Vodafone slices 5G network for UK Power Networks as part of major smart grid trial
Vodafone has kickstarted a trial with UK Power Networks to connect the UK electricity network on a dedicated slice of its national 5G network. The initiative is part of the …
G+D buys UK Pod Group to add roaming SIMs and private networks to IoT portfolio
Germany-based security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has acquired UK-based IoT airtime roaming and private network provider Pod Group for an undisclosed fee. Pod claims to have a hand in 600-odd …
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 …
Senet makes Tampa Bay network the ‘largest metro LoRaWAN deployment’ in US
US-based LoRaWAN platform provider Senet has said it is expanding its public LoRaWAN network in the Tampa Bay metropolitan region in Florida. The network extension, covering over 1,600 square miles …
‘Open to any discussion’ – Sigfox on hooking up with LoRaWAN, scaling up with Google
Let’s cut to the chase: will Sigfox and LoRaWAN, painted as arch rivals at the low-power end of the IoT space, ever be combined into a single IoT solution? Will …
‘The right tool for the right job’ – Vodafone doubles NB-IoT cell sites in the UK
Vodafone UK has restated its commitment to NB-IoT and doubled the number of sites in its narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network to meet increasing demand for IoT services, it says. The …
‘The quality is in the radio, not the core’ – Nokia questions new rivals in private LTE/5G
The magic in private cellular networks comes with the radio, and not with the core, says Nokia. And the magic in the radio cannot be so easily copied or imitated; …
Software AG, StarHub and the ‘blueprint’ for carrier-led industrial private 5G
Software AG remains set on its strategy to make mobile operators the go-to agents for private 5G in ‘vertical’ spectrum, and particularly in the Industry 4.0 space where it retains …
Morse Micro issues first Wi-Fi HaLow SoC samples for ‘new (mid-range) IoT use cases’
Semiconductor company Morse Micro, developing Wi-Fi HaLow for low-power mid-range IoT connectivity, has released system-on-chip (SoC) and module samples to select developers. The target is to raise interest in Wi-Fi …
Las Vegas deploys ‘largest private municipal LTE network’ – in just 45 days
California-based private network provider Terranet Communications claims to have installed the “largest private municipal LTE/5G network” in the US in record time with rollout of private LTE across the city …
