
New iBwave platform offers combined private 5G and Wi-Fi network design
Network design company iBwave Solutions has introduced new software to help US enterprises dovetail their local-area private Wi-Fi and LTE/5G designs in a single platform. The solution is geared for …

Siemens integrates Profinet over 5G, fixes 2023 date for own private 5G launch
If you wanted a signpost to where industrial 5G is today, you could do worse than consider a couple of pre-Hannover Messe announcements, from Nokia about integrating Wi-Fi into its …

Nokia integrates Wi-Fi 6/6E and private 5G – plus switching mechanic to go between
Nokia has added Wi-Fi 6 and 6E to its seminal Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private LTE and 5G networking product, available from the fourth quarter of 2022. DAC support for …

MachineQ launches hybrid BLE and LoRaWAN solution for indoor asset tracking
Comcast-owned MachineQ has released a real-time location system (RTLS) for indoor asset tracking using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and LoRaWAN. The hybrid IoT solution appears to utilise BLE for indoor …

Ericsson creates private 5G division to go straight to enterprises – plus new AI-5G unit
Ericsson has restructured its business and management to reflect its new growth strategy, which hinges on private 5G and cloud services, and has set a group target of 15-18 percent …

Finns and Aussies combine in a high-tech Industry 4.0 pact to… make beer
Finns and Aussies have combined in a high-tech Industry 4.0 pact to… brew the perfect pint of beer (naturally). As part of its long running partnership with the University of …

India says ‘no’ to direct private 5G licences “for now” – but ‘maybe later’
India is to say ‘no’ to direct spectrum allocations to enterprises for private 5G and Industry 4.0, as provisioned in most other major industrial markets, according to reports. Instead, the …

‘At a crossroads’ – make or break time for private 5G in Industry 4.0
This is the introduction to a new report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard. To read more, download the report here, or click on the …

Smart city wireless networks – do open standards matter? (Reader Forum)
The initial hype around smart cities has now passed, with applications moving beyond early pilots and proof-of-concepts into commercially deployed systems. There is one major factor present in all of …

Locally-licensed, licensed, unlicensed – how to have it all, and have it all with cellular
Note, this article is continued from a previous entry, under the title, The big 5G problem – not networks, not spectrum, but devices (Talking 5G Blues). Asimakis Kokkos, chair of …