Connecting agriculture: LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE, and 5G – and a ‘network of networks’ for smart farming (part 2)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLow-power wide-area (LPWA) networking technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT, among others, are helping farmers to connect their work to the internet, as we have heard. This connectivity provides a platform …
Connecting agriculture: LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE, and 5G – and the digital divide in smart farming (part 1)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe biggest fragmentation in smart agriculture is with base-line connectivity, which establishes the platform for the analytics and automation tools that will change farming. “Connectivity is a neccessary evil,” says …
Telia Sweden builds 5G network at uni grounds to test industrial IoT and AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwedish operator Telia is to build a university-based 5G network for research and testing of industrial uses of high-bandwidth low-latency cellular connectivity. The 5G network will be located at Mid …
Why farming needs 5G, and not just LoRaWAN and NB-IoT – an investor’s view, from NGP Capital
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCertain functions of smart farming will not work on low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, even while technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT tend to support most smart agricultural technologies, as they exist …
Germany earmarks £1bn for national 2019/20 AI funding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe German government has swelled its 2019 funding for artficial intelligence (AI) to €500 million and promised a further €500 million in 2020. The country wants to ensure advanced analytics …
Three Sweden leases public spectrum for private usage to stop spectrum carve-up
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNetwork operator Three has rented out 50MHz of its 2.6 GHz frequency holding in Sweden in bid to boost local industry and stop regulator PTS carving-up the 3.5 GHz band …
5G Automotive Association tests C-V2X technologies in Berlin
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) carried out a live demo of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in Berlin, the entity said in a release. During the demo, 5GAA members including …
Ditching the high fibre diet: how a network-of-networks will help smart farming (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe pressure food producers face to digitally transform is mounting. With a rapidly growing population, farms find themselves at a decisive moment in their ability to continue to produce enough …
5G will hit the IoT market in late 2020 and struggle for years, claims report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNext-generation 5G technology will only appear in the internet-of-things (IoT) market in late 2020, and struggle to find its mark in the space for years afterwards, according to a new …
Industry 4.0 Q&A: “Manufacturers already tried LTE and it failed miserably,” says KPMG
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHow will incoming cellular technologies transform manufacturing, and spur its drive for smarter production? That is the question Enterprise IoT Insights put to both sides of the industrial divide in …
