Nokia’s private LTE smart-grid gig in Brazil gets green light from regulator
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBrazilian telecoms regulator Anatel has approved local energy distributor Neoenergia to operate a private LTE network in the 3.5 GHz frequency. It will be the first private LTE network in …
UK to release 6 GHz and 100 GHz spectrum for Wi-Fi in smart homes, offices, factories
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK regulator Ofcom is proposing to make 500MHz of contiguous spectrum in the lower 6 GHz band available for unlicensed indoor Wi-Fi and low-power outdoor Wi-Fi usage. It has also …
Bosch, Ericsson, Telefónica to develop AI control system for private LTE and 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA consortium of technologists, industrialists, and academics have joined a new European working group to develop and demonstrate a new ‘beyond-5G’ system for private networks, integrating 5G, Wi-Fi, and LiFi …
Orange: Connectivity is 5% of Industry 4.0 spend – we’d rather talk apps and services
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHow does a mobile operator, in the business of airtime subscriptions, go beyond selling straight connectivity? Because this must be the goal, and the measure of ambition. There is no …
Qualcomm and Audi announce initial C-V2X deployments on Virginia roadways
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailQualcomm, together with Audi of America and the Virginia Department of Transportation announced plans for initial deployments of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communication on northern Virginia roadways. In a press release, …
Brits back drones for emergency services, environmental monitoring, says Vodafone
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMost people in Britain would support regulated usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for critical services and industrial enterprises, according to a report by Vodafone. Eighty per cent …
More industrial Wi-Fi 6, fewer IoT platforms, new mMTC entrants – it ain’t gonna happen
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailABI Research has poured water on the idea Wi-Fi 6 will gain mass adoption in the IoT space in the near-term. It has also said a few dominant chipset vendors …
Why 5G doesn’t amount to a hill of beans, and it is not enough for operators
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTelecoms operators must do more than just sell connectivity. It is a maxim that gets repeated, often, and always – and one that, in the end, becomes more like a …
Amazon trumps Google in smart home sales; smart lighting tops growth forecasts
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe smart home market in Europe continued to grow in the third quarter of 2019, reaching almost 23.8 million units, an increase of 18.1 per cent compared to the same …
Spending on factory data apps and analytics to rise 50% to $27bn in five years
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSpending on factory data applications will grow from $18 billion in 2019 to just over $27 billion in 2024, a rise of 50 per cent in the period, according to …
