Telenor signs up to resell Ericsson’s private LTE and 5G factory bundle
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwedish operator Telenor has tied-up with country-mate Ericsson to sell the vendor’s pre-packed private LTE and 5G to factories and warehouses. It is the first operator to sign as a …
Sequans gains Verizon, Sprint IoT approvals; amps-up 5G and critical IoT development
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUS carrier Verizon is the first carrier to certify Sequans’ LTE-M based Monarch Go modem components. Sprint and Deutsche Telekom have approved its other Monarch-based units. The French chipmaker has …
CBRS champ Celona claims private LTE deployments, carrier-beating metrics
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCalifornia-based private LTE/5G startup and CBRS champ Celona has announced eight test deployments of its wireless networking solution using CBRS spectrum, along with new partnerships for CBRS-based networks with edge …
Softbank and Nokia test-drive non-standalone 5G for connected cars
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailJapanese telecoms group SoftBank claims to have tested non-standalone 5G with connected cars. Nokia, the kit partner for the tests, called it a “world-first trial”. The setup used 3GPP Release …
VW and BMW raise industrial 5G stakes – how German car giants are tooling up for Industry 4.0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGerman car giants Volkswagen and BMW have confirmed massive Industry 4.0 investments, and firmed up their interests in private industrial 5G as a means to factory automation and slicker production. …
Proximus to deploy private 5G network at Belgium’s Port of Antwerp
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Belgian mobile operator Proximus and the port of Antwerp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a digital transformation project. As part of the initiative, Proximus will develop …
5G should cover 70% of industrial sites by 2025, tech sector tells EU leaders
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBy 2025, 5G connections should cover 40 per cent of Europe’s workforce, 70 per cent of its industrial sites, and 80 per cent of its main logistics routes. This was …
Nokia signs 40 private LTE customers as enterprise sales bolster Q4 performance
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNokia signed “nearly” 40 new customers for private LTE networks in the three months to the end of 2019, it said. It grew its private LTE client base by around …
‘Manufacturers want proof’ – Ericsson looks to bottle fizz and pop of industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIndustrial IoT’s biggest problem? The fear of failure in a risk adverse industry. So says Ericsson, which recommends a two-pronged approach to spur takeup among overly-cautious manufacturing companies. The first …
John Deere digs into the challenges of smart farming
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhen John Deere first began supplying agricultural tools in 1804, it was pitchforks and shovels; today, it’s connectivity and data When John Deere first began its initiative to provide farmers …
