
Scotland starts private 5G rollout in bid to add £17bn GDP and 160,000 jobs
The Scotland 5G Centre, a government-sponsored research centre with the universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, has opened a private 5G network testbed in Dumfries in the south of Scotland, to …

City of Sunderland to install 5G city network for manufacturing, education, healthcare
The city of Sunderland in the northeast of England is bidding to be the “UK’s most advanced smart city” following an agreement between the city council and UK-based telecoms system …

Vodafone and Deloitte team up on virtual centre for digital healthcare
Vodafone and Deloitte have teamed up on a virtual centre for digital healthcare. The new facility, called the Vodafone Centre for Health with Deloitte, combines the former’s healthcare solutions and …

NEC creates new digital healthcare division, targeting $4.5bn revenues by 2030
Japanese tech giant NEC has announced a new digital healthcare and life science business, as part of its stated mid-term strategy to develop new business units to drive growth for …

Telstra snaps up healthcare software company MedicalDirector for $350m
Telstra Health, the digital healthcare business of Australian telecoms provider Telstra, has said it is poised to acquire Sydney-based medical software company MedicalDirector for $350 million. It follows the firm’s …

Connected healthcare and the digital divide: A Q&A with Kajeet
Kajeet: Extending telehealth and remote patient monitoring into homes without the internet is impossible For more on the state of connected healthcare, download this free report. Kajeet is perhaps best …

The rise of connected healthcare raises questions about equitable broadband access
If connected healthcare becomes a primary delivery method, what about the 3 billion unconnected people? For more on the state of connected healthcare, download this free report. Lack of access …

Understanding key connected healthcare use cases
Virtual patient interactions and remote patient monitoring are key connected healthcare use cases The primary use case for connected healthcare is currently telemedicine–a patient interfacing with a medical professional via …

Intel ramps up private LTE with Federated Wireless, California school districts
Federated Wireless has signed with Intel to use its Smart Edge platform to pursue private network trials using CBRS spectrum in the education sector in the US. The move is …

Roambee buys Swiss IoT firm Modum to serve rising demand for pharma tracking
Santa Clara IoT tracking company Roambee has acquired Switzerland-based cold chain monitoring outfit Modum, which specialises in the pharmaceutical market. Roambee said the deal will help it to “dominate the …