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IWBI announces new WELL performance rating for buildings

  The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) announced the upcoming launch of the WELL Performance Rating, a new designation rewarding building owners and operators for using "measurable and validated" building and human performance metrics. The rating will consist of features drawn from the WELL Building Standard...

Edzcom installs 5G at machine maker MGA’s Industry 4.0 biopharma lab in France

Finnish private networking specialist Edzcom has been appointed by industrial machine manufacturer MGA Technologies to build a private 5G network at its new Industry 4.0 innovation lab near Lyon, in France. Edzcom called the installation the “first private 5G lab” in France – for...

FM:Systems to resell JLL Jet App to improve the hybrid workplace experience

  FM:Systems, which provides workplace management technology solutions, is now a reseller of JLL Jet, the hybrid workplace experience app developed by JLL Technologies, a business division of JLL which focuses on commercial real estate (CRE) technology. FM:Systems said it will offer JLL Jet to customers...

Microsoft, NEC bundle private 5G, edge and cloud compute, IoT and AI for enterprises

Microsoft and NEC are working together to bundle edge and cloud computing, private 5G networking, and IoT and AI capabilities. The pair are cherry picking from each other’s portfolios, and going to market mob-handed to drive digital change among enterprises, they said. The pair have...

A MulteFire matrix for ‘universal’ private 5G – and how to fix the ‘faulty’ 5G supply chain

MFA, formerly the MulteFire Alliance, is to deliver a set of ‘technology blueprints’ so every different business in every different industrial ‘vertical’ can specify and source industrial 5G devices, and the cellular side of the Industry 4.0 market moves faster. Its shift to ecosystem-building...

‘Fleets of AGVs driving mile after mile’ – Siemens teases new private 5G system

In a stage-managed webinar about industrial 5G, Siemens took the opportunity yesterday to talk up its emerging private 5G portfolio yesterday, including in-house radio and core networking elements. Private 5G, using privately licensed spectrum, is a key to unlock Industry 4.0, the firm said;...

Nokia deploys private 5G network for KUKA production site in Germany

Nokia is to deploy a private 5G network at industrial robot and automation specialist maker KUKA’s ‘smart’ production and development centre in Augsburg, in Germany. Nokia’s compact ‘digital automation cloud’ (DAC) private LTE and 5G solution, geared for quick-fire local-area deployments, will support product...

Private operators, neutral hosts to deploy three quarters of enterprise 5G by 2026

By 2026, over three-quarters of enterprise small cells will be deployed and operated by private network operators or neutral hosts, according to Small Cell Forum (SCF). Deployments in shared spectrum will overtake those in licensed bands in 2025, it reckons. The latest market report from...

Orange, Nokia expand industrial 5G projects with SNCF and Schneider Electric in France

French rail company SNCF, in partnership with Orange and Nokia, has extended a state-sponsored industrial 5G testbed utilising the 26 GHz millimeter wave band at a train station Rennes, in the northwest of France, to two new industrial complexes in the city. The strategy...

T-Mobile US becomes first wireless carrier to earn WELL Health-Safety seal

  T-Mobile US claimed to be the first wireless provider to earn the WELL Health-Safety seal, which is based on a new global rating for ensuring spaces and places adhere to science-backed standards, the carrier said in a release. T-Mobile US said it had achieved the...

Qualcomm tees-up Capgemini to push new Release-16 private 5G system in Industry 4.0

Qualcomm is teaming up with Capgemini to “unlock” private 5G for Industry 4.0, based on its new Release 16-capable 5G RAN platform and radio modem. Qualcomm and Capgemini will develop an off-the-shelf private network system, “tested and validated”, to provide clients a faster route...

Schneider Electric?s smart building solutions to be used in new hospital in Birmingham

    Energy management and automation company Schneider Electric is set to deploy its smart building and power management solutions in the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. The new hospital will provide services to more than half a million patients. The project will provide smart healthcare services...

