BROWSING: Enterprise

The new version of the Zeetta Networks platform, which provides a dashboard for managing multiple private enterprise networks, as a “single pane of glass”, has already been tested as well in “large scale” smart city initiatives in the UK, including in Bristol (Bristol is...

  Japanese company Fujitsu announced the start of of operations of a private 5G network at its Oyama plant in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. In a release, Fujitsu said that the network consists of a 4.7 GHz band SA and a 28 GHz extended frequency band NSA...

Verizon has signed its first European private 5G contract, in a deal with Associated British Ports in the UK. The US firm has been appointed to deploy private 5G at the Port of Southampton. Nokia is providing the networking infrastructure, as part of the...

Sweden-based IoT operator Netmore Group, new parent of Nordic IoT Networks, has said it is building a nationwide LoRaWAN network in Ireland, starting in Dublin. The rollout is part of the company’s international expansion strategy. The company has been active in Ireland since 2010,...

Nokia has deployed an NB-IoT network for mobile network operator Saudi Mobily in the 800 MHz band in Saudi Arabia. The pair said they have connected more than 4,000 sites, with radius coverage of 20 kilometres per cell. The software on Mobily’s existing LTE base...

This conversation will form part of the narrative in the forthcoming Enterprise IoT Insights report on industrial 5G SLAs, out at the start of April (to be available here). A webinar on the same subject is available here, with panellists from ABI Research, EXFO,...

Sweden-based Telia has launched a private LTE and 5G network solution for enterprises in Norway using its licensed spectrum, otherwise used for its public network services. It follows the launch of the same service in Sweden in September. Telia is offering to install a...

Finnish industrial networking specialist Edzcom has deployed private 5G networks at shipping terminals in Mussalo and Hietanen in Kotka for Steveco, Finland’s largest port operator. Italy-based Athonet has provided the core network and connectivity platform. The two sites in Kotka, on Finland’s southern coast, are...

Rogers sees private network opportunity in verticals like mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing Canadian operator Rogers announced the launch of a managed solution for wireless private networks (WPN), the company said in a release. The company said that the new offering chiefly targets large businesses...

As promised last week, in an op-ed write-around of the same conversation, here is the full interview with Phil Skipper, group head of IoT business development at Vodafone, on the subject of industrial 5G performance KPIs and management SLAs – and the role of...

Researcher calls out construction, automotive, healthcare, oil and gas, as verticals that will drive digital twin adoption While the concept of building a digital twin is not new, GlobalData Principal Disruptive Tech Analyst Kiran Raj sees certain industrial verticals already upping investments around data analysis,...

Nokia has integrated a spectrum access and radio sensing mechanisms into its private LTE and 5G offer for priority and general access users in the CBRS band in the US. The Finnish firm has partnered with Virginia-based Key Bridge Wireless on the solution, which...

  Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company and Singapore operator Singtel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a range of ventures to support smart manufacturing. The MOU follows Hyundai Motor Group’s announcement in October 2020 that it is setting up its innovation center in...

Network slicing – across the radio, the transport, and the core network – is coming to both private LTE and private 5G setups, Nokia has said. The Finnsh vendor is trialling its new slicing functionality with a trio of mobile network operators, including A1...

US-based Federated Wireless has watched at close quarters as US enterprises have piled into the CBRS band to deploy private LTE and 5G networks. Here, Deepak Das, in the company's CTO office, describes the unfolding landscape, as enterprises put cellular to work in the...

French operator Orange said that is already making 5G technology available to companies operating in the port area of Le Havre. In a release, the telco said that Le Havre is the first major French seaport to benefit from 5G operating in 3.5 GHz...

This is a summary of a conversation with Vodafone’s group head of IoT business development, Phil Skipper. The interview will be published in full next week; the below works as a teaser, and a rejoinder to a piece published last week, called The role...

Vodafone has deployed what is being considered Ireland’s first private standalone (SA) 5G network at Irish Manufacturing Research’s (IMR) facility in Mullingar. IMR, an independent not-for-profit manufacturing and industrial energy efficiency research organization, will use the dedicated 5G network to develop and demonstrate smart...

Microsoft has acquired UK-based industrial technology and rapid prototyping outfit The Marsden Group for an undisclosed fee, as it continues to fill-out its cloud, analytics, telecoms, and software portfolio for the Industry 4.0 market. It said the deal will enhance its ability to create “new...

IBM has teamed up with network vendor Samsung and mobile operator M1 in Singapore to open an ‘Industry 4.0 studio’, in its own name, to develop and test 5G and AI solutions for industrial applications in the Asia Pacific region. The new standalone (SA)...

Siemens has said it will provide an entire industrial 5G ‘system’ for private cellular networks in industry, covering the radio access network, core network, and compatible end-devices. It said industrial automation specialists are best to “take care of” the new 5G requirements from industry,...

The World Economic Forum has added 15 new ‘smart’ manufacturing sites to its ‘global lighthouse network’, and claimed production output among Industry 4.0 leaders spiralled upwards by 93 percent in the past year, through the Covid-era. New joiners include factories owned by Bosch, Foxconn,...

German carrier Deutsche Telekom has issued updates on key projects around industry-wide data sharing in the automotive supply chain and smart cities sectors in Europe. It has also announced, via subsidiary T-Systems, a “high three-digit million” deal with DHL Deutsche Post for public, private,...

Up to $800 billion will be spent on new and replacement server equipment and edge computing facilities in the period to 2028, driven by the deployment of 5G in industry, alongside the commoditization of edge hardware and the rise of open source networking software....