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IBM and Samsung open Industry 4.0 studio to forge industrial 5G and AI in Asia Pacific

IBM has teamed up with network vendor Samsung and mobile operator M1 in Singapore to open an ‘Industry 4.0 studio’, in its own name, to develop and test 5G and AI solutions for industrial applications in the Asia Pacific region. The new standalone (SA)...

Siemens to bundle radio, core, devices into full 5G system for ‘blue collar’ Industry 4.0

Siemens has said it will provide an entire industrial 5G ‘system’ for private cellular networks in industry, covering the radio access network, core network, and compatible end-devices. It said industrial automation specialists are best to “take care of” the new 5G requirements from industry,...

Smartest factories post 93% jump in output during ‘unprecedented’ Covid disruption

The World Economic Forum has added 15 new ‘smart’ manufacturing sites to its ‘global lighthouse network’, and claimed production output among Industry 4.0 leaders spiralled upwards by 93 percent in the past year, through the Covid-era. New joiners include factories owned by Bosch, Foxconn,...

The role of operators in the weird science of Industry 4.0 (a ramble on private 5G)

Some quick (perhaps not fully-formed) thoughts on the supply and management of private 5G networks for industry. These come from a series of conversations for an upcoming report (and webinar) about the kind of service level agreements (SLAs) that might go to under-write industrial-grade...

The Rudin Family, Crown Castle launch multi-tenant CBRS network at 345 Park Avenue

  The Rudin Family real estate firm, in collaboration with network infrastructure company Crown Castle, announced that 345 Park Avenue has become one of the first multi-tenant commercial office buildings in the U.S.to enable Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). The real estate firm said that CBRS...

Honeywell, Syracuse University collaborate on indoor air quality technologies

  Smart building tech and service company Honeywell announced that it has established a research partnership with Syracuse University to fund research on emerging indoor air quality (IAC) technologies. The partnership will include the naming of a Honeywell Indoor Air Quality Laboratory at Syracuse University's College...

Bosch eyes ‘zero-defect production’, €1bn annual savings – with IoT, 5G, AI everywhere

Bosch is on track to deliver “zero-defect production”, the company has said, after announcing an AI system to detect anomalies and malfunctions in manufacturing which is already delivering savings of €2 million per year in a number of test sites, and is to be...

Up the creek – Telia tells CRE market to get on board with IoT, or go down with the boat

The commercial real estate (CRE) market is in dire straits, and desperate for change. It was up the creek already, even before Covid-19 forced the current, holed the boat, and swiped the paddle. And even if the latest IoT tech promises to furnish old...

100,000 units, ‘and growing’ – Wirepas, Ingy strike monster deal for indoor smart lighting

IoT connectivity provider Wirepas has closed a monster-sized deal with smart lighting provider Ingy for 100,000 units of its mesh networking solution, to be combined with Ingy’s indoor lighting control solutions. It is the biggest smart lighting deal to date for Finland-based Wirepas, providing...

From 5G to 6G with Industry 4.0 – and the $1tn telco boom that might never come

(Am I really going to write this?) 6G is a trillion dollar opportunity, apparently. So says the headline in a PR missive about a new report from research firm IDTechEx, making a stab at forecasting the next generation of mobile comms, even before the...

UK’s Manufacturing Technology Centre gets private 5G for Industry 4.0 tests

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry in the UK, established by the UK government as an independent research and technology organisation for academia and industry, is to be equipped with a private 5G network for manufacturing companies to test new production methods. The network...

Druid signs with Pierson, Winncom for CBRS-based private LTE deployments

Private cellular network vendor Druid Software has announced new distribution deals for its private LTE core networking solution in the US with Nebraska-based network engineering firm Pierson Wireless and Ohio-based network distributor Winncom Technologies. Both firms will sell the Irish firm’s RAEMIS core networking...

Deutsche Telekom to build ‘a million square metres’ of private 5G at Hanover Fairground

Trade fair operator Deutsche Messe has secured a private 5G licence from German network agency BNetzA for the Hanover fairground in Germany, home to Germany’s flagship Industrie 4.0 event. It has recruited Germany-based carrier Deutsche Telekom to set up “one of the largest 5G...

Verizon agrees deal for industrial robotics firm to bolster Industry 4.0 edge-5G portfolio

US carrier Verizon has signed a deal to acquire Austrian industrial robotics software company Incubed IT (stylized as incubed IT) for an undisclosed fee. Its rationale is to complement its industrial 5G and edge compute portfolio, and spur its drive in the Industry 4.0...

COSMOTE, Ericsson, PTC combine on ‘first’ LTE smart-factory network in Greece

Mobile operator COSMOTE has deployed the first LTE-based private campus network in Greece for smart manufacturing, it has announced. The new deployment, at a production facility belonging to Greek solar thermal manufacturer Calpak, uses a localised chunk of licensed spectrum from COSMOTE and LTE...

Telefónica, Leonardo put private 5G to work on UK’s next-gen Tempest fighter plane

The UK divisions of Spain-based mobile operator Telefónica and Italy-based aerospace manufacturer Leonardo have announced a deal to collaborate on private 5G for Industry 4.0, including for the “high-pace” manufacturing of the “next-generation” Tempest combat aircraft system, a joint defence project between the UK,...

Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom bundle cellular and compute in global ‘campus’ offer

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom are bundling private cellular and edge computing into an integrated ‘campus’ networking package for enterprises globally. The pair are offering the same in Germany, already; their new deal extends to a global market. Ericsson is providing the LTE and 5G...

Latency, speed, propagation – Lufthansa Technik, and the real story of private 5G

Note, this post is continued from an article called, "5G helped us through Covid’ – Lufthansa Technik on private 5G with Nokia, Vodafone". Click here to see the previous instalment. But this is not about how a nascent technology will save your business. That is...

Ericsson provides private 5G for EU Industry 4.0 pilot at Ford plant in Spain

Ericsson is to deploy a standalone private 5G network at a Ford engine plant in Valencia, in Spain. The trial installation is part of a European Union initiative to drive Industry 4.0 development. It puts focus on wireless control of autonomous automated guided vehicles...

Bosch counts upside of AI, IoT – even as sales slide in Covid-ravaged industrial sector

Bosch said this week it has so far sold 10 million connected power tools, home appliances, and heating systems, and has added about €300 million in revenue by adding artificial intelligence (AI) to its product line since setting up an AI division three years...

Dell, VMWare, SK Telecom bundle private 5G and MEC to help carriers sell Industry 4.0

Dell Technologies and VMware are working with South Korean operator SK Telecom to bundle together private 5G and multi-access edge compute (MEC) to help carriers sell Industry 4.0 to enterprises, and to drive broader digital change. The new solution, called OneBox MEC, will make...

‘5G helped us through Covid’ – Lufthansa Technik on private 5G with Nokia, Vodafone

Categorically, it seems, private 5G has helped some businesses stay on track during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic over the last 12 months. That was the message last week from Lufthansa Technik, the aircraft services division of German airline Lufthansa, speaking at a private LTE...

A million private 5G networks by 2030? A million just in Europe, says Vodafone

Private LTE and 5G for industry appears to be rolling faster than anyone expected. UK-based mobile operator Vodafone took the floor at a (really cracking) private LTE and 5G event today (January 27) – organised by private network provider Athonet, beamed out of the...

5G and Wi-Fi 6 ‘blueprint’ sets out ‘limitless potential’ in Industry 4.0, smart cities

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released a “blueprint” for the combination of 5G and Wi-Fi 6 in the broad IoT sector, notably for smart industry, smart cities, smart buildings, and the smart home, as well as sundry edge-based network deployments. It said, done...