
Telenor to deploy 5G private network for the Norwegian Armed Forces
The Norwegian Armed Forces and Telenor had initially entered into a strategic ICT partnership in 2018 Norwegian operator Telenor and the country’s Armed Forces signed an agreement to collaborate to …

Betacom taps Airspan, Druid for private 5G install at US Manufacturing Institute
Betacom is working with Airspan Networks and Druid Software, a familiar pairing for private RAN and core, to deliver a pirate 5G network in the CBRS band for the Digital …
BT to invest £100m to put UK enterprises in ‘digital fast lane’ and ‘soup-up security’
UK telecoms group BT has revealed a ‘charter’ to invest almost £100 million over the next three years in its new Division X digital change unit, which is at the …
Ericsson (also) signs with T-Mobile to offer private 5G to US enterprise customers
Weird, and frustrating; Swedish vendor Ericsson has issued a press release, the day after Nordic rival Nokia, about a new working relationship with T-Mobile in the US on private 5G. …
Austrian group A1 buys Bulgarian SI STEMO to sell digital change in Eastern Europe
Austrian group A1 Telekom has acquired Bulgarian system integrator STEMO for an undisclosed fee, in order to bolster its proposition for corporate clients, notably international corporate clients, in Bulgaria and …

Totally overhyped and utterly indispensable – why private 5G matters
What to say about the state of the private 5G market – about the state of ‘things’, if you like, at the top-end of the IoT game? I was asked …

T-Mobile US appoints Nokia to build private 5G and hybrid 5G offer for US enterprises
T-Mobile US has recruited Nokia to help it with private 5G and hybrid public-private 5G networks. The pair will develop products for T-Mobile’s new suite of network solutions for enterprise …

Unplug-and-play – 5G is the future of factory automation (Reader Forum)
The latest developments in cloud-based AI and edge computing, coupled with 5G’s enhanced bandwidth, are about to mobilise robots like never before and unleash a manufacturing revolution, explains Richard Cockle, …

An identity crisis, a catch-22, a €3.3m problem? What’s in the Unabiz/Sigfox in-tray?
It has been a month since Unabiz was declared the new owner of IoT tech provider and network operator Sigfox. And it has been a couple of weeks (such is …

New iBwave platform offers combined private 5G and Wi-Fi network design
Network design company iBwave Solutions has introduced new software to help US enterprises dovetail their local-area private Wi-Fi and LTE/5G designs in a single platform. The solution is geared for …