
What won’t happen in 2021: industrial 5G-proper (3GPP pushes Release 17 to 2022)
The hype around industrial 5G – the only 5G hype worth getting hyped about – has been knocked off course, after the 3GPP standards group said Release 17 of the …

Semtech on 2021: Availability and simplicity to drive critical mass for LPWAN systems
One thing that became abundantly clear during the Covid-19 pandemic was the importance of the supply chain throughout the enterprise. From the factory floor through distribution to retail stores and …

Samsung, IBM make pact on private 5G and edge compute for ‘industrial-scale’ AI
Samsung and IBM are to collaborate on on-premise industrial 5G and edge computing to drive the Industry 4.0 market, they have said. The pair want to combine their expertise in …

BehrTech on 2021: Hybrid low-power IoT, as the surging “lifeblood” of digital change
Amidst the pandemic, the economic uncertainty has certainly constrained demand and funding for many IoT projects. However, we’ve also seen an acceleration of innovation as it seeks to support a …

Qualcomm readies ‘super-30’ IoT bundles, ‘cracks code’ for smart-city ROI
Qualcomm has released a new ‘services suite’ that pulls together full-stack tech IoT componentry into a modular plug-and-play IoT solution for cities and city-based ‘verticals’. The chip-maker declared it has …

Ericsson preps 5G mesh network to break satellite ‘monopoly’ on maritime comms
Ericsson is readying a new ‘maritime mesh network’ solution, based on LTE and 5G, as an alternative to ‘high-cost, high-latency, low-throughput’ satellite-based communication for the shipping industry, which it has …

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 …

Bosch on 2021: A rallying cry for flexible, efficient production in times of crisis
The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has changed the way we work like no event or crisis before. What it has shown is that digitization of the industrial sector, and of factories …

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 …