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Nokia shifts private 5G sales strategy to go all-indirect, zero-touch, mega-sized

Another challenge, apart from devices, with the mission to scale industrial 5G is with sales channels. Speaking a while back, following its “flagship” arrangement with system integrator Kyndryl for its various Industry 4.0 gear, Nokia says its strategy on private networks has shifted, decisively....

The big 5G problem – not networks, not spectrum, but devices (Talking 5G Blues)

Note, for more on this topic, and to hear more from MFA and others, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28 – also featuring speakers from ABI Research, Schneider Electric, and Vodafone; check...

Hillwood offers Ericsson’s ‘Waze for wireless’ for driverless vehicle tests at MIZ test zone

Ericsson is working with US real estate developer Hillwood to offer a tool for autonomous and connected vehicle companies to access “secure and constant” 4G and 5G connectivity at the Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ) within the 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development in Fort Worth, in Texas....

FedEx to test autonomous drone cargo deliveries with new Elroy Air system

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx, is working with California-based aerial cargo startup Elroy Air to launch test flights for autonomous drone cargo deliveries in 2023. The deal is billed as a “first of its kind agreement” in the US. FedEx Express said it...

MGA Tech taps Edzcom (taps Nokia) for 5G-based Industry 4.0 co-creation platform

Custom-machine manufacturer MGA Technologies has engaged Finland-based industrial networking specialist Edzcom, owned by Spanish tower company Cellnex, to deploy a private 5G network from Nokia at its new MGA TechLab 4.0 in Lyon, in France. The network went live in January; new Industry 4.0...

Green business is good business – the six most sustainable smart factories

It is a silly headline, and an opt-in competition, but the World Economic Forum’s list of ‘lighthouse factories’, acknowledged for their use of Industry 4.0 kit, now stretches to 103 manufacturing facilities, and includes at least six sites that have been separately acclaimed for...

Delays? What delays? Keysight rubbishes talk of an industrial 5G logjam

Maybe it is just the way we ask the questions, but… test and measurement company Keysight Technologies has sought, effectively, to dispel any rumour and disquiet in the ranks about delays with industrial-grade 5G devices to go with industrial-grade private 5G networks. The US-based...

Vodafone and Nokia install private 5G at UK marine-tech testbed on Plymouth Sound

Vodafone and Nokia have deployed a private LTE and 5G network to underpin “the world’s first marine-focused 5G testbed” in the UK port city of Plymouth, on the Devon coast. The new installation – “deployed by Vodafone in partnership with Nokia” – is located...

New Solinftec agricultural AI inspection robots roll into GROWMARK fields in the US

Agricultural tech provider Solinftec is working with agricultural cooperative GROWMARK in the US to deploy and develop its new automated field robot during the 2022 farming season, “from planting to harvesting”. Solinftec, headquartered in São Paulo in Brazil and also West Lafayette in Indiana in...

‘The build is the easy bit’ – Vodafone on what is missing with private 5G for Industry 4.0

Note, for more on this topic, and to hear more from Vodafone and others, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28 – also featuring speakers from ABI Research, MFA (MulteFire Alliance)/Nokia, and Schneider...

Volvo Cars uses artificial intelligence for automated inspection in the US

The system utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to check tires, underbody components and vehicle exteriors   Volvo Cars USA announced a new program to equip U.S. retailers with automated vehicle-inspection systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) technology that aim to improve customer satisfaction...

The three use cases that have turned Industry 4.0 onto private 5G networks

As with the telecoms industry’s travails with NB-IoT, only just starting to resolve, there is a classic chicken-and-egg scenario with industrial 5G, around availability of networks and devices. In other words, why should an enterprise install a 5G network if there aren’t any enterprise-grade...

Rogers Communications inks deal to focus on 5G autonomous cars R&D

Rogers said that researchers will have the possibility to use machine learning techniques combined with traffic modeling and simulations   Canadian operator Rogers Communications has signed a two-year partnership with Sheridan College that will focus on 5G autonomous vehicle research and development. In a release, Rogers said...

Industry 4.0 in the UK – four 4G/5G installs, four 4G/5G industries (and four Nokia wins)

This started, provisionally, as a roundup of five key private 5G deployments in five key private 5G industries in five key private 5G markets, spurred by a couple of recent announcements we missed originally, by Spanish construction firm Ferrovial at the Silvertown Tunnel project...

Edzcom breaks into German auto market with private 5G install for SEGULA

Cellnex Telecom is to deploy a private 5G network, plus edge componentry, for the automotive branch of engineering group SEGULA Technologies in Germany. The project is being handled by Edzcom, the Spanish company’s private networking division. Edzcom will install the edge networking and compute...

5G, C-V2X, and AI working together will enable safer driving experiences

Qualcomm sees the combo of cooperative radar sensing, C-V2X sidelink positioning and smart RSUs as key to improving road safety As part of its commitment to intelligent transportation systems, Qualcomm’s R&D team demonstrated 5G connectivity, C-V2X ranging and positioning, and smart RSUs at the company’s...

Deutsche Telekom enables automated valet parking for BMW over 5G

Deutsche Telekom said that the results of the proof of concept are convincing as cars are controlled by the system, with "absolute" stability and security   Deutsche Telekom performed a proof-of-concept with BMW Group and Valeo in the domain of automated valet parking. The European carrier said...

Verizon to bring 5G connectivity to Audi’s 2024 vehicle lineup

Verizon Business CEO: The Audi will be 'both a 5G mobile device and a vehicle' In its first major 5G deal with an automaker, Verizon has announced an agreement with Audi to bring 5G connectivity to the car manufacturer’s U.S. vehicle lineup, estimated to...

5G and Wi-Fi will coexist – as ‘gory detail’ of the tech fades (Federated Wireless on 2022)

When you’re launching a new technology, it’s easy to develop a rooting interest. It’s only human – you devote your passion and energy to this new innovation, and you want people to know it’s better than the alternatives. Meanwhile, people working on alternatives argue...

Harman buys automotive AR software company

Samsung subsidiary Harman has acquired a German software company that focuses on automotive augmented and mixed reality. Automotive tech company Apostera and its AR and MR software solutions "will expand Harman’s automotive product offerings and position the company at the forefront of automotive AR/MR...

Cellular V2X technology is driving automotive antenna module market growth: Report

The Technavio report anticipates that the automotive antenna module market will grow $525.67 million in the forecasted period Technavio’s latest automotive antenna module market report anticipates a market growth in this space of $525.67 million from 2020 to 2025, driven mostly by the fact that vehicles are becoming increasingly...

Telstra and Ericsson supply private 5G for Australian agri-tech collective

Telstra has deployed a private 5G network for industrial tech organisation AgriFood Connect in Australia. It has worked with Ericsson on the deployment; it is the Swedish vendor’s first private-5G install in Australia. AgriFood Connect is a not-for-profit seeking to drive tech adoption in...

Five trends that will shape the next decade in IoT (Vodafone on 2022 – and beyond)

Eighteen months ago, in the middle of the first COVID-19 wave, we launched a study to learn more about how businesses were using IoT. We sought to discover if IoT was helping them cope with the unprecedented challenges caused by the global pandemic. The...

T-Mo, Halo set the pace with an autonomous 5G-connected car

Autonomous Halo pace car led the Autonomous Racecar Challenge during CES 2022 The line of sleek, Formula-One-style autonomous vehicles at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway took to the track one by one. Their small size and compressed cockpits were the major giveaways that these were...