
Bosch and Ericsson hone 5G for Industry 4.0, rollout private 5G in Germany
Bosch has started to build a private industrial 5G network at its semiconductor factory in Reutlingen, in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, to test for Industry 4.0 compatibility and network optimisation, along …

BAE Systems, Nissan line up behind new £30m UK fund for industrial 5G
The UK government has awarded £30 million to six new 5G testbeds, as part of a wider £200 million campaign to leverage 5G to energise the UK industrial sector, and …

“A private 5G backbone with BLE breakouts” – the Vodafone view on hybrid IoT
Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for the full …

Telefónica pitches rejigged IoT and AI portfolio for post-Covid retail
Telefónica’s new digital-change unit, Telefónica Tech, has adapted its existing catalogue of IoT and big data solutions for the post-coronavirus recovery of the retail, tourism, hospitality, transport, and mobility sectors, …

T-Systems and KUKA bundle edge-based robots, analytics, services for SMEs
Deutsche Telekom’s IT and cloud services division T-Systems has teamed up with robot maker and automation specialist KUKA to offer a combined Industry 4.0 package for small and medium-sized enterprises …

Ericsson stirs a heady 5G brew, as Verizon takes first 5G kit from US 5G factory
Ericsson has revealed the first product off the production line at its new Texas-based 5G-geared smart factory has been delivered, to US operator Verizon. The item, itself, is notable: a …

Wyld intros mesh networking for tracking, marketing; signs with NHS in Scotland
UK IoT networking company Wyld Networks has launched a Bluetooth and Wi-Fi based mesh solution to connect sundry consumer and enterprise devices together as a mechanism for localised content marketing, …

Private 5G is ‘only’ way for Industry 4.0 – first private 5G network goes live in UK with BT
UK telecoms provider BT has been appointed as the lead technology partner for the Worcestershire 5G Testbed (W5G), billed as the UK’s first live private 5G network. Swedish vendor Ericsson …

Spectrum licences like phone contracts – industrial 5G a ‘game changer’, says Siemens
Siemens sounded rather chuffed last week with the progress of and prospects for industrial 5G, home and abroad. The company said at its digital enterprise summit that 5G, when it …

Huawei out of private 5G in UK, too – and carriers’ Industry 4.0 games will suffer
While the UK decision to ban Huawei from national 5G infrastructure does not, as it stands, cover the China-based firm’s ability to supply private cellular to UK enterprises, it will …