
Released by Arm, buoyed by Bayer – Pelion shifts to the edge and comes of age
IoT device management platform Pelion, previously a unit within Arm, has been spun-out as a standalone business, wholly-owned by the UK chip design firm. At the same time, it has …

“It is right in front of us” – John Deere preps for 5G factory ‘revolution’ with CBRS bountry
From tractor maker to network operator; should we be surprised Deere & Company, in charge of the John Deere machinery brand, has snapped up five mid-band CBRS licenses in five …

Bouygues Teleco and IBM team up on 5G for factories, hospitals, utilities, cities
France-based Bouygues Telecom has joined with IBM to collaborate with enterprises on industrial 5G use cases in the manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy and utilities, and smart city sectors. Bouygues Telecom …

Manufacturing, construction, agriculture to drive 80% of £15bn 5G boom in UK
Over three quarters of projected economic growth from 5G in the UK will be driven by just three sectors: manufacturing, construction, and agriculture. These industries, considered to be linchpin ‘verticals’ …

Philip Morris smokes-out cigarette production with Industry 4.0 pyrotechnics in Italy
Cigarette brand Philip Morris International has signed a deal with Italian tower operator INWIT to build a 4G LTE network at its new €1 billion research and production plant in …

Industrial IoT outfit MYNXG taps Nokia to install, integrate ‘mission-critical’ private 5G
Germany-based industrial IoT specialist MYNXG has recruited Nokia to deploy a private 5G campus network at its development centre Nuremburg to run the rule over the technology as a platform …

Platforms, machines, glasses – and cows (reading the 2021 IIoT ‘tea leaves’ with ABI)
About $32 billion will be spent on industrial IoT platforms for smart manufacturing by 2025, and the number of industrial AR connections will surge by 57 percent per year in …

Lacroix appoints Orange, Ericsson to install 5G for French Industry 4.0 factory ‘flagship’
French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group has appointed Orange to deploy an indoor 5G network from Ericsson at a factory in France to run the rule over its value as a …

Citymesh strikes MVNO deal with Proximus to take private 5G nationwide in Belgium
Private cellular specialist Citymesh has struck a deal with Proximus to offer mobile and fixed telecom services on the Proximus network in Belgium, running alongside localised cellular services in its …

Telstra, Ericsson devise edge-cloud 5G bundle to drive Industry 4.0 Down Under
Telstra and Ericsson have struck a deal to bundle localised edge-based 5G connectivity and compute functions for enterprises in Australia. The pair are looking to develop a reusable “edge cloud …