germany-based IoT blockchain group MXC Foundation to deploy open networks using LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol. The deal will see MXC users bring LoRaWAN networks into their international blockchain-based IoT systems, geared around low-power smart city applications. MXC’s business...

Telefónica, APM Terminals to deploy 5G and C-V2X at Port of Barcelona

Telefónica is to deploy a 5G network for Netherlands-based port operating company APM Terminals at the Port of Barcelona. The network, in a pilot phase, will be used to connect cranes, vehicles, and people in the port area, to manage traffic and improve worker...

Nokia, LG Uplus to trial 5G B2B digital platform in Korea

  Finnish vendor Nokia announced plans to conduct a 5G Business-to-Business (B2B) digital platform trial for Korean operator LG Uplus. Once deployed, the B2B platform will allow LG Uplus to reduce time-to-market for launching 5G-powered services to its enterprise and business vertical customers. The European vendor also...

IoT firm UnaBiz intros low-power GPS trackers to monitor black bears in Japan

Singapore-based Sigfox operator and IoT service provider UnaBiz is providing low-power GPS trackers to monitor Asian black bears in Japan, and help keep the peace with local residents. The company is working with the Picchio Wildlife Research Centre, a wildlife tour operator and conservation company...

Edzcom, Nokia install private 5G for sports broadcasts, vehicle tests at Finnish KymiRing

The KymiRing motorsports venue in Finland is to get its own private 5G network to augment media streaming and television broadcast services, as well as to help with testing autonomous and connected vehicles. Local private networking specialist Edzcom has been appointed to manage the...

The role of operators in the weird science of Industry 4.0 (a ramble on private 5G)

Some quick (perhaps not fully-formed) thoughts on the supply and management of private 5G networks for industry. These come from a series of conversations for an upcoming report (and webinar) about the kind of service level agreements (SLAs) that might go to under-write industrial-grade...

Telecom Infra Project brings ‘most attractive’ edge-based private 5G into work remit

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is putting focus on edge-based private 5G networks for enterprises, as it narrows its scope from “connecting the unconnected” with wide-area cloud-based open infrastructure to also include cheaper, more flexible local-area cellular networking. The consortium, founded by Facebook and...

Over 572m smart electricity meters to be installed in APAC in 2021-25

  A total of 572.3 million smart electricity meters are forecast to be deployed in China, India, Japan and South Korea during the 2021–2025 period, according to a new study by IoT research firm Berg Insight. At the end of 2019, the overall smart meter penetration...

Nokia strikes deals for LTE smart-grid in Denmark, 5G university-campus in Japan

Nokia has announced a deal with Danish network operator and internet provider Cibicom to deploy an LTE network in the 450MHz band to underpin mission critical services and “mass volume IoT adoption”. Separately, the Finnish vendor has said it is working with broadband provider...

Rohde & Schwarz to help network providers guarantee private 5G for Industry 4.0

German test and assurance company Rohde & Schwarz has combined with Germany’s Industrial Radio Lab (IRL) in Dresden to investigate industrial 5G for mobile robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs), among other Industry 4.0 use cases. Rohde & Schwarz said it has provided network scanners...

Cox launches smart traffic pilot in downtown Las Vegas

  Cox Communications has launched a pilot partnership with the city of Las Vegas to trial its smart curbside management solution from Cox2M, which is aimed at reducing downtown traffic congestion. The goal of the new pilot project is to reduce traffic congestion in downtown Las...

IoT market heats up around UWB as FiRa Consortium brings Rohde into the fold

The FiRa Consortium, the organisation looking to build the IoT market around the burgeoning ultra wideband (UWB) technology, is taking on new members at a decent rate. Germany-based wireless test company Rohde & Schwarz is the latest to sign up, as an associate member....