
Virgin Media O2 and Nokia deploy private 5G network for NHS hospital in UK
The business arm of Virgin Media O2 (now being abbreviated as VMO2, we are informed) in the UK is working with Finnish vendor Nokia on a private 5G deployment for …

Siemens issues private 5G ‘reality check’ – ahead of 2023 launch, and R17 magic drop
The big news out of Hannover Messe a couple of weeks back was that there was no news – not from Siemens about private 5G, anyhow. Not real news, at …

Athonet makes private 5G club to handle the sell-build-run of CBRS networks in the US
Consortiums, alliances, ecosystems – there are too many to count, and too many to report. But news that Athonet has started its own private 5G club in the US, to …

Cisco partners with GDIT to offer private 5G to US government agencies
Cisco said that the partnership will enable the provision of end-to-end tailored solutions for government entities Cisco announced its expanded relationship with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business …

UK must level-up private/public 5G ‘playing field’ for enterprises (operators) – Vodafone
Vodafone has suggested the industrial 5G market in the UK will be skewed unfairly towards elite private enterprises, in position to invest more easily in their own private network infrastructure, …

Vodafone installs 5G private network at Skoda Auto manufacturing plant
Skoda Auto noted that the 5G research network allows data to be locally transmitted securely in real time Czech car manufacturer Škoda Auto has launched a mobile private 5G …

Vodafone rigs-up 1.5 million Wimbledon strawberries with IoT monitoring, tracking
Vodafone is working with Hugh Lowe Farms to use IoT to deliver 1.5 million strawberries to Wimbledon, the UK grand slam tennis championship, which started in London this week. The …

Johnson Controls, Accenture to collaborate in the smart buildings space
As part of the smart buildings deal, Accenture will assist Johnson Controls by implementing edge technologies on the OpenBlue platform Smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls and Accenture are collaborating …

Asset tracking in five years – 24bn assets in transit, $45bn in pockets, 180-200% growth
Spending on IoT-based asset tracking solutions, for monitoring goods in transit, will reach $45 billion globally by 2027, according to Juniper Research. The total spend will jump from $16 billion …

Druid supplies Raemis core into new private 5G radio system from German SI HMF
Ireland-based Druid Software has announced a deal to supply private LTE and 5G componentry to German critical comms system integrator Hytera Mobilfunk (HMF). HMF has developed a “brand new private …