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Cellnex, Nokia win €20.5m deal to build private and public 5G at 10 Spanish rail terminals

Rail infrastructure operator Adif Alta Velocidad (Adif AV) has handed Cellnex Telecom and Nokia a €20.5 million contract to build private 5G and public 5G networks to connect, digitalise, and automate its rail logistics centres in Spain. They have just over five years (62...

IoT tracking in the supply chain (pt 3) – roadmap errors and design issues

Note, this article follows directly from a previous post (January 25) – about how IoT solved the global supply-chain edge, which followed another entry (January 24) about why logistics is the hardest sector of all for IoT; all articles are taken from a new...

Nokia drives private 5G sales up by 50% in Q4; Ericsson does 33% of private 5G sales in Q4

Nokia added 45 new customers for its private networks products in the fourth quarter of 2022, outrunning its third-quarter total (30 new customers) by 50 percent, and taking its total customer count beyond the 560 mark, the company said. It had closed the third...

IoT tracking in the supply chain (pt2) – how cellular IoT solved the global edge

Note, this article follows directly from a previous post (January 24) – about why logistics is the hardest industry of all for the IoT market to crack; both are taken from a new editorial report on the state of IoT in the supply chain...

Cognizant acquires IoT software engineering services firm Mobica

Once the acquisition if fully completed, Cognizant will add nearly 900 people across Europe and North America Technology services and consulting company Cognizant has entered into an agreement to acquire U.K.-based IoT software engineering services company Mobica. Once the acquisition is fully completed, Cognizant will add...

IoT tracking in the supply chain (pt1) – why logistics is the hardest industry of them all

This article is taken from a new editorial report on the state of IoT in the supply chain sector, released this month (January 2023). The report discusses the potential Industry 4.0 upside for the supply chain sector in all its disjointed promise, with some...

Glass maker Euroglas takes Sigfox solution from Citymesh to track stillage racks in Belgium

Belgian glass manufacturer Euroglas-De Landtsheer (Euroglas) has deployed a Sigfox tracking solution from local pair Citymesh and HeronTrack to get live positional readouts on its entire fleet of 1,100 stillage racks, used to transport glass products across the Benelux region. The stillage racks are...

Norway opens 3.8-4.2 GHz band for private 5G (SA-NPN only; PNI-NPN not permitted)

Norway has opened up 400 MHz of prime mid-band spectrum, at 3.8-4.2 GHz, for enterprises to deploy local-area private 5G networks. Following pilots last year, the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) is now offering four different-sized tranches of the 3.8-4.2 GHz band on 10-year deals....

“Tech is the problem, and the solution” – Telefónica on the future of work and society

A quick excerpt from a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, courtesy of José María Álvarez-Pallete, chairman and chief executive at Telefónica, who directly and powerfully addressed the elephant in the elite Alpine conference rooms: that unfettered digital change...

Meeting ESG targets with LoRaWAN (Reader Forum)

The second best thing to making a full-circle pivot to zero emission is to reduce your current footprint – with miles that are not driven, flights that are not taken, and energy that is not consumed. Indeed, while we transition to a completely emission-neutral...

Comcast and Celona supply CBRS private 4G/5G system to California fairgrounds

Comcast and Celona have deployed a private 4G/5G network using the CBRS band at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California. The network has already provided support for back-of-house operations at a number of events, including the annual Sonoma County Fair last August....

ABB opens tech HQ in Mexico to serve process industries in North America

ABB is to open a new technology and engineering center in Mexico to serve the North American market. The Swiss engineering conglomerate has made an initial investment of $1 million in the facility, located in the city of Mérida, in the Yucatán region of...

Industry 4.0 ‘lighthouse’ factories – China dominates the latest intake

The World Economic Forum has identified 18 more Industry 4.0 ‘lighthouse’ factories that have managed to “transcend debilitating macro forces” by making use of the latest industrial IoT-related tech. The organisation’s latest bi-annual lighthouse intake brings its total to 132 manufacturing sites, in various...

Telefônica, Nokia fast-track Petrobras private LTE rollout to 18 sites in Brazil

Brazilian oil and gas giant Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) is multiplying its private LTE operations across its offshore and onshore facilities, according to a report in Latin American business publication BNamericas. LTE networks have so far been deployed on 11 out of 29 offshore oil...

Trend Micro unveils new subsidiary for 5G cybersecurity

Trend Micro said that organizations need to integrate resources to combat emerging threats in the private 5G networks field more effectively Trend Micro has established CTOne, which is a new subsidiary of the company that will focus on advancing 5G network security, the company said...

Maersk announces major smart logistics centres in China, Norway, Pakistan

Danish shipping company A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has announced new smart logistics and warehouse facilities in China, Norway, and Pakistan. Each site puts focus on innovation and environmental sustainability. Maersk has also confirmed the acquisition of Danish project logistics specialist Martin Bencher Group...

Ericsson adds IT-geared Cradlepoint CBRS offer to “broadest” private 5G portfolio

Ericsson has added a new IT-focused private cellular offering from US-based subsidiary Cradlepoint, acquired in late 2020, into its private 5G portfolio. Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Private Networks solution is said to be tailored to the needs of “lean IT-oriented enterprises”, including in the logistics, light...

India’s BSNL partners with Amantya to set up 5G private networks

Amantya will set up and maintain 5G private networks for its customers in partnership with BSNL   State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has signed a partnership with system integrator Amantya Technologies for the deployment of 5G private networks. Under the terms of the agreement, Amantya will...

BT makes an Industry 4.0 sandwich – from a fortified private 5G loaf

As promised and previewed last week, here is a full transcript of the interview with Marc Overton, managing director of BT’s industrial go-to-market business Division X – from a conversation a couple of months back, at the UK operator’s annual Robotics Festival at its...

Industry 4.0 warriors (and worriers) – auto, pharma, logistics top McKinsey robotics poll

A new survey by global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company says robotics and automation systems will account for 25 percent of capital spending by industrial companies over the next five years, mostly for routine manual tasks in the logistics and fulfillment, retail and...

Connected cars to exceed 367m globally by 2027: Juniper

Juniper noted that the growth of 91% will be driven by the advancement of both ADAS and increasing the capabilities of in-vehicle infotainment systems   The number of connected vehicles in service is forecast to reach 367 million globally in 2027, up from 192 million in...

Europe sets binding 2030 targets to boost digital skills, infrastructure, industry

European countries are now required to jointly develop and measure progress on digital skills, digital infrastructure, and digitalisation of both private industry and public services. A new ‘monitoring and cooperation’ mechanism obliges EU member states to collaborate on the development, implementation, and measurement of...

Wide-area (mostly cellular) RTA tracker market to reach 117m connections by 2027

The global market for wide-area RTA trackers, comprising low-power IoT trackers attached to returnable transport assets (RTAs) like multi-usage crates and containers, will reach 117.3 million connections by 2027, according to analyst house ABI Research. The projected rise is spurred mostly by the increasing...

Vertical farmer 80 Acres taps Siemens to automate and scale US production sites

Ohio-based indoor and vertical farming specialist 80 Acres Farms has appointed the US-branch of German industrial tech giant Siemens to supply hardware and software to automate and scale its expanding US operations. Siemens is also providing capital into the project, it said. A statement...