Transatel on the “ultimate” public/private 5G mashup for Industry 4.0 (an MVNO story)
France-based virtual operator Transatel, busily offering somehow-unfashionable local MVNO and MVNE services in Europe for two decades already, has a second (actually, third and fourth) life, suddenly, in the global …
Soracom claims five million IoT connections (a million in 2022), applies to list on TSE
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has claimed its five-millionth IoT connection, citing strong uptake in the energy, retail, healthcare, agriculture, and consumer electronics industries. The figure represents an advance of …
Spectrum, systems, slicing – five key challenges to bring private 5G to the masses
A session at Private Networks European Forum (PNEF) last month considered the challenges, and broader cultural shift, to bring ‘private 5G to the masses’. Koen Mioulet, secretary at the European …
‘America’s inventive spirit at its finest’ – CBRS model must be extended, says industry
Twenty-six organizations and alliances in the US with active interests in private and shared cellular for enterprise usage have jointly written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National …
Skyworks, Sequans combine on “smallest” LTE-M and NB-IoT system-in-package
Semiconductor firm Skyworks Solutions claims to have produced the world’s smallest dual-mode cellular IoT system-in-package (SiP) solution. The US outfit partnered with IoT chip and module maker Sequans Communications on …
Federated Wireless and AWS kick off private 5G channel deal with Cal Poly installation
Federated Wireless is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on a private cellular deployment with California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) to support the university’s new ‘5G innovation network’, geared …
A message to enterprises about private 5G* in manufacturing – just do it
Note, this article is taken from the intro/outro sessions at 5G Manufacturing Forum, hosted by Enterprise IoT Insights and RCR Wireless. It is a summary, a ramble, and a call-to-arms …
Betacom strikes deal with Qualcomm on private LTE/5G design and management
Network design and services firm Betacom has struck a channel sales deal (“integrated delivery model”) with Qualcomm whereby enterprise customers in the Industry 4.0 space will be able to link …
Federated eyes role as 6 GHz spectrum coordinator, signs with Wi-Fi 6E suppliers
Federated Wireless has been conditionally approved as an automated frequency coordination (AFC) system operator by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to go alongside its role as gatekeeper for CBRS spectrum …
Telecom Infra Project readies blueprint for cheaper, scalable cloud-native private 5G
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is to release a “blueprint”, it says, for how to deploy “cost-effective and scalable” cloud-native private 5G networks, based on an initial trial of a …
