UK to reform planning, release spectrum, bolster funding for industrial 5G and public services
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe UK government is seeking to reform planning laws and release new spectrum to accelerate 5G deployments, as it also increases public funding for 5G testbeds to stimulate the digital …
AT&T and Uber partner on 5G drones for ridesharing, deliveries and industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUber is working with AT&T to develop always-on connectivity using 4G and 5G networks for passenger and cargo drones, with the groundwork informing AT&T’s work in the industrial IoT space …
Cellular IoT to outgun 5G, says Ericsson, offering early snapshot of industrial 5G, private networks
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe number of cellular IoT connections, mostly to machines, will continue to outrun the number of 5G connections, mostly to people, for at least five years. Ericsson predicts cellular IoT …
One third of industrial companies, half of large firms, will apply for 5G licenses
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOne third of industrial companies, and almost one half of large industrial organisations, will apply for their own 5G licenses. The interest from enterprises in spectrum licenses, as well as …
The $17tn 5G opportunity will explode in cities first – but industrial 5G revenues will drag for a decade
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew 5G technologies will generate $17 trillion in economic growth in the period to 2035, with the initial stimulus coming from smart-city applications piggybacking on urban 5G rollouts. But operators’ …
ABB pilots industrial AI application using 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail ABB said it is currently piloting what it claims to be the world’s first industrial artificial intelligence application using 5G technology to assist the assembly of drives, at its …
Do smart cities need 5G?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHow to move from limited smart cities pilots to scaled deployments “Smart cities” is most certainly a nebulous term. At a high-level, it refers to a collection of use cases, …
Connecting agriculture: LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE, and 5G – once and future kings of smart farming (part 3)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAs we have heard, the UK’s 5G RuralFirst project is trying to do with 5G (or 5G-related tech) what the telecoms industry has failed to do with previous generations, and …
LoRa and Sigfox get five-year boost with LTE-M and NB-IoT failures
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLoRa and Sigfox have maintained and extended their market-share lead over their cellular equivalents LTE-M and NB-IoT, as the latter technologies have been “plagued by network hardware and connectivity module …
KT to launch 5G-based smart factory solution in Korea in Q3
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Korean telecommunications firm KT announced plans to launch an advanced smart factory solution based on its 5G network in the third quarter of the year, Korean press reported. The …
