
Critical and complementary – setting the record straight on 5G and Wi-Fi
Time to set the record straight on cellular 5G and Wi-Fi 6/7, a panel of Industry 4.0 luminaries suggested at Private Networks Forum (PNF) a couple of weeks back; these …

Pandemic-driven or not, Industry 4.0 is driving long-term change: Cisco at HM22
Is Industry 4.0 really driving long-term change in how businesses operate? Sean Caragata, global industry director for industrial and critical infrastructure at Cisco, says yes, giving a number of case …

‘We’re doing the exact same thing:’ John Deere on applying farming strategy to manufacturing
John Deere’s precision agriculture strategy was developed more than 10 years ago, and as a testament to its belief that farming is just outdoor manufacturing, the company is using what …

Nokia integrates Azure Arc into MXIE bundle for mission-critical Industry 4.0
Nokia is to integrate Microsoft’s Azure Arc cloud management platform into its MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) solution for mission-critical Industry 4.0 environments. The tie-up will afford customers buying private wireless …

Betacom taps Airspan, Druid for private 5G install at US Manufacturing Institute
Betacom is working with Airspan Networks and Druid Software, a familiar pairing for private RAN and core, to deliver a pirate 5G network in the CBRS band for the Digital …
BT to invest £100m to put UK enterprises in ‘digital fast lane’ and ‘soup-up security’
UK telecoms group BT has revealed a ‘charter’ to invest almost £100 million over the next three years in its new Division X digital change unit, which is at the …
Ericsson (also) signs with T-Mobile to offer private 5G to US enterprise customers
Weird, and frustrating; Swedish vendor Ericsson has issued a press release, the day after Nordic rival Nokia, about a new working relationship with T-Mobile in the US on private 5G. …
Austrian group A1 buys Bulgarian SI STEMO to sell digital change in Eastern Europe
Austrian group A1 Telekom has acquired Bulgarian system integrator STEMO for an undisclosed fee, in order to bolster its proposition for corporate clients, notably international corporate clients, in Bulgaria and …
Corporate telco provider Iconec taps Athonet for private 5G push in Germany
German telecoms provider and system integrator Iconec (stylised iconec) is working with private LTE and 5G specialist Athonet to bring the Italian firm’s core network platform to the German enterprise …

Totally overhyped and utterly indispensable – why private 5G matters
What to say about the state of the private 5G market – about the state of ‘things’, if you like, at the top-end of the IoT game? I was asked …