
UK provider Vilicom gets private LTE gig for world’s largest offshore wind farm
UK based telecoms provider Vilicom has struck a deal with Danish power company Ørsted to design and deploy an LTE network at its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. On completion, …

Siemens, SAP stitch together Industry 4.0 software for entwined digital thread
Siemens and SAP have agreed to offer each other’s industrial production software as complementary solutions in an integrated Industry 4.0 offer, enabling a digital thread between lifecycle management and business …

World Economic Forum: $10tn GDP, 395m jobs by 2030 by prioritising nature – and tech
The World Economic Forum has published a study that says “nature-positive” enterprise solutions can create 395 million jobs and $10 trillion in revenue by 2030. A major subtext of the …

BT switches on NB-IoT in UK to underpin country’s “largest” smart water pilot
UK water utility Yorkshire Water is in the final stages of an NB-IoT and AI pilot with BT to connect almost 4,000 acoustic, flow, pressure, and water quality monitors to …

Australian utility TasNetworks launches LoRaWAN grid network, Industry 4.0 platform
Australian electric utility Tasmanian Networks (TasNetworks) has appointed local LoRaWAN provider National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) to build a LoRaWAN network in the island state of Tasmania, off the southern …

AT&T and Accenture prep private 5G network for Phillips 66 refinery
AT&T and Accenture have teamed up on private cellular for US oil company Phillips 66. The trio are developing a bespoke industrial LTE and 5G setup for low-latency refinery automation …

Finland issues first private LTE/5G licence, urges industry to pile in
Finland has issued its first private cellular licence for industrial LTE and 5G at 2.3 GHz. State-owned energy company Fortum Power and Heat will use the licence at its power …

HiSilicon, Nowi unveil energy autonomous NB-IoT platform
Autonomous NB-IoT platform harvests its own energy HiSilicon, a chip manufacturer owned by Chinese vendor Huawei, and Dutch firm Nowi Energy showcased the second generation of their energy autonomous NB-IoT …

Three in five enterprises want operators involved in their 5G setups, finds Nokia poll
New research from Nokia says one third of enterprises in the energy, manufacturing, cities, and transportation sectors are already using 5G to drive industrial performance and digital change. Three in …

LTE-M and BLE combine in US power controller to slash water-heater wastage
US engineering and product design agency Apricity has devised a combined LTE-M and BLE solution for utilities in the US to control demand from domestic water heaters and reduce supply …