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A ‘most complex’ challenge – Bosch and AWS knit together global logistics services

Bosch and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are combining on a new digital services platform for the logistics industry, to launch in Europe, India, and the US in late 2022. Bosch is in charge of the platform itself, developing and operating the solution, which includes...

Verizon, Cisco demo LTE, MEC for millisecond C-V2X communications

Cisco Transportation Solutions Architect: 'In any vehicle, seconds matter for passenger and pedestrian safety. In connected vehicles, milliseconds matter more' Cisco and Verizon took to Las Vegas to demonstrate how cellular and mobile edge compute (MEC) technology can enable low-latency autonomous driving solutions without using...

Macquarie Telecom, Kelsian Group sign multi-million-dollar cloud services deal

Under the new agreement, Macquarie will extend cloud and SD-WAN services across 35 of Kelsian Group’s Australian public transport division locations Australian operator Macquarie Telecom has kicked off a multi-million-dollar cloud services project with land and marine, tourism and public transport service provider Kelsian...

SK Telecom partners with US aerospace company on air taxis

The service will leverage SKT's mobile communication network and Joby’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts SK Telecom (SKT) has partnered with U.S. aerospace company Joby Aviation to establish an air taxi service in South Korea. The service will leverage SKT's mobile communication network and Joby’s...

Samsung, Amdocs partner to deliver 4G, 5G private networks in the U.S.

  Samsung Electronics America and Amdocs said they will collaborate to deliver end-to-end 4G and 5G private network solutions to U.S. enterprises. In a joint statement, the firms said that the agreement includes delivery of Samsung’s complete set of private network solutions, including Citizen Broadband Radio...

Qualcomm demonstrates it’s ‘more than mobile’ with automotive, XR partnerships

LAS VEGAS – During a CES 2022 press event Tuesday, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon presented several new partnerships spanning several markets, proving once again, that “there is more to Qualcomm” than its mobility technology. Most notably, though, were the company’s announcements around its continued...

Verizon and Nissan demonstrate edge computing for improved connected-vehicle communication

Verizon and Nissan used sensors and edge technology to create 'a multi-viewpoint picture of potential safety hazards,' which was relayed to the driver Verizon has announced the completion of its cellular vehicle-to-everything communication (C-V2X) research with Nissan North America’s Research and Advanced Engineering team. The...

Movandi demos 5G mmWave connectivity for C-V2X communications

Movandi installed a 5G mmWave repeater inside a car that drove around high-density service areas in San Jose Earlier this week, Movandi announced a successful demonstration of 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) repeaters inside a moving vehicle, advancing vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications for the next generation of...

Brazil’s GRU airport gets Wi-Fi 6 OpenRoaming network

Cisco exec: 'The only thing faster than the Wi-Fi 6 network is the process of connecting to it' The world’s first at-airport Wi-Fi 6 network using Wireless Broadband Alliance’s (WBA) OpenRoaming has been established at Brazil’s São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), providing secure and automatic connectivity...

Bouygues Teleco and IBM team up on 5G for factories, hospitals, utilities, cities

France-based Bouygues Telecom has joined with IBM to collaborate with enterprises on industrial 5G use cases in the manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy and utilities, and smart city sectors. Bouygues Telecom said the rollout of 5G networks in France in the coming weeks will give rise...

ETSI mission-critical plugtest achieves 95% successful interoperability

Remote testing event included Rel. 15 rail transportation capabilities 1,350 tests. 169 test sessions. 50 new test cases. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute's most recent plugtest event for mission-critical technologies achieved an interoperability rate of 95%, which the organization says gives the industry "a reliable...

Yellowstone National Park is getting autonomous visitor shuttles

The autonomous visitor shuttles will launch May 2021 Earlier this week, Florida-based autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider Beep announced plans to deploy fully electric autonomous shuttles at Yellowstone National Park. The program, conducted in partnership with the National Parks Service (NPS), will launch in May 2021,...

Nokia, Optus to provide IoT solutions to Australian industry customers 

  Australian operator Optus has selected Nokia’s IMPACT IoT platform to provide device management and data collection capabilities to customers in multiple industry segments in Australia, Nokia said in a release. Nokia’s IoT Device Management Platform (DMP) will enable Optus to provide its customers with simple...

Ericsson, Telia test 5G-enabled autonomous minibus in Stockholm

A 5G-enabled autonomous minibus will operate along a short route on the island of Djurgården, Sweden As part of a pilot project, 5G Ride, a 5G-enabled autonomous minibus, will now operate along a short route on the island of Djurgården, Sweden for approximately the next...

Rail passengers demonstrate significant support for 5G, AI to improve services

According to the survey, 83% of rail users support their city investing in 5G The recent 2020 Connectivity outlook report published by BAI Communications suggests that there is global support and a growing demand for rail transport authorities and operators to invest in 5G networks...

Ericsson joins European rail association to boost 5G mission-critical connectivity

Ericsson will utilize 5G for Future Railway Mobile Communication Systems to improve rail operation Ericsson has joined UNIFE Europe’s rail association to focus on developing critical network capabilities for the industry. As a member, the telecoms equipment provider will utilize 5G for FRMCS (Future Railway...

Chinese telecom giants to deploy 5G in all Shanghai metro stations

Shanghai to have 30,000 outdoor 5G base stations, 50,000 indoor small stations by end of 2020 Yesterday, Shanghai's metro operator signed a strategic agreement with China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Tower to deploy a 5G network that will cover the city's all...

Siemens, Ondas in radio supply exclusive for rail sector, amid US spectrum shakeup

Siemens has struck a deal with private network provider Ondas Networks to range the California firm’s wireless radio systems under its own brand in North America, as part of its offer to the railroad sector. The German industrial giant will integrate radio technology from Ondas...

Three industries are about to undergo a 5G-powered revolution (Reader Forum)

5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...

mCDNs on moving trains

Netskrt: '5G by itself won’t solve the problem' As streaming video increasingly becomes one of the primary functions of an average user’s device, the transportation sector, in particular, is struggling to provide the bandwidth necessary to keep up. The communications industry continues to be enamored...

Signify to outfit buses with Li-Fi, hopes others will see the light

Signify on Li-Fi: "Imagine having reliable, secure and fast connectivity wherever there is light" Coined in 2011 by Edinburgh University's Professor Harald Hass, Li-Fi or light fidelity has yet to really take off in any mainstream way despite promising some advantages over Wi-Fi, with the...

UPS using autonomous trucks on route in Arizona

UPS took minority stake in autonomous truck company TuSimple Working with San Diego-based startup TuSimple, UPS has been using autonomous trucks to haul cargo between Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona since May. With TuSimple claiming a 30% reduction in transportation costs, in addition to the...

European IoT market revenues to expand by 19.8% y-o-y in 2019: IDC

  Germany, France and the U.K. will be the markets with the highest level of IoT adoption in 2019   Revenues for the European internet of things market are forecast to increase by 19.8% year-on-year to reach $171 billion in 2019, according to a recent report by...

US to lead global IoT spending in 2019, IDC predicts

  IDC said global IoT spending will reach $745 billion this year   Internet of things spending in the United States is expected to reach $194 billion this year, according to a recent study by IDC. China will be the second-largest market for IoT, with annual spending of...