Soracom claims five million IoT connections (a million in 2022), applies to list on TSE
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has claimed its five-millionth IoT connection, citing strong uptake in the energy, retail, healthcare, agriculture, and consumer electronics industries. The figure represents an advance of …
Spectrum, systems, slicing – five key challenges to bring private 5G to the masses
A session at Private Networks European Forum (PNEF) last month considered the challenges, and broader cultural shift, to bring ‘private 5G to the masses’. Koen Mioulet, secretary at the European …
Over 20 Indian firms show interest in setting up 5G private networks
Infosys, Capgemini, GMR, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Communications, Tata Power and Tejas Networks are among the interested firms to deploy private 5G networks Over 20 Indian companies have applied …
‘America’s inventive spirit at its finest’ – CBRS model must be extended, says industry
Twenty-six organizations and alliances in the US with active interests in private and shared cellular for enterprise usage have jointly written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National …
Itron announces smart water metering deployment in Singapore
The smart water metering rollout will connect some 300,000 Itron residential and C&I smart water meters to the existing network Industrial IoT provider Itron, which specializing in advanced metering …
Skyworks, Sequans combine on “smallest” LTE-M and NB-IoT system-in-package
Semiconductor firm Skyworks Solutions claims to have produced the world’s smallest dual-mode cellular IoT system-in-package (SiP) solution. The US outfit partnered with IoT chip and module maker Sequans Communications on …
Federated Wireless and AWS kick off private 5G channel deal with Cal Poly installation
Federated Wireless is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on a private cellular deployment with California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) to support the university’s new ‘5G innovation network’, geared …
A message to enterprises about private 5G* in manufacturing – just do it
Note, this article is taken from the intro/outro sessions at 5G Manufacturing Forum, hosted by Enterprise IoT Insights and RCR Wireless. It is a summary, a ramble, and a call-to-arms …
BT-led consortium secures financing for infrastructure drone project
BT noted that the project will demonstrate value in three use case areas for ports and highways, including port operations and management, marine operations and highway safety and defect inspections …
Betacom strikes deal with Qualcomm on private LTE/5G design and management
Network design and services firm Betacom has struck a channel sales deal (“integrated delivery model”) with Qualcomm whereby enterprise customers in the Industry 4.0 space will be able to link …
