Telefónica puts new €2bn digital-change unit at heart of five-step reinvention plan
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTelefónica has revealed a five-point reinvention plan to set it for “the next 100 years”. The strategy leans heavily into the digital transformation of industry and society, and sees the …
Nippon Gas to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Japanese utility firm Nippon Gas (NICIGAS) announced plans to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities in 2020 using a retrofitted gas meter reader developed by UnaBiz and Soracom, …
‘You need a villain in the piece’ – private LTE threat to carriers is overplayed, says Nokia
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWill carriers be ousted, or forced to cede ground, in the enterprise market with the rise of private networking and the liberalisation of spectrum in the 5G era? Nokia thinks …
Qualcomm, Siemens set up 5G SA private SA network for industrial apps
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Qualcomm Technologies and Siemens have setup a joint proof-of-concept project at the Siemens Automotive Test Center in Nuremberg, Germany, demonstrating what it claims to be the first private 5G …
“I’d call ‘bull’ if Silicon Valley was making these claims” – BehrTech on MIOTY and TS-UNB
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMade in Germany, commercialised in Canada, sold everywhere on the planet: that’s the recipe to make low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking, the backbone connectivity technology in the IoT space, finally deliver …
Sony Electronics upgrades smart agriculture solution to include AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSony Electronics announced a software update for its smart agriculture solution aimed at providing agricultural customers with new AI-based imaging capabilities, Sony said in a release. These new features, based on industry feedback, …
Nokia puts focus on healthcare, transport and security in Polish smart city deal
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNokia has struck a deal with the Polish city of Wroclaw to deliver new smart city services across healthcare, transport, education, security and local business incubation. Wrocław, on the Oder …
Cellular IoT to hit five billion connections by 2025, with LTE/5G taking a quarter
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe number of cellular IoT connections will reach five billion by the end of 2025, from 1.3 billion by the end of 2019, according to Ericsson. Around a half will …
Bosch and Qualcomm demo TSN over 5G, as manufacturing set for $4.7tn 5G boom
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBosch and Qualcomm have set up shop at the Smart Production Solutions (SPS) trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, this week to show industrial devices using time-sensitive networking (TSN) over a …
Bosch applies for private 5G licences, says owner-operator model is best for industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGerman industrial giant Bosch, an early champion of privately operated industrial 5G for manufacturing, has confirmed it has applied for localised spectrum licenses in Germany and will trial private 5G …
