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. …
Port authorities and terminal operators: private networks and public slices in sea ports
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSea ports have become a primary focus for the telecoms sector as it maps out potential customers for private communications networks, particularly as the industrial space at large hits upon …
Making Industry Smarter: Energy & Power | Why the home is the heart of the new energy internet
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSmart meters have provided a read-out on energy consumption and a window on energy usage. They have brought insight and control to the field of energy management, both sides of …
The way to decarbonised, decentralised power: What is a smart grid anyway?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe German Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) has a good definition of ‘smart grids’, which needs no embellishment. “The basic idea is that each device which is connected to …
Do smart cities need 5G?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHow to move from limited smart cities pilots to scaled deployments “Smart cities” is most certainly a nebulous term. At a high-level, it refers to a collection of use cases, …
The biggest opportunity for IoT is to match supply and demand – an investor’s view, from Finistere
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailManufacturing has come full circle, from craft production in the first industrial age, through mass production in the global age, and a new compulsion towards hyper-customisation and the idea of …
Why farming needs 5G, and not just LoRaWAN and NB-IoT – an investor’s view, from NGP Capital
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCertain functions of smart farming will not work on low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, even while technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT tend to support most smart agricultural technologies, as they exist …
This hard land: From cotton gin, to combine harvester, to computer vision (by way of The Boss)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFarming is hard. It always has been. There is a song called This Hard Land by Bruce Springsteen, rock’s great chronicler of every-day struggle in modern America, which captures something …
Four cases of Vodafone’s local know-how in smart farming
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone’s approach to the digital transformation of industry prioritises certain ‘vertical’ markets. Agriculture is not among them. Instead, it sees greater opportunity at group level in the automotive, insurance, buildings, …
Industrial LTE and 5G network management: Whose line is it anyway?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAntje Williams, Executive Programme Manager for 5G, Deutsche Telekom – “We have a huge divide at the moment in the industry, in the country, [about] how operators can serve industries …
