Ericsson buys $1.1bn Cradlepoint, puts carriers at heart of expansion strategy
Ericsson has signed off a $1.1 billion deal to purchase US-based Cradlepoint, which provides LTE and 5G wide-area networking (WAN) for the emergency services sector, office and retail spaces, and …
Singapore starts $6.6m research project into “people-centric” smart city AI, IoT
The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering have signed a $6.6 million deal on a multi-year research programme to build a “people-centric smart future” for Singapore. …
Nokia adds blockbuster Industry 4.0 content to Netflix-style private 5G platform
Nokia has integrated key industrial IoT capabilities into its as-a-service edge networking solution for on-premise private LTE and 5G. These include high-end machine learning analytics and high-precision BLE-based positioning, plus …
Europe bolsters cloud-native private 5G for Industry 4.0 with FUDGE-5G kickoff
The technology and government sectors both love an acronym, but FUDGE-5G? Really? It seems a stretch; a random mnemonic to brand a rather complex-sounding EU innovation initiative. The project’s full …
‘Overwhelming majority’ believe security remains IoT’s biggest barrier: Report
End-to-end IoT security remains the top short-term priority for most respondents The latest survey conducted by the Internet of Things World and Omdia found that “an overwhelming majority” — 85% …
Bosch installs 5G traffic monitoring video sensors in Peachtree Corners
Peachtree Corners in the US, playing home to a live smart city testbed, has now installed 5G-enabled traffic monitoring video sensors. The city has signed with Bosch to deploy video-based …
Athonet releases 5G core as-a-service on AWS to spur private 5G market
Italy-based core network vendor and private network pioneer Athonet has released its open 5G core network on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable mobile carriers, radio vendors, and enterprises to …
US pumps $1bn into homegrown AI, 5G and quantum computing
The US government is to invest $1 billion into a dozen new research and development (R&D) institutes to stimulate the economy with homegrown artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information science (QIS), …
Telcos need hand-holding on private 5G for industry, says Air France
Traditional network operators, as well as network vendors, do not have the in-house expertise to serve the enterprise market with industrial-grade private LTE and 5G networking. They need hand-holding by …
Mercedes-Benz opens €730m Factory 56 with private 5G from Telefónica, Ericsson
Mercedes-Benz (Daimler) has opened the doors of its new 5G-connected €730 million Factory 56 facility, part of a €2.1 billion “future-oriented” car plant and the administrative area in Sindelfingen, in …
