
Nokia on 2021: A private 5G reality check, a private 4G mass market, a new industrial era
As we look forward to 2021, we must also reflect on this past year. In addition to tragic human cost, the pandemic cast a spotlight on the ability of business …

Amazon and Semtech integrate LoRaWAN into AWS IoT core network server
The LoRaWAN low-power wide-area IoT connectivity protocol has been integrated into Amazon Web Services’ cloud-based IoT core network server. The news comes as the LoRaWAN community pushes Amazon to re-think …

Europe agrees “most ambitious” €95.5bn Horizon mega-fund for digital change
The European Council and the European Parliament, representing the governments and citizens of European Union member states, have approved the European Commission’s new €95.5 billion Horizon Europe fund for the …

Fractus Antennas on 2021: After the gold rush (post-hype, when the real work begins)
Big brands will start to enter the IoT space more aggressively in 2021 with full end-to-end solutions, buying up successful companies either to avoid competition or else to complete their …

Private 5G for ‘universal healthcare’ – on the Covid-19 frontline with Vodafone in Italy
Note, this article is taken from a new editorial report on the state of digital change in the healthcare sector (see image below). The report – Challenges with Digital Change …

Hyundai buys robot maker Boston Dynamics from Softbank for $1.1 bn
Hyundai Motor Group has agreed a $1.1 billion deal with Softbank to acquire an 80 percent stake in US-based robotics company Boston Dynamics. Japan-based telecoms group Softbank will retain a …

The planet needs tech but the tech needs fixing – new ‘global action plan’ to solve IoT
The world urgently needs new digital tech, but the new digital tech urgently needs attention. So said the World Economic Forum this week, as it corralled together various private enterprises, …

Private wireless podcast – 2020, the year everything changed (episode #3)
RCR Wireless News · Private wireless podcast – 2020, the year everything changed (episode #3) 2020; what a year! As society has sought new ways to work amid the fallout …

Deutsche Telekom annexes public network in Bonn to “milestone” 5G hospital
Deutsche Telekom has deployed a 5G ‘campus’ network in the 3.6 GHz spectrum band for University Hospital Bonn (UKB). The setup uses the German carrier’s public cellular network, optimised with …

Industry to drive URLLC-era 5G market to $23bn by 2030 – with boom for operators
It is a little early, some way ahead of the standardisation schedule, but the first (?) market-sizing forecast is in for Release-17 era ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), pegged as the …