
Edzcom, Signify to build private smart-city network on 5G lightpoles in Finland
Finland-based Edzcom and Netherlands-based Signify have entered a partnership to build a private smart-city 5G and IoT network using street-lighting and other road infrastructure for the city of Tampere, in …

Siemens buys UK industrial IoT firm Senseye for global smart factory push
Siemens has acquired UK-based industrial IoT firm Senseye for an undisclosed fee. Senseye, founded in 2014, provides analytics-based (“AI-powered”) predictive maintenance solutions for industrial machines, offering ways to manage and …

Softbank takes equity stake in 1NCE – as “only company that can deliver global IoT”
Global cellular IoT provider 1NCE has confirmed a long-trailed deal with Softbank, a major investor already in the firm, to release equity to the Japan-based carrier in return for exclusive …

Beyond the byte – rethinking CHF for 5G enterprise services (Reader Forum)
For many years the telco industry has focused on charging by the byte. Online charging systems have been optimized mainly to monetize consumers’ use of data. But now it is …

Nokia and Edzcom/Cellnex renew private 5G vows, hit the Industry 4.0 trail in Europe
It is a partnership of industrial-minded telco country-mates that effectively helped to build the early private LTE and 5G market, with joint references in a number of key installations in …

Astrocast to buy Dutch IoT scale-up Hiber, raise further funds for satellite network
Consolidation in the satellite IoT space, already, and again; Swiss satellite IoT operator Astrocast has agreed a deal to acquire busy Dutch industrial IoT scale-up Hiber. Astrocast, with a network …

Critical and complementary – setting the record straight on 5G and Wi-Fi
Time to set the record straight on cellular 5G and Wi-Fi 6/7, a panel of Industry 4.0 luminaries suggested at Private Networks Forum (PNF) a couple of weeks back; these …

Athonet targets financial services sector with private 5G lab in London’s Square Mile
Private cellular network specialist Athonet has opened a 5G lab in the heart of London’s financial district dedicated to the financial-tech (fintech) scene. The initiative signals the Italy-based firm’s decision …

New Sigfox parent claims million-milestone and ready-supply for Sigfox 2.0 (‘Unabiz 0G’)
The first shot of blue sky in the murky Sigfox firmament? Maybe, just – even despite mutterings of discontent from the old guard and warnings of difficulty for the new …

Private networks: All about coverage and capacity, for now, and LTE fits the bill
HANOVER, Germany—For all of the hype around tailoring industrial networks to meet the most demanding applications and connecting all sorts of automated and intelligent “things”, private networks are, at this …