
UK must level-up private/public 5G ‘playing field’ for enterprises (operators) – Vodafone
Vodafone has suggested the industrial 5G market in the UK will be skewed unfairly towards elite private enterprises, in position to invest more easily in their own private network infrastructure, …

Johnson Controls, Accenture to collaborate in the smart buildings space
As part of the smart buildings deal, Accenture will assist Johnson Controls by implementing edge technologies on the OpenBlue platform Smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls and Accenture are collaborating …

Asset tracking in five years – 24bn assets in transit, $45bn in pockets, 180-200% growth
Spending on IoT-based asset tracking solutions, for monitoring goods in transit, will reach $45 billion globally by 2027, according to Juniper Research. The total spend will jump from $16 billion …

Global IoT community set for jamboree LoRaWAN event in Paris (Sponsored)
The LoRa Alliance expects over 2,000 delegates in Paris next week (July 6-7) for the LoRaWAN World Expo, billed as its first global jamboree event for the LoRaWAN community, and …

Between the lines, Vodafone study asks how to sell to SMEs just trying to “stay afloat”
Whatever Vodafone’s intention when polling 1,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, and whatever its conclusion from their responses, one thing is also clear: business is hard in …

5G-CARMEN autonomous driving project carries out 5G pilot
The 5G autonomous driving test used infrastructure deployed by TIM, Magenta and Deutsche Telekom The 5G-CARMEN project, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the Bruno Kessler Foundation, …

Europe, Asia Pacific lead smart cities index – for connectivity, services, engagement
In order, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Beijing, London, and Seoul ranked as the top five smart cities, or ‘digital cities’, in a new study by Economist Impact. New York, Sydney, Singapore, Washington …

SoftBank, May Mobility to implement autonomous driving service in Japan
SoftBank said it aims to realize a next-generation network for autonomous driving in Japan by leveraging its expertise in vehicle communications with May Mobility’s autonomous vehicle technology Japanese operator …

‘More simple than you think’: Verizon, Nokia on deploying private 5G at a UK port
What does a port want to get out of a private 5G network? First and most importantly, to solve coverage issues, according to Verizon and Nokia representatives. In a session …

Naver Cloud partners with Qualcomm for 5G drone system
Naver said that the new drone system is expected to be commercially available in 2023 Naver’s cloud computing arm, Naver Cloud, has partnered with U.S. chip manufacturer Qualcomm and …