What are dual-slice ‘campus networks’? Deutsche Telekom on LTE and 5G slicing for industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDeutsche Telekom is offering industrialists so-called ‘campus networks’, which offer a kind of proto-slicing as a pre-cursor to slicing-proper with 5G networks. But its recent work in the Port of …
Smart ports: seven practical challenges for port authorities and terminal operators
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Marseille Fos port in southern France is leading the new French Smart Port in Med initiative, with an ambition to “build the port of the future”. It has a …
Smart port perspectives | Marseille: 5G, blockchain, and a digital map for tight ships
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Port of Marseille Fos is amping up its smart port strategy with new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of …
UK water utility connects to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network to stop leakages
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSouth East Water is connecting digital water meters, sensors and acoustic loggers on underground mains water pipes to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network in the UK. The arrangement is part of a …
Smart port perspectives | Hamburg: ‘5G slicing works; hurry up with 5G, already!’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailRecent trials of industrial 5G at the Port of Hamburg have given the German port a lift, and clear designs about digital change. But it will count for nothing if …
UK releases masses of spectrum for private, shared usage; squeezes operators
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOfcom will open up a large tranche of the UK airwaves for enterprises to deploy private and shared networks, dedicating the 3.8-4.2 GHz band for local deployments, requiring national operators …
“NB-IoT is cheap in China – from as little as $3 per module,” says Huawei
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCellular IoT technologies are expected to take the lion’s share of the low-power wide-area (LPWA) market, but it has been a bumpy start – outside of China, at least. Rival …
LoRaWAN has the edge on NB-IoT, and Sigfox has retreated, says Proximus
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDevice availability, network flexibility, and technical features give LoRaWAN the edge on NB-IoT today, reckons Proximus. But competition between the two IoT technologies will grow closer, it expects. Meanwhile, Sigfox …
Sigfox expands 0G capacity six-fold, rolls into Portugal with 15-year Securitas deal
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSigfox has said it will boost its so-called 0G network infrastructure six-fold in terms of capacity and features to serve as a cellular back-up network for an expanding customer base. …
Three NB-IoT deployment models – and why NB-IoT performance is not what it should be
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNarrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is a cellular-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology. Specified in Release 13 of the 3GPP in June 2016, it coexists with GSM and LTE in licensed frequency bands. …
