Spark tests connected driverless car in New Zealand
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The trial, which used Spark’s pre-commercial 5G network, was carried in partnership with local company Ohmio Automation New Zealand carrier Spark, in collaboration with compatriot firm Ohmio Auromation …
New “deep-tech” VC fund goes all-in for digital change, security and… cowgorithms
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew seed-stage private equity firm Ubiquity Ventures has made its first six investments in start-ups. Each of the companies selected for funding are in the industrial transformation or tech security …
San Francisco selects Iteris for intelligent transportation system upgrade
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUnder the three-year agreement, Iteris will provide connected vehicle applications in Los Gatos, Emeryville, Walnut Creek, Concord and Dublin Iteris, a specialist in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, announced …
Vodafone joins consortium to test 4G and 5G drones, ready UK skies for robot deliveries
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone has joined a UK drone-testing consortium as network provider to develop tools and processes to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly safely in the same airspace as manned …
Private networks, guaranteed service, total control – “We are proving 5G for Industry 4.0,” says Vodafone
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone will use a range of private networking options to serve industrial verticals, it has said, as it develops its advanced LTE and emerging 5G proposition for enterprises. These options …
LTE-V2X is ready to roll, says Ford, as Qualcomm releases chips, Vodafone runs tests, and market preps for 5G NR in 2022
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLTE-based cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology will launch in earnest in the next months, as new automotive chipsets and platforms are released. The first vehicles to feature 5G-based C-V2X, enabling autonomous …
The raw and the cooked – Impressions of MWC 2019, and the state of ‘things’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhat is 5G anyway? Ericsson kicked off Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 by stating it is deploying 5G networks at pace, faster than anyone else. But these networks – alongside those …
Qualcomm honing vertical focus on automotive, robotics and industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail5G as the ‘nervous system’ for the industrial IoT BARCELONA–Qualcomm is a major force in not just the modems and other components that power smartphones but also in the processes …
AT&T and Vodafone pool resources on 5G and C-V2X for automotive sector
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone and AT&T are pooling resources to accelerate adoption of mobile technologies in the automotive industry. The pair will collaborate, they said, on 5G and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technologies. The …
Telefonica, Ericsson, Qualcomm prep 5G C-V2X showcase for MWC crowds
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA cohort of MWC stalwarts led by Spanish operator Telefónica is preparing a 5G showcase for Barcelona next week that will make use of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) and edge technologies, …
