
Industry 4.0 at tipping point for telcos – the story that would have been told (but for COVID-19)
Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona in February is the major venue and the key date for the telecoms industry. Yes, the cards have been dealt, but the show works …

Sunderland preps vendor-tender for UK’s first city-owned neutral host 5G network
The city of Sunderland in the UK is looking to establish a ‘strategic consortium’ and procure a “strategic delivery partner” to establish the country’s first city-owned ‘neutral host’ network for …

DT deploys dual-slice LTE for BMW, pledges integration with private 5G spectrum
Deutsche Telekom has installed a dual-slice private LTE ‘campus network’, hived off its public LTE network, at a BMW plant in Leipzig. Ericsson has supplied the networking gear for the …

Private nets with Voda, Industry 4.0 with Ford, Robin Hood lives – UK’s £35m 5G trials
The UK government has announced the winners of a £35 million funding pot for rural and industrial 5G projects, alongside a new $30 million 5G development competition for the media, …

Sales of outdoor lighting poles and indoor lighting controls to jump 50% and 5%
Annual deployments of new smart poles for street lighting, featuring sensors and connectivity, willl increase at a compound rate of more than 50 per cent per year, from just 600 …

‘Enterprises don’t want to know about RAN’ – Ericsson on walking the Industry 4.0 walk
Technologists and industrialists have been at cross purposes in their attempts to make industrial IoT stick, according to Ericsson. The telecoms sector, pushing various forms of cellular connectivity as a …

Telenor signs up to resell Ericsson’s private LTE and 5G factory bundle
Swedish operator Telenor has tied-up with country-mate Ericsson to sell the vendor’s pre-packed private LTE and 5G to factories and warehouses. It is the first operator to sign as a …

CBRS champ Celona claims private LTE deployments, carrier-beating metrics
California-based private LTE/5G startup and CBRS champ Celona has announced eight test deployments of its wireless networking solution using CBRS spectrum, along with new partnerships for CBRS-based networks with edge …

Government funds LoRaWAN network for farmers in Australian state of Victoria
The state government in Victoria, in south-eastern Australia, has agreed to fund rollout of LoRaWAN-based IoT networks for 600 farms and 5,000 square kilometres of farmland in the state. Its …

Ericsson and Capgemini combine to drive private LTE and 5G deals for operators
The two companies are teaming up to grasp new business potential in the fast-growing market for private 4G and 5G mobile networks. The rising demand for private cellular network solutions …