Sigfox-operator UnaBiz to connect 3,000 sensors at Singapore university campus

Singapore-based infrastructure company Surbana Jurong has installed 3,000 Sigfox sensors at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. Local IoT provider and Sigfox operator UnaBiz has provided the sensors, as well as the airtime to connect them. The sensors will feed data into a digital twin model...

German test company Umlaut recruits Airspan and Druid for private 5G network

Network engineering, testing, and analytics company Umlaut has appointed Airspan Networks and Druid Software to build a private 5G network at its headquarters in Aachen, in Germany. The network will occupy the 3.7-3.8 GHz band, liberated by the German regulator for locally-licensed private networks. The...

Three ways to prevent smart buildings from being hacked (Reader Forum)

Smart buildings ? those that deliver outstanding outcomes for all users, through digital technology, to exceed their evolving expectations ? have the power to transform the way we live, work and communicate. With the right technology at their fingertips, landlords can equip their offices...

What is TSN, and why industrial 5G won’t work without it? (Talking 5G-TSC with 5G-ACIA)

Time sensitive networking (TSN), designed to manage latency between industrial devices in Ethernet networks, is essential if a new industrial-grade version of cellular-based 5G is to find its mark in smart factories. TSN is key for industrial applications such as process and machine control...

Wynwood?s 545WYN achieves WELL Health-Safety ratings

  Sterling Bay?s 545wyn, a new 10-story Class A office and retail development located in Wynwood, is now recognized by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) as having achieved the WELL Health-Safety rating, This achievement marks 545wyn as one of the first new office developments in...

Fujitsu deploys industrial IoT platform for Ricoh chemical plant in Japan

Japanese imaging and electronics firm Ricoh Company has recruited country-mate Fujitsu to accelerate its IoT sensor and data usage at process manufacturing facilities in Japan, starting at a chemical plant in the city of Numazu, in the middle of the country. Fujitsu is to...

Lufthansa Technik boosts Nokia network, pulls Voda version – lockdown legacy for private 5G

Germany-based aircraft services provider Lufthansa Technik has said its private 5G standalone (SA) trial network from Nokia, deployed at its facility in Hamburg, has been made into a permanent fixture. The local 5G setup – in trial mode for more than a year, and...

Manufacturer Arçelik recruits Nokia, Türk Telekom for Turkey’s first private 5G network

Household appliances and electronics manufacturer Arçelik Global, owners of the Beko and Grundig brands, is to deploy the first private celluar network in Turkey, as an LTE-based setup with a 5G-upgrade option. It has engaged with Nokia and Türk Telekom on the project to...

Harris County increases efficiency In 150 public buildings with Honeywell tech

    Harris County, in Texas, is deploying a next-generation security system in its buildings with the aim of making them more efficient and easier to operate. The new Honeywell system replaces multiple, disparate systems by integrating access control, security cameras, alarms and monitoring across the county's...

Silicon Labs releases IoT hardware and software for Wirepas Massive mesh networks

Austin-based chip-maker Silicon Labs has released a hardware and software solution for large-scale mesh networks based on the Wirepas Massive protocol. It has partnered with Finnish IoT connectivity company Wirepas on the release, which covers an expansion of its existing EFR32BG21 (BG21) and EFR32BG22...

Siemens finally intros ‘industrial 5G’ router, flagging public and private 5G integration

Siemens has released its first ‘industrial 5G’ router, the Scalance MUM856-1, announced at the end of 2020, showcased at Hannover Messe in March, and trailed in these pages all through – as the Industry 4.0 market, busily deploying private 5G networks, has cried out...

Planon extends connected buildings offering with new acquisition

    Planon, which provides real estate and facility management software, has announced the acquisition of Axonize, the Israel-based developer of a cloud-based IoT platform. Planon noted that this acquisition strengthens the firm?s position in the smart building systems market. The firm also said that Axonize complements Planon's...