
MGA Tech taps Edzcom (taps Nokia) for 5G-based Industry 4.0 co-creation platform
Custom-machine manufacturer MGA Technologies has engaged Finland-based industrial networking specialist Edzcom, owned by Spanish tower company Cellnex, to deploy a private 5G network from Nokia at its new MGA TechLab …

The three use cases that have turned Industry 4.0 onto private 5G networks
As with the telecoms industry’s travails with NB-IoT, only just starting to resolve, there is a classic chicken-and-egg scenario with industrial 5G, around availability of networks and devices. In other …

Vodafone supplies 5G and IoT to health-tech firm with ‘access’ to 90% of operating rooms
Vodafone has formalised a partnership with health-tech platform provider Proximie to supply sundry 5G networking, IoT sensing, and edge computing componentry for its surgical software, which is being deployed in …

Telstra and Ericsson supply private 5G for Australian agri-tech collective
Telstra has deployed a private 5G network for industrial tech organisation AgriFood Connect in Australia. It has worked with Ericsson on the deployment; it is the Swedish vendor’s first private-5G …

Dull, dirty, dangerous – no more! The year manufacturing gets smart (Ericsson on 2022)
Manufacturing facilities have seen a rapid shift in recent years as production moves beyond traditional methods of output to production enabled by the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT). …

‘Platform-company’ Vodafone signs five-year 5G and IoT edge-deal with Microsoft
Vodafone Business and Microsoft have announced a five-year deal on private 5G, edge computing, and IoT for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The arrangement, extending a long-running partnership between the …

UK industrial AR startup XYZ Reality targets North America with AR hardhat solution
London-headquartered industrial AR startup XYZ Reality has released its new AR headset, the Atom, for the construction industry. The new product (see promo video at the bottom of the page) …

US IoT firm Zyter and Qualcomm combine on twin private LTE and IoT deals
US IoT platform provider Zyter is working with Qualcomm, and other Qualcomm partners in the San Diego-based chipmakers smart cities accelerator project, on a couple of private LTE installations in …

Ericsson intros ‘time-critical’ 5G-URLLC software enhancements for Industry 4.0
Ericsson has launched a new “software toolbox” to “guarantee” consistently low latency and high reliability in 5G networks for time-critical applications. Its new Time-Critical Communication product, available via a new …

Vodafone urges UK to bundle 5G and IoT targets and incentives into net zero strategy
Vodafone has urged the UK government to write targets and incentives for 5G and IoT adoption into its forthcoming net-zero strategy blueprints, due to be published later this year. The …