Industrial companies are building private networks because they have to, says Nokia
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIndustrial companies will invest in their own private LTE and 5G networks because the business case for digital change is irresistible, and because they want control of their own infrastructure. …
Network and chipset advances will see NB-IoT shoulder the IoT workload, says Huawei
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNB-IoT connections will comprise the vast majority of cellular IoT by 2021, at up to 75 per cent and around one billion devices, according to Huawei. The number will climb …
Software AG cites deals with AT&T, AWS, Dell in pursuit of €24bn IoT opportunity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGermany-based Software AG has reorganised its channel strategy to prioritise IoT platform deals with the likes of AT&T, ‘hyper-scale’ cloud deals with the likes of AWS, edge hardware deals with …
Vodafone joins consortium to test 4G and 5G drones, ready UK skies for robot deliveries
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone has joined a UK drone-testing consortium as network provider to develop tools and processes to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly safely in the same airspace as manned …
Private networks, guaranteed service, total control – “We are proving 5G for Industry 4.0,” says Vodafone
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone will use a range of private networking options to serve industrial verticals, it has said, as it develops its advanced LTE and emerging 5G proposition for enterprises. These options …
LTE-V2X is ready to roll, says Ford, as Qualcomm releases chips, Vodafone runs tests, and market preps for 5G NR in 2022
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLTE-based cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology will launch in earnest in the next months, as new automotive chipsets and platforms are released. The first vehicles to feature 5G-based C-V2X, enabling autonomous …
The raw and the cooked – Impressions of MWC 2019, and the state of ‘things’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhat is 5G anyway? Ericsson kicked off Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 by stating it is deploying 5G networks at pace, faster than anyone else. But these networks – alongside those …
“We are tearing down walls” – AT&T promises faster testing and returns on LTE-M, NB-IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCameron Coursey, vice president of IoT product development at AT&T, got a laugh from the audience Sunday afternoon at the Mobile IoT Summit, a developing curtain raiser at Mobile World …
Vodafone wins global ‘bootstrapping’ deal for Arm-based IoT devices
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChip-design company Arm has appointed Vodafone as its global ‘bootstrap’ provider for NB-IoT and LTE-M devices based on its new line of integrated SIM (iSIM) designs. Emerging iSIM technology provides …
‘It’s never a good idea to compete with your own customers’ – Ericsson talks private LTE for industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEricsson sought to set itself apart from Nokia in its approach to industrial markets at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as it made clear it will serve new industrial customers …
