Ericsson completes Europe-US-Asia smart-factory axis to accelerate global 5G rollout
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEricsson has completed a SEK 500 million ($52 million) overhaul of its Nanjing factory in China, where it produces LTE (4G) and 5G gear, to create what it claims to …
Nokia and Telefónica tie-up five-year private LTE deal with copper mine in Peru
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe mining industry continues to recruit operators and vendors to deploy new industrial LTE and 5G networks on the promise of industrial change. Minera Las Bambas in Peru, the ninth …
Gatwick’s ‘smart airport’ ambitions take flight as Vodafone rolls-out 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone has deployed a high speed, high capacity fibre optic network at Gatwick Airport in the UK to support 5G services, and enable higher levels of automation and intelligence in …
Verizon, University of Michigan test 5G network for driverless cars
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA number of 5G features make the technology perfect for testing and improving autonomous vehicles Verizon and University of Michigan’s Mcity are using 5G technology to advance transportation safety and shape …
DoCoMo joins global alliance to promote use of 5G in manufacturing sector
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo announced that it has joined the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA), with the main goal of further advancing the use of 5G …
Nokia, Telia marry 5G and AI in pollution pilot, as Nordic leaders rally around green tech
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFinnish telecoms duo Nokia and Telia have equipped 5G-connected drones with computer vision technology to monitor environmental conditions in the Baltic Sea. A pilot solution is being used to track …
LG Uplus working on 5G smart port initiative
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Korean operator LG Uplus announced plans to construct a smart port system powered by 5G technology that will enable unmanned cranes to be operated remotely to maximize efficiency in …
Operators will struggle to monetize 5G, NB-IoT, LTE-M in M2M market, says report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCellular M2M value-added service revenues will account for only 14 per cent of the total revenues gained on the top of straight cellular M2M connection revenues, in the next five …
Enterprises and industry 4.0: A love-hate story with 5G (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLike it, love it or hate it? Enterprises are unsure about what to make of 5G. A study conducted by Barclays found that at best only 9% were allocating resources …
“There’s nothing you can’t do with LTE” – talking ports and private networks with Druid Software
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe rise of private cellular networks has been a key narrative recently in the story of industrial transformation, propelled by the emergence of advanced data analytics (AI), distributed sensing and …
