
Europe announces major release, review of public-private 5G funds to spur economy
The European Commission has published a major review of funding for 5G-based and 5G-related industrial transformation, including €10 billion of new public-private partnership (PPP) funding to drive the region’s digital …

Telefónica, Leonardo put private 5G to work on UK’s next-gen Tempest fighter plane
The UK divisions of Spain-based mobile operator Telefónica and Italy-based aerospace manufacturer Leonardo have announced a deal to collaborate on private 5G for Industry 4.0, including for the “high-pace” manufacturing …

Carriers go Dutch on IoT roaming and spectrum leasing in the Netherlands
The Dutch business regulation agency, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), has ruled mobile operators in the Netherlands can collaborate on radio spectrum and network infrastructure to safeguard and …

Orange to open nine 5G labs in Europe, with strong Industry 4.0 focus
France-based telecoms operator Orange has said it will open nine ‘5G labs’ in Europe in 2021, for local enterprises to collaborate with the firm to bring [enterprise-oriented] 5G use cases …

‘We must speed up’ – France plays catch-up with Germany on 5G-geared Industry 4.0
The French government has announced funding for new national industrial 5G projects, as parts of its France Relance (France Relaunch) package. It has also raised alarm bells that the country …

5G and Wi-Fi 6 ‘blueprint’ sets out ‘limitless potential’ in Industry 4.0, smart cities
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released a “blueprint” for the combination of 5G and Wi-Fi 6 in the broad IoT sector, notably for smart industry, smart cities, smart buildings, …

China fast-tracks Industry 4.0 with 30 5G factories, new ‘international’ IoT platforms
The parallel narratives around cellular 5G and Industry 4.0 are about to collide. China has said it will build 30 brand new ‘smart factories’ by 2023, all of them threaded …

Small Cell Forum on 2021: Diversification from network densification – three ways
The most important watchword in 2021 will be diversification. This will be key to growth for the mobile industry in the 5G era, on multiple levels. In the past, cellular …

Federated Wireless on 2021: CBRS-based 5G takes hold – as Wi-Fi 6 is ‘dead on arrival’
The race to make 5G a viable platform for Industry 4.0 has shifted up a gear with the availability of shared CBRS spectrum for private wireless networks, and private 5G …

Ports, warehouses, construction sites – UK lines up £28m for nine new 5G testbeds
The UK government has announced a further £28.3 million in joint public-private funding to support nine new 5G testbeds, as part of its £200 million campaign to leverage 5G to …